With a fully glazed facade framed by horizontal wooden slats, the design creates a harmonious balance of light and privacy, offering tranquil spaces for contemplation and connection in a retreat setting.
Smooth white cavities filter natural light throughout a lakeshore retreat, ensuring privacy and connection to the forest while providing a serene environment for artistic creation.
An accessible roof and a facade of volcanic dust create a distinctive community space that harmoniously integrates with the surrounding Icelandic landscape, serving as a multifunctional hub for engagement and interaction.
The acoustically responsive inverted roof of this residence integrates sensory experiences into a central courtyard, promoting interaction with natural elements within a safe living space for the visually impaired.
Equipped with braille signage and voice-activated systems, the residence integrates a wooden facade and green roof to create an accessible home that fosters deep connections with its natural surroundings.
Constructed from rammed earth, this retreat seamlessly integrates with its cliffside environment, featuring a unique engawa pathway that leads visitors through a native garden, creating a serene space for yoga and meditation.
Constructed with a corrugated fiber cement roof for rainwater collection and designed with wood sun blockers for temperature control, the yoga house creates a tranquil community space that integrates nature and functionality.
Utilizing alder wood and rainwater harvesting systems, this modular cabin fosters community interaction while providing a serene space for meditation and wellness.
A raised cabin with adjustable wooden blinds provides visitors secluded panoramic views of the North Latvia Biosphere Reserve, enhancing their connection to nature while serving as an observation point.
Constructed with locally sourced wood and clay tiles, the design integrates a winding stone ditch for water management, creating a serene shala space for yoga and meditation.
A round movable platform and bronze accents define a raised retreat designed for mindfulness practices, offering a tranquil connection to the surrounding environment.
Set on the coastal lake Jamno, the design incorporates a floating concrete structure with solar modules, optimizing sustainability while providing a multifunctional living space that transforms between workspace and bedroom.
Bamboo skin huts, enhanced by microporous PTFE membranes, provide functional and sustainable living spaces for the Bajau community, seamlessly integrating traditional craftsmanship with modern amenities along the coastal waters of Malaysia.
Natural stone cladding and expansive green roofs define a terraced hotel that seamlessly connects with its vineyard landscape, providing a unique hospitality experience in Portugal’s wine country.
A moss roof enhances the timber frame structure, creating a calming environment that supports wellness activities through sustainable design and ample natural light.
Cork cladding and locally sourced stone define a yoga retreat that harmonizes with its natural surroundings, emphasizing permeability and flexibility throughout the space.
Elevated above a picturesque landscape, the yoga house incorporates bamboo tessellation in its roofing to create a dynamic interplay of light while promoting mindfulness and connection with nature.
Built around a central fireplace, this compact dwelling utilizes cedar wood and Moroccan Zellige tiles to create an efficient living space that promotes sustainable living in just 25 m².
Constructed with interconnected hexagonal platforms of reed and cork, the retreat seamlessly integrates educational experiences with the observation of flamingos in their natural habitat.
Integrating fog harvesting technology with locally sourced spruce plywood, this elevated residence offers a unique approach to sustainability while providing functional living spaces within a serene forest setting.
Located in the wetland landscape of Big Slough and Silver Lake, the design offers a vertical exploration of the natural environment through a carefully articulated watchtower structure. The project merges ecological awareness with spatial complexity, creating an architectural framework for observation, movement, and interaction.
Set within a contemporary residential context in the United Arab Emirates, the design explores the relationship between traditional urban forms and present-day living requirements. It emphasizes community interaction, environmental responsiveness, and adaptability, responding to both cultural and climatic conditions.
Design a memorial that speaks to the cause of ending all nuclear weapons programs
Edition #6ideas COMPETITIONSILENT CONTEST For this competition, NO DESCRIPTION TEXT is allowed. The architecture ideas must be communicated strictly with visuals.
Set within a remote desert landscape, the installation engages with the surrounding geology through a restrained formal language and material palette. It is conceived as a space for reflection and observation, where geometric structures frame the vastness of the environment.
Hadi Koohihabibi,Pariya Shahbazi,Parsa Kavosi,Kimia Salimzadeh
Located in a small urban center adjacent to open landscape, the structure supports both elevated viewing and pedestrian circulation across its site. Designed to enhance public engagement, it responds to local context through its spatial configuration and material logic.
Wrapped in charred wooden shingles and built from cross-laminated timber, this community spa blends wellness, sustainability, and landscape-driven design in a remote Icelandic setting.
Wilson Lopes Do Nascimento Junior,Valerio Ziantoni,Gabriela Vitória Carvalho,João Pedro Pina
The design addresses the challenges of desert living by integrating sustainable strategies that support self-sufficiency and environmental resilience. Emphasizing resource efficiency and ecological balance, the project highlights the relationship between built form and natural systems in a harsh environment.
Situated within the prairie landscape of De Smet, South Dakota, the design draws inspiration from the form and symbolism of pioneer-era covered wagons. The intervention engages visitors through movement, materiality, and historical reference.
Design a memorial that speaks to the cause of ending all nuclear weapons programs
Edition #6ideas COMPETITIONSILENT CONTEST For this competition, NO DESCRIPTION TEXT is allowed. The architecture ideas must be communicated strictly with visuals.
Use architecture to create different emotional states
Edition #7ideas COMPETITIONSILENT CONTEST For this competition, NO DESCRIPTION TEXT is allowed. The architecture ideas must be communicated strictly with visuals.