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370 / Piermario D'Ortona and Ludovica Mochi: Finca Comunitaria

Submission #370 | Piermario D'Ortona and Ludovica Mochi: Finca Comunitaria — “The now planetary emergency of the climate issue - the rising temperatures of the planet due to the use of fossil resources - gives particular attention to the issues of indigenous peoples and the fate of the territories of which they are the custodian inhabitants. Moreover, it is precisely with respect to these extreme conditions that these communities have always shown extraordinary adaptive capacities - recognizable, for example, in the forms of the settlements and in the types of housing adopted - but also and above all in the organizational methods and statutory rules of life based on the sharing of territorial and village common goods.”

342 / Renzo Lopez and Richard Jaffe: Sensorial Ambiguity

Submission #342 | Renzo Lopez and Richard Jaffe: Sensorial Ambiguity — “Despite this long running inequality of marketing and promotion, during the 2016 Rio Olympic season the Paralympics broke worldwide audience records by eclipsing the audience of the main, heavily marketed Olympics by 500 million worldwide viewers to reach a total audience of 4.1 billion. Given this condition along with the hidden, underappreciated nature of the Paralympics, it is the goal of this Project to create a spatial experience which will promote and enhance the public perception of Paralympic athletes.”

326_Zoe Russian Moreno: Ka' Poy Yepü

Submission #326 | Zoe Russian Moreno: Ka' Poy Yepü — “Canaima National Park - Venezuela, is one of the largest natural reserves on the planet and possess definitive characters that differentiate it from other natural reservoirs. It’s soil dates back to the Precambrian period, between 1.5 million to 2 billion years old; which makes it one of the most ancient rock formations in the world's geochronology. These unique formations called “Tepuis” are a kind of table-top mountains with 90-degree vertical walls.”

251_Quadri Shogunle: Biophilic Affiliation

Submission #251 | Quadri Shogunle: Biophilic Affiliation — “Biophilic Affiliation will become the catalyst for man’s first steps towards using biophilic design within an institutional setting, as an alternative form of treatment for those suffering from mental health issues.”

99_Mordvintseva Elizaveta, Glinskaya Maria, Nechitailova Irina: The wall. New function

Submission #99 | Mordvintseva Elizaveta, Glinskaya Maria, Nechitailova Irina: The wall. New function — The theme of the project we are presenting appeared in MSUA (moscow state university of architecture) in the beginning of the 20 century. We were supposed to design a club, not a night club, but a club for people, having similar interests. We were given a huge area in the centre of Moscow to place our club there. The three of us decided that the ares is too big for one club, and we started thinking about placing three connected buildings there.

74_Daniel Rebolledo: Nuevo Circo de Caracas

Daniel Rebolledo: Nuevo Circo de Caracas — This was an academic project that was set on a historic landmark which is the Nuevo Circo de Caracas, and old slaughter house in the late 19th century, and was refurbished and transformed into the new bull fighting ring and biggest venue place in the early 20th century. The building was abandoned for several years as bull fighting became less popular over time.

70_Rasmus Maabjerg: Harrison Center of Death

Rasmus Maabjerg: Harrison Center of Death — It is a project that deals with both physical and non-physical datastorage, related to both the residents of Harrison and the transitory people comming in and out of the city. Both low and high skill work is perform in form of physically handeling of the items and highskill managing of the non-physical data.

59_Graham Rose: Shifting Spirals

Graham Rose: Shifting Spirals — Essentially we had to create a folly that was semi habitable for people or any creature depending on your design. We had to utilize two design approaches that we had been working with all semester. The project was initially limited to an 18’x18’x18’ cube but we were allowed to break the barrier if it was necessary and made sense.

57_Kadek Ary Wicaksana: The Grid

Submission #57 | Kadek Ary Wicaksana: The Grid — In order to fully comprehend the problems in some contexts, factors like the segregation of its people caused by supergrid’s bifurcation is extremely important to be noticed and implemented in the design process.

36_Federico Fauli: Nobody's Land

Federico Fauli: Nobody's Land — Nobody’s Land is a project born from an apocalyptic concept. It represents the lack of a vision, the appeal for a utopian renewal and the constant search for new ways of living. A project set in the nowadays Bangladesh reality, in a site located in the South-West area of Dhaka, surrounded by the Buriganga river.