Urban Installation
Temporary and permanent structures that activate, transform, or engage urban public spaces and communities.
Studio Weave Builds a Maida Hill Public Toilet from Reclaimed City of London Office Granite
In North Paddington, a 17 m² toilet pavilion turns salvaged Broadgate office cladding into load-bearing stone walls built to be taken apart again.
Moradavaga Wires Timber Frames and Red Hoses into an Eavesdropping Machine in Udine
An interactive installation in Udine, Italy, where inverted buckets and looping red hoses turn listening across a room into a shared, playful ritual.
Toolset for a City's Metabolism
We call for embracing voids within urban tissue, not necessarily meaning these should be neglected in planning but rather open for spontaneity. As a spatial tool we propose a structure that can grow and shrink according to the needs and engagement of its creators - the locals. Constructed out of simple scaffolding elements it is fully reusable.
Customized Instant City Module Operating System: A Second, Movable City Above Barcelona's Eixample
A post-metabolist plan for Barcelona's Eixample inserts a mobile lattice of modules into the air, rooftops and courtyards rather than razing the grid.
Rolly
Project with the posibility of the creation of beautiful spaces but maybe because of the lack of development is missing the necessary conection to the city.
Cute idea - needs development
BLOOMING
The concept of BLOOMING is to create a magic moment in the busy everyday urban life. With a little bit of collaboration, people can achieve the ultimate special moment that reminds us of the beauty and happiness of exploring the city and the people around us, like unforgettable memories of flowers blooming together at the same time.
Loizou Architects and Associates Replace the Facade with a Living Green Shell in Limassol
A 360-square-meter mixed-use building in a dense Cypriot neighborhood trades its outer wall for a vertical garden of climbing vines and local plants.
Gustavo Utrabo Suspends a Fabric Threshold Between the Trees of a São Paulo Park
Fourteen wooden props and white cloth create a waypoint on the winding paths of Praça Adolpho Bloch in Jardim America, Brazil.
Opera Truck: A Modular Steel Chassis That Turns Madrid's Street Map into Stage, Seat and Playground
A shortlisted Opera Truck entry where interchangeable bentwood, net and light fillings slot into steel cubes, letting Madrid plazas host art every day.
Common Practice and Studio AAAN Carve a Hidden Courtyard World into Amsterdam's Narrowest Plot
Sixty-four mid-rent apartments on Oostenburgereiland turn a sliver beside a parking garage into a layered urban interior.
VTN Architects Wraps Their Own Ho Chi Minh City Studio in a Vertical Tropical Forest
A six-story office in Vietnam's Thu Duc district uses modular planters and passive cooling to achieve a 190 percent green ratio.
Instant City: Archigram's Roaming Metropolis Rebuilt as a Fleet of Unfolding Cultural Modules
A fleet of autonomous modules unfolds from compact transport forms into stages, markets and cinemas, turning plazas into temporary cultural venues.
Karim + Elias Stack 150 Rammed-Earth Spheres into an Open-Air Landscape for Dubai Design
A grand installation of hand-pressed sand and clay spheres transforms a Dubai plaza into an earthen terrain at Downtown Design 2022.
The Empty Space: Modular Units That Turn Plazas, Parks and Streets into Open Stages
Lianping Xia's runner-up Opera Truck entry reads Peter Brook's empty space as a modular framework that performers, audiences and cities keep redefining.
CHROMASCAPE
"Chromascape" is an enchanting urban installation, evoking nostalgia with its kaleidoscope-inspired semi-cylindrical dome adorned in vibrant and colorful panels. The installation modernizes urban landscapes by intertwining art, tech, and nature, countering excessive screen use, and encouraging community interaction.
Amazing work by the team! Lovely aesthetics and concept 👍🏼
Very creative and radical thought process with a clear presentation.
Expressive Design! Keep up the good work!
CUSTOMIZED INSTANT CITY MODULE OPERATING SYSTEM
Urban renewal plan based on post-metabolism in the Eixample district, Barcelona, Spain (2020-2050)
such a great work
fantastic project! super great!
very good job ! I like it very much !
İn my opinion it's fantastic.
It is sustainable functional and perfectly designed.
Fantastic