15WinnerHide-and-SeekThe lack of contemporary water resources, but we need water everywhere in our lives, so we have to look for water. I felt the feeling of looking for water from top to bottom in the stairs, and gradually found traces of water. My concept is developed by the story of being hidden.
119People's Choice AwardLifeCycleWater crisis is one big issue that has hit human life quietly but severely. This program is supposed to provide a collaborative way of the modern and traditional way of collecting water from nature. To be aware about this global issue and to honor the people around the world who have sacrificed their lives for this cause.
0Container City Competition: LOTUS LODGESLotus Lodges reworks the typical spacial layout of student accommodation. It has been designed by prioritising community space to create a strong atmosphere for the residents. The shipping containers have been composed around a perimeter to emphasise the central lotus structure, which is the engine for the design both symbolically and physically.
20Agro VaultRestoration of abandoned surface mines and search for opportunities to form life in them.
13WinnerThe Death and Life of WaterIn response to severe water issues in Jaipur, India, this project envisions an alternative way to manage the whole water life-cycle including water supply, use, disposal and rainwater harvesting, through water infrastructures as parasites, which meanwhile provide high quality of public space and educate the public through giving visibility to water process.
3CycleWater cycle and thermal environment are the primary issues facing desert life. In order to reduce the adverse effects of evaporation and temperature difference between day and night, a Klein bottle variant buried underground is the basic concept of this design.
1URBAN WATER PLANTIndia is a country where millions of its population depends on public services for daily needs. Clean water is a must for daily life. The aim of the project is to promote judicial use of water. The design focus is on simplicity, practicability and diversity in use. The careful selection of material makes it vibrant, safe and economically feasible.
2Plug and SpreadIn the 21st century alone, natural disasters have killed over 600,000 people, and have left even more homeless according to UNISDR. The Plug House is derived based on the logic of deconstructing and simplifying the core spaces of the house and a study of the vernacular housing of Kerala.
11WinnerDeveloping with Water - A Landscape-driven Regulatory FrameworkThis project initiates from questioning the limitations of planning at the scale of a site. Based on a close reading of a master plan document, it proposes a methodology to test planning documents and a new approach to improve the planning decisions.
