2Jakarta visitor center - Three faces of waterThe proposed visitor center in Jakarta explores the relationship between people and water through three fundamental conditions: water as everyday life, water as ritual, and water as danger.
3People's Choice AwardPULSE OF THE PLANET Restoring the balance between the built environment and nature PULSE OF THE PLANET is the heart of the Earth, collaborating with the Lungs (Amazon Forest). The project interweaves and connects tourism, ecology, and community to encourage pure living.
1Peak: Resilient ParkingThis 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.
2Tidal NexusAs 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.
10WinnerLuminary TideCreating a symbiosis between the four elements in an effort to regain humanities attention back from technology. Carefully selecting a site with a once historical gathering space that incorporates water and land, in order to rejuvenate the historical context, but also where the climate is cooler to integrate the concept of heat of a campfire.
0Reminiscing the RootsChattogram was once a vibrant hub of history, culture, trade, and nature. The ancient canal routes and their majestic interconnecting network still hold the oldest relation between water and the people. This thesis highlights introducing sustainable innovative ideas where a forgotten riverfront has a high potential to serve as a robust public space.
1Editor's ChoiceEden on the SeaThe rigs will not escape the fate of being integrated by nature. We want to build a new ecological drilling platform using the green ecology , making the whole building an offshore "Eden". Based on the ecological perspective, this design captures the three aspects of ecological sustainability, resource recycling and the sense of maritime atmosphere.
2ANAMNESIS: to the future"A Sustainable Urban Prototype" The project explores environmentally sustainable opportunities in architecture by proposing new ways of urban living. Hence, the design becomes a self-sustaining prototype for future of the cities, reshaping both the ecology and the community of the area in terms of both environmental and social aspects.
13WinnerThe Wave The Wave is a project that addresses the climate crisis by providing a home to a community off the coast of modern day San Francisco. With sea water levels rising at alarming rates, this proposal offers a unique solution to this problem through influences of the natural environment and its benefits.
367People's Choice AwardFuturistic Floating ResidentsSea level rising in coastal cities have a negative impact on the lives of residents. Findings support the argument that traditional land reclamation methods are not a practical long term solution apart from its various disadvantages on the ecosystem.Our approach to solve this problem was to adapt to environment and use floating structure against SLR impacts.
