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54 Urban Resilience Projects by Designers

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Anagha

Mediating resilience and livelihood through community architecture Regional center for Oceanography

**Integrated Centre for Coastal Interpretation, Research and Resilience** integrates marine research, public interpretation, community development, and disaster resilience. Community spaces are designed to convert into emergency response and relief facilities during disasters, ensuring adaptability and long-term coastal resilience.

Syed Shah

"Transition In Need, Reconnecting Fragmented Urban Ecology", Domino Effect & Urban Rhythms

This thesis explores how informal place-making shapes Karachi's urban identity through the evolving spaces beneath the Malir 15 flyover. It proposes a re-urbanism approach that reconnects fragmented pedestrian movement, vendors, and public life through a connective architectural intervention, transforming neglected infrastructure into an inclusive and active

Marium

Fostering Coexistence: Revitalizing Coastal Communities and Ecological Restoration

Situated in Ibrahim Hyderi, Karachi, this project addresses ecological degradation, biodiversity loss, climate change, and declining livelihoods in a coastal community. It proposes a regenerative framework that restores coastal ecosystems while creating sustainable livelihood opportunities, recognising that resilient communities depend on thriving ecosystems

Faria Tabassum

A Path Towards Resilience Through Community-Driven Activities

In the ‘Haor’(Seasonal wetlands), where the ground disappears each monsoon, permanence is an illusion. This project imagines architecture not as a defense against water but as an instrument of continuity, an adaptive civic landscape that allows communities to gather, endure and sustain dignity amid recurring cycles of flood.

Sivasakthi

Urban Continuum: An alternative learning ecosystem

Urban Continuum transforms the city into a continuous learning environment. By dissolving the boundaries between campus and community, it creates an urban ecosystem where education emerges through everyday encounters, public participation, and shared experiences.

JERSIAH

Restoring fragmented ecologies: reimagining Pallikaranai marshland

The proposed intervention zone focuses on reconnecting the fragmented wetland network of Pallikaranai Marsh through the restoration of lost feeding channels, revival of historical drainage pathways, and strengthening of blue-green corridors. By re- establishing these ecological linkages, the proposal seeks to enhance water movement, biodiversity exchange.

Mst. Khairun

From Fragility to Resilience: An Integrated Approach to Coastal Settlement on Kutubdia Island

This thesis focuses on Kutubdia Island, where climate change is already causing severe land loss, displacement, and livelihood insecurity. Recognizing that relocation is not feasible for many residents, the study explores how architecture can support resilient, adaptive, and sustainable communities while preserving local livelihoods and social ties.

Ivan and 2 others

Peak: Resilient Parking

This project reimagines the East River waterfront in Manhattan as a resilient, inclusive, and sustainable neighborhood built from the ground up. Responding to the challenges of climate change, aging infrastructure, and social inequality, the design proposes a multi-use recreational corridor for flood protection systems and renewable energy networks.

Tobias

Threaded City

Threaded City reimagines Harlem as a network of cultural, housing, mobility, and wellness ribbons. Inspired by jazz, the design fosters resilience, sustainability, and inclusivity, weaving together community life, nature, and innovation into a dynamic urban fabric.

Kurt

Living Ledges

Adapting new systems for sustainable living by preserving the natural faculties we rely on.

Grace and Laura

Tidal Nexus

As the climate crisis intensifies, coastal cities such as New York City must evolve to protect their waterfront communities. This project utilizes The Battery as a case study to explore ways to not only protect the city from rising sea levels, but also support communities socially, economically, and environmentally.