Urban Space
Design and architecture projects that reshape cities through interventions in public spaces, housing, and community infrastructure.
Moscow Metro Shelter: Underground Architecture for Life After Environmental Collapse
Moscow Metro Shelter transforms underground architecture into a self-sufficient network for housing, food, health, research and communities.
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.
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.
The Empty Space: Reimagining Urban Performance Through Modular Architecture
A modular architecture system transforming urban streets into adaptable performance spaces, merging street art, theater, and public life.
MAKER Architecten Weaves Social Housing into Kortrijk's Dense Urban Fabric with Brick and Restraint
A social housing infill in Kortrijk, Belgium, negotiates between existing rooftops, rail corridors, and neighborhood memory with quiet force.
Urban Oasis: A Solar-Powered Rubik's Cube That Wants to Fix City Streets
A self-charging modular kiosk draws from the Rubik's Cube to pack seating, water purification, and digital services into one compact urban unit.
City Umbrella: Turning Dead Infrastructure into Bioclimatic Public Space
Modular canopy installations reclaim neglected urban pockets beneath flyovers and along boundary walls, offering shade, comfort, and social life.
A Furniture That Approximates Cyclists and Pedestrians: Reclaiming Urban Leftovers
Modular aluminium and wood-plastic furniture turns neglected interstitial spaces into hubs for cycling, resting, and urban greenery in Brazilian cities.
Urban Seed: Rooting Cities in Ecological Balance Through Agricultural Infrastructure
A conceptual framework that treats farms as urban roots, markets as branches, and open spaces as the canopy where communities gather and thrive.
Growing Space: Merging Vertical Farms and Wholesale Markets in Nine Elms
A pentagonal market complex layers automated farming modules, research labs, and public plazas into a single sustainable hub for London's Nine Elms.
Urban Fun Farm: Merging Agriculture, Education, and Leisure in a Mega-City Hub
A shortlisted competition entry proposes a multi-functional waterfront complex where indoor farming, workshops, and public life coexist under one roof.
Theatre Lane: Vertical Dwelling Carved from Sydney's Forgotten Alleyways
A multi-generational micro dwelling reclaims a narrow service lane in inner-city Sydney by building upward between existing party walls.
