Urban Sprawl
Design responses to urban expansion, density, and the relationship between built environments and natural spaces.
Highway as Habitat
Highway as Habitat addresses a fundamental paradox embedded in the contemporary American metropolis: highways serve as essential infrastructures of mobility, yet simultaneously fragment the urban fabric by separating movement from habitation. As cities continue to densify, this horizontal system—once a driver of expansion—has become increasingly misaligned w
Reinventing the food market: Stunning ideas to bring farming into the city, promoting sustainable buying and responsible consumerism.
‘Sprout from sprawl’ - Architecture design competition - Result story
The end of expansionary urban planning
The article shows that the future of urban planning lies in transforming existing spaces rather than expanding cities, in order to address ecological, economic, and territorial challenges.
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.
Infinite Dynamic Community: Modular Housing That Grows Like an Urban Village
A plug-in housing framework in Shenzhen lets residents select, relocate, and reconfigure dwelling units within a shared structural grid.
SPROUT FROM SPRAWL
In a market that emphasizes only fragmentary purchases, people simply comfortably and impulsively consumed agricultural products. So we look forward to bringing together each field of agriculture scattered sporadically through our design like a sprout, just like the title of the contest, "Sprout from Sprawl."
Teitakusubako and Yusuke Igarashi Architects Dissolve a House into the Forest Edge in Zushi
A 215 m² residence on a generous Tokyo-suburban plot uses stone, timber, and fragmented volumes to blur the line between dwelling and woodland.
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: Sustainable Urban Architecture in Berlin
Reimagining former barracks in Berlin as a green, productive urban district where sustainable architecture and urban gardening grow together.
Topographic Urban Expansion-A Landscape Armature on the Hillsides of Mexico City
In response to informal urbanization pattern lacking infrastructural provision and open space which increases social inequality in Mexico City, the project introduces a topographic landscape framework that acts as an open space armature, manages informal growth and addresses needs of people through the insertion of social-economic and ecological amenities.
Intermind
A virtual urban landscape, based on Instagram post data and biological intelligence, to spread Instagram posts as virtual greenery and project human behaviors in the moving structures. It is intended to respond to the desire for decreased greenery in the city, and build a new interactive social media to encourage people to share their ideas and thoughts.
Urban Agricultural Community: A Vision for Urban Agriculture Architecture
Designing self-sufficient cities through productive landscapes, integrated farming, and resilient urban agriculture architecture.
New Delhi_ Boundless Sprawl
In the growing city of New Delhi, Connaught Place is one of the main identity of the city. To make it a better place, we propose architectural, urban solutions to the problems that it carries, such as lack of walkability and traffic. With commercial, cultural, religious, political and inclusive aspects in mind, new programs are introduced in to the site.
Reconceptualizing Spaces for Future Dwelling: Modular Housing That Moves With Life
A vertical modular housing system where units expand, merge, relocate, and transform around a central core to counter urban sprawl.
From Vibrancy to Vacancy: Addressing the Decline of Urban Structures
“When the ‘Heart’ weeps for what it has lost, The ‘Spirit’ laughs for what it has found”
Life Within 1 KM: A Walkable Microtown Planted in Moscow's Post-Industrial ZIL District
A 40-30-30 live-work-play masterplan that folds aquaponics, passive solar design, and shared workspaces into a single walkable kilometer.
Urban Oasis: Embedding Food Production into Shanghai's Post-Pandemic Fabric
A winning FarmUrban entry proposes patch-based agricultural infrastructure that turns city blocks into productive, participatory ecosystems.
Super Future Collective Squeezes a Zigzag Aluminum Housing Block into a Nuremberg Backyard
A three-unit infill building on Fürther Street uses corrugated cladding and generous glazing to bring light into a tight courtyard site.
BLOOMING: Smart Urban Furniture That Responds to the People Around It
A shortlisted entry for Elevate 2019 reimagines public plazas with responsive canopies and modular seating that adapt to occupancy and movement.
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