Women Led Housing
Housing and community spaces designed by and for women, addressing social, economic, and environmental needs.
From Fragility to Resilience: An Integrated Approach to Coastal Settlement on Kutubdia Island
This thesis focuses on Kutubdia Island, where climate change is already causing severe land loss, displacement, and livelihood insecurity. Recognizing that relocation is not feasible for many residents, the study explores how architecture can support resilient, adaptive, and sustainable communities while preserving local livelihoods and social ties.
Reef Rejuvenation: A Coral Research Facility for Saint Martin's Island
A thesis dissertation about ecosystem based approach for a coral research facility in Bangladesh's only coral bearing island.
THE OASIS BIOME: A REGENERATIVE AGROECOSYSTEM
An inquiry into regenerative agro-structure through the design of The Oasis Biome, this report explores how architecture can act as a living ecosystem to support climate-resilient food production. Drawing from standards of agroecology, managed environment agriculture, and water-saving technology, it proposes a spatial systems where cultivation, conservation, and community empowerment intersect. The project is situated in Birulia, Savar, and serves as a design-primarily based academic research under the Bachelor of Architecture program at Southeast University.
KURPIE HOUSE. The evolution of form towards the present. Architectural design in the region.
The project focuses on creating a contemporary interpretation of the traditional vernacular house type originating from central Poland. As part of the design process, a unique method was developed, offering a structured framework for creative, research-driven reinterpretation of historical architectural forms with regional and cultural specificity.
A strong and well-researched thesis that successfully transforms vernacular knowledge into a contemporary architectural language. Further testing of the design in everyday and climatic conditions could make this thoughtful approach even stronger.
Colony to Community: Redevelopment of Antulenagar Leprosy Colony, Pune.
This thesis redevelops Antulenagar, a leprosy-cured colony in Pune, into an inclusive and accessible neighbourhood. Through universal design, shared community spaces, and incremental redevelopment, it aims to restore dignity, reduce stigma, and reconnect the settlement with the city while proposing a replicable model for transforming marginalised communities
A strong and socially responsive proposal that connects dignity, inclusion, and spatial transformation through a clear design strategy.
ALAPON (আলাপন) - A Dialogue of Community & Resilience
Alapon is an M.Arch thesis in Korail, Dhaka, reimagining fire as a spatial and social condition. It proposes a fire-resilient community corridor linking road to lake, integrating evacuation routes, livelihoods, and public space. Using local materials and community-led design, it transforms informal settlements into resilient, inclusive urban systems.
A unique project idea derived from real-life needs and everyday experiences.
ALAPON presents a strong and socially engaged approach to fire resilience, transforming an existing corridor into a multifunctional spine for safety, community, livelihood, and public life. Its emphasis on adaptation and community participation gives the project a clear and meaningful architectural position.
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Time, Place, Memory: Reading Kandahar's Urban Fabric to Build a Community for Widows of War
A shortlisted Resile entry that overlays proportional grids on Kandahar's streets and courtyards to shape a complete settlement for widows of war.
A Path Towards Resilience Through Community-Driven Activities
"How can architecture ensure access, dignity and resilience in a place where even basic rights become seasonal?"
AL-JANNAH: An Oasis Settlement Where Permaculture Rebuilds Livelihoods for Afghan Widows
A shortlisted Resile entry arranges homes, schools, a souq and farms around a central pond, treating water and land as shared infrastructure.
The Qala Community: Reworking Afghanistan's Fortified Courtyard Settlement as a Women-Led Refuge
A Resile-winning masterplan for the widows of Zanabad turns the Qala's thick walls and courtyards into homes, schools, workshops and shared livelihoods.
Empowerment and Healing Farms: Turning Kandahar Courtyards into Ground for Work, Learning and Recovery
A Resile runner-up proposal for widows and children in Kandahar weaves farming, housing and education into a compact settlement of productive courtyards.
Step Town: Stacking 162 Cubes Around a Protected Courtyard to Merge Ziggurat and Caravanserai
A shortlisted Resile entry fuses the stepped ziggurat with the caravanserai courtyard to give an Afghan community both safety and shared life.
REBIRTH: A Circular Settlement Where Afghan Widows and Their Children Rebuild Life Together
A shortlisted Resile entry turns the circle into a protective ring of timber and brick, gathering homes, classrooms and gardens around a shared landscape.
Zanabad: A City for Women Built from Courtyards, Shared Kitchens and a Cycle of Resilience
Flore Guichot's Editor's Choice entry scales from private home to courtyard to market, treating community itself as infrastructure for women.
Gen-House: A Genetic Algorithm Plans a Neighbourhood for the Widows of Zanabad
Mingyi He and Cole Leng use Wallacei X to evolve a dispersed housing field where density, sunlight and paths shape shared courtyards and lanes.
Garden of Athan: A Brick Settlement Where Afghan Widows Rebuild Home, Work and Learning
A resilience center that folds housing, classrooms, workshops and gardens into brick courtyards, treating architecture as infrastructure for daily life.
Resile: A Walled Settlement in Kandahar Where Widows Rebuild Daily Life Around a Shared Agora
Anna Lena Reier borrows the hierarchy of the traditional Afghan city, from protective wall to cardo and agora, to shape a gradual path to recovery.
STELLAR-1: A Dandelion-Inspired Orbital Refuge Built for Humanity's Eventual Return to Earth
A space elevator and porous lattice shells turn an orbital colony into infrastructure that safeguards people, seeds and knowledge until Earth heals.
Impressive execution from concept to final presentation.
Thank you. I will try to keep up the working process.
Very insightful. Keep up the good work
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Very Good Work! -Neon
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