Urban Space
Design and architecture projects that reshape cities through interventions in public spaces, housing, and community infrastructure.
Urban space encompasses the physical and social environments that define city life. This topic covers architectural and design responses to contemporary urban challenges, from adaptive reuse and densification to creating gathering spaces and improving public realms.
The community explores how designers activate underused plots, integrate housing into dense urban contexts, introduce green infrastructure into built environments, and create flexible spaces that serve evolving community needs. Projects range from small-scale courtyard interventions to neighborhood-wide social housing strategies.
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ULTRA STUDIO Rescales Tokyo's Tiled Towers and Retaining Walls into a Terraced Apartment Block in Uehara
In Tokyo's sloping Uehara district, a 899 m² apartment block turns overlooked street habits, tile, plinths and hanging gardens, into architecture.
Studio NOR Revives Beijing's 798·751 Train Street with a Modular Kit of Steel Frames and Converted Carriages
In Beijing's 798·751 Park, a former coal yard and rail terminus regains public life through lightweight steel pavilions and retrofitted train carriages.
Archiland Shapes a Sprawling New City Center for Tianjin Around the Promise of Vibrant Public Space
In Tianjin, Archiland frames a new urban center as a sprawling field of activity, testing whether large scale and everyday vibrancy can coexist.
Slum Autonomy - A Paradox: A Balcony That Gives Rehoused Slum Dwellers Back Their Own Way of Using Space
A bamboo-railed balcony for rehabilitated slum housing in India turns loose wooden planks into seats, beds, shelves and a corner for worship.
