See the Unseen, Museum of Synesthesia: An Architecture Exploring Multisensory Perception Beyond the Visual | Bachelors Design Thesis

‘See the Unseen, Museum of Synesthesia’ is an architecture thesis by Elbert Hans from the ‘Department of Architecture – Tarumanagara University.’ The project aims to explore synesthesia through architecture by creating multisensory spatial experiences. Through the integration of light, form, material, and natural elements, the project encourages visitors to engage with and understand the interaction between human senses while raising awareness of synesthesia as a sensory potential rather than a disorder.

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Plum Village | MVRDV

Plum Village Buddhist Monastery by MVRDV is conceived as an architectural reaction to climate change, rooted in deep listening and collaboration with its monastic community. The design prioritises renovation, circular and bio-based materials, and car-free, village-like environments that work as an organism, adjusting to nature, seasons, and communal life while supporting serenity, sustainability, and mindful living.

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Ophelia | Arkham Projects

Ophelia by Arkham Projects is conceived to reflect the harmony between humans and nature, emerging as a sanctuary in union with its surroundings. Designed around existing vegetation, every element and path celebrates a deep connection with the jungle. Architecture merges with nature through carefully selected materials and low-density forms, blurring the line between interior and exterior to create a truly unique home.

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Heritage at Risk: Community-Led Strategies for Continuity, Livelihood, and Everyday Life in Birulia, Bangladesh | Bachelors Design Thesis

‘Heritage at Risk: Reviving the Soul Of Birulia’ is an architecture thesis by Md Shazzadul Islam from the ‘Department of Architecture – Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET).’ The project aims to develop a sustainable conservation strategy that allows Birulia’s historic settlement to adapt to present-day needs while preserving its cultural identity. By integrating adaptive reuse, community participation, and economic activity, the project seeks to make heritage socially useful and ensure its long-term continuity.

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Nowy Port (I Stage) | BBGK Architekci

Nowy Port by BBGK Architekci is conceived as a coherent, well-considered piece of the city: a contemporary urban quarter created on a post-industrial riverside site in Bydgoszcz. The design weaves new residential buildings with restored industrial heritage, structured by a city avenue, public spaces, and a riverfront boulevard, strengthening the historic urban fabric and reconnecting the city with the Brda River.

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AquaPraça | CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati + Höweler + Yoon

AquaPraça by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati and Höweler + Yoon is conceived as a floating cultural plaza where climate change is experienced at a human scale. Using Archimedes’ principle, the platform adapts to tidal shifts, mediating between water levels and human activity. By floating, it brings natural and built systems to eye level, forming a global agora for dialogue, culture, and collective reflection.

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Höweler + Yoon

Höweler + Yoon is a design-driven architecture and urbanism practice based in Boston, whose work is deeply informed by social and cultural context. Founded by partners Eric Höweler and J. Meejin Yoon, the studio works on diverse topics and at a range of scales, including environmental installations, cultural institutions, multifamily housing, and commemorative landscapes.

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CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati

CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati is a design and innovation office that investigates the convergence of the natural and the artificial. Drawing on Carlo Ratti’s research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the office is currently involved in many projects across the globe, embracing every scale of intervention – from product design to installations to architecture and urban planning.

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An Assembly of Livelihoods: Community-Based Housing for Climate Migrants in Bangladesh’s Rapidly Urbanising Cities | Masters Design Thesis

‘An Assembly of Livelihoods’ is an architecture thesis by Robin Ringel from the ‘Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment – TU Delft.’ The project proposes a dignified, affordable housing framework for climate-displaced migrants in Bangladesh, translating wetland community patterns into adaptable urban assemblies. The project seeks to secure livelihoods, social support, and belonging for newcomers to Dhaka and Sylhet, bridging necessity and dignity while transforming migration from a crisis response into a resilient, hopeful urban future.

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Casa Amarilla | GOMA taller de arquitectura

Casa Amarilla by GOMA taller de arquitectura is a single-family residence in Querétaro designed around internal and external courtyards that connect the spaces of the house. The project blends with the semi-desert context through a gradient of vegetation, creating a green perimeter that separates the home from its surroundings and links the three main volumes into a continuous spatial experience.

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Sanctuary Tunnel Garden | RAD+AR

Sanctuary Tunnel Garden by RAD+AR explores how religious architecture is evolving through modernist spatial design while preserving its spiritual essence. Set within a pristine site, the project replaces ornamentation with light, scale, and raw form, creating an inverted, ambiguous tunnel that bridges architecture and nature, offering a physical and non-physical journey of silence, awe, and timeless devotion.

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Mussel Built: Ecological Architecture for an Industrial Waterway | Masters Design Project

‘Mussel Built’ is a Masters Design Project by Shiqi Xu and Ruiqi Huang from the ‘Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) – Columbia University.’ The project aims to challenge human-centered notions of architecture by redefining building as a long-term ecological process shaped by nonhuman agents and deep time. Focusing on the mussel as a resilient biological and material actor, the project explores how decay, growth, and environmental coupling can produce adaptive structures that persist beyond human systems.

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MAUSAM- Under The Jamun Tree | Myspace Architects

Mausam by Myspace Architects is designed as a community living quarters rooted in simple living and a strong sense of belonging. The architectural language is bold yet elegant, anchored in modernity and forward growth, evolved through a playful use of angles, lines, and colors. Balconies become social thresholds, encouraging interaction, dignity, and continued purpose within a tight urban context.

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hé Retail Store | LubanEra·Design

hé Retail Store by LubanEra·Design explores space not defined by function, but by the dissolution of boundaries, creating a canvas for life, personal spirit, and identity. Rooted in “contradictory symbiosis,” the interior design translates multi-dimensional feminine identities into a perceptible spatial journey, where space, light, and materiality converge to unfold a multi-faceted feminine universe with humanistic sensibility.

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AGROHabitat: Reconnecting Housing, Agriculture, and Landscape at Bogotá’s Urban–Rural Edge | Bachelors Design Thesis

‘AGROHabitat’ is an architecture thesis by Abigail Iraheta Abarca from the ‘Facultad de Arquitectura y Diseño – Universidad de los Andes.’ The project aims to redefine Bogotá’s urban edge by integrating housing, agriculture, and infrastructure into a regenerative system. The project seeks to restore the relationship between dwelling and productive land, addressing food insecurity, loss of fertile soil, and fragmented urban growth by proposing housing as an active, ecological, and social agent that cultivates community, resilience, and local food production.

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CXCC Summit 58 | Wutopia Lab

CXCC Summit 58 by Wutopia Lab redefines the skyscraper observatory as an independent urban attraction and cultural tourism destination. Inspired by glaciers as indicators of global warming, the tower crown is conceived as an abstract iceberg, weaving past, present, and future into a spatial narrative. Through form, ornament, and emotion, the project transforms viewing into perception, aligning Shanghai’s history, vision, and the 2060 Dual Carbon Goals.

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Kajiwara House | Roovice

Kajiwara House, a refurbishment project by Roovice, is guided by a desire to restore the home’s quiet charm, preserving what could be saved and intervening only where necessary. Old and new are layered rather than blended, allowing time, use, and change to remain visible. Calm and modest in spirit, the house values process over perfection, a home that grows, changes, and matures with its owners.

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Nautica Black Label Boutique | SLT Design

Nautica Black Label Boutique by SLT Design reinterprets the yacht as a contemporary spatial prototype. Moving beyond superficial nautical symbols, the retail design translates the DNA of sailing into a modular, replicable system. The space abstracts sails, rigging, decks, and cleats into architecture, expressing freedom, adventure, and natural essence with strong brand recognition and efficient implementation.

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Professor’s Residence | VSP Architects

Professor’s Residence by VSP Architects is inspired by sparrow nests, distinctive yet vanishing into the spirit of nature. The house is envisioned as a natural and unadulterated home that reflects the professor’s personality, encouraging intellectual activities and introspection. Blending traditional and modern design elements, the residence creates an emotional connection between built spaces and the natural environment.

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VSP Architects

VSP Architects is a design-driven architectural firm committed to delivering thoughtful, contextually rooted solutions across a broad spectrum of projects. The firm’s design philosophy is anchored in a deep commitment to sustainability, contextual sensitivity, and the pursuit of holistic living. VSP Architects strive to craft architectural solutions that not only respect their natural and cultural surroundings but also actively enhance them.

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Dwelling Through Division: Reimagining the Party Wall as Social Infrastructure in Becontree, London | Masters Design Project

‘Dwelling Through Division’ is a Masters Design Project by Yuezhou Hou from the ‘Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA).’ The project aims to redefine the party wall as a shared social and spatial infrastructure that enables new forms of collective living. By challenging rigid, family-based property ownership, the project empowers residents to negotiate shared boundaries, expand living possibilities, and transform isolated housing units into a more connected, cooperative neighborhood.

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House in Jinseki Phase 2nd | Reiichi Ikeda Design

House in Jinseki by Reiichi Ikeda Design is set in a plateau region surrounded by a beautifully expansive landscape. The project renovates a main building, a barn, and an annex arranged east–west, restoring balance between old and new. The design reinterprets the traditional Igura-Tsukuri house style through dialogue-driven colored washi, harmonizing architecture, history, and place.

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Shelled Audiokinesis: Sensory Architecture and Acoustic Urban Design at Newtown Creek | Bachelor’s Design Project

‘Shelled Audiokinesis’ is a Bachelor’s Design Project by Esin Ilay San form the ‘Pratt Institute School of Architecture.’ The project aims to create a place of solace within an industrial landscape by reframing how sound and space are experienced. Through architectural manipulation of enclosure, material, and natural forces, the design filters industrial noise while amplifying natural sound, allowing nature and architecture to collaboratively shape a sensory, contemplative environment that challenges boundaries between the built and natural realms.

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Inaura | MVRDV

Inaura by MVRDV proposes a new approach to claiming its place in the Dubai skyline, privileging intrigue over spectacle. Rather than competing in height with taller neighbours, the refined, rectilinear tower is lifted to reveal a luminous, jewel-like orb embedded within its floors. Inspired by a pearl, this glowing ovoid quietly steals attention, creating a distinctive horizon that is exquisite yet simultaneously demure within the skyline.

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