Dezeen School Shows: for this roundup of student projects, we've picked six jewellery designs featured in Dezeen School Shows that have additional functions.

These jewellery, silversmithing and product design students have created a variety of jewellery that aim to support mental and physical health as well as pieces that foster a connection between humans and nature.

This roundup of projects includes a collection of jewellery that serves as a barrier against surveillance technology and hearing aids that are designed to be worn as an accessory.

The selection of projects comes from product design, jewellery design and silversmithing courses at international institutions including Sheffield Hallam University, University for the Creative Arts, Middlesex University, Glasgow School of Art and Lucerne School of Art and Design.

The Anxiety Relief Set by Yijia He

Jewellery materials and design student Yijia He created a collection of jewellery pieces that aim to reduce feelings of anxiety, confronting the rise of mental health issues due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Informed by traditional Chinese rituals, the pieces are designed to connect with users, integrating them into the fabric of the artwork.

"Combining my design sensibilities and cultural background I propose ways to relieve anxiety, loneliness and feelings of self-isolation," said He.

"My work is performative and aims to break the boundaries of jewellery design and thus allow the work to interact with the audience and make the process part of the work."

Student: Yijia He
School: Sheffield Hallam University
Course: Jewellery Materials and Design

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Privacy To Go: Disruptive Jewellery by Laura Desch

Criticising the invasive nature of modern surveillance systems, jewellery design student Laura Desch developed a collection that creates a barrier against facial recognition technology.

Desch aims to encourage confidence in public spaces, giving users the power to control their privacy.

"The jewellery plays with self-perception and other's perceptions and the absurdity that underlies the surveillance system, identification and classification of individuals," said Desch.

"When worn on the body, the series of objects develop an emancipatory character. This performative jewellery generates a disruption in digital presence and allows the wearer to regain control of their private sphere in what is an increasingly monitored public world."

Student: Laura Desch
School: Lucerne School of Art and Design
Course: XS Jewellery

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Rings by Michael Loizou

Micheal Loizou, a jewellery and silversmithing student, designed an interactive tool that can be worn on the body, offering a portable source of comfort when people are feeling anxious.

According to Loizou, the pieces feature different kinetic mechanisms such as rivets, providing users with physical distractions to calm them.

"Specialising in the field of kinaesthetic jewellery, Loizou brings a playfulness to jewellery design by focusing on tactility, form and interactive components."

"Fabricated in precious metals, he focuses on soothing textures and visual qualities to engage the user, utilising soft edges and elegant form, calming motion and vivid gemstones, reminiscent of the calming qualities of nature."

Student: Michael Loizou
School: University for the Creative Arts
Course: BA (Hons) Jewellery and Silversmithing

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Do You See Me Hearing You? by Sophie Mia Willener

Contradicting the discreet designs of modern hearing aids, jewellery design student Sophie Mia Willener created a hearing aid that serves as a bold and expressive jewellery piece.

The concept took inspiration from 19th-century hearing aids known as ear trumpets, characterised by brass elements and a trumpet-like shape.

"The aim was to design 'visually loud' hearing aids in order to make them more conspicuous and endow them with their own formal autonomy," said Willener.

"Using various add-ons, the hearing aid becomes an item of 'listening jewellery' for the self-assured wearer."

Student: Sophie Mia Willener
School: Lucerne School of Art and Design
Course: BA XS Jewellery

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Ease: Easing Neurodiverse Driven Anxiety Through Physical Products by Zöe Needham

Product design student Zöe Needham experimented with various physical anxiety relief strategies, creating a range of jewellery that aims to comfort neurodiverse women.

The pieces can be customised with different textures, sizes, materials, designs and inserts that distract and reassure users in the form of bangles, pendants and key rings.

"Distraction and reassurance through physical contact is an established method of relief for anxiety," explained Needham. "Current solutions focus on medical or technological manifestations."

"A configurable range of anxiety management tactile fabric inserts allow the wearer to insert a variety of tactile fabrics of their choice to support a reduction in stress, discomfort, anxiety or panic."

Student: Zöe Needham
School: Middlesex University
Course: BA Product Design

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Kinetic Nature by Cara Smith

Silversmithing and jewellery design student Cara Smith created a series of sculpture-like jewellery pieces that imitate organic forms when worn on the body.

Smith aimed to explore the relationship between nature and the human body, experimenting with texture, form, repetition, transformation and movement.

"The jewellery pieces are sculptures intended to become animated once positioned on the body – to become bodily extensions. As nature changes, it gifts us with fleeting phenomena," explained Smith.

"These moments are captured in these activated body adornments, such as the life cycle of the dandelion head changing from yellow to translucent, and then as motion, like a bird in flight."

Student: Cara Smith
School: Glasgow School of Art
Course: BA (Hons) Silversmithing and Jewellery

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Dezeen School Shows: a project that uses generative AI to enhance theatre performances is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the Singapore University of Technology and Design.

Also featured is the design of a chair that aims to facilitate communal dining among citizens of Singapore and the design of a floating structure for growing crops on Cambodia's Mekong River.

Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)

Institution: Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)
Course: Master of Architecture – Architecture and Sustainable Design pillar
Tutors: Peter Ortner, Daniel Whittaker, Carlos Bañón, Eva Castro, Immanuel Koh, Jason Lim, Bige Tunçer, Christine Yogiaman and Zheng Kai

School statement:

"Spanning from Jakarta to Kuala Lumpur, Singapore to Hai Phong, these thesis projects mark the apex of architecture and sustainable design education at the Singapore University of Technology and Design.

"Emblematic of rigorous research conducted on-site and in the field (or in a mangrove swamp), these students have embarked upon an architectural journey which has led them to examine in what ways future architectural, urban design and landscape ecologies will assist in securing new communities, focused upon a bio- and socio-centric architectural core.

"These students have envisioned a new architecture which enhances the lives of fishermen in Cambodia, young and old families maturing in Singapore, and responsible energy-harvesting in the South China Sea.

"Together, these jury-selected and award-winning projects represent the best in new architectural ideas, demonstrating the exceptional design talents of our graduating students this December 2023.

"SUTD Master of Architecture graduate students are trailblazers creating a better world through design."

Jakarta, Indonesia's Possibilities for Coastal Reform: Muara Angke 2100 by Lyvia Anabelle Simano

"Simano's thesis aims to enhance North Jakarta's resilience against rising water levels through 'natural' coastal protection methods while adding value to the city and its constituent neighbourhoods.

"The following question was posed: 'What kind of new, durable infrastructure could be designed, to create an urban-nature balance?'.

"Simano focused upon a Jakartan port-neighbourhood called Muara Angke, creating a solution of a new multi-phase implementation of dike rings as an archipelago strategy.

"Simano's island-channel solution changed water threats into an opportunity for coexistence, by adding huge plantations of mangrove trees as a new brackish water aquaculture farm to help absorb inflows during rising floodwater conditions."

Student: Lyvia Anabelle Simano
Tutors: Peter Ortner and Carlos Bañón
Award: The Master of Architecture Thesis Award – Sustainable Environments

Virtual Net-Zero: Participatory Design in the Redevelopment of Paya Lebar Air Base in Singapore by Ryan Chua Jie Jian

"Jian's thesis delves deep into the following question: How can we achieve real net-zero planning through the use of participatory design methods (involving the community) to create new digital and virtual technological tools to simulate various self-sufficiency energy use goals?

"This complex digital framework achieved two paramount goals. The first is to help the general public better understand the true challenges of planning a net-zero energy use neighbourhood district.

"The second is to help architects and urban planners better understand the public's perception of what constitutes a 'net-zero city' and discover new design opportunities unique to the individual needs of the users."

Student: Ryan Chua Jie Jian
Tutors: Peter Ortner and Carlos Bañón
Award: The Master of Architecture Thesis Award – Sustainable Environments

The Theatre Machine by Saw Man Lin

"Saw's thesis harnesses the potential of generative AI to orchestrate spatial storytelling for the poignant 'to be or not to be' soliloquy from Shakespeare's Hamlet.

"The objective is to integrate an actor's interpretive performance with spaces that serve as a co-narrator, resulting in an audio-visual rendition of the soliloquy.

"Lin's orchestration of the digital space yields a performance that reveals the relationship between the actor and the space.

"The methodological harnessing of generative AI disrupts the conventional live-staging paradigm challenging the linear trajectory intrinsic to traditional theatrical experiences.

"This thesis reevaluates the storytelling-actor-space relationship dynamic."

Student: Saw Man Lin
Tutor: Immanuel Koh
Award: The Master of Architecture Thesis Award – Design Computation and The Master of Architecture Thesis Award – Future Manufacturing

Singapore's Hawker Centres: The Habitation of Purpose and Community for Elders by Mark Tay Hao Yang

"Yang investigates the reform of the family dining table, re-contextualised in Singapore's contemporary Hawker Centre communal food culture.

"His thesis asks how the surgical insertion of the chair can act as a catalyst to allow elders to exercise their agency and connect with others in the community.

"Yang's architectural intervention of a newly-designed wooden chair, augmented with hand-painted planar elements, created by community members, will form strong new relations in the Hawker Centre.

"It will become a  place-making tool and preserve the familiarity and habitual usage, which continues to draw Singaporeans from all walks of life to communally dine together."

Student: Mark Tay Hao Yang
Tutors: Jason Lim, Bige Tunçer, Christine Yogiaman and Zheng Kai
Award: The Master of Architecture Thesis Award – Social Innovation

Revitalising and Reinvigorating Neglected Strata Malls in Singapore by Janice Yong Qi Hui

"Hui examined ageing 1970s and 1980s multi-story and proprietor-owned shopping 'strata malls' in Singapore.

"Her thesis sought to revitalise these sometimes forgotten indoor spaces, pursuing a variety of adaptive reuse options, to inject new life into the buildings so they remain relevant to their neighbouring communities into the 21st century.

"Hui's thesis focused on the Upper Serangoon Shopping Center, whose relevance has dissipated as the community aged and less young families utilised its interior atrium spaces.

"Hui discerned five evaluative performance criteria: connectivity, competition, visibility, en vogue style/management and adaptability for alteration, as governing her dynamic and promising re-design of Upper Serangoon."

Student: Janice Yong Qi Hui
Tutors: Peter Ortner and Carlos Bañón
Award: Honorary project award

Normalising Change: The (in)Complete City – (re)constructing Singapore by Kuan Yi Heng

"Heng analysed the 1960s and 1970s Japanese notion of the Metabolist city and thus synthesised a thesis project that proposes a construction system that allows buildings to morph and change in function and form over time to adapt to changing socioeconomic demands.

"Heng designed a robust construction system that facilitates the assembly and disassembly of building parts and injects sustainability cycles into the construction industry in a multi-tiered fashion.

"The project defines successful modular building design, taking into account fabrication, shipping, assembly and use, as well as disassembly and re-use."

Student: Kuan Yi Heng
Tutors: Peter Ortner and Carlos Bañón
Award: Honorary project award

The Urban Sporting Village: Aspiring to an Active Living! by Rachel Cheah Jiawen

"Jiawen examined a range of contemporary urban health issues resulting from sedentary living.

"From this detailed analysis of modern-day transit systems, Jiawen designed a new urban mobility framework with hubs that accommodate the varying rhythms of individuals, creating an environment that supports both fast and leisurely activities.

"These hubs also act as a social exchange area where people can choose to participate in sports or access relaxing green spaces, which support different speeds of activity for a wide variety of age group demographics.

"'Living Domes' and 'Sports Domes', with elliptical oculi, welcome filtered natural daylight into activity arenas sustained with natural ventilation."

Student: Rachel Cheah Jiawen
Tutors: Peter Ortner and Carlos Bañón
Award: Honorary project award

Cryptosphere: A new energy currency for sustainable consumption in Vietnam by Valent Tan Wei Ren

"Ren's thesis examines the energy conundrum: the complex system of global energy demand amidst continual climate change in developing countries.

"His thesis proposes a South China Sea coastal settlement, near Hai Phong, Vietnam, where a new automated energy creation future is envisioned for 2050.

"Ren's thesis challenges the current economic energy production model by exploring a new 'decentralised autonomous organisation' (DAO) to regulate energy consumption by the producers and consumers, turning energy into a new currency.

"This energy is created in a three-fold technological manner: sea waves, vertical architecturally-integrated ferrous oxide batteries and gaseous buoyant balloons all working generatively together."

Student: Valent Tan Wei Ren
Tutor: Eva Castro
Award: The Master of Architecture Thesis Award – Research Innovation and The DP Architects Design Excellence Award

Heteritopolis: A Critique on Conservation of China Town’s Heritage in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by Tan Eng Khang

"Khang ventured into the depths of Kuala Lumpur's densely-packed historic China Town, dissecting long-held traditions regarding historic building conservation.

"His thesis project critiqued the conventional isolated approach to preserving individual old shop houses.

"Khang created a new architectural-structural form moving a new coherent approach, on tiered platforms, into a vertical China Town.

"Khang reintroduced cooperative housing for both residents and transient tourists alike, centring this new residential focus as an integral design stratagem that ensures Kuala Lumpur's future urban sustainability.

"This he designed as guaranteeing the permanence of evolving heritage for past, current and future generations to inhabit."

Student: Tan Eng Khang
Tutor: Daniel Whittaker
Award: Honorary project award

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This school show is a partnership between Dezeen and Singapore University of Technology and Design. Find out more about Dezeen partnership content here.

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Dezeen School Shows: a bag that aids fruit pickers' physical wellbeing when harvesting is included in Dezeen's latest school show by the University of New South Wales.

Also included is a medical device worn as an item of headwear that soothes symptoms in people with eye conditions and a scheme that creates beneficial community zones along the Georges River in Sydney.

University of New South Wales

Institution: University of New South Wales
School: School of the Built Environment
Courses: Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, Master of Landscape Architecture, Bachelor of Design (Computational Design) and Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours)
Tutors: Dr Sara Padgett Kjaersgaard, Dr Nicole Gardner and Dr Mariano Ramirez

School statement:

"At UNSW Built Environment, we focus on the challenges of cities at every scale, from industrial-designed products to the architectural design of buildings and landscapes, as well as urban and regional policy and planning.

"We design high-performing built environments that contribute to tackling the climate crisis, while our social-impact design ethos responds to the needs of both the individual, as well as society as a whole.

"Many of our student projects engage with 'country', which associate professor Bernadette Hardy, a traditional owner of Dharug and Gamilaraay descent, redefines for First Nations people as a profound union of the physical and spiritual, deeply connected to the world's oldest living culture.

"Country is a living entity spanning land, sky, water, sun, moon, a life-sustaining teacher which shapes belonging, custodianship and reciprocity.

"Overall, at UNSW Built Environment we seek to develop skilled and enquiring graduates, with a conscience, who can positively engage, adapt and shape our cities for the benefit of all people and life on earth, with the environment firmly in mind."

Alternative Environmental Offset: Shorebird Habitat Protection and Acquisition by Sze Wah Chan

"This project addresses how shoreline bird habitat can act as alternative ecosystem services offset amidst the development of large-scale infrastructures and sea-level rise in the Rockdale Wetland Corridor (RWC), Sydney.

"The RWC is constituted by a diversity of ecosystems – coastal, wetland, salt marsh, mudflat and forest – each providing ecosystem services such as the provisioning of habitats and regulating temperature.

"Their ecosystems and their services are, however, under threat with increasing urbanisation, infrastructure development and projected sea level rise.

"This design proposal investigates more nuanced landscape alternatives to secure the stability of shoreline bird ecosystems and their services."

Student: Sze Wah Chan
Course: Master Landscape Architecture
Tutors: Sara Padgett Kjaersgaard and Patrick Franklyn
Email: channaomi16[at]gmail.com

Cultural Educational Landscape: Instituting Environmental Restorative Carbon Sequestration at Sans Souci by Hiu Lam Haylie Shum

"This project harnesses the education potential of the Rockdale Wetlands Corridor (RWC) for the public, by facilitating immersive learning in situ.

"The site features wetlands and salt marsh areas, providing a diverse habitat for various species.

"Furthermore, the site contains federally listed Threatened Ecological Communities, which operate as a significant carbon sink and therefore need to be protected and expanded whenever possible.

"By connecting the existing creek and playground to the shoreline, children and their guardians will be drawn to understand more about the surroundings."

Student: Hiu Lam Haylie Shum
Course: Master of Landscape Architecture
Tutors: Sara Padgett Kjaersgaard and Patrick Franklyn
Email: haylieshum[at]gmail.com

Look and Listen by Julia Shreeve

"This project asks how can we redesign Haigh Park and Lake Moore in Liverpool, Sydney, to promote habitats for Green and Golden Bell Frogs.

"This species of frog was once commonly widespread along Australia's East Coast but now exists only in isolated populations.

"In Liverpool, this is namely due to an extensive history of land clearing, heavy industrial and sand mining occupation.

"The project site has been designed to be developed as a key habitat link along the Georges River and target existing local populations as potential inhabitants."

Student: Julia Shreeve
Course: Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
Tutors: Mike Harris, Simon Lloyd and Linden Crane
Email: jshreeve01[at]gmail.com

Phyla: an algae bioplastic stool for the domestic living environment by Jasmine Stein

"Phyla addresses material toxicity and furniture waste by replacing petrochemical components with biomaterials and circular processes.

"This environmentally conscious stool is made from algae, PLA composite base and a recycled HDPE seat top.

"Its form is inspired by the movement of seaweed in the ocean and the shape of algae under a microscope. Once it has reached the end of its use, the stool can be disassembled and recycled into a new stool or product.

"Available as a low stool, a counter stool and a bar stool, Phyla creates a dialogue for designers to introduce biomaterials in future furniture and product designs."

Student: Jasmine Stein
Course: Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours)
Tutors: Danielah Martinez, Oya Demirbilek and Christian Tietz
Email: jasmine[at]scottstein.com.au

Fruitfull: fruit picking bag by Marcus Kelly

"Fruitfull is a game-changing fruit-picking bag designed to mitigate food loss and enhance worker safety in harvest operations.

"The top component features a unique catch-and-release system that slows down the descent of fruits as they enter the bag, thus preventing damage.

"A neoprene compression funnel regulates the speed of exiting fruit when unloading into pallet bins.

"Comprehensive back supports redistribute the weight of the bag to the waist, such that the load is carried through the legs and not by the back, greatly reducing the risk of orchard injuries.

"Fruitfull proves a smart investment for farmers throughout its lifecycle, as it boosts average crop yields, ensuring more fruit can be sold rather than wasted and improving financial stability in a volatile agricultural industry."

Student: Marcus Kelly
Course: Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours)
Tutors: Mariano Ramirez and Oya Demirbilek
Email: marcuskelly00[at]gmail.com

Computational Design I (Building) by Tristan Luong, Jayden Tran and William Boge

"This project is a collaboration between UNSW and Habitat for Humanity Cambodia (HFHC) to computationally automate the iterative 3D modelling process to improve the effectiveness of affordable house designs.

"The project uses a parametric design tool to generate variations of a house design based on local context, culture, user's needs and resources.

"The house designs are optimised to minimise costs and carbon emissions; maximize sunlight hours indoors (minimising the use of artificial light); ensure indoor temperature is within the comfort range (minimising the use of cooling systems); and maximise the capture of solar energy for electricity supply."

Students: Tristan Luong, Jayden Tran and William Boge
Course: Bachelor of Design (Computational Design)
Tutors: Cristina Ramos Jaime, Scarlett Rogers and Eva Lloyd

Emerging Digital Technologies by Anthony Shin, Grace Chen, Ruby Lu Chen, Sidney Mendez and Zhixiang Zhang

"This project investigates robotic fabrication for design and architecture using computational design modelling, robotic programming and fabrication methods to achieve environmentally conscious designs for manufacture and assembly.

"The project explores the realisation of non-standard forms and complex curves. It has been programmed using Grasshopper for a UR5 robot six-axis arm.

"Prototype fabrication involved creating repeating foam block moulds to cast the forms in a range of materials."

Students: Anthony Shin, Grace Chen, Ruby Lu Chen, Sidney Mendez and Zhixiang Zhang
Course: Bachelor of Design (Computational Design)
Tutor: Charlotte Firth

Human-Machine Interaction by Louis Lamont

"This project explores the design of a sensor-driven and autonomously-operated responsive architectural facade. It aims to carefully integrate interaction technology into an architectural context to create a movement that is both effective and seamless.

"The design features six columns, arranged in a pattern that rotate 520 degrees to create a visually arresting spiral effect, even while static.

"The prototype is constructed from laser-cut plywood and uses an Arduino microcontroller, servo motor and infrared sensor."

Student: Louis Lamont
Course: Bachelor of Design (Computational Design)
Tutor: Belinda Dunstan
Email: louis.lamont[at]student.unsw.edu.au

Sooze: a modular eye care device for keratoconus patients by Maoxin Yuan

"Sooze offers comfort and advanced vision support to keratoconus patients, mitigating their limited activity options, impaired mobility and eye discomfort experienced after removal of rigid contact lenses.

"A neural-stimulating headband and a detachable visor module work together to capture and deliver clear images directly to the retinas of patients, irrespective of cornea shape.

"An electrode on the headband administers low-intensity electrical stimulation via a conductive textile strap to the upper eye and forehead area, boosting tear production and easing eye pain during wakefulness and sleep.

"Its light engine emits red light at night when the visor is off, further enhancing the sleep quality of keratoconus patients."

Student: Maoxin Yuan
Course: Bachelor of Industrial Design (Honours)
Tutors: Gonzalo Portas, Oya Demirbilek and Christian Tietz
Email: maoxindesign[at]outlook.com

In the Wandering by Hannah Kohler

"This project asks how regular community engagement along the Georges River can reveal the beauty of rich ecological systems fostering stewardship and improving wellbeing.

"In our growing urban centres, time spent within green space has been linked to the ability to recover from mental fatigue, psychological stress and depression.

"This project explores interactions between humans and the beauty of rich ecological systems as active and passive recreation stops along an accessible walking journey.

"Guided by existing site conditions and proposed restoration of endemic vegetation communities, the stops are designed to be integrated into everyday life."

Student: Hannah Kohler
Course: Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
Tutors: Mike Harris, Simon Lloyd and Linden Crane
Email: hannahrk2001[at]gmail.com

Partnership content

This school show is a partnership between Dezeen and the University of New South Wales. Find out more about Dezeen partnership content here.

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Dezeen School Shows: a tech recycling centre built on the site of an Apple store in downtown San Francisco is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at California College of the Arts.

Also featured is a project proposing digitally manufactured submarine habitats for oysters and fish, and a pavilion that can be used as a yoga pod or meditation tent.

California College of the Arts

Institution: California College of the Arts
School: Architecture Division
Courses: Bachelor of Architecture, BFA Interior Design, Master of Architecture and Master of Advanced Architecture Design
Tutors: Neeraj Bhatia, Nataly Gattegno, Negar Kalatnar, Janette Kim, Adam Marcus, Brian Price, Margaux Schindler, Alex Schofield, Neal Schwartz, Kristen Smith and Clark Thenhaus

School statement:

"The Architecture Division at California College of the Arts in San Francisco is an arena for the free and open exchange of ideas about the future – of our buildings, cities and planet – and a laboratory where these ideas are tested through speculative architectural and design research.

"Across four academic programmes and four research and teaching labs, our architecture and interior design students design with aesthetic, social, and environmental issues in mind, producing work that links image to identity, form to performance and order to equity.

"The five-year Bachelor of Architecture (BArch) programme is NAAB-accredited and STEM-designated.

"With a focus on critical thinking and creative making, students learn how to be agents of change, leveraging their skills toward environmental, social, and political impact.

"The BFA in Interior Design, is a four-year accredited programme with a focus on sustainable material practices and spatial innovation in which students learn to design for various human environments, including the home, workplace and public sphere.

"Our NAAB-accredited and STEM-designated Master of Architecture (MArch) programme champions innovation and experimentation in architectural design, preparing students to lead conversations and develop solutions around some of the world’s most pressing issues.

"In our STEM-designated Master of Advanced Architectural Design (MAAD) students focus on an independent research or design project through mentored study and a range of elective offerings in one of three areas associated with our acclaimed research labs: Digital Craft, History Theory Experiments, or Urban Works.

"At CCA we are guided by the shared belief that architecture and design are critical cultural practices that can and should serve the common good."

Bodies, Sovereignty and Hysteria by Lizzy Wilson

"As a response to the overturning of Roe vs Wade and the subsequent banning of abortion in multiple states, this thesis takes advantage of the political sovereignty granted to consulates as a legal loophole for placing an abortion clinic in Houston, Texas.

"Exploring the hybrid design of a Norwegian Consulate and an abortion clinic, the consulate encompasses the clinic and acts as a barrier or safe haven for the clinic nested within.

"The exterior of the consulate employs modernist ideas of hyper transparency, as manifested in Philip Johnson's Glass House, and a rigid gridded structure, as found in Mies van der Rohe's Seagram Building.

"However, the internal design of the clinic counters and disrupts the patriarchal design norms of modernism with a different spatial sensibility that does not rely on any datum or grid.

"Instead it is loose, freeform and curvilinear, using curtains as space dividers."

Student: Lizzy Wilson
Course: Master of Architecture Thesis
Tutors: Nataly Gattegno and Brian Price

Visitor Center by David Rico-Gomez

"Visitor Center explores notions of rurality and wilderness in American national and regional park building design.

"The National Parks Service has adopted a rustic form of architectural decoration  – affectionately dubbed 'parkitechture' – as a guideline for use across its buildings.

"When examined more closely, many of the architectural elements in NPS buildings are lifted from Midwestern rural architecture: farmhouses, four-squares and ranch homes.

"The rurality of the Midwest can not be conflated with wilderness, as its fields are aggressively controlled and domesticated.

"A forest of bioengineered columns elevates the building, while grasses and moss grow between the logs – both inside and out – creating a home for a diverse ecosystem of microorganisms."

Student: David Rico-Gomez
Course: Advanced Architecture Studio: SNAFU
Tutor: Clark Thenhaus

Loosely a House by Claire Leffler and Martin Hitch

"Loosely a House is an experiment in unpredictability and control.

"At the heart of the project is an experimental technique that combines fabric liners with digitally fabricated formwork to shape multi-purpose rammed earth columns, which establish the framework for a versatile habitat that welcomes both human and non-human inhabitants.

"In lieu of traditional walls, the project utilises several types of curtains to flexibly partition spaces. In this way, the distinction between interior and exterior is blurred, allowing human residents to inhabit the structure in a manner reminiscent of birds nesting."

Students: Claire Leffler and Martin Hitch
Course: Advanced Digital Craft Architecture Studio: Materialities of Care
Tutor: Adam Marcus

Cupola – A Rapidly Deployable Architecture with Environmental Considerations by Soojee Choi, Owen Patia and Electra White

"Cupola addresses the need for quickly erected, reusable structures.

"The project was designed in CCA Professor Negar Kalantar's transtudio – an ongoing architectural exploration of adaptable structures guided through pedagogies of motion and computational craft.

"Cupola is a rapidly deployable pavilion – useful as a yoga pod or meditation tent – whose unique collapsible design is achieved with overlapping multi-scissor joints that allow for seamless folding and unfolding."

Students: Soojee Choi, Owen Patia, and Electra White
Course: Interior Design Materiality and Space 4: transtudio
Tutor: Negar Kalantar

Common Ground by Hannah Leathers

"Common Ground is a response to the unjust way land in West Oakland has been racialised, commodified and polluted due to historical redlining systems, ongoing gentrification and industrial lead contamination.

"Ground is a physical and political resource to which the residents of West Oakland have been continually denied access, whether that's land to freely gather on, outright own, or to farm.

"This proposal acknowledges this narrative and asks how the Library of West Oakland can act as a framework for reclamation of a common ground.

"In this regard, the library acts as a scaffold for land to grow around it, converting traditionally programmed library space into shared ground that the community can call its own.

"This process happens slowly over time as the community comes together to build an earthen-made wall around the library."

Student: Hannah Leathers
Course: MArch Studio 3: Reframing the Public Library
Tutors: Neeraj Bhatia and Nataly Gattegno

Knowledge Exchange Hubs by Luis Arturo Gomez-Escobedo and Vicky Sindac

"Designed for the town of Greenville, which was destroyed by the Dixie Fire in 2021, Knowledge Exchange Hubs proposes a network of public programmes and amenities along Wolf Creek.

"This infrastructure of community services – connected by a public walkway – will serve to reactivate downtown Greenville and highlight its rich culture, promote the reclamation of land for the indigenous Maidu people, and act as a welcome centre for visitors.

"These linked sites of exchange and interaction will reactivate Wolf Creek and provide multiple platforms – each with its specific programme – for people to connect and build community."

Students: Luis Arturo Gomez-Escobedo and Vicky Sindac
Course: Advanced Urban Works Architecture Studio: Property in Crisis
Tutor: Janette Kim

1135 Library by Jun Hee Koh, Suyang Yao and Tatiana Watkins

"Sited within one of the most heavily used branch libraries in San Francisco, 1135 Library preserves the existing facade and reading room of the Chinatown Branch Public Library while reimagining the space for the 21st century.

"Eschewing old ideas of the library as a 'quiet space', this proposal organises multifunctional spaces based upon their intended use and noise levels.

"Flexibility is offered by grouping core support functions and maintaining open floor plates while strategically building in niches of intimate space.

"Connection between each of these programmes is created with an active open staircase which extends from a new accessible entry at the sidewalk level to an open-air roof terrace with views across the city and to the bay."

Students: Jun Hee Koh, Suyang Yao and Tatiana Watkins
Course: Interior Design Advanced Interdisciplinary Studio
Tutor: Kristen Smith

Woven Projections – Adaptive Modular Environment by Xinye Ju

"Inspired by the work and teachings of Anni and Josef Albers, students in the Materiality and Space 3 course in the Interior Design programme transformed 2D pliable surface models into a series of 3D modular woven spatial projections through a set of formal and material experiments.

"The students were guided by considering the resulting environment's performance in relation to air, light, sound and colour.

"Soft and hard modular frame assemblies reconfigure and deconstruct to create interactive, flexible and adaptive interior environments."

Student: Xinye Ju
Course: Interior Design Materiality and Space 3
Tutor: Margaux Schindler

Reimagining E-Wasteland by Ayse Elif Aydinli

"This thesis project proposes a new urban recycling and upcycling centre for e-waste on the site of the existing Apple store in downtown San Francisco’s Union Square.

"The Apple store is one of the most potent symbols of capitalistic materialism, the culture of planned obsolescence, throw-away culture and the aesthetics of consumerist desire.

"The thesis imagines taking over this iconic urban space and transforming it into a new typology of civic infrastructure, one that critically reveals the economic, cultural, and environmental mechanisms that make it function.

"This new civic recycling centre aims to counter the dominant mentality of 'out-of-sight and out-of-mind'.

"It operates from the premise that the buildings that sustain our consumerism should also reveal their operations and infrastructure, and become critical components of our urban environments."

Student: Ayse Elif Aydinli
Course: Master of Architecture Thesis
Tutor: Neal Schwartz

Oyster Shingle by Ahmad Alajmi, Claire Leffler, and Colin Murdock

"The project explores ceramic material assemblies as a locus for expanding architecture’s ecological performance.

"It proposes a system of digitally fabricated modular ceramic systems that can serve as ecological habitat for oysters.

"Drawing on research into the life cycle, geography, ecosystem and habitats of Olympia Oysters, the project explores how artificial substrates might benefit a more biodiverse ecosystem."

Students: Ahmad Alajmi, Claire Leffler, and Colin Murdock
Course: Architecture Elective: Ecological Tectonics
Tutors: Alex Schofield and Adam Marcus

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Dezeen School Shows: a collection of garments made from plant-based leather and food waste is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the University of Arts Linz.

Also featured is a knitwear collection that investigates the properties of knitted fabrics and a fashion collection informed by gaming.

University of Arts Linz

Institution: University of Arts Linz
Course: Fashion and Technology
Tutors: Ute Ploier, Christiane Luible-Bär, Karin Krapfenbauer and Sander Hofstee

School statement:

"Fashion and Technology is a future-oriented bachelor and master programme that combines fashion with research focusing on sustainability and inclusivity.

"The course is aimed at designers who want to shape and explore the future of fashion – that means fashion with an attitude instead of fast fashion, the use of experimental materials and designing for bodies beyond binary codes.

"Our students use technologies as creative tools to break new ground in fashion.

"More than 40 international experts lead practice-oriented workshops in fashion design, styling, creative robotics, digital strategies, soft wearables, biomaterials, weaving and experimental knitting design among others.

"Students participate in international field trips, photo shootings, shows and exhibitions. The bachelor's degree lasts for six semesters and the master's degree lasts for four semesters."

From waste to wow by Marilies Luger

"In this project, industrial textile waste such as thread scraps and faulty knitted fabrics are turned into flamboyant and extravagant one-of-a-kind pieces, challenging our ideas of value and waste.

"The knit designs created are reminiscent of the softness of mosses and the structures of lichens. Both are essential components of our ecosystem and serve as bioindicators of its health condition.

"The project translates this image into textile structures that gradually cover, envelope and adorn the human body."

Student: Marilies Luger
Email: marilies.luger[at]kunstuni-linz.at

Hold by Antonia Möltgen

"In response to growing social anxiety and increased social distancing, this project uses the method of deep pressure therapy to promote human relationships and provide calm through clothing.

"Inspired by the soothing effect of hugs, three-dimensional soft sculptures were designed.

"Möltgen uses digital applications to develop patterns and adapt them to the body, as well as analogue casting processes to create unique wearable objects."

Student: Antonia Möltgen
Email: antonia.moeltgen[at]kunstuni-linz.at

Fiume by Selina Stangelmaier

"With its rapid growth and ability to offset CO2, brown algae contributes to a healthier climate. For her collection, Stangelmaier used brown algae to create experimental yarns, prints and coatings.

"Stangelmaier explores the potential of an innovative material and its possible impact on the fashion industry. The collection's shapes and colour range are inspired by the element of water."

Student: Selina Stangelmaier
Email: selina.stangelmaier[at]kunstuni-linz.at

Cissy by Peter Fellner

"In this project, queer appropriation of heteronormative dress codes and traditions are contrasted, mixed and challenged.

"Colourful balloons and human hair are combined in an imaginative knit design resembling a transformed version of a traditional pinstripe pattern.

"AI is used to create digital prints picturing physical desires and interactions. Inflatable phallic objects humorously create cross-overs between body extensions and couture."

Student: Peter Fellner
Email: peter.fellner[at]kunstuni-linz.at

Soft Bodies by Sandra Kallay

"Sandra Kallay's collection is inspired by the aesthetics of the gaming world and the protective aspect that this virtual universe provides for her.

"She translates the process of character design from the digital into the analogue world by imitating the methods of texturing, 3D modelling and simulation using various analogue design tools.

"The project reflects the development stages of avatars in computer games – from a flat to a complete 3D version."

Student: Sandra Kallay
Email: sandra.kallay[at]kunstuni-linz.at

Textile-ID by Mira Haberfellner

"From 2025, digital product passports for clothing will be mandatory in the EU – this inspired Mira Haberfellner to explore the communicative capabilities of clothing.

"Textile-ID develops a new way of representing data in 2D through a unique identification number materialised as a knitted fabric.

"Digitally readable codes are translated into knit patterns that enable designers and producers to communicate with wearers. Consumers are provided with detailed information about a product, such as materials used, production conditions and ecological footprint."

Student: Mira Haberfellner
Email: mira.haberfellner[at]kunstuni-linz.at

Emotion by Teresa Fröhlich

"Teresa Fröhlich created a reactive garment that reflects the emotional world of the wearer through interaction between textile and body.

"This intensifies the communication between wearer and clothing to a deeper level. Floats and quadruple weaves give the material a texture, which reacts to movement through its unique structure and elasticity."

Student: Teresa Fröhlich
Email: teresa.froehlich[at]kunstuni-linz.at

Staring Constantly by Toni Alberti

"This project encapsulates the collected dark nostalgia of a generation that grew up online, who are starting to feel that they are being consumed by images.

"This generation that feels thar virtual experiences break into their perception.

"Dealing with digital images, experimenting with 3D programmes and trying – and failing – to translate artificial images into real ones, Alberti creates constructions from folded paper."

Student: Toni Alberti
Email: toni.alberti[at]kunstuni-linz.at

Tension by Mert Oezdemir

"In his knitwear collection, Mert Oezdemir explores the different material properties of yarns and knitted structures. When heated, tensions are created in the knitted fabric by contracting or puffing up.

"From this combination arises new textures, resulting in a new physicality in the fashion pieces themselves."

Student: Mert Oezdemir
Email: mert.oezdemir[at]kunstuni-linz.at

Culinary Turn by Sandra Axinte

"How can clothing look or be created in a world of scarce resources?

"Sandra Axinte envisions a future where every resource is valuable and clothes take shape in the kitchen using local, eco-friendly, renewable ingredients.

"Food waste turns into passionate colours, plant-based leather grows in a warm bath of tea and sugar, fruit and vegetable peels in combination with fibres become alternative materials.

"Recipes are translated into clothes and by carefully washing, peeling and precisely cutting the individual ingredients, and a wearable menu is created."

Student: Sandra Axinte
Email: sandra-laura.axinte[at]kunstuni-linz.at

The photography is by Anna Breit.

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Dezeen School Shows: an adaptive reuse project that converts a power station into a community centre is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the University of New South Wales.

Also included is a playful multi-level interior structure that fosters physical and mental wellbeing and a theatre inserted into a disused power plant.

University of New South Wales

Institution: University of New South Wales
School: School of the Built Environment
Courses: Bachelor of Architectural Studies, Master of Architecture and Bachelor of Interior Architecture (Honours)
Tutors: Dr Paul Hogben, Dr Sing D'Arcy, Shaowen Wang, Raffaelle Pernice, John Cabello, Carly Martin, John Gamble, Felipe Miranda, Matthew Bolton, Peter Farman, Philip Thalis, John Gamble, Shaowen Wang, Raffaele Pernice, Eva Lloyd, Bernadette Hardy, Gillian Barlow, Natarsha Tezcan, Iva Durakovic, Lucy Moroney, Melissa Liando and Olivia Green

School statement:

"At UNSW Built Environment, we focus on the challenges of cities at every scale, from industrial-designed products to the architectural design of buildings and landscapes, as well as urban and regional policy and planning.

"We design high-performing built environments that contribute to tackling the climate crisis, while our social-impact design ethos responds to the needs of both the individual, as well as society as a whole.

"Many of our student projects engage with 'Country', which associate professor Bernadette Hardy, a traditional owner of dharug and gamilaraay descent, redefines for First Nations people as a profound union of the physical and spiritual, deeply connected to the world's oldest living culture.

"Country is a living entity spanning land, sky, water, sun, moon, a life-sustaining teacher, which shapes belonging, custodianship and reciprocity.

"Overall, at UNSW Built Environment we seek to develop skilled and enquiring graduates, with a conscience, who can positively engage, adapt and shape our cities for the benefit of all people and life on earth, with the environment firmly in mind."

RE:MODA by Roy Yue

"This project aims to explore alternatives to fast fashion and overconsumption by questioning how architecture can support a vibrant fashion culture that reinforces local artistic identity, whilst creating public awareness of overconsumption and waste.

"The project proposes a recycling fashion hub that incorporates commercial, cultural and industrial purposes to create a shift from a linear fashion economy to a circular economy that focuses on reuse, repair, repurposing, redesign, recycling and rebranding."

Student: Roy Yue
Course: Master of Architecture
Tutors: Shaowen Wang and Raffaelle Pernice
Email: xiangyu.yue[at]student.unsw.edu.au

Dhungala by Noah Sunderland

"Dhungala is a community offering concerned with the preservation of indigenous knowledge and cultural repair.

"The site acts as a compass to reorient Bungambawathra (Albury, NSW) to the significant relationships it has with its past and present, both in its immediate surrounds and its periphery.

"A variety of programmes are provided, each offering a unique relationship with the landscape, migration, time and people. The project serves as a means of realising a relational worldview in a quiet architecture, shaped by the country it sits within."

Student: Noah Sunderland
Course: Bachelor of Architectural Studies
Tutors: John Cabello, Carly Martin and John Gamble
Email: n.sunderland[at]student.unsw.edu.au

Diversifying the Dream by Stephanie Kennedy

"Diversifying the Dream proposes a radical funding and tenure model to increase housing affordability and longevity in North Eveleigh, Sydney.

"By integrating different housing types, the project diversifies the demographic appeal and attitudes to home ownership, with forms, colours and materials that generate an iconic place.

"Drawing inspiration from surrounding typologies, each block has a distinct form and colour scheme, generating a strong sense of place and identity overall and within the precinct."

Student: Stephanie Kennedy
Course: Master of Architecture
Tutors: Felipe Miranda and Matthew Bolton
Email: s.dodd[at]student.unsw.edu.au

Downwards Into by Jesse Chengyan Xu

"Central to the area's transformation, the library complex in the Sydney suburb of Rosehill consists of three major elements vertically linked yet able to operate independently from each other.

"Through the facade, the community room opens towards public grounds. The staircase provides a sense of visibility leading up into the library, while the reading area cantilevers address activities around a light rail station.

"The exhibition spaces extrude from the top, leading towards the entry tower, which pinpoints the very centre of the immediate site."

Student: Jesse Chengyan Xu
Course: Bachelor of Architectural Studies
Tutors: Peter Farman, Philip Thalis and John Gamble
Email: chengyan.xu[at]student.unsw.edu.au

Private Suburb, Public Backyard by Zhirong Leslie Zhu

"Private Suburb, Public Backyard proposes an urban social complex for the wider community to appreciate Sydney Harbour in the privileged suburb of Lavender Bay.

"Nestled in the steep topography, the building cascades along Lavender Bay crescent and stretches out to reach Lavender Bay railway, capturing the landscape and the harbour.

"This project explores the relationship between water and human experience, celebrating the overlap between multiple urban activities to enrich our urban environment."

Student: Zhirong Leslie Zhu
Course: Master of Architecture
Tutors: Shaowen Wang and Raffaele Pernice
Email: zhirong.zhu[at]student.unsw.edu.au

White Bay Power Station by Samantha Goodsell

"The White Bay Power Station is so large and overwhelming and devoid of its country that it is hard to believe that humans ever inhabited such a place.

"This project embraces human diversity and encourages the idea that variety and difference amongst us is our strength and unlocking and celebrating this is our human potential.

"This is a centre of potential, challenging our past and suggesting change through the celebration of physical and cultural inclusion and neurodiversity."

Student: Samantha Goodsell
Course: Bachelor of Interior Architecture (Honours)
Tutors: Eva Lloyd, Sing D’Arcy, Bernadette Hardy, Gillian Barlow and Natarsha Tezcan
Email: sam.goodsell01[at]gmail.com

The Creation Station: Inspired by Country. For Creatives. Forever by Brianna Cassisi

"This project proposes a diverse civic and community centre that celebrates the power of its country to ignite and inspire the creative community for future practice.

"The centre goes beyond the sense of sight and delves into a more complex experience of creative stimulation through enriching one's senses of sound, smell, taste and movement with strategies inspired by and reflecting its country.

"This heightens one's understanding, knowledge and appreciation for its country and seeks to inspire the unimaginable, to create a community of people who are better connected to their inner creative, community and country."

Student: Brianna Cassisi
Course: Bachelor of Interior Architecture (Honours)
Tutors: Eva Lloyd, Sing D'Arcy, Bernadette Hardy, Gillian Barlow and Melissa Liando
Email: brianna.cassisi1[at]gmail.com

Confluence by Jessica Leigh-Ryan

"How humans operate within a workplace is highly influenced or controlled by their subconscious reaction to their conscious reality – sound is a big part of this.

"The level and type of frequencies can ignite certain neural pathways, overall impacting productivity and concentration.

"Evidence has shown that white noise is a highly effective sonic source regarding acting as sound barriers and sound sifters: the ‘buzz’ sound falls under this category.

"Bees are the most-renowned living organism for their productivity, work ethic and overall functioning as an ecosystem that without them, our earth wouldn’t survive. The established rules and roles of the bees within each hive allow for certain behaviours to occur.

"This project aims to create a workplace that conceptualises the invisibility and tangibility of that confluence.

"The act of breaking and merging of habitation environments, using living organisms  –bees – as a building block to shape space and inform human behaviour, considering sound/ acoustics to create ultimate opacity and synergy between nature and humanity."

Student: Jessica Leigh-Ryan
Course: Bachelor of Interior Architecture (Honours)
Tutors: Iva Durakovic and Lucy Moroney
Email: jessicaleigh.ryan[at]student.unsw.edu.au

The Lens: Presented by Phantasmagoria by Jenna Fisher

"Decommissioned in 1983, the desolate Boiler House at White Bay Power Station has undergone an adaptive reuse scheme, allowing The Lens to emerge.

"The project proposes a civic innovation centre, intrinsically underpinned and guided by its country.

"It is a space of varied perception, constant immersion and thought inspired by architecture – a space where storytelling is encouraged, sustainability is embraced and community can flourish.

"The boundless space is guided by its Indigenous history, its industrial past and renewed adaptable future."

Student: Jenna Fisher
Course: Bachelor of Interior Architecture (Honours)
Tutors: Eva Lloyd, Sing D'Arcy, Bernadette Hardy, Gillian Barlow and Olivia Green
Email: jenna.fisher0208[at]gmail.com

Stimulate Recreate by Eamon White

"This project proposes a transformative, multigenerational playscape guided by a deep connection to the value of its country, fostering playfulness and community engagement that breathes new life into a repurposed space.

"To become 'stimulated' and interact through 'recreation' comes in various forms.

"Play as power, fantasy, self and progress act as the guide for the overall experience and sense of space.

"Simultaneously, the design encompasses themes of sensory, cognitive, social and neuromuscular forms of play, and how people are immersed in playfulness.

"The project responds to contemporary issues in the creative sector about physical and mental wellbeing."

Student: Eamon White
Course: Bachelor of Interior Architecture (Honours)
Tutors: Eva Lloyd, Sing D'Arcy, Bernadette Hardy, Gillian Barlow and Melissa Liando
Email: eamonwhite31[at]gmail.com

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Dezeen School Shows: a collection of 3D-printed breast prosthetics is included in Dezeen's latest school show by graduates of the University of the Arts Berlin.

Also featured is a self-charging street light that has a minimal environmental impact and a food container that indicates the condition of food.

University of the Arts Berlin

Institution: University of the Arts Berlin (UdK)
School: Institute for Product and Process Design

School statement:

"We are in a world where we need to think about the position of design and its relationship to production and consumption, how to shape our future environment and what role materials, cultural, technical, social, digital, historical and artistic impulses play in this.

"Responding to this reality, Product and Process Design at the University of the Arts Berlin focuses on vital areas of study to make a positive contribution to our future.

"Based in the heart of Berlin, the University of the Arts Berlin is one of the oldest universities of the arts and product design.

"As an art university and with institutes including Fraunhofer, Max Plank and Design Research Lab, UdK's product design is rooted in art and research.

"It offers a four-year BA programme and a one-year MA programme, taught by internationally renowned staff specialised in domains including design foundations, design and development, design and social context, design and interactive systems, design and art, design and industrial technology, design and theory, and design and research.

"Many graduates have started successful careers in Germany or around the globe. This show presents ten recently awarded graduates who have created projects with strong concepts."

Papilio by Tobias Trübenbacher

"Papilio is a street light that reduces light pollution. Using a Savonius wind rotor, it functions as a 'prosumer', producing all the energy it consumes.

"Papilio has a built-in battery to store the electricity. This enables Papilio to operate completely autonomously without the need for an underground electricity infrastructure. Alternatively, it can also be connected to a power grid to charge other devices during strong winds.

"To tackle light pollution, Papilio is designed as a 'full-cut-off' light, which only emits light downwards. Moreover, it provides an infrared sensor, only activating the light when it is needed. Papilio also uses a low blue light component that has less impact on insects.

"With Papilio, the process of generating energy becomes an aesthetic play, enriching the public space during day and night."

Student: Tobias Trübenbacher
Awards: Newcomer of the Year, German Design Awards 2023, Green Concept Award 2022, German Sustainability Award 2022, James Dyson Award 2021 (National runner up), Braun Prize 2021, Green Concept Recognition and German Design Graduates 2021

Bloom – An Artificial Agent for Our Urban Ecosystem by Kim Kuhl

"Bloom is an artificial fruiting body that connects trees and humans by examining how trees respond to stress in a language humans can understand.

"In an IoT (Internet of Things) network, Bloom communicates through a sensor fashioned to the roots of the tree that measures the suction force of the roots.

"The sensor's information is translated into a pulsing light, changing from slow pulsing when in good condition to frantic red pulsing in emergencies.

"From a passive presence in nature into a visible and active participant in our ecosystem, the project aims to reshape human understanding of technology's role in our ecosystem."

Student: Kim Kuhl
Awards: 'Dare to design' Museum für Kunst und Gestaltung in Hamburg German Design Graduates 2023 and 'Interconnected' GDG at Dutch Design Week 2023

Whole Earth Project by Louis Bindernagel

"The Whole Earth Project is an emergency response platform that facilitates a dialogue between designers, makers and people working on the ground.

"It deals with the analysis, consolidation and creation of networks dedicated to the idea of 'think global, make local'.

"The result is a global process, involving various people from different backgrounds. The project focuses on tackling crises by leveraging existing networks and maker spaces for immediate and long-term support worldwide.

"The Whole Earth Project plans to put this approach into practice in the context of responding to humanitarian or environmental crises."

Student: Louis Bindernagel
Awards: Circular Design Award, German Design Graduates 2022 and GDG selection for Design Campus der Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden 2022

Familie Hempel – A Furniture Collection that Provides Space to be Chaotic by Marie Radke

"This fun furniture collection is a homage to the classic pile of clothes on a chair. These are clothes which are already worn but still not ready for the washing machine, preventing unnecessary washing.

"The title is inspired by an old German saying where one will shout Your room looks like family Hempel's place! when witnessing a messy room.

"This family Hempel has four places to store you store clothes: a stool, a pouf, a bench and a high seat."

Student: Marie Radke
Awards: One-and-twenty award 2020, German Design Graduates Press recognition 2020, Green Card Ambiente Frankfurt 2020, Make Me Design Competition, Lódz 2020 and Finalist Global Grad Show, Dubai 2019

Double You by Dominique Bertisch

"Double You offers women the freedom to produce personalised breast prosthetics with 3D technologies. Any woman who has lost a breast can create breast prosthetics by 3D scanning, mirroring and 3D printing the remaining breast.

"The process of making the prosthetic herself frees a woman from the general prosthetics offered in medical shops and allows her to design the prosthetic at home.

"Moreover, various personal requirements, such as breathability, can be taken into account."

Student: Dominique Bertisch
Award: 'Dare to design' Museum für Kunst und Gestaltung in Hamburg German Design Graduates 2023

Extra Ordinary by Yuhang Ke

"Our modern lives are surrounded by so many objects. Some of them have been existing for a long time and people use them and live with them every day without noticing.

"Designers as 'objects makers' are responsible for this invisible connection between people and objects.

"The central aim of this project is to understand design as a medium to draw people's attention to the beautiful but neglected little things in everyday life.

"Each of the ten objects in this project represents a subtle memory – an experience, a moment and a detail about the beautiful but neglected side of everyday life."

Student: Yuhang Ke
Award: One-and-twenty shortlist 2022

The Doing in Itself – Not Entirely Effective Objects for Meditative Practice by Agnes Kelm

"These six objects encourage the user to question common assumptions about the functionality and efficiency of objects and their processes.

"These objects are deliberately made less effective. They are also designed to be playful and encourage the user to slow down and be increasingly conscious of daily actions.

"The brooms foster repetitive and meditative movement while the watering cans encourage contemplation."

Student: Agnes Kelm
Awards: Talente Preis München 2023 and Selection Supersalone Milano 2021

Vorkoster by Kimia Amir-Moazami

"More than 18 million tonnes of food are wasted in Germany every year, which takes up almost one-third of the total food consumption.

"More than half of this food waste – about ten million tonnes – could be avoided. What if your dishes could show you the condition of your food?

"Vorkoster is a lid that contains a pH-sensitive foil in the middle. When the quality of a protein-containing food declines, the foil changes colour, indicating that we should consume the product quickly.

"The foil is reusable – it can be neutralised after use and then ready for the next product. The shape pays homage to the upside-down plate that is often used to cover leftovers."

Student: Kimia Amir-Moazami
Awards: Secrid Talent Podium, 2023, Third prize Hessian State Prize for Universal Design 2022, Cultural and Creative Pilots Germany 2022, Design Research Award – German Design Graduates 2021, Einundzwanzig Shortlisted 2021, Berlin Science Week Audience Award 2021, Antenna selection Dutch Design Week 2021, Selection Supersalone Milano 2021 and Selection Global Grad Show, Dubai 2021

MEA – Modern Restoration by Cathy Wolter

"MEA rethinks the principles of furniture manufacturing and repairability. This is illustrated by a chair made of solid wood.

"With detachable joints, the chair can be quickly disassembled and refurbished in less than 60 minutes. The irreparable parts can be replaced while all other parts remain in use."

Student: Cathy Wolter
Awards: Green Concept Award shortlist 2023, Luxembourg Design Award nominee 2023, winner of IF Design Student Award 2023

Agency for Unseen Sights – A Critical Analysis of Sight and Seeing by Esmée Willemsen

"Agency for Unseen Sights questions what we see and what we consider worth seeing. It places objects which attract the eye in sites that otherwise seem entirely mundane.

"A gate, a ladder with a frame on its top and a pair of fences were placed in fields as if suggesting a must-see event.

"In this way, the project challenges rituals and practices of sightseeing and all the habits that come with it, including travelling the world in CO2-emitting planes."

Student: Esmée Willemsen
Awards: First Prize Designblok Prague 2023 and selection 'Interconnected' GDG at Dutch Design Week 2023

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Dezeen School Shows: a dog-shaped robot dedicated to promoting exercise in space stations is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Hongik University.

Also included is a weather-data interface in response to climate change and a virtual reality investment education platform for Gen A.

Hongik University

Institution: Hongik University
Course: BA Industrial Design
Tutors: Keun Lee, Jooyun Kim, Jung Kyo Lee, Sook Yeon Kim, Tate Eunyoung Kim, Jun Hyuck Eoh, Kang Hyun Lee and Kange Lee

School statement:

"Hongik University, established in the first year after Korean independence, has played a pivotal role in shaping the trajectory of Korea's development.

"The institution has been dedicated to cultivating creative and pragmatic professionals essential to societal needs, contributing significantly to the nation's present stature.

"This unwavering commitment to our core objective has propelled Hongik University to international prominence, portraying it as a symbol embodying the fusion of industry and art, uniquely representing Korea on the global stage.

"Within this esteemed institution, the industrial design department consistently aspires to be at the forefront of design innovation, especially within the dynamic landscape of contemporary industries.

"The 2023 degree show of the industrial design department is themed 'DESIGN•A', accentuating the concept of 'sublime aura.' Through a diverse array of projects, the showcase provides profound insights into the promising future of product, spatial, mobility and interaction design.

"This thematic exploration aligns with our dedication to pushing the boundaries of design and anticipating the evolving landscape of design disciplines."

Pochak by HyunA Yoo and Jemin Park

"Pochak (捕捉, capture) is a platform that allows individuals to collect weather data by capturing natural phenomena.

"In a future with worsening climate change, Pochak goes beyond conventional centralised weather data collection by allowing individuals to collect weather data themselves.

"By capturing natural phenomena that precede weather changes with sensor products and an interface, Pochak enables more detailed and hyper-local weather forecasts."

Students: HyunA Yoo and Jemin Park
Tutor: Kang Hyun Lee
Emails: hyun208[at]icloud.com and jemin9852[at]gmail.com

Mobin by Sangmin Han

"We live in a variety of environments and are composed of a variety of tales. In modern society, it is becoming difficult to share honest and warm conversations.

"Mobin is a mobility interior concept where the stories are woven and tale-tellers weave their life tales.

"Inside the warm cabin-like interior, users focus on the conversation and remember the conversation longer through the interaction of the device."

Student: Sangmin Han
Tutor: Keun Lee and Jun Hyuck Eoh
Email: hanzzang37[at]gmail.com

Laika by Jihee Kim

"In 2040, as the majority of people routinely wear augmented reality (AR) glasses, Laika stands as a dog-shaped robot dedicated to exercise and health management within space stations.

"This robot delivers notifications and information through a 3D user interface via AR glasses and monitors astronauts' exercise and health status in real-time.

"Aiming to provide a comfortable health management experience in space akin to Earth, Laika offers personalised exercise recommendations and feedback.

"In emergencies, it ensures user safety. With these features, Laika has established itself as the ideal partner for health management in space."

Student: Jihee Kim
Tutor: Tate Eunyoung Kim
Email: wmfdldi98[at]gmail.com

Xor by Geonhoo Son

"Xor is a data brand that sells data usable in all virtual spaces amid the decentralisation of data. However, what sets Xor apart from other brands is that when you purchase data, the same product is delivered in reality, with entirely different usability and scale.

"Buyers encounter a more surreal reality, observing data that functions differently in the virtual space, reinforcing Xor's brand concept that 'virtual is real.'

"Through this intriguing marketing, Xor guides users to immerse themselves further in virtual spaces, allowing them to experience virtual reality as the true reality with Xor."

Student: Geonhoo Son
Tutor: Kang Hyun Lee
Email: kaidenson98[at]gmail.com

Out of Three Box by Wookjun Kwon

"Out of Three Box is the mobility that is challenging sedan stereotypes.

"Usually, the word box is used as a stereotype. On the other side, 'out of box' is often used to break away from stereotypes.

"The biggest feature of the sedan is that the cabin space is very private. Inside a sedan all seats are forward-looking so there is differential privateness.

"In self-driving cars, I thought each passenger's view could be respected and equal privacy could be provided."

Student: Wookjun Kwon
Tutor: Jun Hyuck Eoh
Email: kwonukjun[at]gmail.com

Bvest by Bogyeong Yoon and Seoyeon Yoon

"Bvest is a VR-based investment education metaverse for Gen A, born in the early 2010s or later.

"In the creator module, users can craft business strategies based on market understanding. Business items could be sold through IR, generating income that can be used in the investor module.

"In the investor module, users can directly invest in companies created by other users, receive feedback and experience realistic investment simulations that adapt to fluctuating interest rates and market trends, mirroring real-world conditions."

Student: Bogyeong Yoon and Seoyeon Yoon
Tutor: Sook Yeon Kim and Kange Lee
Email: luvboopo[at]naver.com and moominyoon[at]naver.com

Tripee by Jaehoon Park, Jeonggeon Lee and Jihyun Lee

"Tripee is an XR metaverse trip plan platform that strives to connect the excitement of travel from the planning stage to the actual journey.

"Users can collect various travel information while experiencing the metaverse and upload this information from both metaverse and their mobile devices to edit trip plans.

"With intuitive interactions, users can share collected information such as landmarks, food, accommodation and activity, then create an optimised route based on the finalised information.

"Once the plan is completed, they can enjoy their trip by accessing it on their mobile device and check essential details about their trip plan."

Students: Jaehoon Park, Jeonggeon Lee and Jihyun Lee
Tutors: Sook Yeon Kim and Kange Lee
Emails: lapaelp[at]gmail.com, jgxxnlee[at]gmail.com and zoy.jihyunlee[at]gmail.com

Cheems by Gunn Namgoong and Jongwon Lee

"Cheems is a modular console that uses generative AI to enable players to create games.

"It responds to the rising trend of players wanting to shape their own gaming experiences, inspired by the intuitive and engaging nature of music production tools that encourage hands-on creativity and personal input.

"Players can instinctively craft assets, characters and worlds, offering a personalised and limitless gaming adventure that reflects their own creativity and boundless imagination."

Students: Gunn Namgoong, Jongwon Lee
Tutor: Tate Eunyoung Kim
Emails: ghun2938[at]gmail.com and pookoo98[at]gmail.com

Space_out by Narin Kim and Hayoon Lim

"Space_out is a place where you can escape from the overwhelming flow of information, break free from anxiety and reconnect with your primal senses.

"It's a space where you can comfortably put down your phone, focus on yourself and find relaxation.

"By naturally awakening the body's senses and providing a moment of rest, Space_out encourages concentration on your inner self, resonating with external sensations and offers a digital detox experience."

Students: Narin Kim and Hayoon Lim
Tutor: Joo Yun Kim
Emails: narin8055[at]gmail.com and thelimha[at]naver.com

Swell by Seunghyun Jeong and Minseo Kim

"Swell is a showroom of Heliot Emil, a future-oriented streetwear brand. The spatial concept is 'sensory slowdown caused by digital dopamine and a break away from it.'

"We compare insensitive current situations to abnormally swollen blisters and define warnings about these situations as acts of physical stimulation.

"This stimulus can be interpreted as the brand's future desire. Through a space mixed with bursting tension and sharp stimuli,
we send Heliot Emil's boldness and progressive message to spatial art."

Student: Seunghyun Jeong, Minseo Kim
Tutor: Joo Yun Kim
Email: tmtltktlal12[at]gmail.com and yuit0025[at]naver.com

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Dezeen School Shows: a furniture factory that promotes the principles of reuse, recycling and sustainability is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at UCLA.

Also included is a film that immerses audiences in a post-apocalyptic world and a mixed-use block that promotes a healthy and sustainable lifestyle.

UCLA

Institution: UCLA
School: UCLA Architecture and Urban Design
Courses: Master of Architecture, Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design, and Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies, MA and PhD
Tutors: Hitoshi Abe, Cristóbal Amunátegui, Kutan Ayata, Katy Barkan, Miroslava Brooks, Matt Conway, Morgane Copp, Dana Cuff, Kevin Daly, Neil Denari, Liam Denhamer, Samaa Elimam, Yara Feghali, Benjamin Freyinger, Georgina Huljich, Mariana Ibañez, Jeffrey Inaba, Simon Kim, Julia Koerner, Max Kuo, Ayala Levin, Alan Locke, Todd Lynch, Greg Lynn, Laure Michelon, Narineh Mirzaeian, Michael Osman, Valeria Ospital, Güvenç Özel, Martin Paull, Jason Payne, Garrett Ricciardi, Heather Roberge, Natasha Sandmeier, Mohamed Sharif, Roger Sherman, Nathan Su, Raha Talebi and Tucker van Leuwen-Hall

School statement:

"UCLA Architecture and Urban Design's exceptional faculty teaches students to engage in the world around them, to see ideas as productive forms of response and to leverage design and writing as expressions of newly curated perspectives.

"Through rigorous inquiry, we interrogate contemporary urban issues and propose possible futures with equal measures of expertise, optimism and vision.

"These ideas are grounded in a critical engagement with the history and theory of architecture and the future contingencies of contemporary culture, and an engagement with the geographic, cultural and urban contexts of Los Angeles and Southern California.

"As part of the UCLA School of Arts and Architecture, our department is in close contact with other organisations of creative cultural production including the UCLA Departments of Art, Design Media Arts, and World Arts and Cultures/Dance, as well as UCLA's public arts institutions – UCLA's Centre for the Art of Performance and the Hammer and Fowler Museums."

Industrial Housing Collection by Wei-Huan Chueh

"The Industrial Housing Collection is located in the earliest tract housing district in Los Angeles and aims to provide a simple living space.

"Efficient distribution of resources and minimisation of waste is no longer an option but a direct approach to living.

"This mixed-use project aims to maximise functionality and offer customisation services while retaining industrialised repetitive construction. This new approach reconsiders how we think about housing, communities, customisation and delivery logistics."

Student: Wei-Huan Chueh
Course: MSAUD IDEO Studio: LA in Progress
Tutors: Matt Conway and Tucker van Leuwen-Hal

Factory Reset by Akanksha Deolekar

"The Furniture Factory stands as a testament to reimagined industrial spaces. This adaptable factory accommodates the entire vertical integration of the product life cycle, emphasising the principles of reuse, recycling and sustainability over new retail ventures.

"Compact manufacturing and retail areas coexist alongside repair and maintenance facilities, as well as recycling centres. Moreover, the customisation workshop encourages individuality to thrive in a highly modularised world.

"The building itself serves as a visual diagram, showcasing the transformation of products from standardised to personalised and serves as a transformative intervention embodying the ideals of a circular economy."

Student: Akanksha Deolekar
Course: MSAUD IDEO Studio: LA in Progress
Tutors: Matt Conway and Tucker van Leuwen-Hall

Baby Boomers in 2035: Aging in Silicon Valley by Gabriiela Jarboe and Huihang Xu

"Contributing to nearly one-third of greenhouse gas emissions, baby boomers are leading the charge to find solutions to the environmental crisis they are primarily responsible for.

"Our project aims to build a new kind of blue zone community that is structured around the environment, promoting a society that aligns with boomers' values.

"By utilising natural landscapes, we can create outdoor living spaces that optimise health and wellbeing, encouraging a lifestyle that promotes longevity. Additionally, eco-friendly reservoirs will connect people of all ages to the climate evolution."

Students: Gabriiela Jarboe and Huihang Xu
Course: MSAUD Urban Strategy Studio: 2035
Tutors: Jeffrey Inaba and Valeria Ospital

Flame: A Factory for Living, Art Making and Exploration by Mahroo Eftekhari and Don Leung

"Flame is a mixed-use, art campus extension that houses students and faculties. Driven by the diverse needs of the dwellers, the spaces are connected via ramps and pathways to enhance the connection between different groups.

"The project is extracted from a close study of the Charles Correa Kanchanjunga Apartment sections and the existing plan of the site, 620 S Main St, Los Angeles.

"The design typology of spaces in the project responds to the needs of spaces for art-making, fabrication and for short-term and year-long living for various dwellers and explorers."

Students: Mahroo Eftekhari and Don Leung
Course: Undergraduate Studio: Off-Campus Living
Tutor: Claus Benjamin Freyinger

A Tale of Two Volumes by Camille Castillo, Qinyi Wu and Zixin Wu

"The idea of the project is to split one mass into two parts. One is a tall and skinny tower, which comprises private programmes, such as laboratories and offices, and the other is a more monolithic and heavy volume which contains public programmes, such as the auditorium and exhibition spaces.

"The design creates a dichotomy between the two volumes exists in its geometric form and spatial programme while considering the existing silos.

"The in-between areas are where the silos are located, which are doubled in size as a public space between the two worlds.

"The tall tower expresses an iconicity within Culver City while the larger volume next to it acts as a counterbalance that grounds the entire site and project as a whole."

Students: Camille Castillo, Qinyi Wu and Zixin Wu
Course: Comprehensive Design Studio, Next – Cycle
Tutor: Georgina Huljich

Open-Air Market Hall and Community Centre by Evan Breutsch and Christopher Rancourt

"Breutsch and Rancourt designed an open-air market hall and community centre, utilising a variety of stacking techniques to explore how spatial, atmospheric and structural logic can be gleaned from stacking strategies.

"Each strategy is carefully deployed in response to a design requirement of the building.

"Rather than defer to programmatic or structural conventions, the students sifted through their material spectrum to produce arrangements of material that are sometimes elusive in their structural performance."

Students: Evan Breutsch and Christopher Rancourt
Course: On Timber: Sticks, Stacks and Composites
Tutor: Heather Roberge

Little Megastructure by Yiman Yiman

"Little Megastructure aims to configure an inclusive community of aggregated spatial prototypes that celebrates social connection and belonging while supporting individuality.

"The project features modularised elements – prototypical forms that can be combined and composed in a variety of ways to create a wide range of spaces.

"The elements are connected by gathering spaces, including clusters of parks, plazas, courtyards and atriums in between modules throughout the megastructure, which foster a sense of community and belonging.

"Spaces in this project are organised systematically for different purposes and activities to organically bring together all the components of a city and create a sense of urbanism."

Student: Yiman Yiman
Course: Research Studio: Mixed-Use Housing for Ontario, California
Tutor: Greg Lynn

Last Light by Shrinethraa Senthil Kumar and Yinghao Zhang

"Last Light examines the climate crisis through the eye of the natural environment. The project depicts a world of cities, floating on repurposed oil rigs, in which depleted energy resources and thick pollution have forced people to rely on luminous plants and animals for light.

"Kumar and Zhang created a film that includes virtual-reality experience, a guidebook and a physical model of a lantern, immersing viewers in the experience of a world where sea levels have risen and resources are depleted."

Students: Shrinethraa Senthil Kumar and Yinghao Zhang
Course: MSAUD Entertainment Studio: The Gateway
Tutors: Natasha Sandmeier and Liam Denhamer

Art Pomp by Sofia Chang, Gina Min and Ayush Varadhan

"Art Pomp is a short-term artist residency that provides artists with spaces and state-of-the-art equipment and a basketball court.

"Art Pomp draws from SESC Pompeia, an adaptive reuse cultural centre transformed from a previous factory site. A feature of SESC Pompeia that drew our attention is its connection of towers through aerial bridges.

"Overlaying the towers' floor plans upon the given site, we began designing a project in which three towers become interconnected through aerial bridges and a uniting boardwalk.

"This creates a gradient from front to back allowing the public to pause at a public event and explore the other places in the residency."

Students: Sofia Chang, Gina Min and Ayush Varadhan
Course: Undergraduate Studio: Off-Campus Living
Tutor: Claus Benjamin Freyinger

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Dezeen School Shows: a park in downtown LA built beside a railway station is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the University of Southern California.

Also included is a scheme that aims to implement landscape architecture methods that stop diseases from spreading, as well as a project examining the impact of wildfires.

University of Southern California

Institution: University of Southern California
School: School of Architecture
Course: Master of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism
Tutors: Alexander Robinson, Jessica Henson, Aroussiak Gabrielian, Jennifer Toy, David Maestres, Greg Kochanowski and Aja Bulla-Richards

School statement:

"Landscapes are the dynamic synthesis of natural systems, sociocultural forces and the physical material of the constructed world.

"The USC Graduate Programme in Landscape Architecture and Urbanism (MLA and U) prepares students to be leaders ready to take on challenges of climate change and environmental injustice through the design and planning of landscapes across scales.

"Landscape architecture is a broad field that encompasses the design of a complex range of environments outside our buildings.

"Our programme is focused on the public realm, spanning scales of impact from site design to urban design and infrastructure to territorial responses to climate stress that impact our immediate region and around the globe.

"With access to one of the most culturally and environmentally diverse geographies in the world – a biodiversity hotspot within an hour's drive from the Pacific Ocean, the San Gabriel Mountains and the western edge of the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts – Southern California offers a robust laboratory from which to learn, while offering applications all over the globe.

"The programme has formalised its priority areas in environmental, social and climate justice through the Landscape Justice Initiative.

"The initiative strengthens the programme's standing commitment to applied research and practice in communities that design has not historically reached.

"It includes Test Plot, a programme focused on the future of land care.

"The Landscape Futures Lab offers a rigorous curriculum in biodesign and material experimentation, and the Los Angeles River Integrated Design Lab provides a hydraulic modelling facility that engages students first-hand with the complex hydrological pressures of urbanisation today.

"Students graduate from the MLA and U programme with a proactive toolkit to address the impacts of climate stress on vulnerable humans, species and natural systems."

The Tidepools by Danielle Vonlehe

"Catalina Island is located 47 miles from Los Angeles. Notable for its magnificent kelp forests, the Catalina Island Fox and minimal human development, this dynamic coastal ecology is integral to the biodiversity of the southern California region.

"This project, executed during the first semester of the three-year MLA programme at USC, is a translation of tidepool ecology from Cata­lina Island to a barren concrete square on the USC Campus.

"The ground is structured on five different levels. Three high and two low levels correspond to the three high tides and two low tides per day on Catalina Island.

"The design is a multifunctional assemblage that takes into account the university's circulation – some areas serve as intimate spaces in which to study or think, while others offer more expansive space to host large social groups or an outdoor class.

"A path matching the USC grid cuts through the more curvilinear plan to be conducive to heavy foot traffic. All materials and planting are representative of geologic and vegetative patterns on Cata­lina Island."

Student: Danielle Vonlehe
Course: Studio 1 of 6 – Introduction to Landscape Architecture Design
Tutor: Alexander Robinson
Email: dani[at]terremoto.la

Superhighways to Superblooms by Andrea Binz

"Pollution in Burbank and Glendale is among the worst in all of California and mainly stems from freeway traffic.

"We have spent decades and billions of dollars expanding highways to 'solve' gridlock, but this strategy has failed – conversely, removing or narrowing roads can reduce traffic.

"A framework plan is proposed to address the high burden of traffic and pollution in Burbank and Glendale. The strategies include pollution mitigation with green infrastructure along existing roads, road diets, vehicle electrification, high-speed rail and public transit investment and reclaiming highways into linear parks.

"Roads and interchanges become linear parks, stormwater infrastructure and community hubs.

"The freeways cut through many of our most polluted, underserved communities, and as our transit patterns change we have the choice of how to remake them.

"As landscape architects, we can choose to promote a healthier, more equitable Los Angeles."

Student: Andrea Binz
Course: Course: Studio 3 of 6: Edge Conditions
Tutor: Jessica Henson
Email: abinz[at]alumni.usc.edu

The Water Agency Project by Leslie Dinkin

"The Water Agency Project envisions transforming the grid-locked Los Angeles River, prioritising ecological and social benefits while also addressing flood and drought risks.

"Instead of displacing over 100,000 residents required for total river renaturalisation, the project suggests rerouting I-710 through the existing Alameda Corridor and implementing a River Rail system.

"This approach would double the size of the riverbed, creating space for a semi-naturalised, semi-urban river.

"The redesigned Los Angeles River includes features like low-flow braided channels, terraced banks, detention ponds, riparian woodlands, parks, multi-use trails, dry meadows, affordable housing and green streets connecting neighbourhoods to the river."

Student: Leslie Dinkin
Course: Studio 3 of 6 – Sepulvida Basin
Tutor: Jessica Henson
Email: dinkin[at]usc.edu

Toward a Sustainable Seafood Future by Colin Amos and Andrea Binz

"Our oceans are increasingly threatened by overfishing. The current structure of the commercial fishing industry is exploitative of both the environment and working-class communities.

"To transform the industry and reestablish it from the bottom up, this project proposes a resilient and sustainable modular 'aquahabitat' system for Southern California that would generate kelp forest habitat and launch a new mariculture paradigm growing marketable local fish species alongside algae and shellfish.

"This integrated multi-trophic aquaculture approach creates a permeable, functional habitat to attract and serve wild marine populations while creating novel opportunities in the Blue economy and reconnecting communities with the ocean and our food sources."

Students: Colin Amos and Andrea Binz
Course: Studio 4 of 6 – Landscape Beyond Land
Tutor: Aroussiak Gabrielian
Emails: colinamos45[at]gmail.com and abinz[at]theolinstudio.com

Wellness Against the Wires – An Alternative Approach to the Powerline Landscape by Wanxing Lin

"The site includes four types of transmission lines, power towers and one LADWP substation. Different land use types under power lines bring different potentials for urban space.

"Here are four types of relationships between the power line and the site that we could utilise to create variable experiences for spaces – expressive, implicit, hidden and exposed.

"Utilising all the 'anti-EMF', 'anti-Noise' and 'anti-Heat' kit of parts, the proposed framework, 'powerline wire-zone revitalisation', uses programming languages to bring a safe and wellness-minded open space back to the community."

Student: Wanxing Lin
Course: Studio 5 of 6 – Corridor of Power: Designing a multi-sectorial framework for The Just City
Tutors: Jennifer Toy and David Maestres
Email: wanxingl[at]usc.edu

Dam(m/n)ed Earth by Jared Edgar McKnight

"This research project focuses on soil rebuilding processes through the introduction of mortuary composting burial procedures in the semi-arid endorheic basin of the Owens Valley, California.

"Excess salinity in this region is exacerbated by severe access to water issues and generations of contentious water politics and constructed hydrologic conditions, that have dammed/damned and depleted regional ecologies, habitats and resources.

"The proposal defines phased parameters for salinity remediation while redefining rituals of death to progressively restore the habitat through resilient green burial processes for rebuilding soils.

"This responsive system of burial morphologies thus awakens an interconnectedness between the burial plot and the dormant ecologies of its context, through an emotive, healing and emergent topography that unfolds and temporally evolves with one's stages of grief and acceptance [or decomposition] over time.

"Could the future of our burial landscapes facilitate a new form of engagement, whereby our landscapes of life and death reconcile and reconfigure our roles and purpose through one’s own body as a measure of resiliency?

"Damned Earth was exhibited in 'The Future of _____Space' show at the A+D Museum in 2020."

Student: Jared Edgar McKnight
Course: Studio 4 of 6 – Landscape at the Intersection of Life and Death
Tutor: Aroussiak Gabrielian
Email: jarededgarmcknight[at]alumni.usc.edu
Award: Winner of the ASLA Honor Award in the General Design category and the 2020 Student Excellence Award from the Society of American Registered Architects (SARAs)

Learning from Animal Adaptations to Wildfire by Diana Nightingale and Andrea Binz

"As wildfires in the San Gabriel Mountains become more frequent and severe, we need to expand our suite of management tools beyond firefighting and fuel clearance by seeking new inspiration.

"Around the world, wildlife has complex relationships and strategies for coexisting with wildfire.

"In this research project, animal adaptations to wildfire inform a land management framework designed to catalyse regeneration of habitat niches in post-fire landscapes to support ecological resilience.

"Framework goals include increasing soil moisture (beaver), developing a mosaic of ecosystems (woodpecker), promoting dynamic stability (beetle), and supporting soil ecosystem services (ground squirrel).

"Interventions respond to local topography, strategically reuse materials produced by wildfire cycles and engage forest management, residents and volunteers in land care.

"The post-fire landscape is re-imagined as an opportunity to reshape the land over time through natural processes, promote recovery and adaptation, and provide for wildlife."

Students: Diana Nightingale and Andrea Binz
Course: Studio 6 of 6 – The Wild
Tutor: Greg Kochanowski and Aja Bulla-Richards
Email: dianalnightingale[at]gmail.com and abinz[at]alumni.usc.edu

Beyond Barriers by Viraj Chauhan

"Sepulveda Basin is a 2000-acre flood mitigation infrastructure in the heart of San Fernando Valley, LA.

"Yet, this massive public property is cut off from the communities closest to it due to a lack of accessibility due to transport and flood mitigation infrastructure and complimentary amenities.

"The project aims to reconnect the basin and its amenities to communities in dire need.

"It aims to increase biodiversity, habitat and shade equity in the region while naturalising the LA River and expanding the capacity and hydrological performance of the basin for flood mitigation."

Student: Viraj Chauhan
Course: Studio 3 of 6 – Sepulvida Basin
Tutor: Jessica Henson
Email: vcchauha[at]usc.edu

Angel's Knoll: A Los Angeles Landmark Park by Zhiya Azalea Huang

"Lying in the topographic heart of Downtown LA's fevered cultural renaissance lies an incredible and seemingly disregarded treasure – a steep vacant lot bracketed by the antique funicular railway station named 'Angel's Landing'.

"The site resembles a perfect park, so much so that it was used as the generic park bench setting in a scene in the beloved romcom '500 Days of Summer'.

"On this site, the project proposes a verdant park and series of winding paths to link between the old downtown and new downtown, while also celebrating one of the last remaining undeveloped pieces of Los Angeles's famous Bunker Hill.

"The project capitalises on the site's natural assets and a growing interest in stair streets and pedestrian passages to create a dynamic Los Angeles landmark landscape."

Student: Zhiya Azalea Huang
Course: Studio 1 of 6 – Translations and Dialectics
Tutor: Alexander Robinson
Email: zhiyahua[at]usc.edu

Resilient Fields: Enhancing Disease Prevention through Diverse Landscape Strategies by Adrian Porter

"When it comes to reducing pathogen burden and avoiding the chances of stripe rust spreading throughout the Central Valley, there has been only one singular solution towards its prevention.

"Breeding programmes – many of which have been operated by only a handful of companies – create gene-resistant varieties able to withstand the disease.

"However, over-prioritisation of breeding programmes as the only means of defence has allowed for spatial and temporal assemblages to become vulnerable to disease spread if gene resistance were to fail.

"This project looks at other landscape methods of stopping disease spread, such as windbreaks, topography and species diversity to create a stronger system of disease evasion and mitigation."

Student: Adrian Porter
Course: Studio 4 of 6 – Edible Matters
Tutor: Aroussiak Gabrielian
Email: adrianpo[at]usc.edu

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Dezeen School Shows: we've rounded up six student projects featured in Dezeen School Shows that experiment with modular design.

These design students have proposed furniture, interior and architecture projects that utilise various module combinations to create customisable and personalised structures that address sustainability issues, overcrowding, food crises and social factors.

This roundup of projects includes houses that can expand and contract to resolve urban overpopulation and a building constructed using artificial intelligence.

The selection of projects comes from interior design, architecture, city design, environmental design, engineering and architectural design and vertical design courses at international institutions including Ryerson University, L'École de design Nantes Atlantique, University of Nottingham, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Bartlett School of Architecture.

Shift by Grace Robertson

Interior design student Grace Robertson designed a collection of modular furniture pieces, aiming to create versatile pop-up retail stores to encourage in-person shopping after the Covid-19 pandemic.

The modules can be assembled in various combinations to accommodate all types of vendors and create variety within the space.

"The need for cycling vendors was the best way to accommodate the current economic climate and pique enough interest to entice shoppers to venture to leave the safety of their homes in a pandemic," explained Robertson.

"The display furniture pieces compose a puzzle and can be shifted around for display configurations, seating, and platforms and packed away for an open area."

Student: Grace Robertson
School: Ryerson University
Course: Interior Design Studio III

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Mum by Clara Tortorici

Clara Tortorici created a collection of modular urban furniture called Mum while studying city design. The collection aims to encourage social interaction within urban environments.

Mum consists of solid and hollow modules, creating a variety of combinations that can alter how people interact with the structure and with each other.

"Its bevelled shape suggests a gap to be filled," explained Tortorici. "The solid and hollow parts make it possible to assemble laterally or vertically."

"Finally, the addition of modules influences the choice of activity: sitting, playing, socialising, being alone, or simply soaking up some rays."

Student: Clara Tortorici
School: L'École de design Nantes Atlantique
Course: MDes City Design

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Perpendicular Neighbours by Alice O'Brien

Architecture student Alice O'Brien designed a modular apartment complex, which aims to create a zero-waste neighbourhood in the city.

According to O'Brien, it provides residents with the creative freedom to personalise their homes, creating harmony between living, work and leisure.

"Perpendicular Neighbours explores the pioneering potential of lightweight, renewable materials and construction methods," said O'Brien. "It prioritises innovative yet simple tectonics, enabling  the scheme to be responsive and repeatable."

"Learning from the past mistakes of Leeds' social housing, this scheme utilises progressive and affordable solutions as well as collaborative design practices to embrace the contemporary shift in residential architecture."

Student: Alice O'Brien
School: University of Nottingham
Courses: Bachelor of Architecture BArch (ARB/RIBA Part 1) and Architecture and Environmental Design MEng (ARB/RIBA Part 1 CIBSE)

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Cultivate by Megumi Call and Tommy Giordano

Exploring solutions to resolve the food crisis in Co-op City, USA, design students Megumi Call and Tommy Giordano integrated a multi-use centre within an existing building complex.

The centre aims to grow and sell produce and build a community. It features vertical farms, dining facilities, retail and workshops.

"With 110,000 square feet of vertical farms, Cultivate tackles Co-op City's food crisis through its dining and retail spaces, [stimulating] commerce in this predominantly residential area, and dedicated workspaces that provide the community with accessible educational resources," explained Call and Giordano.

"From interlocking plant pods to modular program units, Cultivate is a sustainable and scalable response to the multifaceted needs of Co-op City."

Students: Megumi Call and Tommy Giordano
School: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Course: Vertical Design Studio, third, fourth, fifth-year

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AI Pixel Parasite by Andreea Dumitrescu

Engineering and architectural design student Andreea Dumitrescu designed an artificial intelligence (AI) research lab and data centre that is composed of modular cubes arranged by machine learning algorithms.

Aiming to reduce the negative environmental effects of construction, this project explored how AI can design and construct a building by observing and adapting to its surroundings.

"Located on the former site of Coleg Harlech in North Wales, this proposal is an AI research lab and data centre, contrasting and complimenting the existing structures," said Dumitrescu.

"Powered by a nuclear battery developed by ANPEG, its dynamic growth evolves to meet the progressing demands of the data centre in an intelligent and adaptable framework."

Student: Andreea Dumitrescu
School: Bartlett School of Architecture
Course: Engineering and Architectural Design MEng

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Move Laneway by Nicolas Burbano Diaz

Driven by the overwhelming population density in urban environments, interior design student Nicolas Burbano Diaz proposed a home that can expand and contract to suit the needs of its owner and the environment.

The modular design allows residents to adapt the dwelling to their lifestyle or living situations, making it suitable for a wide range of home seekers.

"The Move Laneway house is a prototype that addresses the challenges faced in increasing urban density through an expandable house structure that incorporates multi-functional systems to create flexible micro-living spaces," said Diaz.

"A key objective was to offer people the option to live in a smaller footprint that is 52 square meters when contracted or a total of 77 square meters when expanded."

Student: Nicolas Burbano Diaz
School: Ryerson University
Course: Interior Design Studio II

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Dezeen School Shows: a project that addresses the impact of the UK's ageing population on the healthcare system is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Arts University Bournemouth.

Also featured is a community-focused hub designed to invigorate its urban surroundings and a project that aims to aid the urban regeneration of a coastal town.

Arts University Bournemouth

Institution: Arts University Bournemouth
School: School of Design and Architecture
Course: BA(Hons) Interior Architecture and Design
Tutors: Monica Franchin, Michael Cavagin, Ed Ward, Emily Manns and Jamie Yeates

School statement:

"The purpose of exploratory practice is to prepare our third-year undergraduates for their future role in the design industry. In this project, students collaborate within study groups guided by an expert tutor.

"Together, they explore and investigate contextual issues and related complex 'wicked problems' that connect with their projects.

"These study groups facilitate the translation of these acquired insights into design thinking strategies that support the realisation of their contemporary interior and retrofit design schemes.

"Covering a range of topics these spatial interventions are at the intersect of grounded understanding of the broader contemporary challenges faced by communities and the built environment.

"The study groups provide an opportunity for discussion and testing of ideas, probing student knowledge and understating of the discipline to create new insights and opportunities for their own success.

"One of the study group themes is health and wellbeing in the high street, encouraging partnerships between designers, planners and health and wellbeing providers in the built environment.

"The group examines culture shifts that promote cultures in societies through the identification of rituals to foster new relationships with communities in novel forms.

"Students also discuss system changes which challenges them to collaborate with technology and nature systems to safeguard our collective future through world-building and placemaking methodologies.

"Also covered is 'adapt and adopt proposes' which encourages imaginative thinking to understand the shifting future landscape on our potential future work and life and social environments."

This is Weymouth! by Raquel Di Cori

"This is Weymouth! is a project conceived as part of a bigger plan to aid the urban regeneration of the coastal town in the South of England.

"The project involves the creation of a new visitor centre by repurposing the old St Maiden Methodist Church.

"The visitor centre aims to relaunch and reshape the town's image and allow the local community to take control of the narrative of their town.

"Through exhibitions and immersive experiences, the space will take the visitor on a journey of discovery and wonder, which is not limited to the visitor centre but continues in the town."

Student: Raquel Di Cori
Course: BA(Hons) Interior Architecture and Design
Tutors: Monica Franchin, Michael Cavagin, Ed Ward, Jamie Yeates and Emily Manns

Reconnect – Reconnecting Humans and Nature by Jessica Zeolla

"Reconnect is a dynamic hub designed for individuals dedicated to tackling the climate crisis, offering a platform for collaboration and showcasing their insights in an immersive, interactive exhibition.

"This unique space aims to engage the public with memorable experiences through cutting-edge features like VR pods and AI holograms, fostering a deeper connection with our planet.

"The primary goal of Reconnect is to motivate visitors to reassess their daily habits and encourage the adoption of a more regenerative lifestyle.

"Through this innovative approach, the project seeks to make a lasting impact on individuals' environmental consciousness and behaviour."

Student: Jessica Zeolla
Course: BA(Hons) Interior Architecture and Design
Tutors: Monica Franchin, Michael Cavagin, Ed Ward, Jamie Yeates and Emily Manns

Community Connect by Molly Gransbury

"Community Connect is an innovative project aimed at addressing the challenges of our ageing population and the strain on the healthcare system.

"This initiative plans to bring healthcare services to the high street, revitalising local economies, focusing on elderly individuals and enhancing their mental health and wellbeing.

"By creating a hub to lower stress and social isolation among older citizens and their caregivers, the project seeks to improve the quality of life and reduce hospital admissions.

"This forward-thinking design offers a hopeful vision for the future of elderly living in the UK, promoting healthier ageing and integrating generations within the community."

Student: Molly Gransbury
Course: BA(Hons) Interior Architecture and Design
Tutors: Monica Franchin, Michael Cavagin, Ed Ward, Jamie Yeates and Emily Manns

ReNexus: Climate Community Hub by Erin Stephenson

"ReNexus: Climate Community Hub is an innovative initiative focused on halting climate degradation and fostering a sustainable future by transforming mindsets.

"At its heart, the project aims to mobilise community action among local climate activists and their networks to conceptualise an alternative, environmentally-friendly system.

"It plans to achieve this through immersive experiences, such as AI replant and recapture, and educational storytelling in community engagement spaces.

"These AI-powered features are designed to offer personalised learning journeys, ultimately empowering individuals to make environmentally-conscious decisions.

"ReNexus is committed to creating a space where community involvement and technology converge to inspire positive environmental change."

Student: Erin Stephenson
Course: BA(Hons) Interior Architecture and Design
Tutors: Monica Frnachin, Michael Cavagin, Ed Ward, Jamie Yeates and Emily Manns

Caring for Carers by Charlotte Ongley

"Caring for Carers reimagines healthcare by offering a holistic environment that emphasises human connection and wellbeing for unpaid carers.

"This innovative project features a drop-in centre where carers can find respite and support, alongside facilities and activities designed to improve their health, independence and social reintegration.

"Central to its approach is fostering a strong community within healthcare settings, aiming to enhance patient care and enrich lives through a community-driven, thoughtfully designed space.

"This initiative represents a significant step in empowering and supporting unpaid carers, contributing positively to the overall quality of life."

Student: Charlotte Ongley
Course: BA(Hons) Interior Architecture and Design
Tutors: Monica Franchin, Michael Cavagin, Ed Ward, Jamie Yeates and Emily Manns

Nexus by Julia Kubior

"A pioneering, community-focused hub designed to invigorate the urban landscape while fostering community spirit and cohesion.

"The Nexus stands as a beacon of urban redevelopment, aiming to transform urban public spaces into areas that are not only vibrant and safe but also ecologically sensitive and attuned to community needs.

"At the core of this project is the goal to counteract the prevailing capitalist paradigm by cultivating deeper human connections and reinforcing community ties.

"This is achieved through a unique amalgamation of social dining experiences, cutting-edge conversational artificial intelligence (CAI) technology and innovative public engagement strategies that prioritise communal wellbeing over commercial gain."

Student: Julia Kubior
Course: BA(Hons) Interior Architecture and Design
Tutors: Monica Franchin, Michael Cavagin, Ed Ward, Jamie Yeates and Emily Manns

Take a Peek by Dahnya Sandhu

"Take a Peek is an innovative project with three central objectives: establishing a new gateway to the town, embracing diversity and cutting-edge technologies and rejuvenating ideas to align with contemporary lifestyles.

"The project envisions a community-led, multi-use hub that serves as a vibrant centre for cultural expression, particularly highlighting the contributions of locals who have previously been overlooked in the town's history.

"By placing locals at the forefront of decision-making and change, the initiative aims to cultivate a sense of belonging and aspiration within the community.

"Take a Peek is not just about transforming a physical space, but about empowering proud communities to lead and attract others to discover and engage with what the town has to offer."

Student: Dahnya Sandhu
Course: BA(Hons) Interior Architecture and Design
Tutors: Monica Franchin, Michael Cavagin, Ed Ward, Jamie Yeates and Emily Manns

Coastal Creativity by Madison Elliott-Grout

"Coastal Creativity is an ambitious project designed to redefine art appreciation by merging art from the past and future over a 30-year timeline.

"It aims to empower visitors by transforming them into artists and creating a vibrant, multi-generational hub within the gallery.

"This initiative focuses on exploring the power of art in connecting people and addressing societal challenges.

"Central to its mission is the belief in art as a unifying force that is capable of transcending generations and fostering a deeper understanding of diverse experiences and perspectives."

Student: Madison Elliott-Grout
Course: BA(Hons) Interior Architecture and Design
Tutors: Monica Franchin, Michael Cavagin, Ed Ward, Jamie Yeates and Emily Manns

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This school show is a partnership between Dezeen and Arts University Bournemouth. Find out more about Dezeen partnership content here.

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Dezeen School Shows: a project that addresses the severe impacts of climate change on the Netherlands's river region is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Amsterdam University of the Arts.

Also included is a shelter space for female survivors of domestic violence and a project that explores how architecture is designed for visually impaired individuals.

Amsterdam University of the Arts

Institution: Amsterdam University of the Arts
School: Amsterdam Academy of Architecture
Course: Architecture, Urbanism and Landscape Architecture

School statement:

"The world around us is constantly changing and at a rapid pace. We are facing major, cross-border and wide-ranging questions.

"The challenges – related to climate change, resource scarcity, energy transition, social inequality and declining biodiversity – are urgent, complex and spatial issues for which answers must be sought now to maintain perspective on a sustainable and inclusive future.

"The Amsterdam Academy of Architecture is an internationally oriented educational and research institute where students are trained in the national and international fields of architecture, urbanism and landscape architecture.

"The artistic and personal development of the student is the key focus within the intensive education, which is characterised by a high level of expertise, where a culture of innovation, collaboration and experimentation challenges students to look beyond borders and break new ground.

"Students study and work simultaneously to become spatial designers and thinkers, with strong roots in practice, as well as critical thinking focused on the future of the respective professions.

"Architecture, urbanism and landscape architecture courses are offered concurrently and in an interdisciplinary manner in order to prepare students for integrated and future-focused professional practice, thus paving the way for a transformation of the design professions."

The Eyes Are the Windows to the Soul by Gavin Fraser

"The Eyes Are the Windows to the Soul is a project located in Greenock, Scotland, aiming to challenge how architecture is equipped for visually impaired individuals.

"It repurposes abandoned sugar warehouses and harbours in a city marked by high rates of visual impairment due to its lost sugar industry.

"Globally, around 253 million people suffer from visual impairments, with care primarily focusing on physical aspects.

"This project seeks to address the often-overlooked mental health issues associated with visual impairment. It combines clinical and social responses, redesigning eye hospitals to prioritise patients' mental wellbeing.

"Additionally, it establishes a social centre offering alternative therapies like art, music, horticulture and movement to address social isolation and loss of purpose.

"The project promotes community integration, education and financial independence for visually impaired individuals."

Student: Gavin Fraser
Course: Architecture
Tutors: Elsbeth Falk, Jeanne Tan, Jo Barnett, Machiel Spaan and René Bouman

Average Place: Agency of Architecture in Authoritarian State by Maria Khozina

"This project delves into the role of architects and architecture's language in an authoritarian state, aiming to explore how architectural skills and knowledge can contribute to societal change and politics.

"It's a personal exploration, addressing grief, loss of belonging and questioning one's role as an architect in their homeland.

"The project seeks to find a new architectural language to redefine the architect's role, looking at architecture's interaction with people and how it can deepen their experiences.

"It combines elements from the plastic arts and architecture to create the architectural machine, representing a social issue. The project encourages diversity and expanded awareness in architecture."

Student: Maria Khozina
Course: Architecture
Tutors: Marc Schoonderbeek, Rick ten Doeschate, Michelle Provoost, Arna Mačkić, Tom Franzen and Txell Blanco Diaz

Garden and gardener of the Peelrandbreuk by Roy Damen

"The project explores the intersection of natural and social themes around the geological fault line called Peelrandbreuk in the village of Liessel, North Brabant.

"It presents a garden as a conceptual framework, comprising four 'garden rooms' that represent natural elements such as peat and groundwater.

"These spaces make invisible processes visible and connect humans to the ancient fault line. The garden serves as a spatial narrative where geological and cultural history converge.

"The gardener's role symbolises a personal journey of rediscovery, bridging a connection to their roots and embracing the landscape's story, aiming to awaken, rather than create, something meaningful."

Student: Roy Damen
Course: Landscape Architecture
Tutors: Saline Verhoeven, Paul de Kort, Erik de Jong, Maike van Stiphout and Remco van der Togt

Burnt: A Tale of Three Fires by Jacob Heydorn Gorski

"Burnt: A Tale of Three Fires explores how embracing wildfires can enhance resilience and foster cultural connections between a landscape and its inhabitants.

"Informed by Dutch approaches to water management, it centres on Red Feather Lakes, Colorado, challenging prevailing wildfire narratives.

"The project develops three strategies: defensive, resilient and resistant, engaging the community and using local materials. These strategies reshape the ecosystem, offer unique landscape experiences and promote community exchange.

"While site-specific, they provide a model for handling wildfires in the American West, suggesting a future where fire is integrated positively. The project offers a new path forward, illuminated by the transformative power of fire."

Student: Jacob Heydorn Gorski
Course: Landscape Architecture
Tutors: Jana Crepon, Hank van Tilborg, Sarah McCaffrey, Marieke Timmermans and Robbert Jongerius

Water Driven: a Breathing River Landscape by Rex van Beijsterveldt

"This research emphasises a transformative approach to the Dutch river region, addressing the severe impacts of climate change and landscape cultivation.

"The river area faces challenges like droughts and flood risks, particularly in low-lying river polder regions. The proposal advocates for a comprehensive strategy that leverages water and soil management to combat these challenges.

"This approach not only mitigates climate change impacts but also promotes nature restoration and innovative land use.

"A smart water management system, including water basins within the river polders, offers a dynamic landscape that adapts to changing conditions, providing both environmental benefits and resilience in the face of climate change."

Student: Rex van Beijsterveldt
Course: Landscape Architecture
Tutors: Mirte van Laarhoven, Saline Verhoeven, Gerwin de Vries, Ziega van den Berk and Roel van Gerwen

Shelter: an Architectural Typology to Host Women Victims of Domestic Violence by Alice Dicker Quintino Dos Santos

"This graduation project aims to reimagine women's refuges for survivors of domestic violence in the Netherlands.

"Recognising that spatial design can significantly impact the recovery process, the project focuses on an Amsterdam city block.

"Inspired by traditional Dutch 'hofjes', the design creates a protected inner world within the urban context.

"It balances seclusion and inclusion, privacy and collectivity, offering a domestic environment with shared spaces for recovery and individuality preservation.

"A sequence of enclosed gardens helps shape transitional experiences between the city and the shelter, providing a secure and healing atmosphere for women to recover from the trauma of domestic violence."

Student: Alice Dicker Quintino Dos Santos
Course: Architecture
Tutors: Marcel Lok, Pnina Avidar, Hannah Schubert, Susana Constantino and Paul Kuipers

Wad Belongs to Wad: Building on Reciprocity in Aquatic Ecosystems by Laurien Zwaans

"Wad Belongs to Wad presents a vision of nature-inclusive construction within the vulnerable Wadden ecosystem, where the sea transforms into land twice daily.

"The project addresses rising sea levels and seeks to harmonise architecture with this unique water landscape.

"It features three mudflat structures connected by a walking route from North Groningen to Schiermonnikoog, acting as 'experimental gardens' to promote collaboration between humans, landscape and nature.

"These structures aim to boost biodiversity, tackle issues like seagrass extinction and mussel bed disappearance, and incorporate natural, biodegradable materials.

"The design method emphasises reciprocity, allowing architecture to enrich nature and vice versa, fostering a sustainable aquatic ecosystem."

Student: Laurien Zwaans
Course: Architecture
Tutors: Maartje Lammers, Machiel Spaan, Bart van der Salm, Pnina Avidar and Dingeman Deijs

Voorland: Spatial Chances for Cities in the Hinterland by Mike Wissing

"This design proposal focuses on the potential for densification in cities located in the hinterland, using the city of Doetinchem in the Netherlands as an example.

"It addresses the challenges faced by major Dutch cities with high-density development, including unaffordable housing and environmental issues.

"Meanwhile, cities like Doetinchem have not benefited proportionally from prosperity, resulting in declining amenities and liveability.

"The proposal advocates for densification in hinterland cities, revitalising them while preserving space for nature, sustainable housing, businesses and community influence.

"The design envisions a resilient future, emphasising compact urban planning, multifunctional spaces and integration with the surrounding landscape, promoting sustainability and liveability in these cities."

Student: Mike Wissing
Course: Urbanism
Tutors: Herman Zonderland, Iris Wijn, Eric van der Kooij, Riëtte Bosch and Daryl Mulvihill

Greenhouse: a Unified Living Environment for Plant and Person by Wouter Grote

"This graduation project explores an innovative living environment concept within greenhouses, offering an alternative to the conventional single-family homes often built in the Netherlands.

"Inspired by childhood experiences in greenhouses in the village of Lent, the project questions the disappearance of these structures due to urban development and proposes preserving them as part of the living environment.

"The concept involves constructing 'residential greenhouses' among existing production greenhouses, fostering a connection between people and plants.

"This approach promotes a harmonious relationship between nature and residents at multiple scales, from the neighbourhood to individual homes, ultimately encouraging a re-evaluation of traditional housing in favour of a more symbiotic coexistence with nature."

Student: Wouter Grote
Course: Architecture
Tutors: Rob Hootsmans, Dingeman Deijs, Hans Hammink, Pnina Avidar and Geurt Holdijk

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This school show is a partnership between Dezeen and Amsterdam University of the Arts. Find out more about Dezeen partnership content here.

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Dezeen School Shows: we've rounded up 10 student projects that draw upon themes and issues related to the sea, which feature in Dezeen School Shows.

These undergraduate and postgraduate students decided to highlight the issues facing the world's oceans in their projects, from the destruction of coral reefs to rising sea levels and plastic pollution.

Projects in this roundup include a lighting installation made from Covid 19 face masks, a series of textiles informed by water sports and architectural projects that propose various marine conservation centres.

Students who have created the projects are enrolled on interior design, textile design, product design and architecture courses at international institutions including Canadian University Dubai, the School of Visual Arts, University of Plymouth, University of Portsmouth, Cardiff University and the University of Sydney.

AMWAYJ: UAE Oceanograhy Institute by Nouran Elshimy

Nouran Elshimy designed a biomorphic complex of buildings while studying at the Canadian University Dubai, which aims to solidify the country's longstanding connection to the Arabian Gulf.

Positioned on a partially submerged site between the shore and the sand dunes of the Khor Fakkan desert, the mixed-use building aims to aid the reconstruction of coral reefs.

"[The project] presents a fusion between the landscape's sublime sand dunes and the ocean's fluidity, resulting in a harmonious convergence that is intricately translated into the building's organic design," said Elshimy.

"With an emphasis on coral reef restoration, the institute seeks to narrow the division between research and practical implementation, ensuring tangible actions."

Student: Nouran Elshimy
School: Canadian University Dubai
Course: ARC 562 Senior Project - Design

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Sublimity by Imogen Mills

During her time studying textiles at Camarthen School of Art, Imogen Mills drew on her experiences of wild swimming to develop a collection of textiles.

The project – named Sublimity – aims to instil the same peace of mind achieved during cold water swimming as when weaving.

"Having swum in seas, rivers and lakes over the winter, I have faced my fear of deep waters and woven a textile installation to explore how sublimity can be achieved both through cold-water swimming and the act of weaving cloth," said Mills.

"These immersive sculptures are woven in thin wire and cotton, manipulated into forms that highlight the frailty of cloth. The viewer can see each individual piece of thread, allowing them to gain a deeper understanding of how cloth is made."

Student: Imogen Mills
School: Camarthen School of Art
Course: BA Textiles: Knit Weave and Mixed Media

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The Deep: Diving into Marine Geology by Hannah Gates

Interior design student Hannah Gates combined the functionality of a training centre for divers with a pertinent message about global warming in this project titled The Deep: Diving into Marine Geology.

Located in a repurposed shop in Margate, the mixed-use centre would include a large tank for divers to train in, as well as demonstrating the threat of rising sea levels in the former store, which has the appearance of being flooded.

"The relationship between building and tank creates a thought-provoking concept by demonstrating a flooded building, reflecting the impact of global warming and rising sea levels," said Gates.

"In addition to research laboratories for the cave diver and marine geologists, the building also aims to introduce the local community to scuba diving and marine geology."

Student: Hannah Gates
School: Regent's University London
Course: BA (Hons) Interior Design

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Masked Fish by Jack Tidy

Product and furniture design student Jack Tidy created a light installation in the shape of a fishtail surfboard, which is made from blue single-use face masks.

The project takes the form of a sculpture designed to be mounted on a wall that sheds light on the environmental impact of masks in the fallout of the Covid 19 pandemic.

"Masked Fish is a wall-mounted lighting installation in the form of a fishtail surfboard," said Tidy. "My project raises awareness of the impact of the billions of single-use masks that have entered the marine environment after being discarded during lockdowns."

Student: Jack Tidy
School: University of Plymouth
Course: BA (Hons) Product and Furniture Design

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The Hydro-Cultural Centre of the Piave by Daniel Dehghani

University of Portsmouth student Daniel Dehghani designed an architectural intervention that aims to restore the vitality of the Venetian Lagoon – an enclosed bay in northern Italy that is formed by the Adriatic Sea.

The goal of The Hydro-Cultural Centre is to channel sediment and freshwater to rebuild the lagoon, which is being impacted by rising sea levels.

"To combat the rise of sea levels and the many other disastrous consequences caused by climate change, it is time for architects to design interventions that respond to climate change threats," said Dehghani.

"This project aims to utilise a combination of landscape engineering and technology to create an architectural intervention that meets the needs of the Venetian people and, most importantly, restores the health of the Lagoon."

Student: Daniel Dehghani
School: University of Portsmouth
Course: MArch and MA Architecture: Landscape and Urbanism

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Waives and Waves by Kirstin Taylor

During her time studying textile design at Arts University Plymouth, Kirstin Taylor drew on her experience of participating in water-based outdoor activities in her project named Waives and Waves.

Taylor decided to focus on the medium of Passmenterie, which involves using detail-orientated techniques to create elaborate three-dimensional patterns. The technique is traditionally used when creating edging for rugs or other soft furnishings.

"[I] combined pattern creation using the ordered and repetitive processes of weaving and sewing with the less predictable results of hand dyeing techniques and micro pleating," said Taylor. "Waives and Waves elevates the everyday in our homes, adding compelling finishing touches."

Student: Kirstin Taylor
School: Arts University Plymouth
Course: BA (Hons) Textile Design

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The Spectral Theatre by Chris Hamblin

Architecture student Chris Hamblin replaced a dilapidated wharf in Sydney with a partially floating theatre, which projects out into the sea.

The Spectral Theatre has indoor and outdoor areas and intends to house contemporary performances.

"By demolishing the existing dilapidated wharf and restoring that which can be salvaged, the venue will draw attention to the site's past and embedded history from both pre and post-contact, while also providing a space for renewed, restored, and reclaimed ideas," said Hamblin.

"The theatre takes its name from a hypothesis that within the layers of our history lie the ghosts of our past."

Student: Chris Hamblin
School: University of Sydney
Course: Bachelor of Design in Architecture

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Fading Cities Of Underwater – the Depletion of Corals by Himanshu Tiwari

Augmented reality and 3D projection mapping form the basis of this immersive installation by student Himanshu Tiwari. The piece aims to shed light on coral reef damage caused by humans.

"Himanshu Tiwari's final design project aims to bring awareness to the urban youth about the bleaching of corals," said Tiwari.

"The experience takes you through a journey that begins with a close-to-life experience of corals in their unaffected form, through to human actions and their effects, and culminates at a rather bleak but provocative image of bleached corals."

Student: Himanshu Tiwari
School: The Design Village
Course: Final Design Project

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Virtue Lies in the Struggle, Not the Prize by James Miller

During his time studying architecture at Cardiff University, James Miller designed a campus for teaching people about the manufacturing processes associated with boats.

The site was originally a disused dockyard, with the goal being to reinvigorate the area and encourage cultural interest.

"In this unit, getting under the skin of a complicated town enables the development of a profound interest in how architecture can reach into the culture of a place and offer something social," said Miller.

"The project stitches the fractured dockyard into a new cultural campus for manufacturing and craft, nurturing the historical and current condition."

Student: James Miller
School: Cardiff University
Course: BSc Architectural Studies

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Made By Water by Will Huanyo Kuang

While studying at the School of Visual Arts, student Will Huanyo Kuang designed a New York-based research centre that educates visitors about the dangers of ocean pollution.

Made By Water also contains a hatchery that aims to repopulate certain species that have dwindled as a result of environmental damage.

"Made by Water is an aquatic research centre designed to raise awareness of marine preservation and freshwater ecosystems," said Kuang.

"The intent is to foster the development of healthy and sustainable fisheries throughout the greater New York City metro area waterways and to educate and engage the public in marine wildlife conservation."

Student: Will Huanyo Kuang
School: School of Visual Arts
Course: Senior Thesis

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Dezeen School Shows: a thesis that examines the relationship between Las Vegas and the city's surrounding desert is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Carleton University.

Also included is a research project that investigates clay and a project that explores the renewal of heritage buildings in Barcelona.

Carleton University

Institution: Carleton University
School: Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism
Course: MArch thesis, graduate and undergraduate studios
Tutors: Jake Chakasim, Sheryl Boyle, Lisa Moffitt, Jerry Hacker, Anne Bordeleau, Piper Bernbaum, Mariana Esponda, Janine Debanné, Natalia Escobar Castrillón and Felipe Vera

School statement:

"The Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism (ASAU) offers undergraduate programmes in design, conservation and sustainability and urbanism, as well as a professional MArch programme.

"With generous funding opportunities, including teaching and research assistantships, our accredited MArch programmes offer paths for students holding degrees in any undergraduate discipline, as well as for students with pre-professional degrees in architecture from anywhere around the world.

"Through speculative thinking and material craft, the ASAU faculty and students work to address critical societal issues.

"Projects shown include responses to the climate emergency, community-led design-build projects as well as land-based and socio-spatial inquiries."

Dirt: Making with Contaminated Lands by Ju Huang

"My thesis explores dirt in the contemporary world and its place in architecture through a series of ceramic-making exercises. My sense of touch helps me explore clay, tackling the critical problem of discarded waste sites called brownfields in Canada.

"The experiments have created a new sensory order from which a tectonic expression of architecture rooted in a particular place is created – a process that trespasses the taboos of the contaminated and embraces the uncertainties contained in land in the technological age of the Anthropocene."

Student: Ju Huang
Course: MArch Thesis
Tutor: Sheryl Boyle
Email: juhuang[at]cmail.carleton.ca

Toronto's Terrestrial Reefs: BioRock's Infrastructural Biogeochemical Futures by Cameron Penney

"This thesis explores the design potential of BioRock, an underutilised accreting material that simulates the reef-building processes of corals.

"It is a highly sustainable alternative to concrete, able to act as an ecological scaffold and sequester pollutants. The thesis proposes three speculative applications of BioRock within Toronto, Canada.

"They include the reintroduction of alvars as a landscape strategy extending from aggregate infill, an industrial remediation for obsolete water treatment reservoirs, and the in-situ repair of concrete bents supporting the Gardiner Expressway.

"Design is explored through experimental models and test fragments of BioRock forming a library of artefacts that traverse biogeochemical scales of speculation."

Student: Cameron Penney
Course: MArch Thesis
Tutor: Lisa Moffitt
Email: cameronpenney[at]cmail.carleton.ca

Designed for Deconstruction by Arkoun Merchant

"Designed for Deconstruction presents a framework for deconstruction in the context of Barrio Rodrigo Bueno, a self-built settlement in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

"It provides another path for the demolition of existing homes, using recycled material to rehabilitate houses with building methods that make the most of natural ventilation and daylighting.

"These steps take advantage of the iterative nature of a self-built home, allowing rehabilitation at a desirable pace for the family.

"Moreover, community members are encouraged to participate in the deconstruction and rehabilitation process to learn building techniques and skills they can apply in their neighbourhood and the city."

Student: Arkoun Merchant
Course: MArch Option Studio ARCH 5106
Tutors: Natalia Escobar Castrillon and Felipe Vera
Email: arkounmerchant[at]cmail.carleton.ca

The Market Playhouse by Sam Lanesmith

"The ByWard Market Playhouse blends a public plaza, theatre and gallery space in the heart of Ottawa's market district, featuring a raised theatre that shades and protects a public atrium and plaza from the summer sun.

"Unfolding directly across from the historic market building, the large, shaded plaza provides a space for visitors to relax, while also serving as an outdoor market during the summer.

"The building's frame offers clues of its construction to the public. Its design celebrates the steel structure that elevates the theatre seating above the plaza."

Student: Sam Lanesmith
Course: MArch Studio 2 ARCS 5032
Tutors: Sheryl Boyle and Janine Debanné
Email: samelanesmith[at]cmail.carleton.ca

[Tree Factory], The Urban Forestry Knowledge Centre by Caitlin Chin

"The [Tree Factory] is an urban forestry knowledge centre that aims to educate the public about climate change and rekindle the relationship between people and trees.

"It is also a collection of microclimates that choreograph interwoven paths of education, people and trees through converging moments in time."

Student: Caitlin Chin
Course: MArch Gateway Studio ARCS 5105
Tutors: Lisa Moffitt and Jerry Hacker
Email: caitlinchin[at]cmail.carleton.ca

Lost, Found, Playground – O'Connor St. Pocket Park by Ben Merritt

"Driveways and license plates consume the built environment. Thus begins a movement to reclaim dead spaces and convert them into lively areas for the children of the neighbourhood.

"Using byproducts of local economic activity – objects like milk crates, wooden pallets and tires – an intervention can take shape with the same scale and function as a typical playground.

"Assembled by residents with craft and trades skills, improvised play areas can help reintroduce meaningful social interaction to the youth of the community.

"The aim is to return the antisocial spaces to the children and assist in the revitalisation of the modern isolated childhood."

Student: Ben Merritt
Course: BAS Studio ARCS 4107
Tutor: Jerry Hacker
Email: benmerritt[at]cmail.carleton.ca

Erosion by Martha Woolfrey

"This drawing documents the ecological collapse during the 1990s cod fishery moratorium in Newfoundland and its rippling effect on culture for generations, which won an honour award in the school's annual seven-day drawing competition.

"As we collectively take responsibility for addressing the climate emergency, the event invited students to illustrate how we might engage the changing climate with hope, using architecture's arsenal.

"Students could dive into the nature of architectural drawings as narrative, foreground architectural drawings' potential to connect multiple spatial and temporal scales, grapple with uncertainties and conditions of flux or work to make visible those invisible flows and forces that impact our planet."

Student: Martha Woolfrey
Course: 2023 Murray & Murray Competition
Tutor: Anne Bordeleau
Email: marthawoolfrey[at]cmail.carleton.ca

Las Vegas: Vanishing Illusions of Paradise and Fantasies of Plenitude by Kaleigh Jeffrey

"Las Vegas exists in a dichotomy between its extravagant built environment and extreme desert surroundings. The city is like a mirage and the illusion presents a narrative that evades reality.

"Years of urbanisation and constant drought, made worse by a warming climate, have triggered the first-ever reduction in Nevada's water allocation.

"This thesis investigates the past, present and future of Las Vegas as it negotiates the conditions of a changing desert, engaging with policy and notions of spectacle.

"Through various forms of documentation, speculative design work and climate fiction, the project questions the role of maintenance in architecture and to what degree it is worthwhile."

Student: Kaleigh Jeffrey
Course: MArch Thesis
Tutor: Piper Bernbaum
Email: kaleighjeffrey[at]cmail.carleton.ca

Interfactures by Miquel Reina Ortiz

"I examine Barcelona as more than the sum of its parts, considering the relationship between the scales of the city, buildings and construction details.

"Here, I present Barcelona's most characteristic tectonic element, the volta de maó de pla, tile vault or Catalan vault, through a series of graphic exercises named interfactures that explore their intimate relationship with making heritage buildings and urban fabric.

"Fine-grained details are essential to determine how the cycle of recovery and renewal can be balanced in the context of the whole, harmoniously contained in its parts. The city is in the details."

Student: Miquel Reina Ortiz
Course: PhD in Architecture
Tutor: Mariana Esponda
Email: m.reinaortiz[at]gmail.com

A Night in January: Oral Traditions Storytelling Centre on Indigenous Astronomy by Ashley Mowry and Frank Hinoporos

"The Oral Traditions Storytelling Centre on Indigenous Astronomy focuses on the education of Indigenous and non-Indigenous university students and members of the public in oral indigenous storytelling, with an emphasis on stories related to the sky and stars.

"The band atop the structure traces the full moon of January (Spirit Moon), which represents a time of contemplation, grounding the architecture in myth.

"This studio centralised the role of indigenous knowledge in advanced studies. It is part of a school effort to promote an understanding of the land, ecology and culture of Canada's indigenous peoples through the lens of architecture and planning."

Students: Ashley Mowry and Frank Hinoporos
Course: 2023 Global Indigenous Option Studio
Tutor: Jake Chakasim
Emails: ashleymowry[at]cmail.carleton.ca and frankhinoporos[at]cmail.carleton.ca

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Dezeen School Shows: a sculptural object that symbolises Kansas's prairies is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the University of Kansas.

Also included is an airport perched on the Hudson River in New York and a prototype house built as part of the work of Studio 804.

University of Kansas

Institution: University of Kansas
School: School of Architecture and Design

School statement:

"The Department of Architecture at the University of Kansas (KU) emphasises design education through diverse experiences which include learning through making, collaborative research and community engagement.

"We are committed to finding innovative, creative and forward-thinking ways of bringing together our students and faculty with our community and industry partners.

"All of our students are required to complete a hands-on designbuild experience and study abroad experience.

"KU's Department of Architecture offers the Bachelor of Science in Interior Architecture (CIDA Candidacy) and NAAB-accredited Master of Architecture for high school applicants and the postgraduate Master of Architecture degree for students who have earned a bachelor degree.

"The final year of the MArch programme offers several unique specialised areas, including designbuild, health and wellness design, sports and entertainment design, urban design, social entrepreneurship, the Paris exchange programme and the Gensler/Gastinger Walker Co-op programme.

"The selected student work contains projects from the MArch final year options studios, the fourth-year integrated design studios (ARCH 609), the third-year designbuild studios (ARCH 509) and the interior architecture capstone studio."

Haven Studio by students taking part in the Dirt Works Studio

"Haven Studio is a small, solar-powered, net-zero energy, bio-based, low-carbon demonstration home wrapped in a well-insulated and air-tight envelope utilising innovative continuous timber board insulation and quad-pane windows, with a simple, iconic and familiar form.

"Designed and built by students, Haven Studio's naturally-lit footprint reduces artificial lighting. The glazed south facade is protected by an overhang, enabling passive solar heating without overheating in the summer.

"The prefabricated floor and walls maximise construction precision and minimize waste.

"These strategies are complemented by a mini-split heat pump and ERV, enabling twelve solar panels to produce more energy, annually, than the home consumes."

Course: Arch 509 Designbuild Studio
Tutor: Chad Kraus

River Rock Elementary School for Visually Impaired by Liz Putman and Bridgett Espino

"The visually impaired population is forced to navigate through a world designed for the sighted people, facing unique daily challenges foreign to the rest of the world.

"Yet, despite the challenging circumstances, they are able to carve a beautiful path through their lives – this project presents a school that will assist them on their journey.

"The school emphasises reliance on the other four senses and is inspired by the many different landscapes that shape Colorado. The use of colour, texture, light and materiality will create wayfinding strategies to help the user navigate throughout the spaces."

Students: Liz Putman and Bridgett Espino
Course: ARCH 609 Integrated Design Studio
Tutor: Nilou Vakil

Link KC: Restoration, Revitalisation and Recreation by Aaron Michalicek

"Kansas City once had one of the largest streetcar systems in the country. Today, only a single line exists, leaving KC, Kansas, and KC, Missouri separated via public transit.

"Link KC explores the socioeconomic impacts of connecting KCK and KCMO with an Aerial Lift across the West Bottoms, a flood-prone industrial neighbourhood that divides the two cities.

"Given the economic challenges involved with traditional streetcar infrastructure and the topographical challenge of traversing the adjacent bluffs, the aerial lift provides a cost-effective way of reimplementing the city's public transit backbone while the interchange station provides recreational amenities to the envisioned future neighbourhood."

Student: Aaron Michalicek
Course: Arch 806 Sports and Entertainment Capstone Studio
Tutor: Andrew Moddrell

Vitality: Innovative Design for Stroke Survivors' Rehabilitation and Recovery Centre by Madeline Bradley and Bridgett Espino

"Health and Wellness design programme is one of the final year options of KU's Master of Architecture programme.

"This project aims to establish an evidence-based design for rethinking how stroke rehabilitation facilities are designed and integrated into new models of care and redevelop and protect stroke survivors' health and wellbeing.

"Rehabilitation offers many stroke survivors the opportunity to learn how to adapt to the challenges due to brain injury, including problems with speaking, thinking, moving, planning, etc."

Students: Madeline Bradley and Bridgett Espino
Course: Arch 808: Health and Wellness Design Capstone Studio (Master of Architecture)
Tutor: Hui Cai, PhD

Hospitality for Holistic Wellness by Laura Aykroyd and Isiah Gallegos

"Just as the culture of Seoul is built in harmony, this luxury hotel provides a culture-based healing journey that balances the guest's energy, essence and spirit.

"As users travel through the bottom floors, the colliding/flowing convergence of traditional Korean and modern minimalist design, energetic and restful spaces, and physical and mental resources, they are able to tangibly experience the bright and dark, good and difficult, and predictable and unexpected moments of their healing journey.

"Harmony in one's person is not just supported by the calming, natural aesthetics and guiding light paths, but is also found in the respect and acceptance of all experiences towards holistic wellness."

Students: Laura Aykroyd and Isiah Gallegos
Course: Interior Architecture (IA) 509 – 609 (Vertical Studio)
Tutors: Mohammad R. Dastmalchi, Ann Hossler, Herminia Machry

432 Indiana Street House at Pinkney Neighborhood DesignBuild by Studio 804

"Studio 804 is one of the final-year options for the KU Master of Architecture. Students work on all aspects of the design and the construction process over the course of a nine-month academic year.

"This includes all systems, construction documents, estimates, working with zoning and code officials, site layout, placing concrete, framing, roofing, siding, setting solar panels, landscape and more.

"In 2023, Studio 804 designed and built a house in the Pinkney neighbourhood – one of the oldest in the City of Lawrence.

"The scale of the house and its gabled forms fits the neighbourhood. The house has incorporated several sustainable design features and is expected to achieve LEED Platinum certification.

"Studio 804's 2023 project aligns with the long-term mission of the City of Lawrence to support sustainable development as part of creating a sustainable community for the future."

Course: Studio 804: DesignBuild
Tutor: Dan Rockhill

The Dancing Tower by Christian Hunn and Julia Gillman

"The Paris programme is one of the final year options for KU Master of Architecture programme.

"This programme enables students to complete studio coursework under the tutelage of Professor Pierre Engel at the Ecole Nationale Superieure D'Architecture Paris Val-de-Seine and Professor Steve Padget of the University of Kansas, as well as engage in a part-time, academic internship with one of Europe's most prestigious practices.

"This project 'Dancing Tower' is a tiered building that serves as private student apartments, library and study space, floating green space, and a rooftop restaurant and bar.

"Highlighted throughout the levels is the steel structure, running along the curving layers, supporting the rotated platforms in a crossbracing pattern.

"Steel cores offer rigidity and support, continuing from the base of the addition to the cantilevered greenspace, a focal point stabilised by the dual structures working in tandem."

Students: Christian Hunn and Julia Gillman
Course: ARCH 810_Paris Programme
Tutors: Pierre Engel and Steve Padget

Skyport New York by Jackson Bontty and Ashlyn Reece

"Nestled gracefully within New York's Hudson Yards, Skyport New York stands as a vital and visionary transportation hub.

"Reshaping transit between New York, Washington, Philadelphia or Boston with unprecedented efficiency, a vertiport caters to diverse travellers seeking quick connections.

"Additionally, the vertiport plays a pivotal role in addressing the long-standing transportation gap, connecting Manhattan to nearby airports and fostering interconnectivity between all five boroughs.

"As a result, the city's mobility is enhanced and the communities are drawn closer together."

Student: Jackson Bontty and Ashlyn Reece
Course: ARCH 609: Integrated Design Studio
Tutor: Kapila D Silva, PhD

Prairie in the Wind by Brookelyn Vittitow, Isaac Decker, Louis Cobb and Kevin Bainter

"Prairies are contrived of thousands of individual plants but through gusts of wind, they become a uniform entity.

"The golden prairies of Kansas are covered in wheat that freely flows with every breeze that passes through the fields creating art through motion.

"This project takes the challenge that simulates the mechanism of prairies in architectural application by fabricating a three-dimensional surface which is defined by the tips of hundreds of individual wood members, just like prairies.

"A mutual relationship between two materials is defined."

Students: Brookelyn Vittitow, Isaac Decker, Louis Cobb and Kevin Bainter
Course: ARCH509 Design Build Studio
Tutors: Dr Tzu-Chieh Kurt Hong, Matthew Hufft, Josh Ogren

Solport-SkyHive by Alex Lamoureux and Ethan Overland

"Solport-Skyhive in Jungu-gu, Seoul, is South Korea's inaugural vertiport, seamlessly integrated into the city's robust transportation system.

"This groundbreaking structure is set to revolutionise transportation in a city known for its efficient public transit.

"Named after the Korean word for pine trees – 'sol' – it's a towering symbol of sustainable construction, marking the country's first mass timber skyscraper.

"Drawing inspiration from the Korean red pine, the vertiport features a modular design that mimics the natural growth of a flourishing tree, enabling it to adapt and expand in response to evolving needs, much like the branches of a tree adjusting to their surroundings."

Students: Alex Lamoureux and Ethan Overland
Course: ARCH 609: Integrated Design Studio
Tutor: Kapila D Silva

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Dezeen School Shows: a project that creates privacy for residents in high-rise apartment blocks is included in this school show by Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Also included is a branding scheme for a snack company based on the concept of toxic relationships and a printed publication that explores the experiences of people living in Hong Kong during the Covid 19 pandemic.

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Institution: Hong Kong Polytechnic University
School: School of Design
Courses: BA (Hons) in Advertising Design, BA (Hons) in Communication Design, BA (Hons) in Digital Media, BA (Hons) in Environment and Interior design and the Integrated Designpreneurship subject under the BA programme
Tutors: Dr Gerhard Bruyns, Gilles Vanderstocken, Amy Chow, Chun Hei Charis Poon, Francis Hung, Dr Vincie Lee, Tony Hon, Dr Amelie Chan, Roberto Vilchis Echeverri, Benny Leong and Kam-fai Chan

School statement:

"PolyU Design has been an important hub of design education and research for Hong Kong since 1964.

"It is a place where East meets West, allowing students to develop their design expertise while gaining an in depth understanding of industry and society, with a unique international and cultural perspective.

"PolyU Design attaches equal importance to design theory and application, integrates art with science, actively promotes interdisciplinary cooperation and learning, emphasises high-quality design education, conducts high-level research and provides consulting services.

"It is consistently among the top 20 in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject – Art and Design. Academic programmes are offered at bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels in highly diverse design expertise.

"Riding on massive creativity, many design projects of PolyU students are human-centric, cultural-driven and embrace the latest technologies.

"In this school show, eight amazing projects are selected from undergraduate programmes in communication design, digital media, environment and interior design.

"Two other projects have been selected from the Integrated Designpreneurship subject, which enable students to explore teamwork and integration, system thinking in design, articulation of 'for-profit' yet 'for-benefit', as well as entrepreneurship and start-up opportunity in the process of creating their capstone projects.

"Click here to view the showcase in full."

Make Friendship Visible by Ming Wai Scarlett Tong

"The client is a social app that addresses the challenges young people face when arranging meetings with friends due to societal lateness norms.

"By enabling continuous real-time location tracking, the app allows users to spontaneously meet up with nearby friends, freeing them from rigid schedules and undesirable situations. This removes physical distance and information barriers, expanding social boundaries and enhancing relationship security.

"This advertising campaign for the app utilises various touch points. Posters are designed to highlight the app's instant location sharing, making friendships visible at any moment.

"Social media pages are created to introduce the social app to local residents, sharing app information through a unique perspective. Viral online videos are produced to creatively demonstrate how the app easily locates friends, portraying a transparent city.

"Lastly, a citywide hide-and-seek competition is proposed to generate brand awareness. These initiatives aim to foster stronger connections and a sense of community among friends, driven by the app's features."

Student: Ming Wai Scarlett Tong
Course: BA (Hons) in Advertising Design
Tutor: Francis Hung

The Pak Kok Village Project by Nunez Subhadra

"This project focuses on materiality and the reuse of abandoned structures in the Pak Kok village. It aims to create a handbook of suggested material reuse options to revitalise the village's structures.

"The handbook uses both existing materials and decayed materials from old buildings to provide a sustainable, achievable and affordable construction method.

"The project prioritises preserving the village's history and aesthetic by avoiding expensive new materials."

Student: Nunez Subhadra
Course: BA (Hons) in Environment and Interior Design
Tutor: Gilles Vanderstocken

In-between by Ka Yu Cathy Chan

"In-between shows the daily experiences of Hong Kong people during Covid-19 through an exhibition and five publications that explore the connections between people, objects and memory.

"The publications tell the stories of how the appearance, behaviour and relationships of interviewees changed during the pandemic, divided into five chapters – masks, dining behaviour, daily behaviour, distance, restrictions and rules.

"Experimental photography, illustrations, photograms, a range of uncommon materials, printing techniques and dimensions are used in 'In-between' – choices that emphasize the themes of the stories being told.

"In-between encourages people to press forward by visualizing humanity's incredible perseverance in the face of adversity."

Student: Ka Yu Cathy Chan
Course: BA (Hons) in Communication Design
Tutor: Amy Chow

Hey Body: In Time of Counter Enquiry by Shu-fan Abby Yang

"This is a speculative design project that proposes a future where the practice of 'counter enquiry' through 'human body enquiry technology' is the primary information consumption method.

"The human body becomes a new type of algorithm operating via the bodily experience stored in the physical flesh through the innovative 'spindle', 'node', and 'thread' technologies.

"Hey Body encourages reflection on the mediation of digital algorithms in the current context.

"By proposing human flesh as a counterbalance to digital computation, the project calls for inquisitive hearts to search out the balance point between humans and algorithmic technology."

Student: Shu-fan Abby Yang
Course: BA (Hons) in Communication Design
Tutor: Chun Hei Charis Poon

ESCZIP by Ching Fong, Wing Yan Lai, Hau Ching Wyonna Li and Kin Man So

"This animated story is set in a deserted game centre in 1980s America, which is sat beside a highway. The game centre is shrouded in mystery. Seeking refuge, a desperate fugitive finds himself hiding in the centre's restroom, grappling with a peculiar mask stuck to his face.

"He accidentally stumbles into a bizarre birthday party, where a lonely child weeps and cries out for attention. Reluctantly, the fugitive accepts the child's invitation to play, deepening their bond as they explore the enigmatic game centre together.

"However, the child still holds an unfulfilled wish, fixating on his birthday cake and longing for a lit candle to make a birthday wish in the presence of his newfound friend."

Students: Ching Fong, Wing Yan Lai, Hau Ching Wyonna Li and Kin Man So
Course: BA (Hons) in Digital Media
Tutor: Dr Amelie CHAN

The Love We Miss by Chun Hoi Moses Cheng, Wai Chun Justin Cho, Lok Yan Priscilla Poon and King Ching Nicola Shum

"This short film explores the tender bond between Horus, a profoundly visually impaired individual, and Summer, a caregiver on a short-term contract. It delves into themes of romance and personal growth.

"Despite Horus's visual impairment, he perceives the world through heightened emotional and human connections. Their relationship blossoms, revealing shared qualities and affection, yet they remain confined to being good friends.

"Drawing inspiration from our own emotional journeys, the story encompasses family love, friendship and falling in love romantically – it highlights how our emotions shape our approach to life, decisions and finding meaning.

"The aim was to convey a sense of blessedness, whether fleeting, sweet or enduring, without fixating on a perfect ending.

"Instead, we emphasise the pursuit of happiness and the resonance that can be found within the relationship between Horus and Summer."

Students: Chun Hoi Moses Cheng, Wai Chun Justin Cho, Lok Yan Priscilla Poon and King Ching Nicola Shum
Course: BA (Hons) in Digital Media
Tutor: Dr Amelie Chan

Gah Zeoi by Man-Kwan KaKa Chan, Annie Lee, Po-yee Bowie Leung, Suen-chi Belle Li, Chun-kit Tsang and Nga-lam Jasmine Yeung

"Gah Zeoi offers a unique dining experience that embraces the principles of regenerative agriculture. The design team believes that agriculture can serve as a bridge to reconnect humans with the natural world.

"They have a mission to introduce the concepts of regenerative agriculture to the people of Hong Kong and foster a renewed bond with our environment.

"Through Gah Zeoi, participants are educated about regenerative agriculture through symbolic elements and thoughtful design incorporated into the menu, printed materials and services.

"By creating an extraordinary dining experience, it is aimed to spark profound reflections among participants about their consumption habits, their relationship with the environment, and the tangible actions they can take to create a better world."

Students: Gah Zeoi by Man-Kwan KaKa Chan, Annie Lee, Po-yee Bowie Leung, Suen-chi Belle Li, Chun-kit Tsang and Nga-lam Jasmine Yeung
Course: Integrated Designpreneurship under the BA (Hons) Scheme in Design
Tutor: Roberto Vilchis Echeverri

BookThrough by Jen-hung Justin Fang, Esther Lui and Kei-yau Cathy Poon

"BookThrough is an experimental project that explores books, book culture, community and design's role in providing readers with an alternative literary experience.

"Led by interdisciplinary design entrepreneurs, the project began by examining challenges in Hong Kong's book community.

"Through research methods like user shadowing and interviews, the team identified obstacles such as fragmented reading resources, reader disconnection and limited literary interests.

"To address these issues, they developed a digital platform that fosters a sustainable and scalable book culture.

"The platform incorporates habit data visualisation, information sharing and gamification to engage readers and catalyse the future development of the book community."

Student: Jen-hung Justin Fang, Esther Lui and Kei-yau Cathy Poon
Course: Integrated Designpreneurship track under the BA (Hons) Scheme in Design
Tutor: Benny Leong and Kam-fai Chan

Enjoy Being Toxic by Wu Ka Mei

"The client of this campaign is a spicy potato chip company from Japan, known for its outstanding spiciness that makes people feel pain when they eat it.

"The chips use ghost peppers to make spicy powder, which gives it a spiciness rating of 1,001,304 Scoville units. This advertising idea focuses on toxic relationships.

"Inspired by the intriguing connection between toxic relationships and the enjoyment of spicy food, this advertising project explores their shared characteristics.

"Both experiences can be exhilarating yet painful, evoking strong sensations and addictive tendencies. Central to this project is the Cantonese term '犯賤', translated as 'toxic'.

"This term captures the concept of individuals knowingly engaging in self-destructive behaviour, despite the consequences."

Student: Wu Ka Mei
Course: BA (Hons) in Advertising Design
Tutors: Dr Vincie Lee and Tony Hon

Habitual Vicissitudes — The notion of transparency, translucency, and opacity by Tak Mei Antoinette Wong

"Habitual Vicissitudes is a project that examines different design components for manipulating visibility in high-density living environments.

"It investigates the manipulation of transparency in architectural elements, such as frosted glass and perforated screens, to create a balance between privacy and connection to the surrounding environment.

"The project considers factors like user behaviour, cultural backgrounds, and neighbour relationships to determine the desired level of visibility.

"By testing materials and adjusting dimensions like transparency and reflectiveness, the project aims to accommodate individual preferences based on factors like height, age, and gender.

"It also explores the impact of interior elements like curtains and louvers on visibility and user choices."

Student: Tak Mei Antoinette Wong
Course: BA (Hons) in Environment and Interior Design
Tutor: Dr Gerhard Bruyns

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Dezeen School Shows: a virtual reality experience that aims to help bereaved individuals meditate and heal is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Also included is a video strategy game based on a visual novel and an educational project that engages local communities.

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Institution: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
School: School of Design
Courses: Master of Design (Intelligent Systems Design), Master of Design (Smart Service Design), and MSc in Multimedia Entertainment Technology, BA (Hons) in Interactive Media, BA (Hons) in Product Design and BA (Hons) in Social Design
Tutors: Stephen Jia Wang, Shera Hyunyim Park, Aria Yang, Bow Yiying Wu, Rhys Jones, Giovanni Lion, David Williams, Simon Yeung, Jeffrey Ho, Jane Ngai, Scott Chin, Lee Chi Wing, Cheung Michael Chan, Kam Fai Chan, Sandy Ng and Jonathan Yu

School statement:

"PolyU Design has been an important hub of design education and research for Hong Kong since 1964.

"It is a place where East meets West, allowing students to develop their design expertise while gaining an in-depth understanding of industry and society, with a unique international and cultural perspective.

"PolyU Design attaches equal importance to design theory and application, integrates art with science, actively promotes interdisciplinary cooperation and learning, emphasises high-quality design education, conducts high-level research and provides consulting services.

"It is consistently among the top 20 in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by subject 'art and design'. Academic programmes are offered at bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels in highly diverse design expertise.

"Riding on massive creativity, many design projects of PolyU students are human-centric, cultural-driven and embrace the latest technologies.

"In this school show, ten amazing projects are selected from the postgraduate programmes of Master of Design (Intelligent Systems Design), Master of Design (Smart Service Design) and MSc in Multimedia Entertainment Technology, and undergraduate programmes in interactive media, product design and social design. More projects can be found here."

Memento by Xiang Qi, Sanqi Yang, Xiang Li and Jingyi Yang

"Memento offers a unique service system for Gen Z to seamlessly integrate their online experiences with physical spaces, addressing their needs for social interaction and emotional connections in the digital age.

"Through a gamified approach, users can capture, upload and geographically organise digital memories, sharing them with friends and family to foster deeper connections and intimacy.

"Memento's innovative design allows Gen Z to maintain their online interactions while fully enjoying the emotional experiences found in real life, providing a richer and more diverse lifestyle.

"The innovative design also fosters engagement between brick-and-mortar retailers and consumers. Furthermore, Memento opens up new possibilities for research and development in the field of technology-enhanced social interactions."

Students: Xiang Qi, Sanqi Yang, Xiang Li and Jingyi Yang
Course: Master of Design (Smart Service Design)
Tutors: Shera Hyunyim Park, Aria Yang and Bow Yiying Wu

Inflorescences by Ng Hoi Ching Samantha, Shi Xueying Sherry, Qi Yaxuan Edith and Chau Tsz Kin Kenneth

"Inflorescences is a unique visual novel strategy game that combines the narrative depth of a traditional visual novel with the strategic gameplay mechanics of a strategy game.

"In this game, players take on the role of a shopkeeper in a mysterious flower shop, where they interact with customers and craft floral fragrances that will determine the direction of the storyline.

"The game seeks to revive the under-appreciated visual novel genre by introducing strategic gameplay mechanics that replace traditional text choices, which is balancing their interactions with customers and crafting floral fragrances.

"With its engaging narrative and strategic gameplay, Inflorescences has the potential to appeal to both visual novel enthusiasts and strategy game fans alike.

"The game aims to bring new life to the genre and provide players with an immersive and unique gaming experience."

Students: Ng Hoi Ching Samantha, Shi Xueying Sherry, Qi Yaxuan Edith and Chau Tsz Kin Kenneth
Course: MSc in Multimedia Entertainment Technology
Tutors: Rhys Jones and Giovanni Lion

Remember Me by Chen Yao Yoyo, Lu Yihang, Xu Yihua and Zhang Zhijie

"Grief refers to the psychological trauma caused by the loss of a loved one to death, which can result in a range of emotions and behaviours.

"We have developed a virtual reality experience aimed at supporting individuals who have experienced grief in emotional recovery and understanding life and death.

"The VR experience includes meditation, emotional recovery and listening to real-life stories. The product aims to provide individuals with additional support for their emotional recovery and the memorialisation process.

"Additionally, it aims to provide therapists and social organisations with a complementary method to help people cope with grief. VR demo is available."

Students: Chen Yao Yoyo, Lu Yihang, Xu Yihua and Zhang Zhijie
Course: MSc in Multimedia Entertainment Technology
Tutors: David Williams and Simon Yeung

PolarisMaps by Chan Cheuk Yin and Tin Wing Kam

"PolarisMaps aids independent travel for deaf-blind individuals through customisable indoor navigation apps. It targets to accommodate varying levels of deaf-blindness, enabling confident, comfortable and safe navigation in shopping malls.

"By providing an immersive experience, the project enhances target users' motivation and active engagement with the world. The project offers visual and auditory features, with a three-step solution for planning, virtual exploration and actual exploration.

"With voice commands and built-in voiceover capabilities, users are allowed to obtain shop lists, bookmark favourites and plan their travel.

"Virtual exploration includes 3D simulation and haptic feedback, creating a safe and immersive virtual reality experience of the mall environment.

"Actual exploration incorporates an indoor navigation app UI compatible with UWB sensing technology and a smart white cane with vibration function, assisting users in avoiding obstacles."

Students: Chan Cheuk Yin and Tin Wing Kam
Course: BA (Hons) in Interactive Media
Tutor: Jeffrey Ho

Requiescat by Tang Sin Ting and Yau Ho Yi

"Requiescat, derived from the Latin phrase meaning 'rest in peace' or a prayer for the repose of a deceased individual, carries the Chinese translation of 息止安所, which signifies finding rest, the cessation of a journey, and settling in a particular place.

"Requiescat is a comprehensive web platform that offers services for individuals to design a personalised end-of-life journey and provide emotional comfort to their loved ones.

"As supported by the service, users can plan for their pre-death arrangements, such as recording goodbye messages, creating wills, arranging legal authorisations and establishing medical instructions, including organ donation preferences.

"The platform collaborates with a local funeral company to assist in funeral arrangements. Family and friends are invited to join in completing the deceased's wish list, creating a meaningful and memorable activity.

"Requiescat aims to support individuals in planning for their own death journey while easing the emotional burden on their living loved ones.

"The services provide peace of mind and ensure that end-of-life wishes are respected and executed efficiently."

Students: Tang Sin Ting and Yau Ho Yi
Course: BA (Hons) in Interactive Media
Tutor: Jane Ngai

Quexa by Choi Wing Sing Foster

"Quexa is a versatile short-range public mobility system designed for future microcities in Hong Kong's New Territories. It meets the growing mobility demands of compact city structures.

"Quexa offers intuitive multi-user functionality, adaptable features and ample storage for deliveries. It harnesses green energy and provides convenient docking and battery-swapping stations.

"Quexa can operate autonomously and be redirected as needed. Additional features include mobile device connectivity and an assistive user mode for the elderly.

"It has a range of up to 30 km on a full charge, equivalent to approximately 15 medium round trips in future city towns."

Student: Choi Wing Sing Foster
Course: BA (Hons) in Product Design
Tutor: Scott Chin

WonderBlocks by Zhou Suiying Ann

"This project provides early emotional education support for children aged three to five, enhancing development and preventing emotional disorders.

"With limited resources, over 60 per cent of children lack necessary emotional skills. By improving accessibility, more children can benefit. Over 80 per cent of parents face challenges in their children's emotional education.

"The project aims to support children and parents in emotional management for widespread acceptance and utilisation of emotional education.

"This product includes Emotion Bells, enhancing sensory experiences and building an interactive emotional library.

"It also features story cards that improve the ability to express emotions through visible methods, showcasing varying levels of intensity. These accessories support emotional development and communication."

Student: Zhou Suiying Ann
Course: BA (Hons) in Product Design
Tutor: Lee Chi Wing

Breathing Taxi by Chiu Tsz Ching Crystal, Fu Hing Wan Nicole and Yu Hin Wa

"Frustration and anger come and go in urban life, so swiftly and frequently that a formal counselling or talk therapy session is too slow, too much and too expensive as a way out.

"Could we design a brand new service to fill the gap? What if the talkative and socially experienced taxi driver becomes a listener and mentor, the banal taxi trip a caring and supportive service?

"The project team identifies taxis throughout the city, along with their experienced drivers, as a valuable community resource, and explores whether the taxi service could extend beyond physical transportation and include emotional support.

"The team designs an innovative service through which passengers in emotional need can request a cruising, caring and breathing space, and have a casual, cheerful and meaningful conversation with a range of drivers of different backgrounds.

"The team also explores creative ways to prototype the service experience with taxi drivers and potential service users."

Students: Chiu Tsz Ching Crystal, Fu Hing Wan Nicole and Yu Hin Wa
Course: BA (Hons) in Social Design
Tutors: Cheung Michael Chan, Kam Fai Chan, Sandy Ng and Jonathan Yu

Community Dot Dot Dot by Ho Ka Chung, Simon Lam, Lau Ho Yin Oscar, Tang Chung Yin Sam and Wong Kin Hin Eric

"This project collaborates with Tsing Lam Alliance Church in Tsing Yi's St. Paul Village. It has two phases: 'social design trial' and 'innovation community practice'.

"The design team taught social design to teenagers through games and community engagement in phase one.

"They also co-created five small projects with the church teens to address the issues and insights they discovered from fieldwork and house visits, allowing them to serve and innovate from a social design perspective.

"This is an on-going project that has received a ten-month support from the Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund (SIE Fund), a fund backing many social entrepreneurs to develop innovations creating social impact in Hong Kong.

"The first phase was well received by the village and the church, and the second phase is expected to continue until early 2024."

Students: Ho Ka Chung, Simon Lam, Lau Ho Yin Oscar, Tang Chung Yin Sam and Wong Kin Hin Eric
Course: BA (Hons) in Social Design
Tutors: Cheung Michael Chan, Kam Fai Chan, Sandy Ng and Jonathan Yu

DJaytopia by Yue Wu, Liuxuan Ruan, Anran Qiu, Xuejie Li and Jinhao Sherlock Huang

"DJaytopia is an AI/ML-powered system designed to revolutionise music remixing for DJs. It provides a collaborative platform for novice DJs to create remixes effortlessly and offers experienced DJs a reliable partner to explore new styles and push creative boundaries.

"Users can refine their DJ skills and express their unique preferences through a virtual DJ console in virtual reality.

"Leveraging user feedback, the system develops a machine-learning model that translates into electrical signals, enabling precise manipulation of a robotic arm on the DJ console.

"This collaborative approach empowers users to collectively produce music mixes, fostering a dynamic and innovative DJing experience."

Students: Yue Wu, Liuxuan Ruan, Anran Qiu, Xuejie Li and Jinhao Sherlock Huang
Course: Master of Design (Intelligent Systems Design)
Tutor: Stephen Jia Wang

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Dezeen School Shows: a thesis investigating how buildings in southeast Asia withstand natural hazards is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the University of Hong Kong.

Also featured is a scheme that aims to integrate high-rise buildings in Hong Kong back into nature and a thesis that transforms anonymous concrete blocks into "unique dwellings".

University of Hong Kong

Institution: University of Hong Kong
School: Department of Architecture
Course: Architecture
Tutors: Lidia Ratoi, John Lin, Jenny Hsiao, Mads Hovgaard Laursen, Kuo Jze Yi, Evelyn Ting, Haotian Zhang, Yat Sing Ha, Wesley Ho, Tianying Li, Chiara Oggioni, Yi Sun, Olivier Ottevaere, Christian J Lange, Guillaume Othenin-Girard, Roberto Requejo-Belette, Joshua Bolchover, Jze Yi Kuo and Donn Holohan

School statement:

"The Department of Architecture educates students in an active culture of service, scholarship and invention.

"Uniquely situated at the crossroads of China and global influence, the department believes that design is best explored from a sophisticated understanding of both.

"With a multidisciplinary curriculum emphasising technology, history and culture, students gain broad knowledge and skills in the management of the environmental, social and aesthetic challenges of contemporary architectural practice.

"With opportunities for design workshops, international exchanges and study travel, graduates of the Department of Architecture are well prepared for contribution to both international and local communities of architects and designers."

Aviary Assemblage by Oscar Chun Yan Wong

"Aviary Assemblage is a tectonic structural system that can be assembled through existing pieces of metal barriers.

"The project is located in a paved brick Piazza in Hong Kong's Tai Kok Tsui district – an underutilised and restricted public space that is abundant with birds.

"The lack of trees forces the birds to perch on brick pavements or stone seating and walls. The palm trees located on the site have concrete in their cavities to allow the birds to nest.

"A timber frame and modular 3D printed clay bricks aim to cater to the living needs of the sparrows and other birds that visit the site."

Student: Oscar Chun Yan Wong
Studio: Aviary Assemblage
Tutor: Lidia Ratoi

Weighted Curvature: Screening the City's Natural Environment by Gong Tianshu

"The objective of this project is to rethink the articulation of building envelopes in Hong Kong in order to address the issue of high-rise buildings being isolated from their natural environment.

"As a starting point, the works of Spanish architect Miguel Fisac were analysed and this analysis informed the geometrical prototype of the later design.

"Subsequently, a series of physical experiments were conducted to investigate, produce and implement a casting procedure for creating a self-supporting modular facade.

"This concrete facade was later adopted and applied to three key moments within the facade of the existing Jardine House, which was supported by environmental analysis using computational software."

Student: Gong Tianshu
Studio: Weighted Curvature: Screening the City's Natural Environment
Tutor: Olivier Ottevaere

In Section Revisited: Housing the City by Kim Daegeun

"Hong Kong has proven that high-density urbanism with high-rise buildings can create vibrant neighbourhoods, however, this vibrancy usually exists only at the street level.

"Although the city has a rich history of housing types, the predominant solution for high-density living is the podium-tower typology. If we understand Hong Kong as a truly vertical city, isn't it time to rethink what vertical living means?

"Instead of approaching the problem of housing primarily horizontally, the studio seeks to develop solutions that focus on strategies that can produce a diverse vertical organisation and can be seen as an extension of the city.

"Taking the generic podium tower as a point of departure, the studio's objective is to work out alternative building types for high-density housing in Hong Kong.

"The studio seeks solutions that move away from the generic two-dimensional approach to housing. It is interested in architectural answers that offer highly three-dimensional interconnected neighbourhoods achieving new modes of urban living."

Student: Kim Daegeun
Studio: In Section Revisited: Housing the City
Tutor: Christian J Lange

Re-drawing Paper Landscapes by Jones Delgado Maria

"By using a framework constructed from the study of how Colombian novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez used literature as a way of conveying true stories of the realities of Latin America, this thesis will also make incomprehensible realities seen and believed through the medium of narratives, architecture and craft.

"This thesis started with Jones Delgado Maria's fascination with fabricating, casting and investigating the process of paper making.

"Whilst Maria was interested in paper making's history as a craft and as an instrument of language and culture, they were more curious about its modern use as a highly disposable material.

"Maria started paper making a couple of years ago as a modelling method that was able to use the large amounts of waste that our field produces."

Student: Jones Delgado Maria
Studio: Master of Architecture Thesis
Tutor: Guillaume Othenin-Girard

Ritualised Domesticity by Lee Tsz Hei Adrian

"The life of a modern person is dictated by their mobile device, which gives us access to billions of potential social partners and an endless stream of information and data.

"Whether we like it or not, our behaviours are being manipulated by our phones, and they are subtly ruining our quality of life.

"In a modern era that is only becoming more digitalized, this thesis argues that it is now more than ever that we need a separation from our digital selves.

"In an era of increasing digitalisation, it is crucial to reconnect with the tactile, sensory and spiritual aspects of our lives that have been overshadowed by our digital identities.

"This thesis documents the mundane rituals conducted within a dwelling space. Through architectural drawing, modelling and image-making, it transforms the indifferent concrete blocks we inhabit into a unique dwelling typology."

Student: Lee Tsz Hei Adrian
Course: Master of Architecture Thesis
Tutor: Roberto Requejo-Belette

Unravelling 'Ordinaries' by Siddique Hafsa

"This thesis seeks to investigate the role of the architect within the realm of the humanitarian crisis where people are continuously being displaced all over the world. It uses the Calais Jungle of 2015 to 2016 as a case study.

"It acknowledges shelter as a constantly changing factor with the present displacement of refugees in Calais, proposing an alternate mode of reimagining the camp as a 'retention centre' instead of the controversial 'detention centre' presently used for refugees or asylum seekers.

"The essential 'ordinaries' that are lacking in Calais take the form of permanent structures and act as a skeletal support system."

Student: Siddique Hafsa
Studio: Master of Architecture Thesis
Tutor: Joshua Bolchover

A Portable Casting Machine by Lai Ho Fung Jack

"This thesis proposes a new unified concrete casting technique for Hong Kong's construction industry. Most of the buildings in the urban countries are constructed in cast concrete.

"There are two main concrete casting techniques that people are adopting to construct buildings in the industry nowadays: in-situ and prefab.

"In-situ is flexible and handy to apply but wastes a tremendous number of formworks while prefab concrete can be economic, but it lacks flexibility in logistics and details.

"This thesis looks at a formwork system that uses control nodes to adjust the cast geometries and increase detail accuracy."

Student: Lai Ho Fung Jack
Studio: Master of Architecture Thesis
Tutor: Jze Yi Kuo

Dwelling with Precarity by Wei Gongqi

"This thesis explores indigenous disaster-responsive architectures in Southeast Asia's Ring of Fire. It extracts fundamental principles to develop modern ways of building in high-density areas prone to disasters.

"The new approach includes design elements such as sacrificial components, base separation, responsive wind profile, anti-harmonic vibration and flexible joints, challenging the reliance on modern technology's strength.

"The thesis adopts the philosophy of accepting failure and experiments with adapting tensegrity structures, aiming to create buildings that can withstand and absorb natural disasters while being site-responsive and providing modern comfort."

Student: Wei Gongqi
Course: Master of Architecture Thesis
Tutor: Donn Holohan

A Room in the City by Year One Students

"The first-year studio at HKU is a foundation for architecture. Rather than examining or designing buildings, the focus is on 'looking' at the city through the lens of architectural thinking.

"The studio considers the three main ingredients of architecture: time, space and people – analysing and researching Hong Kong to make unique discoveries on how the city is used and occupied.

"Students are introduced to the culture of architecture education, which is experimental, inquisitive and collective. Students work together and capture the city through photography, drawing, film and model making.

"Students become acquainted with the notion that the profession of the architect is deeply rooted in our experience as social human beings – the knowledge of architecture can be derived directly from everyday life, and its history extends well beyond the profession."

Students: Year One Students
Studio: A Room in the City
Tutors: John Lin, Jenny Hsiao, Mads Hovgaard Laursen, Kuo Jze Yi, Evelyn Ting and Haotian Zhang

The House of the Future by Year Two Students 

"This studio introduces students to the culture of architecture through the archetype of a house. The houses will be almost entirely stripped of their domestic or cultural qualities, as the studio explores the composing elements of creating an architectural object.

"In response, the human entity itself will be abstracted, with design having a particular focus on the physical properties.

"The tension that occurs in a house through private and shared spaces will be conveyed through non-concrete definitions, simply categorising the inhabitant of the house as solitary and the possibility of hosting a maximum number of two other temporary inhabitants.

"The scope of the studio is to treat the architectural object as an entity in itself, isolated from its traditional relations, yet deviate from modernist values which prioritise formalistic approach, requiring investigative efforts in discovering new means of addressing the issue of scale and element.

"The purpose of the design exercise is to create a fundamental vocabulary of architecture, requiring students to re-think each of the terms they are introduced to through an empirical process of design."

Student: Year Two Students
Studio: The House of the Future
Tutors: Lidia Ratoi, Yat Sing Ha, Wesley Ho, Tianying Li, Chiara Oggioni and Yi Sun

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Dezeen School Shows: a San Francisco fish market transformed into a bathhouse is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the Academy of Art University in California.

Also included is a foldable and portable bed that combines a sleeping surface with storage for people who lack safe and stable housing and a house in Palo Alto that has a living green roof.

Academy of Art University

Institution: Academy of Art University
School: School of Architecture and School of Landscape Architecture
Course: NAAB Accredited M Arch 1, M Arch 2, B Arch MA, BA M Arch and B Arch IPAL programmes
Tutors: Mark Mueckenheim, Karen Seong, Sameena Sitabkhan, Mini Chu, Simon McKenzie, Maria Paz de Moura Castro King, Philip Ra, Eric Reeder, John-Michael Wong and Ethen Wood

School statement:

"We are a progressive design laboratory of highly passionate students and a distinguished faculty of practising architects who work together to explore the boundaries of architecture.

"Our interactive on-site and online studio experience harnesses digital tools to mentor students throughout our rigorous curriculum.

"We offer an excellent design education by developing each student's capacity to synthesise critical thought, architectural vision and technical comprehension.

"Our programmes engage with current global issues, empowering students to be changemakers and leaders advocating for social equity.

"Our diverse international community enables us to propagate a unique cultural response to build a better world."

Group project: Stay Over Programme Family Shelter

"Stay Over Programme (SOP) is a family shelter located at the Buena Vista Horace Mann K-8 Community School, which was piloted to address the overwhelming number of families in the district who lack safe or stable housing.

"In partnership with shelter residents, Dolores Street Community Services, 826 Valencia, and the BVHM school, students design and fabricate modular beds and storage units while reimagining the dining room/after-school area to improve user experience.

"During Community Workshops with the Stay Over Programme families, parents and children provided design input through various activities, such as exploring kids' safe spaces and identifying what everyone needs for storage."

Students: Edgar Castillo, Lowai Ghaly, Mazen Ghaly, Andrew Hart, Mohamed Meawad, Petros Peritos and Shadi Vakilian
Course: B lab Community-based Design Collaborative Project
Tutors: Karen Seong and Sameena Sitabkhan

Unveiling Lost Identities: Investigating Migration Problems in Chinese Architecture and Culture by Qiyang Xu

"During China's rapid urbanisation, millions of rural villagers migrated into cities while leaving their children behind in villages.

"The separation from parents caused many children to display characteristics that include loneliness, misconduct and lack of confidence.

"In Zhaoxing village, with the development of tourism, local inhabitants have returned to work in their hometowns.

"The design aims to provide children with a warm place, help them regain their lost identities and give them a sense of belonging to a culture through the local architecture."

Student: Qiyang Xu
Course: Master of Architecture Thesis M Arch
Tutors: Philip Ra, Ethen Wood and Mini Chu

Compost Tower – A new Typology for a Circular Economy by Kenan Beker

"The compost tower is a proposal for a new kind of sustainable waste centre for a future circular economy. When waste as a concept is eradicated, we can treat it as a nutrient or energy meant to be reintroduced to broader systems.

"The thesis proposes a facility for nutrient energy transformation and exchange. Rather than being located outside the city, the thesis proposes that these systems will be closely intertwined within the urban fabric as visible landmarks.

"As vertical embodiments of aerated static pile composting, these new building types will also deal with municipal waste and offer landfill alternatives.

"Future waste is proposed as a resource with the potential to be reintroduced into water systems, energy or heat."

Student: Kenan Beker
Course: Master of Architecture Thesis M Arch
Tutor: Mark Mueckenheim

Boundary Connector – Future Port For Transforming the Defined Border Line between Hong Kong and Mainland China by Xiaoman Sun

"In 1986, Luohu port opened at the Hong Kong-Shenzhen border under the 'one country, two systems' policy to promote exchanges between the two areas.

"With the advent of the era of globalisation, the separating function of the border is still restricting the free flow of people and supplies.

"The living cycles and cultural circles of border residents continuously extend across the border and this process reconstructs the border space. This continually developing condition shows that the port is not just a line separating two places – instead, the port should be a place for cultural and economic exchanges.

"The project focuses on the Shenzhen-Hong Kong border and the residents living on this boundary, using architecture as a tool to resolve two different urban and social conditions."

Student: Xiaoman Sun
Course: Master of Architecture Thesis M Arch
Tutor: Mark Mueckenheim

Cultural Exchange – Chinese Cultural Center of San Francisco by Yi Ling Liao

"Since the nineteenth century, Chinese immigrants in the United States have made a significant contribution to the transformation and economy of California through mining, transcontinental railroad construction and through subsequent generations of active citizenship.

"The project seeks to establish street connections at three locations – creating spaces for art galleries and cultural attractions to promote interaction between tourists and residents alike.

"Cultural Exchange will reinforce Chinese culture by integrating an interpretation of cultural elements, establishing spaces of mixed opportunity.

"The goal is for Chinatown to retain its cultural identity while establishing a progressive public interface for residents and tourists alike."

Student: Yi Ling Liao
Course: Bachelor of Architecture Thesis B Arch
Tutor: Maria Paz de Moura Castro King

Western Addition Community Center by Lowai Ghaly

"The Western Addition in San Francisco is a diverse neighbourhood with a large number of immigrants. This community centre provides services to immigrant families by guiding them through the immigration process and connecting them to different resources.

"To promote stronger connections between parents and their children, classes are offered for parents to learn English and for the children to learn their native languages and cultures."

Student: Lowai Ghaly
Course: Bachelor of Architecture 4th year project ARH 410 studio course
Tutors: Karen Seong and Simon McKenzie

Bayfront Park Mission Bay, San Francisco, CA by Sol Lee

"Sol Lee embarked on a transformative project that is a testament to the power of creating spaces with profound meaning and purpose.

"This endeavour takes advantage of its stunning location by the Bay, with unparalleled views of the water and exceptional light quality throughout the day.

"The project capitalises on the restoration of an old fishing pier, positioned along the well-trafficked Bay Trail, to weave together the fabric of the community comprised of residents, tourists, workers and basketball enthusiasts.

"The design aims to carve out a strong, independent identity for the park, ensuring it's not overshadowed by the presence of the nearby Chase Center.

"It aims to offer a sanctuary from the urban bustle, shielding visitors from noise and wind, while providing a multitude of vantage points for bay viewing and a dedicated observation area, enhancing the public's engagement with the waterfront."

Student: Sol Lee
Course: LAN 610 Landscape Architecture Design Studio
Tutor: Toni Bava

Speaking of Reality: Creating an Immersive Experience for Landscape Architectural Design Presentation using the Latest Technologies in the Field of Game Design by Jason Jeon

"This project explores how poster boards and videos have a limit in explaining architecture to teachers or clients.

"It explores different presentation methods and was informed by San Francisco's annual Game Developers Conference."

Student: Jason Jeon
Course: Landscape Architecture – Master's Thesis

Residence Aerial by Justin Wagner

"This residential design in Palo Alto, California, exudes a serene yet vibrant charm, deeply rooted in a palette of native-inspired landscaping, embracing the local ecology and biodiversity.

"Sustainability threads through every element, from utilising drought-resistant plants to incorporating living green roofs, creating a space that's as kind to the environment as it is aesthetically pleasing."

Student: Justin Wagner
Course: Landscape Architecture Design Studio

Metamorphic Insertion – public bathhouse and spa by Maud Indiana Vikjord

"The Fisherman's Wharf once held a special place in the heart of local San Francisco residents as a fish market on the coastal edge of the city.

"Today, it has a reputation as a tourist destination yet during the Covid-19 pandemic, travel restrictions left the area a virtual ghost town.

"The building, which occupies an entire urban block, is based on a continuous surface of concave and convex spaces inspired by the spatial and tectonic quality of an egg crate and on circular components made out of thirty different prefabricated concrete elements.

"The upper floor houses the bath, while the lower floor is inhabited by public restaurants, a spa surrounding a lush courtyard, and the changing and service areas of the bath.

"The project aims to bridge the gap between the two in a curated cultural bathhouse experience and an assortment of local businesses."

Student: Maud Indiana Vikjord
Course: Master of Architecture Thesis M.Arch
Tutor: Mark Mueckenheim

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Dezeen School Shows: we've picked five student museum and exhibition projects that were featured in Dezeen School Shows, which explore both history and futuristic technology.

These undergraduate and postgraduate students have developed museum and exhibition projects that explore modern technology, cultural heritage and the connection between traditional and contemporary fashion.

This roundup of projects includes a museum that showcases the remains of demolished buildings to create a "journey" through the history of a site, and a museum that aims to address the inequality experienced by women in the workspace during the industrial revolution.

The selection of projects comes from architecture, interior design, spatial design and exhibition design courses at international institutions including University of the Arts London, University of Brighton, Fashion Institute of Technology and University of Kentucky College of Design.

Meta Museum by Nicholas Benjamin

Interior design student Nicholas Benjamin developed a museum where visitors can interact with virtual collections. The museum includes products from Scan The World, a network of 3D-scanned cultural artefacts.

"Meta Museum also takes advantage of its digital environment by implementing multiple features that would be impossible to display in a real-world space," said Benjamin.

"This includes navigation of the space, as the space can now become non-Euclidean, allowing for efficient and creative ways to move around."

Student: Nicholas Benjamin
School: University of the Arts London
Course: BA (Hons) Interior Design

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The Museum of Rye by Regina Nakansere

Architecture student Regina Nakansere designed a museum in Rye, England, which explores the use of demolished buildings in preserving an area's history.

Nakansere took pieces of a building – extracted by its demolition – and embedded them into a trail through Rye, creating a journey that tells a story of its past.

"This proposal transforms selected buildings within the centre of Rye into a changing and evolving museum of the town," explained Nakansere. "The strategy employed uncovers or reveals aspects of the buildings, uncovering hidden aspects of their past as well as their current purpose."

Student: Regina Nakansere
School: University of Brighton
Course: MArch (RIBA Part 2)

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Lexington Legacy Museum and Civil Rights Memorial by Ben Thornton

Architecture student Ben Thornton designed a museum and memorial that aims to exhibit the history of Lexington in Kentucky, USA.

Thornton collated the building's material palette aiming to express "permanence, modesty and timelessness" to commemorate those who dedicated themselves to establishing and growing Lexington's identity.

"The museum's primary focus is a large interior atrium and civil rights memorial served by a skip-stop elevator and stair circulation system," explained Thornton. "This encourages deep contemplation of Lexington, Kentucky's history with a particular emphasis on the unidentified – yet to be credited founders of the city."

Student: Ben Thornton
School: School of Architecture at the University of Kentucky College of Design
Course: Third-year Undergraduate studio, spring 2020

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Fabric-Women-Museum by Shiyuan Liu

Interior and spatial design student Shiyuan Liu created an interactive museum that aims to address the unfair work environment experienced by women during the industrial revolution.

The museum's four rooms are designed to follow the themes of control, inconvenience, isolation and vulnerability. Each room guides visitors through a journey to experience its "emotion" while enabling visitors to gain a deeper understanding of the history at the time.

"The project is based on research into the history of Artiach during the industrial revolution when approximately 80 per cent of the workers were women," explained Liu. "Although Artiach offered work opportunities for women, their working conditions and treatment were poor."

Student: Shiyuan Liu
School: University of the Arts London
Course: BA Interior and Spatial Design

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The Voice of Souls by Heeji Min

Heeji Min, an exhibition and experience design student, proposed an immersive exhibition that allows visitors to explore the creative process of designer fashion.

By including audio guides narrated by the designers themselves, visitors are able to gain an insight into the art of the traditional process of haute couture and discover its influence on modern fashion.

"Fashion is a creative and artistic forum for designers to express their ideas, thoughts, and emotions," said Min. "But fashion exhibitions are stereotypically curated by luxury brands and viewed as just another form of marketing."

"This project... explores ways of motivating the public to attend fashion exhibitions in the future and uncovers experiential approaches to curating them."

Student: Heeji Min
School: Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY
Course: MA Exhibition and Experience Design

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Dezeen School Shows: an installation that aims to make visitors feel like sea creatures in a plastic-filled ocean is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Swinburne University of Technology in Australia.

Also included is a tattoo machine that allows for greater control and an item of headgear that aims to help sports players recover from concussions.

Swinburne University of Technology

Institution: Swinburne University of Technology
School: Swinburne School of Design and Architecture
Course: Department of Communication Design and Department of Architectural and Industrial Design
Tutors: Professor Blair Kuys (Dean of Design), Dr Charles Ranscombe, Morganna Magee, Anna Caione, Dr Phuong Quoc Dinh, Anthony Elliott, Sebastian Funke and Peter Hvala

School statement:

"Swinburne's School of Design and Architecture leads the world in high-quality, industry-relevant, technology-led design education and research.

"We pursue future production and interaction technologies, design for health and wellbeing and sustainable urban ecologies.

"Our innovative courses are grounded in design history, theory, culture and diversity with our undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers embracing global challenges and spanning disciplines.

"Our graduates are renowned internationally for their creative leadership."

The Satellite Tattoo Machine by Tori Hendy

"The Satellite Tattoo Machine marks a substantial advancement in the tattoo industry, with a primary focus on user wellbeing and convenience. Utilising innovative technologies it provides a high level of adaptability for tattoo artists.

"Key features include the ability to customise needle speed and stroke as well as needle depth, offering artists exceptional control over a wide range of tattooing applications.

"Safety is a paramount concern, achieved through the integration of an advanced electromagnetic linear actuator and vibration isolation technologies.

"These measures effectively reduce the risk of long-term musculoskeletal issues. The Satellite Tattoo Machine stands as a versatile, safe and user-centric innovation within the tattooing industry."

Student: Tori Hendy
Course: Product Design Engineering
Tutor: Mark Strachan
Email: torihendypd[at]gmail.com

Anthos by Mary Gavrilidou

"Anthos is a representation of growing up and trying to find the self. It is an abstract story, where a poem takes place alongside the imagery as it inflicts questions about identity and ongoing change.

"Anthos illustrates the physical and mental growth of the self, having a strong focus on important life events such as birth, bringing family together, falling in love, experiencing grief and having free will.

"A key message in this story is that uncertainty and change should not be feared, as well as not limiting the self nor putting it in a metaphorical box."

Student: Mary Gavrilidou
Course: Photo Media
Tutor: Morganna Magee
Email: 103590559[at]student.swin.edu.au

Fluid Sense by Simone Clamp

"In a world that is obsessed with the overconsumption of plastic goods, this exhibition focuses on how we might consider limiting the use of plastic in our day-to-day lives.

"I have intended to evoke a sense of overwhelm and contemplation within the space to create a sense of urgency.

"The organisation 4Ocean has heavily inspired the philosophy behind my exhibition – they focus on cleaning up massive amounts of plastic that have made their way into bodies of water.

"Unfortunately, plastic is destroying plant and marine life and is disturbing ecosystems, microbiomes and the biodiversity of our land.

"As the audience walks into the space this concept is reflected, allowing spectators to feel as if they are a small sea creature amongst a large plastic-filled ocean.

"I have explored how plastic items and netting that have been collected within our oceans can be curated up and around the walls of the interior."

Student: Simone Clamp
Course: Branded Environment
Tutor: Anna Caione
Email: simoneclamp[at]outlook.com

Voglio Caffe by Gabrielle Versace

"Responding to the question of 'how might we use food to engage people with Italian immigrant culture in Australia?', Voglio Caffe was created as a culturally immersive coffee brand to preserve Italo-Australian history.

"The product packaging utilises traditional drinking customs to craft history transfer through a tangible, sensory journey.

"Voglio Caffe – meaning 'I want coffee' – tells stories of diversity and multiculturalism through a ritualistic, lived experience of 'Italianita, Italian Spirit."

Student: Gabrielle Versace
Course: Communication Design
Tutor: Anthony Elliott

2 + 2 by Katerina Hionis

"2 + 2 is an interactive website that explores the manipulation of privacy, politics and facts in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) through a contemporary lens.

"Quotes from the novel are submitted to redaction and layering to convey the effects of propaganda and surveillance in ways relevant to 21 to 30-year-olds.

"Motion typography illustrates data falsification in real time, reinforcing how misinformation and propaganda overpower truth.

"To access the privacy section, the user's ID number is identified. The website opens the intrusive data profile of a 23-year-old, comparing Nineteen Eighty-Four's telescreens to data collection today."

Student: Katerina Hionis
Course: Communication Design
Tutor: Anthony Elliott

TBI-RD+ by Sam Simms

"Concussion awareness is increasing, especially in sports-related contexts. Recognising and effectively managing concussions is crucial for long-term health.

"After a concussion, external factors like light and sound sensitivity can worsen symptoms and impede recovery – sports-related concussions happen in settings where controlling these factors is especially challenging.

"The proposed concept called TBI-RD+ introduces a device for immediate use after a significant head injury, offering timely care and support.

"The device includes a removable visor to manage light sensitivity and ear protectors for sound sensitivity and control. Modular and adjustable construction caters to the patient's needs, gradually returning them to their daily routines."

Student: Sam Simms
Course: Industrial Design
Tutor: Dr Charles Ranscombe
Email: 101043132[at]student.swin.edu.au

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Dezeen School Shows: a women-only gym that uses virtual reality to create a unique workout experience is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Ajman University.

Also included is a design for a school that takes cues from the De Stijl movement and a library that departs from conventional library designs.

Ajman University

Institution: Ajman University
School: College of Architecture, Art and Design - Interior Design department
Course: Interior Design Graduation Project I and II
Tutors: Dr Naglaa Mahmoud, Dina Ibrahim and Dr Gamal El Samanoudy

School statement:

"The Graduation Project in Interior Design is an integral part of the Interior Design programme at Ajman University, UAE, allowing students to engage in complex interior design projects that demand creativity, innovation and practical application of their accumulated knowledge and skills.

"In this course, students embark on a journey to tackle intricate spatial configurations, such as multi-functional spaces, open-plan layouts, or the adaptive reuse of existing buildings – all thoughtfully selected during the initial phases of the programme's design process.

"Throughout the course, students will explore functional and aesthetic mastery, focus on a user-centric approach, develop contextual awareness and emphasize sustainability and ethics in their designs.

"They also enhance their real-world preparedness, presentation skills and conceptual sketching abilities, culminating in comprehensive project development.

"The graduation project equips students with the skills, knowledge and confidence needed to thrive in the dynamic world of interior design."

Natural Connection by Yasmeen Mohammed

"In today's fast-paced and interconnected world, universities must play a pivotal role in shaping not only student's academic future but also their personal growth and mental wellbeing.

"One of the inherent complexities of this project was designing specialised spaces tailored for designers, ensuring an environment that fosters creativity and innovation while also serving educational needs.

"This project involves a concept design that weaves biophilic elements into a university's interior to augment students' creativity, productivity and engagement.

"Drawing inspiration from the five senses, biophilic design principles are skillfully integrated into the space, combining nature-inspired motifs, optimal natural lighting, ergonomic furnishings and eco-friendly building materials.

"The space is divided into two zones with 11 diverse limits to cater to distinct requirements, while the first zone is intricately crafted to amplify creativity, the latter is meticulously structured to fortify educational pursuits."

Student: Yasmeen Mohammed
Tutors: Dr Naglaa Mahmoud and Omnia Altemnah
Email: yassiesmz[at]icloud.com

The Fingerprint by Joudi Mohammad

"Designing interiors for boats requires a meticulous approach, considering the unique challenges posed by the aquatic environment while ensuring functionality and aesthetics.

"Within this realm, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have unveiled a groundbreaking vision with the Arabian Gulf Research and Innovation Centre. Accessible by boat, this state-of-the-art facility is poised to be a beacon of innovation and sustainable design.

"Nestled within the heart of the Arabian Gulf, the interiors of this floating marvel have been thoughtfully planned. Above and below the sea's surface, the layout encompasses dynamic research labs, comfortable bedrooms for scientists, a refreshing seawater pool, an aquatic garden library and a state-of-the-art auditorium.

"These spaces have been designed for functionality and to provide users with an immersive experience of the surrounding marine environment."

Student: Joudi Mohammad
Tutors: Dr Naglaa Mahmoud and Omnia Altemnah
Email: joudymohammad10[at]gmail.com

Youth Centre by Zulaikha Thasnim

"The morph is an interior design proposal for a youth centre in UAE – it is designed to act as a one-stop place for the youth to feel accomplished and find direction in life.

"The centre provides spaces and activities to cater to the different needs of youth development and considers nurturing both their emotional and physical wellbeing, which is the base for positive improvement in young people.

"The centre also provides spaces equipped with skill developmental activities and a platform for youth to collaborate, collaborate and form startup ideas.

"The concept of metamorphosis is used to convey this ideology in the interior space as the development process of young people is comparable to that of stages of metamorphosis – not physically but psychologically – like a butterfly being nurtured in its cocoon to support its growth until it can finally fly."

Student: Zulaikha Thasnim
Tutors: Dr Naglaa Mahmoud and Omnia Altemnah
Email: zulaikha.thasnim[at]gmail.com

The Power Within Her by Tasneem Fadi

"The Power Within Her is an ambitious project that aims to address the lack of proper recognition of women's capabilities and potential in fashion design. Situated in a suburban villa, this establishment champions the art of fashion and serves as a beacon of empowerment for women.

"As a pushback against societal norms that often undervalue female prowess, this feminist-centric initiative offers women an invaluable chance to hone their skills in a supportive environment and earn a Certificate in Fashion Design.

"Structurally, the project transforms a two-story residential villa into an expansive hub for fashion creativity and learning.

"The Power Within Her stands as a testament to the indomitable spirit of women, seamlessly integrating education with fashion in a setting that resonates with style and purpose."

Student: Tasneem Fadi
Tutors: Dr Naglaa Mahmoud and Omnia Altemnah
Email: tasneem20021[at]hotmail.com

Zìrán – Dine à La Chinese by Rana Hakim

"Ziran is an avant-garde Chinese restaurant that masterfully intertwines natural and technological design elements. It showcases renowned forests from China in an unparalleled and innovative manner.

"At the heart of this project is the belief that no matter how advanced we become technologically, there's a sophisticated way to indulge in nature and encapsulate the world in a singular space using cutting-edge methods.

"The intricate design considerations of Ziran revolve around representing Chinese culture with elegance and simplicity. Through the use of interconnected LED screens, the ambience transitions seamlessly between various scenes.

"Trees are strategically placed, while mirrors augment the spatial perception, giving patrons the sensation of being enveloped by an expansive forest. This is accentuated by a soaring ceiling, heightening the feeling of being amidst a vast Chinese forest."

Student: Rana Hakim
Tutors: Dr Naglaa Mahmoud and Omnia Altemnah
Email: rana.hakim2[at]gmail.com

Public and Active Centre by Merna Yehya

"The club is considered one of the ultimate destinations, comprising a variety of recreational sport and active facilities, designed and dedicated for adults and children, where health and recreation are perfectly intertwined.

"Located in a prime spot overlooking the Arabian Gulf clubhouse compound, the public clubhouse aims to provide a safe and social place where women, men, youth and teenagers from diverse backgrounds can visit and experience a joyful and interactive environment, playing sports and having some activities or any similar purposes.

"Visitors are encouraged to be sociable, flexible and healthy – the project supports the idea of openness, athletics, activeness and communication."

Student: Merna Yehya
Tutors: Dr Gamal El Samanoudy and Sohaila Nasr
Email: mernashaheen24[at]gmail.com

Photography Studio by Thuraya Mustafa

"This photography studio is dedicated to filming events and special occasions and acts as a hub for collaboration, hosting workshops that target hobbyists.

"The project comprises different photo studios, all using various types of technology and equipment and all with their own unique design.

"The overall design is informed by the anatomy of a camera – lenses, sensor, shutters, etc.

"Together, these elements make up the basic components of any camera – without it, it would be impossible to take pictures or function, like interior spaces will not succeed without proper distribution and division."

Student: Thuraya Mustafa
Tutors: Dr Gamal El Samanoudy and Sohaila Nasr
Email: thuraya1mustafa[at]gmail.com

Me Space by Lujein Adel Zaino

"The project's core aim is to instil hope for a brighter life by combining the principles of interior design and psychology. It emphasises the importance of healing our minds amid life's stressors and seeks to broaden our understanding of psychology and mental health.

"The project envisions fostering an environment where individuals can seek help without stigma or guilt, using interior design as a powerful tool.

"The project endeavours to enhance cognitive resilience and wellbeing through this concept, enabling individuals to cultivate positivity in challenging situations.

"Guided by the philosophy of enhancing the quality of life and productivity, the project focuses on creating an adaptable and secure interior environment, where smart design principles work hand in hand with psychological well-being, ultimately defining the centre's mission."

Student: Lujein Adel Zaino
Tutors: Dr Naglaa Mahmoud and Omnia Altemnah
Email: lujeinzaino[at]gmail.com

A kindergartner, Not a usual one by Elie Boutros

"In this kindergarten design, the role of interior design transcends mere aesthetics – it manifests as a complex interplay of form, function and educational philosophy.

"The interior's bold architectural vision, derived from the De Stijl art movement, represents a sophisticated translation of two-dimensional art into a three-dimensional educational experience.

"Each design element, from the strategic placement of furniture to the interactive wall treatments, the deliberate colour schemes, and the carefully chosen lighting fixtures, is a testament to the complexity of creating a space that is both a learning environment and an immersive piece of livable art.

"The design intricately weaves De Stijl’s distinctive geometric abstraction and primary colours into the fabric of the kindergarten's environment, underscoring the complexity of interior design as a tool for cognitive and creative stimulation."

Student: Elie Boutros
Tutors: Dr Naglaa Mahmoud and Omnia Altemnah
Email: elieboutros4[at]gmail.com

Sharjah Public Library by Heba Dwiek

"This library combines human nature, different beliefs, knowledge and diverse backgrounds to create a unified, rigid base that will be reflected and integrated through all design spaces.

"For the reception and lobby, the focus is on visitors' social lives and physical activities, using lighting as a therapeutic tool in a modern combination of daylight and controlled artificial lighting – light tubes are incorporated into a large spiral steel structure to bring light from skylights into the central core.

"In addition to that, there are irregular wooden pods for different purposes, along with bookshelves.

"In the children's area, the main focus was to improve the connection between kids in the library and get them to read, experience new things, and use most of their senses in learning, as well as making them more confident.

"In the reading area, it is essential to have a quiet space for reading and an inspiring design that can function for an extended period of time

"The concept aims to create a space that challenges traditional library concepts, inspiring individuals to break barriers and achieve their dreams, leveraging libraries' wisdom and power to create a generation with ambition and a sky is the limit but more, and all starts with a book."

Student: Heba Dwiek
Tutors: Dina Ibrahim And Akram Azmy
Email: hebadweik2001[at]hotmail.com

Ladies Fitness Club by Mai Tarek

"The project is about a ladies fitness club, which shows an attractive space with a simple design that offers high-quality activities and services, supporting women to have a pleasant and comfortable fitness environment.

"The project is located in Ajman Corniche Residences, a complex of seven interlinked residential towers. The concept is based around the idea of a 'race against time', which references the speed of technology toward creating a great future.

"Virtual Reality (VR) can place the user inside a 3D experience that provides an immersive unique workout."

Student: Mai Tarek
Tutors: Dina Ibrahim and Akram Azmy
Email: maitarek15lo[at]gmail.com

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Dezeen School Shows: a mixed-use site in Dubai that combines transport links and leisure venues is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Ajman University.

Also included is a skyscraper that aims to compile the cultural and environmental facets of UAE-based cities into a single building and an arts university building in Tehran that doubles as a cultural venue.

Ajman University

Institution: Ajman University
School: College of Architecture, Art and Design
Course: Graduation Project II
Tutors: Dr Mohammad S Arar, Prof Sahar Sulaiman, Ms Neveen El Bendary, Ms Ayat El Khazindar and Mr Azzam Habra

School statement:

"This course aims to finalise the student's design education, in which they have achieved excellence and mastered all parts of the architectural design process.

"The student applies the knowledge and skills that they have obtained in a comprehensive graduation project.

"These projects cover the conceptual design stage, stages of development, addressing of site-related issues, structural and construction needs, social and cultural relationships, and computer applications in a cohesive presentation showing the development of the design."

Dubai Ferry Terminal by Amna Ibrahim Sadoon

"The Dubai ferry terminal signifies a new era in water transportation, designed to serve as a cruise terminal for domestic voyages and future transport needs.

"This initiative aims to boost cruise tourism and generate revenue through public participation and spaces. The architectural concept mimics landscape formations, employing soft transitions to mirror natural shapes and create a dual formation discussion.

"The design aims to capture the fluidity of water and seamlessly blends form and function. Its adaptability allows it to harmonise with its surroundings, promoting both unity and a sense of harmony.

"Ultimately, the Dubai ferry terminal stands as a groundbreaking approach to integrated water transportation and tourism."

Student: Amna Ibrahim Sadoon
Tutors: Dr Mohammad S Arar and Ms Ayat El Khazindar
Email: amnaalubaidy[at]gmail.com

Cultural and Touristic Center by Lamya Eyad Dahhan

"Welcome to Damascus, a captivating cultural centre where heritage meets modern attractions. The project promotes tourism by offering comprehensive information about historical monuments, cultural events and local attractions.

"The exhibition, theatre and traditional Souq will attract visitors while also contributing to the country's economic growth.

"The project also supports local artisans and craftsmen by serving as a platform for local artisans and craftsmen to showcase and sell their traditional products. Workshops and demonstrations can also be organised to allow visitors to learn about traditional craft techniques."

Student: Lamya Eyad Dahhan
Tutors: Dr Mohammad S Arar and Ms Ayat El Khazindar
Email: lamyadh99[at]gmail.com

Sharjah's Youth Recreational Hub by Maryam Amr Ahmed Kamel Etahan

"Sharjah's Youth Recreational Hub is an innovative new approach to combining enjoyable, entertaining spaces and recreational activities with public study workspaces dedicated to young individuals, groups and families all under a multi-functional layout.

"The project will be utilised year-round by serving as a public social hub where meetings and study sessions are held along with various exciting sports where visitors can experience more leisure-type activities beyond physical wellness only.

"It provides an overall benefit for the community by connecting various functions in Sharjah's Muwaileh educational-commercial zone, saving commuting time through the city while searching for these normally segregated activities."

Students: Maryam Amr Ahmed Kamel Etahan
Tutors: Dr Mohammad S Arar and Ms Ayat El Khazindar
Email: maryem.amr[at]hotmail.com

Historical Museum by Ghadeer Rammal

"Located in the South of Lebanon, Sidon is directly connected to Ancient Phoenician history and has an impressive, magnificently displayed collection of archaeological timelines.

"Highlights include Phoenician gilded bronze figurines found buried near the Obelisk Temple at Byblos, a series of human-faced Phoenician sarcophagi and a frescoed Roman tomb."

Student: Ghadeer Rammal
Tutors: Prof Sahar Sulaiman, Ms Neveen El Bendary and Mr Azzam Habra
Email: ghadeerammal[at]gmail.com

University for Advanced Arts, Tehran by Zoha Hosseini

"In a city like Tehran, where art is part of the culture and history, designing an educational complex for arts deemed necessary due to the lack of modernisation of current art schools and interest in the youth.

"Creating an appealing university for advanced arts of the future in a cultural location which is used by young adults has shown the potential to be the right approach.

"The design itself follows a journey through different spaces wrapped around a clear pedestrian axis that runs through a site, which has a challenging topography.

"These spaces form a mass and void hierarchy that symbolises the conflict between the informality of aesthetic values of an art institute and formality of a higher education institute.

"Furthermore, influences of traditional Persian architecture stitched with contemporary and sustainable solutions alongside the colourful and bubbly persona of the buildings gives the space an identity to serve as a headquarters for the city's arts."

Student: Zoha Hosseini
Tutors: Prof Sahar Sulaiman, Ms Neveen El Bendary and Mr Azzam Habra
Email: Zohahosseini12[at]gmail.com

Transportation Hub by Ghazal Riad

"This Transportation Hub is an essential component that helps create a connection between the people and the countries' landmarks, with passengers travelling between train stations as well as bus and taxi stops.

"My transportation hub is located in the UAE which relates to Etihad railway.

"The design concept is inspired by the wind movement, sand dunes and aerodynamics of the selected site, and I implemented a sustainable approach through the materials by using recycled steel.

"The space structure consists of four layers – tempered glass, anodised aluminium, steel truss roof skin and skeleton frame, as well as waterproofing.

"The hub symbolises the modern development of the UAE."

Student: Ghazal Riad
Tutors: Prof Sahar Sulaiman, Ms Neveen El Bendary and Mr Azzam Habra
Email: ghazalriadd[at]gmail.com

Beirut Community Centre by Rana Elkhabbaz

"The Beirut Community Center is a visionary architectural project nestled in the heart of Beirut, Lebanon. It embodies a profound commitment to fostering community growth by intertwining three pivotal goals – education, social interaction and recreation.

"The architecture harmoniously merges nature and human ingenuity. Its defining feature is a series of interconnected triangular roofs, resembling the undulating terrain of Lebanon's topography.

"This design visually replicates the nation's geographical compression, mirroring the breathtaking journey from high mountains to the tranquil sea.

"The Beirut Community Center stands as a beacon of unity, offering a welcoming, self-sufficient haven for diverse activities, ultimately nurturing the thriving local community."

Student: Rana Elkhabbaz
Tutors: Dr Mohammad S Arar and Ms Ayat El Khazindar
Email: ranaelkhabbaz14[at]gmail.com

Speed Hub – Dubai's Transportation Hub by Sarah Osama Seif Aldeen

"Speed Hub is a proposed transportation hub in Dubai that seeks to build a sustainable society by diversifying mobility and minimising traffic.

"Uniting all modes of transportation in one place serves tourists and commercial places and saves time while reducing negative environmental impact.

"It is a complex with different functions and facilities such as a cinema complex, gym, retail outlets and leisure activity areas, all of this will make the DTH a destination by itself and a great place to make memories.

"The concept behind the shape of the building reflects the speed, fluidity and continuous movement of both visitors and transportation modes which will make it a landmark not only in Dubai but also in the United Arab Emirates UAE."

Student: Sarah Osama Seif Aldeen
Tutors: Dr Mohammad S Arar and Ms Ayat El Khazindar
Email: S.o76[at]hotmail.com

Al Reem Skyscraper by Khulood Hussein Al-Fakih

"The Al Reem Skyscraper is a unique and complex tower that includes a range of services including offices, a hotel, entertainment venues, and rental units, which serve the entire community in addition to drawing the attention of investors and local companies.

"Al Reem Island is one of the most important areas targeted by the state and the population.

"The project aims to combine all the cultural and environmental elements of UAE cities into a single entity."

Student: Khulood Hussein Al-Fakih
Tutors: Dr Mohammad S Arar and Ms Ayat El Khazindar
Email: khuloodalmusabi[at]gmail.com

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Dezeen School Shows: a bathing pavilion informed by plants is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the University of Waterloo.

Also included is school designed for children with disabilities and a museum site in Rome that is enveloped in a monolithic brick wall reminiscent of traditional city walls.

University of Waterloo

Institution: University of Waterloo
School: School of Architecture
Course: Bachelor of Architectural Studies (BAS), Master or Achitecture (MArch)
Tutors: Philip Beesley, Anne Bordeleau, Beatrice Bruscoli, David Correa and Adrian Blackwell

School statement:

"The University of Waterloo School of Architecture is an internationally respected architecture and design school dedicated to educating the best architects in the world.

"Set on the Grand River in historic downtown Cambridge, Ontario, in Canada, the School of Architecture is a source of design inspiration.

"Our campus, housed in a carefully restored 1920s silk mill, features an award-winning library, art gallery, cross-disciplinary maker spaces, fitness facilities, eateries and student services.

"During the fourth year, students spend a term abroad studying at our campus in Rome, Italy.

"Our pre-professional Bachelor of Architectural Studies (BAS) degree immerses students in the culture and practice of design.

"Students develop an understanding of the workings of society and culture, the principles of physics, the materials and techniques of construction, human interaction with the natural and built environment, historical processes, critical thought and diverse forms of creative expression.

"The Master of Architecture (MArch) programme provides students with a unique opportunity to create an individual research and design thesis while completing the required coursework for professional accreditation.

"Under the guidance of faculty with internationally recognised expertise, students can explore diverse topics in architecture, landscape, urbanism, technology, sustainability and fabrication, among other topics."

The White House and Other Counter-Narratives by Bianca Weeko Martin

"Contemporary emplacement demands movement, whether through migration, travel or transcultural exchange.

"Identity – as positioned by the postcolonial writer Édouard Glissant – is linked fundamentally with change and contact with others, and yet the loss that these forms of movement begs the question of what, in the most ancestral depths of our being, still remains.

"Facing these depths, the idea of home offers a metaphor for grounding.

"Through the story of my family's ancestral house in the Philippines, I grieve the physical loss of a house from my memory and its metaphysical loss in the face of emergent site-less hyperculture."

Student: Bianca Weeko Martin
Course: Master of Architecture (MArch)
Tutors: Philip Beesley and Anne Bordeleau
Email: bweeko[at]gmail.com

Beacon by Enoch Liu and Lyric Barnik

"The Tiber River was once the flowing heart of Rome, where the champions of the ancient Empire formed the foundations of Western civilisation.

"Yet today, the city's embankment walls fully separate the urban from the riparian. The Beacon thus introduces a new museum, connecting the city to the river, and history to modernity.

"Two sloped axes draw users to the Tiber, guiding them through Rome's urban and naturalised environments.

"The procession leads to the primary museum – a travertine-clad megastructure that restores Rome's identity as a City of Towers.

"It thereby becomes a beacon, returning a forgotten landscape back to the eternal city."

Students: Enoch Liu and Lyric Barnik
Course: ARCH 492 Rome Design Studio
Tutor: Beatrice Bruscoli
Email: edliu[at]uwaterloo.ca and lhbarnik[at]uwaterloo.ca

Encase by Glenn Lu

"Trastevere is known as the home for 'the other' and the intersection of Via Portuense in particular marks this junction of history – the Aurelian Wall's remnants, across the state intervention of San Michele and the abandoned papal arsenal.

"Encase regards the Arsenale as an artefact itself, playing on traditional museum typology and its highly curated display of fragmented history.

"Museum as private space leans heavily capitalist, but this project proposes a monument for the working people, curating an idealised procession from expansive public space back into nature, contained within the iconography of a perfect cube floating on a grid of columns."

Student: Glenn Lu
Course: ARCH 492 - Rome Studio
Tutor: Beatrice Bruscoli
Email: glennhongdao.lu[at]uwaterloo.ca

The Terrace School by Jason Chen and Sunny Lan

"Designing for disability opens an opportunity to design for multiple abilities and bodies and rethink how different people move through spaces.

"The Terrace School, nestled along the slope of a hill, is designed for children with autism with a collaborative learning approach, engaging with open shared learning spaces and the outdoor surrounding nature.

"Despite the programme being situated on various elevations, the design challenges the nature of the site by maintaining accessibility throughout, with an easily navigable central ramp and interconnected learning spaces that make the school feel unified while creating unique learning spaces for all children."

Students: Jason Chen and Sunny Lan
Course: ARCH 393: Designing for Every Body
Tutors: Lola Sheppard and Tara Bissett
Email: j879chen[at]uwaterloo.ca and s8lan[at]uwaterloo.ca

Flux by Meaghan Roberts, Neli Yuen and Ulyana Bunina

"Flux consists of a series of climate responsive pavilions which integrate biomimetic principles derived from an exploration into the movement found in plant species Common milkweed, Wild carrot and Echinocystis.

"In an environment where making and testing physical models was highly encouraged, a functioning design proposal was produced that synthesised the three plant mechanics and previous prototypes."

Students: Meaghan Roberts, Neli Yuen and Ulyana Bunina
Course: ARCH 393 - Option Studio: Biometric Design Lab
Tutor: David Correa
Email: m49rober[at]uwaterloo.ca, n4yuen[at]uwaterloo.ca and ubunina[at]uwaterloo.ca

Solar Steps by Nicole Cao

"Solar Steps explores how thresholds define relationships between residential and urban scales.

"What architectural interventions can dynamically adapt the circulatory, visual and auditory porosity between interior and exterior and domestic and public zones?

"How can adjustable merging and division accommodate a variety of living arrangements and programmatic permutations?

"The layering of operable thresholds and inhabited intermediary spaces imagines a dynamic form of collective living where the individual resident's relationship to their flatmates, neighbours and the broader community become simultaneously more connected and more flexible.

"Agency over where and how to draw the boundary between personal and communal space is given to the residents themselves."

Student: Nicole Cao
Course: ARCH 392: Human beings are more important than real estate: Environmental Justice through Affordable Housing
Tutor: Adrian Blackwell
Email: nicole.cao[at]uwaterloo.ca

The 'Bridge' – A cross-cultural learning centre by Rita Irina Pljusznyin

"The design demonstrates the power of culture and aims to create an attractive, functional, inclusive and resilient cross-cultural learning centre for newcomers to Canada.

"With the refugee count of the world reaching over 100,000 million, inclusivity must become critical in our world.

"Designing for the future means a net zero approach through embodied and operational carbon reduction strategies.

"The programming is based on urban planning demonstrated in Toronto for a better city centre, therefore emphasising new opportunities for collaboration and creativity by activating the street level for pedestrians and connecting to Toronto's Park infrastructure.

"This building design joins the movement of new scale in mass timber for Toronto to redefine the city's identity, knowledge and tradition with a focus on wood as a building material and a structural grid that can be easily repurposed for future use."

Student: Rita Irina Pljusznyin
Course: ARCH 691
Tutors: Dr Mohamad T Araji and Richard Mui
Email: rita.pljusznyin[at]uwaterloo.ca

Group project: Robot Made 2022

"The Mille-feuille Pavilion is a robotically fabricated plywood pavilion that was built as part of a workshop hosted by the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA) and the Centre for Advanced Wood Processing (CAWP), which took place from 4 to 8 June 2022.

"The workshop was led by Associate Professor David Correa of the University of Waterloo, Oliver David Krieg of Intelligent City and Associate Professor AnnaLisa Meyboom from UBC SALA.

"The free-standing structure is a multi-layered plywood assembly that relies solely on precise wood-to-wood joinery – 43 webs connect 150 unique wood planks and no screws or nails were used.

"Rather than using straight, pre-cut sections, the pavilion investigates the limits of elastically bent plywood to create a free-form and light-weight, self-supporting structure.

"The design pushes each component to bend to its limit, when the curvature asks for a tighter radius than the wood can accomplish, a pattern of lamination begins.

"The resulting design celebrates the formal potential of the curved plywood while building sectional depth through the mille-feuille-like assembly of multiple layers."

Students: Kenneth Anggara, Nora Boone, Meena Chowdhury, Adrian Chiu, Sarah Garland, Marina Ibrahim, David Kalman, Nicholas Krahn, Sahar Kazemeini, Yuxiang Liu, Isabelle Luisser, Aïden Mézidor, Lorena Polovina, Sarah Pitoscia, Changwei Qiu, Esraa Saad, Tyler Solu, Piero Sovrani, Jay Starnino and Carissa Tzeng
Course: Research Work
Tutors: David Correa, Oliver David Krieg of Intelligent City and AnnaLisa Meyboom of UBC SALA

Steam Serpentine by Ksenija Lukic, Luca Ricci and Simar Mangat

"Rooted in the plant studies of the Virginia Creeper, Milkweed and Helicopter Seed, the Steam Serpentine utilises biomimetic design principles to function as a climate-responsive bathing pavilion amidst the Icelandic landscape.

"Through the exploration and development of a hygroscopic mechanism, a singular module becomes a dynamic facade that can adapt depending on climate conditions and user interaction."

Students: Ksenija Lukic, Luca Ricci and Simar Mangat
Course: ARCH 393 - Option Studio: Biometric Design Lab
Tutor: David Correa
Email: ksenija.lukic[at]icloud.com, lucaricci200[at]gmail.com and simar326[at]gmail.com

The Tiber Museum by Gareth Bracewell and Cian Hrabi

"In this project, the wall and the enclosure are the first acts of architecture. For thousands of years, it has been the definition of the city – we propose to translate that sentiment into a contemporary setting.

"Romans build structures to last – Rome is the eternal city for a reason – but modernity turned us towards preservation and stagnation, turning the entire city into a museum.

"This project is a radical departure from the status quo by wrapping the site and building a wall to house the museum we free the city from that responsibility.

"This project is a look to see what we could do if we decided to build again. Take what exists and care for it, but don't worship it."

Students: Gareth Bracewell and Cian Hrabi
Course: ARCH 492: Rome Studio
Tutor: Beatrice Bruscoli
Email: gareth.bracewell[at]epfl.ch and cian_m_h[at]mit.edu

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Dezeen School Shows: a youth hostel built on a former car park in New Orleans is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Tulane University in Louisiana.

Also included is a social housing development in Mississippi created in an existing warehouse building and a scheme that sees existing freight railway lines into passenger train links.

Tulane University

Institution: Tulane University
School: Tulane School of Architecture
Course: Master of Architecture, Master of Science in Historic Preservation and Master of Sustainable Real Estate Development
Tutors: Andrea Bardón de Tena, Liz Camuti, Brent Fortenberry, Kari Godchaux, Margarita Jover, Seth Knudsen, Casius Pealer, Mary Helen Porter, Mark Rabinowitz, Cynthia Steward and Jonathan Tate

School statement:

"At the Tulane School of Architecture, our students have the power to transform the built environment. Through rigorous curriculum, cutting-edge research initiatives and collaborative partnerships, our graduates are equipped to address the urgent challenges of climate change and social injustice.

"We take pride in fostering an inclusive community of talented individuals from diverse backgrounds to collectively shape a more equitable and vibrant future.

"Graduate students may pursue a Master of Architecture (M Arch) degree, a Master of Science in Historic Preservation (MSHP), a Master of Sustainable Real Estate Development (MSRED) or a dual degree in M Arch plus MSHP or M Arch plus MSRED.

"The NAAB-accredited M Arch degree programme provides diverse options to engage critical topics through studio, seminar, and lecture courses that bridge intellectual, technical, social and physical areas.

"Students are also encouraged to explore a research interest – in addition to the traditional architectural thesis – through Research Studios and specific research concentrations – climate change, urban ecologies and public space (river and coastal urbanism), digital fabrication and advanced ecologies, affordable housing, design build, and contemporary architecture in historic contexts (adaptive reuse).

"The MSHP degree provides a rigorous foundation in the core principles and concepts of historic preservation practice in the United States and beyond.

"Elective courses give students the opportunity to specialise in an area of preservation and its allied disciplines. A thesis or practicum forms the programme's capstone project that demonstrates a mastery of knowledge in the field.

"The MSRED degree is practice-oriented and emphasises opportunities for students through a faculty of industry professionals, experiential learning and connections with local and national networks.

"The programme equips graduates with a blended education in business, economics, sustainable design, urbanism and legal issues. Students' culminating work involves collaborating with a professional partner to complete a directed research project."

Occupying the Amphibious Edge: Reframing Managed Retreat to Establish Resilient Coastal Settlement Strategies by Megan Spoor

"Our current methods of inhabiting the Gulf Coast region presume a permanence of land and predictability of risk.

"We have sought to maintain our stability-seeking occupation patterns by constraining the coastal landscape through structural interventions, creating a path dependency on hard infrastructure that is unsustainable in the long term.

"Occupying the Amphibious Edge is a strategy for land use zoning, which promotes collective stewardship of the coastal zone and its infrastructure through conservation-led land acquisition.

"Four main coastal zones are proposed, in which hard infrastructure is adapted, ecological restoration is prioritised and new housing typologies support densification of higher ground."

Student: Megan Spoor
Course: ARCH 6041 – Gulf Research Studio (National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine)
Tutors: Liz Camuti and Margarita Jover
Email: megan.spoor[at]gmail.com

Hundred Year Lines by Allison Slomski

"In pursuit of an energy-efficient future, this proposal imagines an American policy shift equal in magnitude to the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 to retrofit our extensive freight rail system to include passenger use and provide incentives for developing interconnected local transit systems.

"To accompany an anticipated nationwide resurgence in ridership, the project introduces a new typology for the building infrastructures that accompany transit systems, deployable for a myriad of sites and scales.

"Its implementation is tested in New Iberia, Louisiana, the parish seat of Iberia Parish and home to roughly 30,000 people.

"The building houses transit connection points that serve as a civic magnet and energy distributor, and can accommodate emergency shelter or evacuation needs."

Student: Allison Slomski
Course: ARCH 6041 – Gulf Research Studio (National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine)
Tutors: Liz Camuti and Margarita Jover
Email: aslomski[at]tulane.edu

St Louis Number 3 Tombs Documentation by Allyson Hinz and Catherine Restrepo

"In this foundational segment of the building preservation course, students are introduced to the detailed process of documenting historic structures, with a focus on tombs at St Louis Number 3 Cemetery in New Orleans.

"This assignment exemplifies the course's dedication to melding theoretical insights with hands-on fieldwork, providing students, particularly those from non-architectural backgrounds, with a unique opportunity for direct architectural documentation experience.

"During site visits, students utilized HABS (Historic American Buildings Survey) specifications to create detailed field documentation of chosen tombs.

"Given their manageable scale, these tombs serve as an excellent introduction to architectural documentation and allow each student to engage thoroughly with an individual structure, ensuring deep comprehension of the documentation process.

"After the fieldwork, the gathered data is diligently converted into a digital format using AutoCAD, upholding precision and aligning with professional standards."

Students: Allyson Hinz and Catherine Restrepo
Course: PRES 6041 – Preservation Studio I: Building Preservation
Tutors: Mark Rabinowitz and Cynthia Steward
Emails: ahinz[at]tulane.edu and crestrepo[at]tulane.edu

Group project: Heritage at Risk: Bridgetown, Barbados

"This academic endeavour was a collaboration between Tulane School of Architecture's Historic Preservation Programme, the Commonwealth Heritage Skills Training Programme and the University of the West Indies.

"Beginning in January 2023 with a visit to Barbados, the project involved three phases: documentation, conservation and interpretation.

"Documentation – students surveyed 313 buildings within Roebuck Street Corridor. Various techniques, from laser scanning and photogrammetry to archival research and traditional photography, were employed to illuminate the architectural and historical significance of the region. Buildings were georeferenced, with all underlying survey data incorporated into a GIS mapping effort.

"Conservation – this phase included conditions assessment and culminated in a conservation management plan, identifying areas needing immediate intervention.

"Interpretation – proposals for a walking heritage loop, museum panels, and exhibits were developed to foster public engagement, connect communities to their rich cultural inheritance, and promote stewardship of Roebuck Street's historical environment."

Students: Brianna Baldwin, Amanda Bentz, Belinda Chau, Brooke Crowder, Madeleine Davies, Thais De Four, Robert Fisher, Erica Guzman, Chris Kolodey, Abigail Lovins, Jiaqi Luo, Anthony Mendez, Sarah Quinn, Catherine Restrepo, Karan Sharma, Robin Smith, Sara Tankersley and Yao Zhang
Course: PRES 6042 – Research Studio “Heritage at Risk: Barbados" (a Saul A. Mintz Global Research Studio)
Tutors: Brent Fortenberry and Mary Helen Porter
Emails: bbaldwin[at]tulane.edu, abenz[at]tulane.edu, bchau1[at]tulane.edu, scrowder[at]tulane.edu, mdavies4[at]tulane.edu, tdefour[at]tulane.edu, rfisher8[at]tulane.edu, euzman1[at]tulane.edu, ckolodey[at]tulane.edu, alovins[at]tulane.edu, jluo5[at]tulane.edu, rmendez1[at]tulane.edu, suinn3[at]tulane.edu, crestrepo[at]tulane.edu, ksharma2[at]tulane.edu, rsmith51[at]tulane.edu, stankersley[at]tulane.edu and yhang95[at]tulane.edu

Conservation Management: Auburn Billiard Hall and Carriage House by Samantha Staviss

"This project presents a groundbreaking conservation management study centred on Auburn's historic Carriage House and Billiard Hall in Natchez, Mississippi.

"The study highlights the importance of safeguarding overlooked outbuildings – often hubs of activity for enslaved persons – by combining modern documentation techniques like laser scanning with traditional historical analysis.

"This work emphasises the importance of an inclusive interpretation, ensuring that the full spectrum of histories associated with suburban villas and plantations is not only preserved but actively told.

"This approach provides invaluable insights to architects, historians and preservationists who aim to bridge historical narratives with contemporary conservation techniques."

Student: Samantha Staviss
Course: PRES 6985 – Preservation Practicum
Tutor: Brent Fortenberry
Email: violamusic27[at]gmail.com

Small, Multifamily, Affordable by Daniel Tighe

"Recent changes to the New Orleans Zoning Ordinance increased the number of allowable units on many residential properties throughout the city from two to four.

"This research investigates the number of fourplexes built because of this change and the likely impacts it will have on future housing development in the city.

"While city zoning represents a clear barrier to increasing housing density, several more barriers exist constraining the development of fourplexes in New Orleans, such as a lack of subsidies, the strength of alternative developments, and increased construction standards for four-unit complexes.

"The purpose of this project is to clearly define these barriers while proposing policy solutions that could encourage greater housing density and affordability in New Orleans."

Student: Daniel Tighe
Course: SRED 6740 – Directed Research
Tutors: Casius Pealer and Seth Knudson of the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority
Email: dtighe[at]tulane.edu

Brownfields to Brightfields: Revitalising Brownfields with Solar Infrastructure in New Orleans by Mario Das

"New Orleans, a city susceptible to devastating hurricanes and flooding, grapples with abandoned infrastructure and widespread poorly tracked contamination.

"High contamination levels pose significant health risks for residents. However, redeveloping these contaminated sites is hindered by factors like the type/level of contamination, costly remediation, insurance challenges and difficulties in site access and control, discouraging potential investors.

"This project explores the imperative need to reduce contamination in New Orleans.

"It delves into the potential benefits, opportunities and challenges of repurposing these contaminated sites as Brightfields through the installation of solar infrastructure.

"Moreover, it investigates relevant state and federal policies, incentives, and cleanup programmes that play a crucial role in transforming brownfields into brightfields, fostering environmental remediation and clean energy generation.

"Photo courtesy of Abandoned Southeast."

Student: Mario Das
Course: SRED 6740 – Directed Research
Tutors: Casius Pealer and Kari Godchaux of New Orleans City Planning Commission
Email: dasmario.96[at]gmail.com

A Place for Wonder by Giuliana Vaccarino Gearty

"43 per cent of Greenwood, Mississippi's families are single mothers, many of whom also work.

"This project aims to support some of these working mothers by providing community-oriented housing that is bolstered by socialising-focused amenities, including a daycare, outdoor recreational space and communal dining areas.

"Located in a former manufacturing district, the development embraces an existing warehouse, whose ground floor has been converted into communal and retail spaces.

"Each housing unit looks out onto a central courtyard, which features areas for play and contemplation.

"The development is punctured by multiple alleyways that, while mirroring vacant lots and alleys downtown, are reclaimed as access points to the vibrant social interior of the housing block."

Student: Giuliana Vaccarino Gearty
Course: ARCH 6051 – Research Studio 'Town. House. Urban development and housing in the margins'
Tutor: Jonathan Tate
Email: giuliana.vaccarino[at]gmail.com

The Rampart Youth Hostel by Kosta Sevic

"The Rampart Youth Hostel integrates building and infrastructure in a multi-faceted approach.

"The project responds to its surroundings and understands the significance of historic urbanism between New Orleans' Central Business District and the neighbourhoods of Treme and the French Quarter through its treatment of massing and facade fenestration.

"The 38,000-square-foot project transforms an existing surface parking lot into a low-cost, short-term shared lodging facility offering an affordable way to travel created by a combination of its mixed-use space integrated into the youth hostel plan.

"The programme aims to increase revenue and connect tourists with locals through its accessibility to amenities and public areas within the footprint of the building.

"Considering the challenges posed by New Orleans' climate, the project focuses on resilience and sustainability from high-level massing strategies down to design details and material choice."

Student: Kosta Sevic
Course: ARCH 6032 – Integrated Studio
Tutor: Andrea Bardón de Tena
Email: ksevic[at]tulane.edu and kosta.sevic[at]outlook.com

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Dezeen School Shows: a breathable uniform designed for nurses going through menopause is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Northumbria University.

Also included is a stereo system that requires the desired song to be written down before playing it and a table for practising Chinese tea rituals that is made from western-sourced wood that aims to combine the heritage of both cultures.

Northumbria University

Institution: Northumbria University
School: School of Design
Course: BA (Hons) Product Design
Tutors: Tommy Dylan, Howard Fenwick, Anthony Forsyth, Ian Hewitt, Matthew Lievesley, David Parkinson, Simon Scott-Harden, Josh South, John Sproats, Rose Wong and Marco Zilvetti

School statement:

"The BA (Hons) Product Design course at Northumbria University, formerly known as 'Design for Industry', teaches students to create designs that tackle current and future challenges.

"While focused on the design of physical artefacts, our approach embraces wider disciplines including experience and digital design so that students leave us with a skillset suited to current design careers.

"You will learn to create design concepts that are commercially viable, addressing user needs and behaviours.

"At the same time, we promote a responsible approach to design, meaning that you will always consider the social and environmental impacts of your design decisions."

Sana by Christy Davidson

"Sana is a standardised nurse uniform that incorporates ventilation to assist in regulating body temperature. It is inspired by the experiences of nurses going through menopause who found themselves working in poorly designed uniforms and inefficient buildings.

"Sana is also comprised of other innovations making a well-rounded garment for the wearer, such as functional ergonomic pockets, a modest and comfortable neckline, an inter-changeable rank patch, clear department signifier and a lightweight and comfortable bamboo fabric."

Student: Christy Davidson

Osmo by Natalie Edge

"Osmo consists of three smart products and an app that aims to improve the hydration of older people. The Measuring Mug uses weight to measure fluid intake, which is displayed on the Hydration Hub.

"The Hub shows progress towards the user's goal number of drinks. The Reminder Device uses movement to prompt the user to hydrate, set at appropriate intervals when recent fluid intake has not been detected.

"The Osmo App enables a tailored product experience based on user needs. Tangible reminding and awareness build positive habits improving hydration and in turn health and wellbeing."

Student: Natalie Edge

Terra-Nova by Gruff Jones

"Terra-nova is an experimental set of three unobtrusive smart home devices. The thermostat, smart assistant and light controller probe current norms of technology in our homes, promoting interactions that are more about human feeling and less about digital information.

"Each device takes inspiration from the material properties of terracotta – heat insulation, acoustic insulation and light reflection – to form these interactions.

"Utilising terracotta as its core material importantly challenges the use of plastics in our home devices, with a 100 per cent natural and recyclable material."

Student: Gruff Jones

Mortar by Jai Mistry

"Mortar is a unique product designed to enable individuals to prepare their own health shots. By simply twisting the stone cap, users initiate a juicing process where an automated auger drill effectively crushes and grinds the ingredients.

"The resulting waste material is conveniently compacted into a puck for effortless disposal. Additionally, the device features USB charging for added convenience.

"Mortar introduces a sense of ritual to the process of making juice shots, aiming to inspire and encourage long-term adoption of healthy lifestyle choices."

Student: Jai Mistry

Cari by Johnny Page

"This convenient, mess-free emollient applicator gives people with dry skin conditions, such as eczema and psoriasis, the freedom and flexibility to effectively manage flare-ups on the go.

"Cari is hygienic, easy to control and convenient to refill with easily recyclable pods. It enables users to unobtrusively carry emollients and protect their skin from triggers and infections.

"You can customise the type of emollient, the applicator head, and the case to suit your preferences, empowering you to take control over their condition and give you back a sense of normality."

Student: Johnny Page

Milk It by Rebecca Newton

"To reduce dairy waste within the home, Milk It embraces the positive qualities of milk as it sours, discovering uses beyond being a drinking product.

"Developing flavours and leavening properties make souring milk ideal for cooking and baking.

"Milk It includes a packaging and brand design, inspired by products that romanticise ageing. This includes a biosensor product that accurately measures sourness meanwhile displaying the milk's ideal use – either drinking, cooking, baking or non-food uses – and an app to browse complimentary recipes.

"These elements come together to increase milk's intrinsic value, reduce ambiguity and instil confidence in utilising souring milk within the home."

Student: Rebecca Newton

RockSolid Breeze by Dom Smith

"RockSolid Breeze is a fully rechargeable and sustainable fan that reduces the use of chalk while climbing by drying climbers' hands.

"Chalk is used to dry and increase friction between fingers and rock. However, it can change the pH level of surface rock, killing living organisms and staining the rock itself.

"Chalk is mostly mined in China and after going through various processes it is far from being sustainable or environmentally friendly. The Breeze mimics the size and way in which a chalk bag is used, so it falls in place of current habits without changing them."

Student: Dom Smith

Rove by Rob Swan

"Rove revolutionises the concept of roving by providing anglers with a convenient and comfortable solution to move effortlessly between fishing spots.

"By combining portable seating and storage into one unit, Rove enables users to carry their chair and tackle in a single, practical package.

"With Rove, anglers can navigate challenging terrains, gates, and riverbanks with ease, freeing their hands to handle rods and tackle without any hindrance.

"Experience roving like never before with Rove’s innovative design."

Student: Rob Swan

Chá Table by Helen Wat

"The Chá Table is a low table for hosting Chinese tea rituals, honouring the heritage and space held by Hong Kong-British diaspora.

"Chinese tea is symbolic of heritage and hospitality. In homage to Hong Kong-British diasporic experience, this ritual is adopted to offer a contemporary proposition to examine the role of tea in spaces of gathering from the community outside the homeland.

"Chá Table explores ideas of identity and belonging while alluding to critical social issues of autonomy.

"Inspired by traditional architectural structures and joinery, the Eastern-informed design fuses manufacture with Western timber – a reflection of the blended cultural position of Hong Kongers in Britain."

Student: Helen Wat

Shredd by Jack Mercer

"Shredd is an innovative and interactive music player that introduces a distinct approach to curating and experiencing music.

"Rather than simply selecting a track and playing it, Shredd requires users to physically write down the desired track and feed it into the shredder for playback.

"However, once a track has been played in this manner, it cannot be replayed.

"This conceptual music player challenges the conventional way we engage with digital playlists, where an abundance of music is readily available and accessible at any time."

Student: Jack Mercer

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Dezeen School Shows: an outdoor exhibition located in a shipping container is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Arts University Bournemouth.

Also included is a new design for the exterior of medical vehicles aiming to reach underrepresented participants for medical trials and a series of temporary installations designed to engage visitors in an educational outdoor site.

Arts University Bournemouth

Institution: Arts University Bournemouth
School: Design and Architecture
Course: Interior Architecture and Design
Tutors: Monica Franchin, Michael Cavagin, Emily Manns, Ed Ward and Jamie Yeates

School statement:

"Live briefs play a crucial role in the delivery of the Interior Architecture and Design undergraduate course at Arts University Bournemouth – there are many benefits that all the parties involved will receive from these collaborations.

"IAD live briefs offer students the opportunity to work on actual projects for real clients or organisations.

"This practical experience helps students bridge the gap between academic learning and the professional world, they get to apply their theoretical knowledge to solve genuine design challenges on a relatively manageable and small scale.

"Working on live briefs allows our students to develop a range of professional skills including communication, project management, teamwork, client interaction and problem-solving.

"These skills are invaluable for their understanding of the wider field of interior architecture and design.

"The projects completed during live briefs will be included in the student's portfolio, showcasing their practical skills to potential employers and their enthusiasm for the subject – this can lead to higher engagement and a deeper commitment to their studies.

"Live briefs involve interaction with real clients, design firms or industry professionals, which is instrumental for students to establish connections in the sector and gain a deeper understanding of the industry's standards and practices.

"At AUB, live briefs bring the real-world context into the classroom, where students learn to consider factors such as client preferences, budgets and site-specific requirements, which are essential in students' development – they also receive feedback from real clients or industry experts.

"Projects cover a wide range of design projects, from art collaboration to briefs centred around the NHS.

"This diversity exposes students to various design challenges and styles, preparing them for a broader spectrum of career opportunities.

"Our live briefs have sustainability and ethical considerations at their core, allowing students to be exposed to contemporary concerns in the industry, preparing them to address environmental and social issues through their designs.

"Live briefs can be highly motivating for students, as they see the immediate practical relevance of their coursework, which can lead to higher engagement and a deeper commitment to their studies.

"Our live briefs are integral to the Interior Architecture and Design undergraduate course at Arts University Bournemouth as they enhance students' learning experiences, provide practical skills and help them transition into the professional world with a well-rounded portfolio and industry connections.

"These real-world projects not only enrich the curriculum but also prepare students for a successful career in the sector."

Royal Bournemouth Hospital BEACH Building by Julia Binnon, Raquel Di Cori and Dahnya Sandhu

"Staff and students from Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) and University Hospitals Dorset (UHD) have come together to celebrate collaborative design work created to support the build of major new hospital care facilities at Royal Bournemouth Hospital.

"Together with its contractor for transformation, Integrated Health Projects (IHP) – an alliance between VINCI Construction UK and civil engineering company Sir Robert McAlpine – UHD welcomed a team of university students to the hospital site to thank them for design work promoting the benefits of the hospital's new BEACH (Births, Emergency care, Critical care and child Health) building and wider transformation programme.

"As part of a new collaborative partnership between the University and hospital, AUB's BA (Hons) Interior Architecture and Design students were invited to contribute to the £250m transformation project, which will see more than 23,000 meters square of complex hospital development over six storeys at the Castle Lane site.

"AUB students Julia Binnon, Raquel Di Cori and Dahnya Sandhu are the team behind 130-metre-long, eye-catching new information panels surrounding the BEACH building.

"Completing in late 2024, the new building will offer Dorset residents a brand-new maternity unit, children's unit, enhanced emergency department and 30-bed critical care unit."

Students: Julia Binnon, Raquel Di Cori and Dahnya Sandhu
Tutors: Monica Franchin and Jamie Yeates

Think Big by Andrea Dall'Orto, Harry Powell, Isabella Williams, Samantha Day and Caroline Millard

"A partnership project between Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) and Dorset's Integrated Care System (ICS) Our Dorset, has been shortlisted for a national healthcare award.

"AUB has been working with Our Dorset on a joint project to develop their Think Big initiative, which has seen first year BA (Hons) Interior Architecture and Design students working with local authority partners including BCP Council, Dorset Council, NHS University Hospitals Dorset and Public Health Dorset to support the design of a new Outpatients Assessment Clinic in Poole.

"Our Dorset staff have also been delivering lectures to AUB students, with the aim of helping them to understand the health and social care needs of the region, while the university students have been tasked with helping the ICS to consider and develop ideas around designing and delivering community care services across the region.

"Monica Fanchin, BA (Hons) Interior Architecture and Design Course Leader, said: 'In this collaborative project, the Interior Architecture and Design course at Arts University Bournemouth had the opportunity to teach and promote the civic responsibility, foster empathy toward the users, putting the users, both patients and staff, at the centre of the design process.'

"'Inclusivity was a major focus of the design – with the group designing Pala, a character representative of the community.'

"'Pala was created with the intention to embody the spirit of the local people and reflect the innovative approach of the new outpatient assessment clinic, signalling an uplifting transformation.'

"'Pala means guardian in Sanskrit, a meaning the group felt embodied the role of the NHS.'"

Students: Andrea Dall'Orto, Harry Powell, Isabella Williams, Samantha Day and Caroline Millard
Tutors: Monica Franchin and Jamie Yeates

NHIR Health Bus by Lenya Hulford-Greig, Thomas Roberts, Annika Shaill and Lucas Thompson-McClure

"IAD students had a unique and exciting opportunity to influence the look and feel of a new bus for use by the NIHR Wessex CRN – the resulting design wraps around the sides of the vehicle and aims to encourage participation in medical trials.

"These vehicles will take clinical health and care studies out into the community, rather than asking people to travel to hospital/clinical settings.

"Every year, NIHR runs a series of clinical trials in the Wessex region aiming to test new medications, treatments and interventions to enable healthcare professionals to develop new ways of helping patients and promote public health.

"Each study is unique – some require healthy volunteers, others recruit people with specific medical conditions, some are aimed at adults, others at children and babies or the elderly.

"The primary function of the buses is to deliver research trials at convenient locations to specific communities.

"These might be populations harder to reach because of their geographical location eg. the Isle of Wight, rural Dorset and coastal communities a long way from our city centres.

"A secondary function will be to enable outreach by parking up at events and festivals to help promote the #BePartofResearch campaign.

"Therefore, the design needs to be as appealing as possible across all age groups and demographics."

Students: Lenya Hulford-Greig, Thomas Roberts, Annika Shaill and Lucas Thompson-McClure
Tutors: Monica Franchin, Jamie Yeates and Emily Manns

Inside Out Dorset by Molly Gransbury, Ella Taylor and Julia Kabior

"BA (Hons) Interior Architecture and Design have been collaborating with Activate Dorset for a third year and the students have created a series of site-specific speculative installations that define an innovative temporary engagement experience across the landscape of Wild Woodbury, Re-Wilding nature reserve.

"Students have responded to the broader themes of ecologies, the climate emergency, interaction and engagement.

"Alongside the interaction and understanding of the site of Wild Woodbury, the students have used material growing/making, printmaking, virtual reality, visual programming and architectural filmmaking to communicate their projects."

Students: Molly Gransbury, Ella Taylor and Julia Kabior
Course: BA(Hons) Interior Architecture and Design
Tutors: Jamie Yeates and Ed Ward

Future Forest by Tom Pritchard and Grace Reeves

"Future Forest is a collaborative project from Arts University Bournemouth that brings together students from BA (Hons) Graphic Design and BA (Hons) Interior Architecture and Design courses, along with AUB staff and university coder-in-residence Ashley James Brown.

"As part of the curriculum, graphic design students were required to design an ethical and annotated response to the forest context that enhances the experience for visitors at Moors Valley Country Park as they visit Luke Jerram's 'Gaia' installation.

"The work, which can be explored here, covers ideas from augmented reality eco-poetry trails to interactive concepts based on the 'Wood Wide Web', which explores how trees communicate, to more practical ideas that address physical wayfinding and concepts that draw upon Greek mythology and use gamification to connect people to nature.

"In addition, Interior Architecture and Design students explored themes of ecology and sustainability within the period of the anthropocene, subsequently developing speculative, temporary engagement experiences across the landscape of Moors Valley.

"Varying in scale and scope, the outcomes embed aesthetic and functional qualities, exploring a multitude of fabrication methods and encapsulating theoretical concepts of novel materiality.

"The student work is exhibited across eight tiny screens and is displayed in a metal shipping container with embedded polycarbonate cubes derived from fractal forms found within crystal structures.

"The exhibition, created by Edward Ward, senior lecturer in Interior Architecture and Design, was developed in collaboration with student Tom Pritchard."

Students: Tom Pritchard and Grace Reeves
Course: BA(Hons) Interior Architecture and Design and BA(Hons) Graphic Design
Tutors: Ed Ward and Alice Stevens

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Dezeen School Shows: a wooden chair upholstered in a leather alternative made from seaweed is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Northumbria University.

Also featured is a lounge chair designed for workplace breakout areas and an item of furniture made from discarded vape casings.

Northumbria University

Institution: Northumbria University
Course: BA Hons Furniture and Product Design
Tutor: Rickard Whittingham

School statement:

"Furniture and Product Design BA (Hons) teaches a creative, analytical and skilful approach to the designing and making of products and furniture.

"Formerly known as '3D Design', this course allows you to join a community of staff and students eager to explore the potential for beauty, usefulness and meaning in contemporary material culture.

"You will develop both the technical skills required of a designer and the critical thinking skills necessary to understand design's role in the social, economic and environmental context of today.

"Our creative approach puts three-dimensional prototyping at the heart of the design process.

"You will be taught how to use the tools and techniques of workshops, computer labs and studio spaces to develop and evaluate designs in three dimensions.

"You will gain a sophisticated understanding of how to work with materials by sensitively incorporating their properties into your work and you will be challenged to think carefully about the valuable role your furniture and products should play in people's lives.

"The furniture and product design course's vision is to create the most able graduates – people who understand both how and why to make things, and are ready to make meaningful contributions to professional design practice."

Shiver by Fred Dunbar

"This is a material-led project that aims to reimagine and challenge the conventional norms of material finishes. The project resulted in a chair and stool as well as a number of bronze bowls.

"Shiver won the Tom Faulkner Award for Best Furniture Design and a London Design Fair Emerging Talent Award at New Designers 2024."

Student: Fred Dunbar

Hexagrain by Liam Ferris

"Hexagrain aims to blend wood grain with geometric forms to showcase the beauty of both.

"By combining expressive wood grain with a geometric aesthetic, it creates objects that celebrate both the natural and the human-made."

Student: Liam Ferris
Email: liamdavidferris[at]gmail.com

Chair Twenty by Joe Hill

"This project explores social interaction within public spaces. Chair Twenty is part of a range of furniture for coffee shops that aims to encourage people to interact with one another.

"I have investigated the ways in which furniture can influence conversation and how seating position and environments can encourage collaboration."

Student: Joe Hill

Pivot by Keanu Lee

"This project aims to minimise the negative impact of clutter on our daily lives. Clutter tends to gather when people accumulate non-essential belongings and it can have negative effects on our mental and physical health.

"The primary objective of Pivot is to enhance user productivity by reducing visual clutter on a domestic desk."

Student: Keanu Lee

Hankei—Radius by Phoebe Li

"This project involved the creation of a slatted bench inspired by the values and principles of Japanese author Naoto Fukasawa's work, alongside Li's personal expression of cosy ideologies from hygge.

"Crafted from oak, its gentle curves aim for a harmonious balance of simplicity and elegance. This bench encourages you to unwind and embrace the comforting ambience of hygge."

Student: Phoebe Li

Waste Recontextualised by Ben Watson

"This project investigates the re-contextualisation of waste through the repurposing of discarded disposable vapes.

"The goal was to give the pieces a refinement and quality, despite the throwaway nature of the 'waste' materials."

Student: Ben Watson

Retrospective Design by Owen Wright

"Retrospective design is an exploration into how past design styles can inform contemporary work.

"Minimal is a task light inspired by Modernist principles, with a focus on using a minimal number of materials to perform its function. Balance is a Postmodernism-inspired desk light."

Student: Owen Wright

Korean Design Modern Stool by Yi Chung-Hyun

"Chung-Hyun designed a sculptural stool made from walnut and plywood, which is inspired by the forms of traditional Korean 'Hanok' architecture.

"The swooping form of the top is designed to lend presence to the piece and also provides a comfortable seat."

Student: Yi Chung-Hyun

Lounge 6011 by Matthew A Gemmell

"Lounge 6011 was created using both nature and industrialism as inspirations.

"Made using steel tubing and veneered plywood, the 6011 was designed to provide a point of relaxation in office spaces."

Student: Matthew A Gemmell

Frond by Henry Davison

"Frond is a material research-based project. The aim was to develop a method to turn seaweed – a widely available and sustainable algae – into a viable alternative to leather for the furniture industry.

"The final process uses only biodegradable and sustainable materials to create a flexible yet durable leather-like material."

Student: Henry Davison

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Dezeen School Shows: a project examining the street furniture in Manhattan's Chinatown district is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at City College of New York.

Also included is a project that explores the relationship between humans and rats in New York City as well as a scheme that sees the restoration and adaptive reuse of the National Opera House.

City College of New York

Institution: City College of New York
School: The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture
Courses: Bachelor of Architecture, Master of Architecture and Master of Landscape Architecture programs, post-professional Master of Urban Planning (Urban Design) and Master of Science in Architecture programs, and (pre-professional) Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies and the Built Environment program
Tutors: Jeremy Edmiston, Kaitlin Faherty, Jerome Haferd, Brad Horn, Neil Katz, Kaja Kühl, Fabian Llonch, Lane Rick, Yadiel Rivera-Díaz, Julio Salcedo, Sanjukta Sen, Martin Stigsgaard, Laura Wainer and Marcus Wilford

School statement:

"The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at the City College of New York is the flagship public school of architecture in New York City.

"The Spitzer School is committed to social and sustainable concerns in design and practice, as well as providing access to the finest education in the art, history and technology of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design to the broadest and most diverse student population.

"Spitzer continually evolves to include more of the culture and history of our student body – this diversity refocuses and tests tradition, emboldening new directions in design education and the design fields."

Harlem Daisy Chain by George McCracken and Nada Gatalo

"This project contributes to a larger proposal to reconfigure and connect Upper Manhattan’s green spaces, from the northern edge of Central Park on 110th Street to Coogan's Bluff on 155th Street – we call this new continuous park the Harlem Daisy Chain.

"The proposal re-envisions the block of 111th Street – between Frederick Douglass Boulevard and Manhattan Avenue – as a park corridor connecting Central Park with Morningside Park.

"The plan repeats the quilt motif designed by artist Algernon Miller for Frederick Douglass Circle's paving, which demarcates scattered nodes of recreational activity.

"The project proposes eliminating traffic and replacing intensive paving with intensive planting."

Students: George McCracken and Nada Gatalo
Course: Master of Landscape Architecture – first-year foundation studio
Tutors: Sanjukta Sen and Yadiel Rivera-Díaz

In Between Heights: A 'Yes in my Backyard!' Project by Valeska Abarca, Ismael Cajamarca and Annabelle Surya

"Drawing on a study of informal construction hidden within the dense urban blocks of the Jackson Heights neighbourhood in Queens, New York, this project proposes a gradual densification plan.

"The proposal creates a step-by-step strategy to convert private parking lots into compact, affordable housing units and community spaces. The project is grounded in the concept of incrementality maintained by a community land trust.

"This approach accounts for the social and cultural values of existing communities and the changes in urban landscapes over time. It is a small-scale development model that can be repeated, enabling residents to engage in the city-making process."

Students: Valeska Abarca, Ismael Cajamarca and Annabelle Surya
Course: Bachelor of Architecture Advanced Studio – Incremental NY: alternative social housing models for the city yet to come
Tutor: Laura Wainer PHD

Migration X: Submission 101 by Ismael Cajamarca and Sofiia Alaeva

"Referring to migration as an illegal 'invasion' of immigrants is an example of the recent escalation of tension and persecution along the border between Mexico and the United States.

"Against this backdrop, this project probes architecture to investigate opportunities for affecting large cultural transitions at different scales. Focusing on the circulation of people across the globe, this proposal integrates and assists migrants living in New York City.

"Utilising social media analytically as a tool to promote local migrants' unique cultural contributions, the project focuses on three neighbourhoods and proposes design solutions for improving and invigorating lesser-known yet vibrant areas of NYC."

Students: Ismael Cajamarca and Sofiia Alaeva
Course: Bachelor of Architecture Advanced Studio – Migration X
Tutor: Martin Stigsgaard

Houses of Resonance: The Pittsburgh National Negro Opera House by Harry Tietelman and Alexandra Almaguer

"House of Resonance re-imagines the National Opera House as an instrument that resonates out from and into the landscape.

"The concept includes developing a new aesthetic language unmasking and preserving the layered history within the walls.

"Beyond restoring the ornate Victorian exterior, the design seeks to transform the interior space into a resonating chamber that creates community and amplifies Black performance."

Students: Harry Tietelman and Alexandra Almaguer
Course: Master of Architecture Advanced Studio – Marronage
Tutor: Jerome Haferd

Densifying Manufacturing, Evolving Urban Systems by Fernando Gonzales, Michael Kirschman, Suzanne Kerr, Angie Montenegro, Kunal Veerabhadraswamy, Tanner Barr, Samantha Gifford, Susann Mejia Prior, Pauroma Tann and Christian Calle

"This project reimagines urban manufacturing as part of New York City's legacy of urban industry.

"New initiatives have emerged to support urban manufacturing and create incentives for industrial expansion, since these vital activities advance the city's environmental, socio-economic and sustainable objectives.

"The map proposes to densify urban industrial sites in relation to sites proposed for development by the city's Department of Design and Construction and the Department of Sanitation.

"The perspectival view integrates ecological systems based in participatory practices as the foundation for addressing urban manufacturing."

Students: Fernando Gonzales, Michael Kirschman, Suzanne Kerr, Angie Montenegro, Kunal Veerabhadraswamy, Tanner Barr, Samantha Gifford, Susann Mejia Prior, Pauroma Tann and Christian Calle
Course: Graduate Urban Design Program Advanced Studio – Crafting New Public Imaginaries
Tutors: Julio Salcedo, Marcus Wilford and Neil Katz

Sound-to-Form: Crafting New York's Future Dwellings by Mayu Uchiyama

"This project is an exploration of construction through site interpretation, where analysis becomes a fundamental part of design, where the description of qualities requires the invention of ways of drawing.

"This reciprocal movement between drawing and construction expands analysis, creating form works for future dwellings, large and small, in New York City.

"In this drawing, the analysis of a small Harlem row house site combines musical and architectural drawing techniques, exploring intricate details like sirens, trees, stoop greetings and garden scenes.

"The interplay of bundled and scattered lines shapes the blueprint for future dwellings."

Student: Mayu Uchiyama
Course: Master of Architecture Advanced Studio – Form Work
Tutors: Jeremy Edmiston and Kaitlin Faherty

Bronx Collective Ecology by Shiva Abbaszadeh, Kingsley Chong and Wyatt Scott Kuebler

"This proposal, entitled the Bronx Collective Ecology, is an adaptive reuse project and the winning entry in the AIA Bronx Kingsbridge Armory Competition.

"It tackles social, economic and environmental challenges faced by the Bronx community through sustainable agricultural practices and modular design.

"Implementing vertical farming alongside ecological programming, this project transforms the Kingsbridge Armory into a nurturing space, housing a dynamic marketplace, a rooftop garden, poultry farming, maker spaces and recreational spaces for the community to inhabit.

"By reimagining this expansive site through modular organisation, this project fosters productive spaces as well as individual experiences in the community."

Students: Shiva Abbaszadeh, Kingsley Chong and Wyatt Scott Kuebler
Course: Bachelor of Architecture Advanced Studio – Vertical Farming at the Kingsbridge Armory
Tutors: Fabian Llonch

The Nexus by Katerina Kwong, Tianyu Chen and Kang Pei Sun

"For most of the 20th century, public policy prohibited mixing industrial workspaces with housing in most places.

"This project explores how climate solutions can provide a new perspective on defining urban mixed-use, co-locating spaces for green jobs with healthy low-carbon residential units in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

"The project aims to help achieve the city's climate goals and explore new modes of living and working in a post-carbon city."

Students: Katerina Kwong, Tianyu Chen and Kang Pei Sun
Course: Bachelor of Architecture Advanced Studio: Drawdown – Carbon Neutral Live/Work in Brooklyn
Tutor: Kaja Kühl

Object-ing Routines by Xiao Lin Wang

"Manhattan's Chinatown is celebrated for its prosperous cultural history and perceptual activities.

"Nevertheless, such visual qualities would not be possible without the overflowing makeup of objects comprising the public sidewalks and private spaces. Thus, objects enable an imaginary built environment to define routines and act as an urban landscape to preserve Chinatown's eccentric characteristics.

"Particular objects define the program of the space and therefore invite interactions specific to individuals' routines."

Student: Xiao Lin Wang
Course: Bachelor of Architecture Advanced Studio –  Alternate Futures
Tutor: Lane Rick

Commensal Cartography by Mosammet Chowdhury

"This project explores urban commensalism, meaning an unencumbered relationship between species. The Covid pandemic has amplified the ways in which humans are intrinsically entangled with non-human species.

"This proposal speculates on the elusive spaces of interspecies cohabitation of humans and rats in New York City. Benefiting from the social shifts of the pandemic, rats have multiplied exponentially.

"It redefines human space in relation to the expanding geographies of rats to understand how architecture indirectly promotes interspecies relationships. Through the invention of a diagrammatic language codifying these unexpected adjacencies and overlaps, the project visualises spaces of mutual encounter."

Student: Mosammet Chowdhury
Course: Bachelor of Architecture Advanced Studio – Independent Projects
Tutor: Brad Horn

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Dezeen School Shows: a pair of hand-woven, hand-dyed rugs depicting urban development in Qatar is included in this school show by Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar.

Also included is a series of gold vessels designed to be used in the Muslim cleansing ritual Wudhu before prayer and a suspended sculpture made up of glass droplets.

Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar

Institution: Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar (VCUarts Qatar)

School statement:

"To mark the university's 25th anniversary, VCUarts Qatar is hosting an exhibition of 39 alumni works with curatorial assistance from art history graduates Teslim Sanni, Sara Mohammed and Anusheh Zaman.

"The poetic title of the exhibition, This Sand is Made of Stars/This Sea is Made of Pearls – Horizon Historiographies, is inspired by these alumni, their projects and Qatar, the country in which they studied.

"Their works are presented as a curated series of narratives or historiographies and are reminiscent of the local fables of Al Khor, tales that were once narrated when people gathered around a fire, keeping memory and faith alive.

"Through this story-telling approach, the curatorial narrative highlights the importance of a country's past in shaping its creative future, drawing a parallel with how the history of an academic institution shapes the future of its students.

"The works are visionary and immersive, moving and reflective. They echo the restless, rhythmic movement of Qatari people as they travelled over the sands and seas in search of hidden treasures.

"They draw inspiration from the past yet project new horizons that use new technologies and methods to envision a future of hope and creative excellence.

"Based on the common themes that are found within each work, the exhibition develops across four chapters: The Sacred, The Water (Sea), The Land (Sand), and The Self and The Other."

Fragmented Realities by Hadeer Omar

"The immersive audiovisual installation Fragmented Realities explores the realm of dreams as a wellspring of inspiration and storytelling.

"Omar presents dreams in their uncontrollable and unrepeatable nature, eliciting introspection and scepticism for what constitutes reality.

"She uses visual and vocal symbolism to help the observer decipher the meaning of dreams and discover an underlying harmony amid the abyss of chaos.

"Omar is an Egyptian new media artist and assistant professor at VCUarts Qatar whose work centres on exploring socio-cultural issues through immersive XR media, graphics, photography, A/V performances, 360 storytelling and video art installations."

Student: Hadeer Omar
Course: BFA Graphic Design and MFA Design

So Be Patient by Ghada Al Khater

"So Be Patient is a playful take on the difficult and rewarding process of being patient by Qatari artist Al Khater.

"It suggests that to practice patience, one must be endowed with characteristics that abandon limitations brought by schedules. For example, strength is a characteristic displayed in the heat of the moment.

"Patience, however, is dependent upon charting the unknown factor of the passage of time, a sacred journey that can only be led by faith.

"It requires a combination of courage, strength and faith all at once. Al Khater states that the be patient 'is to live elegantly and eloquently'.

"Her work is a satirical commentary on regional events and relevant international affairs."

Student: Ghada Al Khater
Course: BFA Graphic Design

Cyberlahore by Hazem Asif

"This project imagines the Pakistani city Lahore in 2069 – a majestic hub of hybrid cultures, languages and politically active residents.

"The city of Lahore might look perfectly normal, but now and then, power-hungry politicians, capitalism, religious autocracy and excessive pollution crack through its polished surface.

"Set in Cyberlahore, an artistic illustration of a future Lahore, the project invites the audience into a colourful and intricate representation of urban sites and human-made crises and transports them to a different world, getting lost in the intricate details of the story.

"Through his work, Asif aims to create design that bridges historical, political and social issues to formulate creative and meaningful design narratives."

Student: Hazem Asif
Course: BFA Graphic Design and MFA Design Studies

Mohasir Mohasar by Majdulin Nasrallah

"Mohasir Mohasar, or Besieger-Besieged, is a metaphor for a two-way siege. The work is a reflection on the checkpoints, roadblocks and other elements of control used by Israel in occupied Palestine.

"This work explores the notion of borders as physical and psychological constructs and presents the audience with an interactive steel cage, aiming to reflect the contrasting dynamic of liberation and confinement encapsulated by the duality of political barriers.

"The bars of the cage form the shape of a seat as they protrude outward and inward, inviting the besieger and the besieged to swap positions, have a conversation and perceive space from a different angle.

"Emphasis is placed on the human experience, exploring the relationship and dialogue between the body, mind and built environment."

Student: Majdulin Nasrallah
Course: BFA Interior Design

Yolkkh, The Story of My People by Amna Yandarbin

"Yolkkh, The Story of My People, presents a series of scarves with digitally designed illustrations that tell the story of the designer, Yandarbin, and her people, the Noxci people.

"The Noxci are more commonly known as Chechens from the Russian moniker.

"The work aims to counteract the dehumanisation and demonisation that Yandarbin witnessed from western media of her Muslim community.

"In sharing her story, which paints an intergenerational journey from childhood to a vision of the future, she aims to give a voice to the Noxci community, stand against Islamophobia, and use the power of storytelling to inform and connect with the audience in an empathetic and human way."

Student: Amna Yandarbin
Course: BFA Fashion Design and MFA Design Studies

Subjected Subjects by Habeeb Futtaim

"The almost abstract pictorial work titled Subjected Subjects is a representation of a group of male figures dressed in flowing garments, where one single person or face cannot be distinguished from the other – a symbol of a unified whole.

"This work is the outcome of constant exploration and inquiry into the complexity and absurdity of people's cultural and political identities, specifically the Arab identity.

"Research investigated the impact of western hegemonic endeavours in the West Asian region's cultural production and its relation to nation-building and identity-building exercises as a collective.

"In an attempt to demystify the essentialist notions of homogenous identities, the project deconstructs the visual elements and symbolisms associated with national and cultural identity building."

Student: Habeeb Futtaim
Course: BFA in Painting and Printmaking with a minor in Art History, and MFA in Museums and Gallery Practice

Cultural Misfits by Izaa Alyssa

"The installation Cultural Misfits showcases two captivating poems that dive into the profound accumulation of cross-cultural experiences of third culture kids and the feelings of rootlessness and restlessness that often haunt these young people seeking to establish their personal agency.

"The poem Invisible Lines is a poignant composition by Joud Ghaliyani, a Jordanian-Palestinian poet in Qatar, while Passenger is an empowering piece written by Nour Khairi, a Sudanese poet residing in England.

"Visual elements crafted by Shima Aeinehdar, an Iranian illustrator and VCUarts Qatar alumna based in Qatar, accompany the compositions.

"Together, these artistic expressions evoke a multi-dimensional experience, inviting profound contemplation of the intricate nuances of multiculturalism and the deep sense of belonging that arises from navigating multiple worlds.

"In her work, Alyssa seeks to highlight the complexities of crossing cultures and the transition into adulthood through visual storytelling."

Student: Izaa Alyssa
Course: BFA Graphic Design

Lines of Illumination by Noora Al Hardan

"Lines of Illumination showcases the geometric and architectural tradition of Doha by illuminating the unique interplay of light, images and nostalgia inspired by a home in Qatar.

"Taking inspiration from light leaks of analogue films, the artist envelopes the house in the image in a faded neon green aura that emanates a subtle energy to symbolise the intangible impressions and memories.

"Through this work, Al Hardan encourages the audience to experience familiar spaces through a lens that purposefully blurs the boundaries between reality and perception.

"By delving into this immersive visual narrative, the artwork enables viewers to embrace the interplay between light, shape and memory.

"Through her work, the Qatari artist seeks to capture images of abandoned architectural spaces in Qatar and alter them to shed light on what is often overlooked or forgotten."

Student: Noora Al Hardan
Course: BFA in Painting and Printmaking

Tawasil Series by Shouq Al Mana

"The Tawasil Series of paintings features themes celebrating the Qatari family unit, tradition and customs, aiming to envelop elements of Qatari identity and cultural solidarity.

"Undulating brushstrokes capture the fluid movement of traditional garments, like waves upon the surface of the sea.

"The work and choice of symbols – the egal, a headpiece typically worn by men, as well as the shaila, a lightweight headscarf worn by women – pay homage to Qatari heritage and traditions that have been passed down through generations.

"Through this series, Al Mana aims to create works that are accessible and relatable to viewers, allowing the audience to form their own relationship with the work and to stimulate broader conversations about Qatari culture and identity."

Student: Shouq Al Mana
Course: BFA Painting and Printmaking

The Waste Land by Fatima Mohammed

"In The Waste Land, a poetic short film, the natural world and the effects of human intervention on the environment unite on the garments of the main character Anaj, a wanderer.

"The character is a hybrid of a Western and Qatari creature that is both a bald eagle and a human.

"Drawing inspiration from the batoola, a gold mask worn by local women for many years, the Anaj mask embodies the artist's endeavour to inspire society to be free and to take pride in their values and dreams.

"Anaj, dressed in clothes made of recycled water bottles and an abaya decorated with a thousand plastic feathers, silently walks and explores a surreal location in Qatar, beguiling the audience to question the elements of the composition and what belongs within the environment."

Student: Fatima Mohammed
Course: BFA Painting and Printmaking, minor in Art History

Reclamation of Self by Hassan al Shehhi

"Reclamation of Self is an installation that aims to capture the intensity of a moment where emotions pour out of us in the form of tears, much like rain flows down from the sky.

"The artwork is inspired by the anxiety, anger, isolation and a host of other powerful emotions that encompassed the new reality that the artist and people all over the world experienced during Covid-19.

"Finding symbolism through glass and water as metaphors for lightness and tears, strength and an unburdening, the artist created a symphony of a raining dark cloud to represent the negativity overshadowing one's inner being.

"It is just like a heavy heart that holds onto a burden until it bursts, allowing the heaviness to pour out and relief to find a place inside one's core."

Student: Hassan al Shehhi
Course: BFA Painting and Printmaking

Galaxy by Lauren Morell

"Galaxy is a garment that flows like water and ripples like the sea when a soft breeze runs over its surface.

"It is a piece imbued with symbolism that holds deep personal meaning for the artist – Morell draws her inspiration from her attachment to Qatar and the Middle East.

"Like a gravitational pull between forces of attraction, the design uses two different textures – silk and a pleated cotton silk mix – fused together to become one whole.

"This conjoining reflects Morell's connection to the Middle East, as well as her fondness for modesty and purity.

"The waves rippling through the fabric with the wind resembles her journey in the desert of life, how far she has come, and the hard work she put in for her present-day achievements."

Student: Lauren Morell
Course: BFA Fashion Design

The Sacred Union by Othman Al Khunji

"The Sacred Union is an installation crafted from marble, metal and clay where the materials and forms intend to remind us of the steady union of all that is bound together by faith.

"The Sacred Union is a bespoke diptych that encapsulates the heritage, religion and culture of Arabian Gulf citizenry.

"Minimal in design, yet captivating in its amalgamated presence, the work proudly stands its ground, distinctly sealed by Islamic testimony, cultural pride and eternal vows."

Student: Othman Al Khunji
Course: MFA Design

Untitled by Yousef Bahzad

"This painting is part of a series produced by Qatari-American visual artist Bahzad for his solo exhibition during his residency at the Doha Fire Station museum in 2021.

"In this untitled work, a figure stands like a solid rock on the water's edge.

"A ceaseless pounding of waves is carved by time into its form that morphs and changes before the viewer's eyes, yet remains constant and inert in its painted stillness."

Student: Yousef Bahzad
Course: BFA in Painting and Printmaking, minor in Art History

Less Water More Holy by Faheem Khan

"Less Water More Holy showcases a series of contemporary vessels designed to make the personal gesture of cleansing before prayer more spiritual and sustainable.

"Khan executed the concept through a two-part investigation of the eight-step ritual ablution known as Wudu, which Muslims perform five times a day.

"He analysed how in today's process of Wudu, most people consume up to four to seven litres of water, which is more than the 650 millilitres the Prophet Muhammad required to complete Wudu.

"Based on this, the artist proposed eight individual artefacts designed to show how little water is needed for each step of Wudu.

"Lessons extracted from this analytical phase informed a more reflective and sustainable ritual ablution, modelled on and inspired by the teachings of the Prophet."

Student: Faheem Khan
Course: BFA Graphic Design and MFA Design

The Construction Pipes/The Construction Barriers by Maryam Al Homaid

"Hand-coloured and hand-woven pieces in this project aim to capture the lively essence of Qatar's urban scene and share the artist's interpretation of the bustling construction sites across Doha.

"Pipes serve as vital infrastructure elements that facilitate the growth, development and modernisation of the nation's urban landscape.

"Carrying utilities such as water, sewage and gas, they form ever-growing webs throughout Qatar, a dynamic which the artist intricately weaves into the webs of her textiles.

"Growing up in an artistic household, Al Homaid witnessed the drastic, fast-paced economic and social development in the country.

"Changes in local lifestyle, language, behaviour, technology and architecture greatly influenced her art and can be seen intertwined within her artistic endeavours in digital and textile design."

Student: Maryam Al Homaid
Course: BFA Graphic Design and MFA Design

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Dezeen School Shows: a theatre with an inflatable facade that changes shape with the audience's breathing is included in this school show by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students.

Also included is a refurbished canal lock system on New York's Erie Canal and a reflective metal-clad art gallery extension with an undulating interior punctuated by skylights.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

School: School of Architecture
Tutors: Christianna Bennett, Adam Dayem, Fleet Hower, Hseng Lintner, Walaid Sehwail, Stefan Svedberg, Ryosuke Imaeda, Ed Keller, Caleb White and Leandro Piazzi

School statement:

"Situated within one of the premier technological research universities in the US, the School of Architecture at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute works in collaboration with leading scientists, engineers, technologists, artists and entrepreneurs.

"Together, we reimagine the future built environment as an ecologically responsive, energy-efficient, socially conscious, and poetically charged constellation of buildings and infrastructures that reinvigorate and empower diverse communities around the world.

"We believe in the benevolent power of architecture to contribute to the environmental restoration of our planet, to establish a more productive, harmonious and symbiotic relationship with the natural world, and to imbue our buildings with an awe-inspiring sense of wonder and delight."

From Overlooked to Overgrown by Annelise Eggen-McElmurry

"The Erie Canal has been a multi-generational project since its inception. Its design, ideation and fabrication came about through the vision and labour of a band of first-generation American amateurs, only to be carried out to completion two generations later.

"From Overlooked to Overgrown by Annelise Eggen-McElmurry reconceives the multi-generational project of the Erie Canal to serve the values and interests of the next seven generations.

"Annelise's project refocuses the canal's lock system from one that prioritises the transfer of boats between two elevations, to one that reinvents the lock as a hydraulic mechanism for filtering water.

"Through an intricately designed system of veins laced across the site, surface area is increased for the uptake of floodwater and processes of filtration.

"Her design imagines a combined architecture and landscape system that works to clean water and display the mechanisms of the system to visitors of the site, culminating in pump houses that display tanks of filtered water.

"The water eventually infiltrates back into the ground to become a source of wetland overgrowth, creating a new landscape adjacent to the lock."

Student: Annelise Eggen-McElmurry
Course element: Architectural Design 2, first year
Tutor: Christianna Bennett
Student email: eggena[at]rpi.edu
Faculty email: bennec5[at]rpi.edu

Sol Convergence by Anthony Toma and Javier Torres

"This studio addressed multi-unit housing on an urban site in Troy, New York.

"As a building typology, housing tends to be built in repetitive compositions of horizontal and vertical structural elements. To resist this tendency while maintaining a level of repetition that satisfies the program of housing, students were asked to begin the design process by creating an abstract three-dimensional matrix.

"This spatial matrix consisted of oblique elements running in one axis and parallel elements running in the second and third axes.

"By carefully adjusting the angle of the oblique, the ratio of solid to void and the spacing of parallel elements, students were able to use it to develop realistic housing solutions without completely submitting to the conventions of the typology.

"The project shown here was focused on shaping distinctive public and private spaces, establishing a strong relationship between indoor and outdoor living and implementing unique visual architectural effects."

Students: Anthony Toma and Javier Torres
Course element: Architectural Design 4, second year
Tutor: Adam Dayem
Student emails: tomaa[at]rpi.edu and torrej8[at]rpi.edu
Faculty email: dayema[at]rpi.edu

Rebar Production Facility and Retreat by Haley Korwan and Aditi Jayashankar

"This design studio examined the growing commitment of New York State to developing sustainable materials at industrial scales for the building industry.

"The materials, primarily hemp, are farmed for their range of potential uses, including in the manufacturing of insulation, partitions and structures.

"We looked at the physical properties, potential supply chain, potential commercial uses and infrastructure required to develop hemp-based building materials.

"Final proposals included the design of a new statewide supply chain as well as a manufacturing process that would address the needs of the building industry in New York State."

Students: Haley Korwan and Aditi Jayashankar
Course element: Vertical Design Studio, third, fourth and fifth year
Tutor: Fleet Hower
Student emails: korwah[at]rpi.edu and jayasa[at]rpi.edu
Faculty email: howerj[at]rpi.edu

Sanctuary for the Non-Human: A Planetary Archive for a Non-Human Audience by Danny Blanco

"Architecture's conception of itself as a discipline has depended for centuries on a model of artificial in relation to natural, and the primal human action in the wilderness – to build a hut or make a bonfire.

"As architects, should our role be to design the physical world – the hardware – along with the operating system? Can architecture, increasingly technologised, participate beyond culture in the creation of artificial intelligence?

"The studio approached this design problem by using generative AI tools critically and exclusively to explore the latent space of possible architecture. The projects proposed speculative counter-theses to current technological situation."

Student: Danny Blanco
Course element: Vertical Design Studio, third, fourth, fifth year
Tutor: Ed Keller
Student email: blancd3[at]rpi.edu
Faculty email: machinicphylum[at]mac.com

Adverse-tisement: Architecture, Propaganda and Power by Nicole Martinez

"From monuments that celebrate national identity to public spaces designed to promote particular ideologies, architecture has been used throughout history to influence public opinion and reinforce narratives.

"The rise of global market economies and their interrelationship with telematics has transformed the architecture of persuasion to one predicated on signage and corporate iconography.

"Adverse-tisement presents a near future urbanism where physical and virtual worlds conflate, creating a new synthetic domain where various political and corporate forces each attempt to dominate the visual landscape.

"It is a vision in which the physical world becomes a mere canvas for the saturated polychromatic articulations of the virtual world, raising questions about realism, fidelity, authenticity and truth amid conflicting power struggles."

Student: Nicole Martinez
Course element: Final Project, fifth-year thesis
Tutor: Hseng Lintner
Student email: martin6[at]rpi.edu
Faculty email: lintnh[at]rpi.edu

An Ambiguous Act by Emily Zheng

"The addition of a new building to an existing historic compound is never an easy task.

"In an act of intentional ambiguity, the project aims to remain undefined between a landscape and an object capable of hosting a new museum for the Thomas Cole National Historic Site without disturbing the existing delicate balance.

"Reflective curved surfaces define its exterior presence, promoting an experience closer to an illusion than an encounter.

"Inside, on the other hand, the space is configured by a continuous undulating white canvas and carefully studied skylights that accentuate the painter's works, inviting visitors to enjoy the magnificent landscapes of the Hudson Valley portrayed by Thomas Cole."

Student: Emily Zheng
Course element: Architectural Design 3, second year
Tutor: Leandro Piazzi
Student email: zhenge2[at]rpi.edu
Faculty email: piazzl2[at]rpi.edu

The Oblique Graphic by Maddie Warch

"This project explores the dynamic and symbiotic interplay between plan and section achieved through meticulously applied oblique cuts.

"These cuts translate the interior figuration and order as large graphics across the building's elevational views, creating a visual narrative between the interior and exterior.

"In other words, this technique allows viewers to simultaneously grasp both the overall structure and its internal compositions."

Student: Maddie Warch
Course element: Architectural Design 1, first year
Tutor: Walaid Sehwail
Student email: warchm[at]rpi.edu

Chelsea Public Library by Eric Diaz

"The studio speculates on the future of libraries in the 21st century.

"Students work through specific stages of development in the architectural design process, from schematic and design development through building systems integration, construction systems development, environmental response and performance.

"They do this with resolved regulatory requirements that approach the level of detailed development and integrated thinking demanded for construction and documentation.

"Situated in Chelsea in New York City, this project explores the library as a space of confluence within the urban fabric by overlapping trajectories, zones and functions.

"Seeking to intensify the notion of what it means to be public, spaces of circulation double as urban living rooms.

"Boundaries become volumetric and connective, generating architectural conditions that create zones for the superimposition for multiple user demographics and social exchange."

Student: Eric Diaz
Course: Comprehensive Design 1, third and fourth year
Tutor: Stefan Svedberg
Student email: diaze2[at]rpi.edu
Faculty email: svedbp[at]rpi.edu

Drawing Machine by Doug Ladzinski and Melissa Sellards

"This studio utilised RPI's CRAIVE lab, a virtual reality laboratory with a panoramic screen used to design interactive projects.

"These projects utilised the students' architectural skillsets to interrogate interactive videogame tools. Conversely, many of the projects used video game design tools to invent new architectural representation tools.

"This project, 'Drawing Machine', was inspired by 2D scroller video games.

"Using the panoramic screen as a static clipping plane, this spatial architectural object can be navigated and reoriented in three dimensions, but the user's sectional view always remains the same.

"This allows the project to have a multiplicity and simultaneity of sectional readings."

Students: Doug Ladzinski and Melissa Sellards
Course element: Vertical Design Studio, third, fourth and fifth year
Tutor: Caleb White
Student emails: ladzid[at]rpi.edu and sellam[at]rpi.edu
Faculty email: whitec10[at]rpi.edu

Ambivalent Theater by Chris Saour

"This project explores architectural ambivalence between indexicality and anonymity by examining filmmaking tools and techniques.

"By questioning the ubiquitous relationship of our perspectival perceptions and flat constructions, this theatre introduces a quasi-material change granted by the facade modulation between tense and flaccid.

"The ambiguous materiality of the theatre, whether concrete, metal, or fabric, is brought by a vinyl facade that gently inflates and deflates by the heat produced from the audiences and performances.

"As opposed to pursuing a theatrical spectacle as an urban icon, it finds its own architectural significance in the aesthetics between speaking and unspoken."

Student: Chris Saour
Course element: Final Project, fifth-year thesis
Tutor: Ryosuke Imaeda
Student email: chrisys1999[at]gmail.com
Faculty email: imaedr[at]rpi.edu

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Dezeen School Shows: an exhibition curation project aiming to highlight artists' cultural disorientation is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the University of Toronto.

Also featured is an immersive dual-screen video that sheds light on the experiences of Black people in the style of a 1960s talk show, and a research project examining the health of fruit trees in Toronto, Canada.

University of Toronto

Institution: University of Toronto
School: John H Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design
Courses: Master of Forest Conservation, Master of Urban Design and Master of Visual Studies
Tutors: Zach Blas, Jean-Paul Kelly, Barbara Fischer, Tenley Conway, Sandy Smith, Michael Piper and Otto Ojo

School statement:

"The John H Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto offers graduate programmes in architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, forestry and visual studies.

"It also offers unique undergraduate programmes that use architectural studies and visual studies as a lens through which students may pursue a broad, liberal arts-based education.

"Its mission is to educate students, prepare professionals and cultivate scholars who will play a leading role in creating more culturally engaged, ecologically sustainable, socially just and artfully conceived environments.

"The greater Toronto region serves as a dynamic laboratory for both its students and faculty, while the University of Toronto, which year after year ranks among the top universities in the world, provides a wealth of knowledge and expertise that they can draw from.

"Like Toronto, Daniels students and faculty are incredibly cosmopolitan in sensibility, hailing from every part of the world, with their work crossing all sorts of geographic and cultural boundaries.

"The city's multicultural networks and international connections make the Daniels Faculty a powerful place to start a career."

Breathe by Durga Rajah

"Breathe approaches the photographic self-portrait as a means of making visible the invisible self that lies beneath the particulars of one's likeness.

"It explores how the photographer's presence might be registered in a photograph in the slightest possible form, in the hope that this reduced impression creates a space for empathy and self-reflection on the viewer's part.

"Breathe places as much emphasis on the performance of making the photographs as on the performance of viewing them.

"The installation is designed to reduce sensory distractions and to reveal the fragility of the images coming into being within the viewer's awareness."

Student: Durga Rajah
Course: Master of Visual Studies in Studio Art
Tutor: Jean-Paul Kelly
Email: durga.r.780[at]gmail.com

Tumbling in Harness by Erin Reznick

"Tumbling in Harness examines the implications of online death in the age of platform capitalism.

"As the world has become increasingly integrated with online media, digital memorialisation complicates the notion of what remains of someone's life after death and how the bereaved mourn in the absence of physical bodies.

"Conceiving that people might persist eternally through data raises questions around digital immortality and the recodification of death rituals.

"AI and social media alike have facilitated unprecedented interactions between the deceased and the living. Digital immortality brings forth unique cultural, technical, social, ethical and legal challenges."

Student: Erin Reznick
Course: Master of Visual Studies in Curatorial Studies
Tutor: Barbara Fischer
Email: reznick.erin[at]gmail.com

Little Jamaica Multi-Flex – Revitalising Multi-Functional Space for Small Business by Anusha Prakash

"Eglinton Avenue West, also known as Little Jamaica, is a diverse corridor in terms of land use and ethnic groups, with businesses and cultural institutions reflecting the area's multiculturalism.

"Economic pressure and cultural practices have prompted many businesses to adopt secondary activities, resulting in a multiplicity of use.

"This project advocates for multiple-use retail spaces as an opportunity to promote neighbourhood stability, preserve cultural legacy and prevent the displacement of both small businesses and residents.

"Encouraging a mix of uses can lead to more equitable and resilient neighbourhoods that meet diverse needs. "

Student: Anusha Prakash
Course: Master of Urban Design
Tutors: Michael Piper and Otto Ojo
Email: anu1phl[at]gmail.com

Mapping Public Access to Green Space and Federal-Municipal Ownership in Canada's Capital Region by Aileen Duncan

"Urban green spaces are widely acknowledged as important variables in creating livable cities, yet in many cities, residents have inequitable access to green space.

"This project examines green space access available to Ottawa's citizens.

"While Ottawa's green space is generally positive, there are signals of inequities related to income, education, ethnicity and race, particularly on a neighbourhood level.

"The federal government is pivotal in providing access to green space – federal greenspaces are concentrated in the central area, along heritage rivers and adjacent to the Greenbelt.

"This underscores the importance of collaboration and partnerships between the NCC and the City of Ottawa for stewardship and planning."

Student: Aileen Duncan
Course: Master of Forest Conservation
Tutor: Tenley Conway
Email: aileen.k.duncan[at]gmail.com

Are urban fruit trees healthy? Examining health indicators in Toronto's urban orchard by Frida Kitz

"While urban fruit trees can provide food security and community, they are understudied. This project examined how health varies across fruit tree species, size classes and neighbourhoods.

"Toronto homeowners were requested to register their fruit trees and complete a health assessment.

"There were no significant differences between species, though apricots were the most likely to be extremely unhealthy.

"Additional findings suggest that homeowners are reluctant to care for their fruit trees due to a variety of factors.

"Interviewing homeowners is important to better understand where their frustrations and knowledge gaps lie so that urban forestry organizations and municipalities can tailor their services and educational programmes."

Student: Frida Kitz
Course: Master of Forest Conservation
Tutor: Sandy Smith
Email: friederike.kitz[at]utoronto.ca

Decentralized Density by Becky (Siyi) Tang

"Toronto's Little Jamaica neighbourhood is at the forefront of the city's affordable housing crisis.

"One of the city's main strategies to create affordability proposes inclusionary zoning, which will require new large-scale developments to designate a certain percentage of affordable units.

"However, Little Jamaica was excluded from this city-wide zoning plan.

"Decentralised Density proposes an alternative that encourages existing homeowners to create alternative affordable housing options within their properties.

"Densifying the community in this way, we incentivise locals to participate in the solution, providing neighbourhood amenities, and reducing the growing reliance on developers to provide affordability in statistically cost-prohibitive housing typologies."

Student: Becky (Siyi) Tang
Course: Master of Urban Design
Tutors: Michael Piper and Otto Ojo
Email: siyi.tang[at]mail.utoronto.ca

I Believe I Saw Aliens by Omolola Ajao

"This two-channel video speculates on public Black performance on a stage of anti-black conditions. Textually embodied and subjectively narrated, this work is an analytical and poetic reflection on Black presence and Black futurity.

"The work is framed by the artist's viewpoint, but it is dizzying, unclear, strange and orbiting.

"In the context of 1960s talk shows, the artist is thinking through what a permissible and effective Black narrative could be within a white system.

"Is the expectation to underscore, to continue, to make regular violences? Can we disassemble a continued relation of Blackness, where the expectation is white understanding, even when Black subjectivity is invited into the atmosphere?"

Student: Omolola Ajao
Course: Master of Visual Studies in Studio Art
Tutors: Zach Blas and Jean-Paul Kelly
Email: lola.ajao[at]outlook.com

Where have I arrived? by Sherry Chunqing Liu

"Prompted by a personal polaroid photograph of the curator of her childhood home in Xiamen, China, this thesis exhibition explores the themes of food/kitchen, translation, and body through the lens of 'diaspora space'.

"'Diaspora space' is defined by sociologist Avtar Brah as a conceptual category that 'includes the entanglement, the intertwining of the genealogies of dispersion with those of 'staying put'.

"The project explores the relation between arriving in a gallery space and in diaspora space and opens up the complexity of the idea of 'Asian Diaspora'.

"The exhibition features works by artists Lotus Laurie Kang, Brubey Hu and Patrick Cruz."

Student: Sherry Chunqing Liu
Course: Master of Visual Studies in Curatorial Studies
Tutor: Barbara Fischer
Email: sherryliustudio[at]gmail.com

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Dezeen School Shows: a thesis that researches human experiences in an isolated industrial port is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the University of Toronto.

Also featured is a project that represents the displacement of Kurds in Turkey and an exhibition that showcases indigenous history through curated spaces, ceremonies and activities.

University of Toronto

Institution: University of Toronto
School: John H Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design
Courses: Master of Architecture and Master of Landscape Architecture
Tutors: Jeannie Kim, Shane Williamson, John Shnier, Lukas Pauer, Behnaz Assadi, Elise Shelley, Terrance Radford, Agata Mrozowski, Alissa North, Petros Babasikas and Todd Douglas

School statement:

"The John H Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design at the University of Toronto offers graduate programmes in architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, forestry and visual studies.

"It also offers unique undergraduate programmes that use architectural studies and visual studies as a lens through which students may pursue a broad, liberal arts-based education.

"Its mission is to educate students, prepare professionals and cultivate scholars who will play a leading role in creating more culturally engaged, ecologically sustainable, socially just and artfully conceived environments.

"The greater Toronto region serves as a dynamic laboratory for its students and faculty, while the University of Toronto, which year after year ranks among the top universities in the world, provides a wealth of knowledge and expertise that they can draw from.

"Like Toronto, Daniels students and faculty are incredibly cosmopolitan in sensibility, hailing from every part of the world, with their work crossing all sorts of geographic and cultural boundaries.

"The city's multicultural networks and international connections make the Daniels Faculty a powerful place to start a career."

Glo-cal-cosms: F[r]ictional Stories of the Port by Annie Zhaocheng Wang

"Intermittently engulfed by thick fog and floating 32 kilometres offshore from Shanghai, Yangshan Port is an artificial island dominated by autonomous machines.

"It is located within the Free Trade Zone, an urban periphery littered with warehouses and corporate campuses – in a never-ending pursuit for quantity and efficiency.

"This thesis questions the role and scale of humans in this large entangled logistical realm, where local and global trade violently collide.

"It taps into perspectival moments within the port and its locality – individual stories of isolation, persistence, propaganda and transience to locate the tiny human presence within a sea of machines."

Student: Annie Zhaocheng Wang
Course: Master of Architecture
Tutor: Jeannie Kim
Email: anniezhaochengwang[at]gmail.com

Returning Nakwon by Erin Jeong

"Increasing generational hostility and class segregation within Korean society has led to the marginalisation of low-income seniors.

"Unwelcome elsewhere, seniors have formed their own informal community around Seoul's oldest urban park in the Nakwon neighbourhood.

"For them, Nakwon is the last affordable bastion to resist gentrification creep, protected only by the Nakwon Sangga, a derelict megastructure from a bygone era.

"However, recent city beautification and tourism efforts have dismantled this scenario. This thesis looks to reclaim the neighbourhood for the displaced seniors by transitioning the seniors from the lost gathering space in the park to Nakwon Sangga."

Student: Erin Jeong
Course: Master of Architecture
Tutor: Shane Williamson
Email: erin.jeong[at]mail.utoronto.ca

Fragile Fringes by Jr Osei Wireko

"Waste is an ever-escalating global plague that worsens with increased waste production, expanded product markets and human population growth, as is the case within the unplanned settlements and informal economy of Accra, Ghana.

"The thesis analyses the consequences that arise from waste routes, the vessels that move waste throughout Accra, and waste roots, the new geographies of waste that begin to form.

"The proposal focuses on textile waste as a case study and explores how architecture and urbanism can function as catalysts that instil a circular economy within the unplanned settlements of Accra."

Student: Jr Osei Wireko
Course: Master of Architecture
Tutor: Petros Babasikas
Email: junior.oseiwireko[at]mail.utoronto.ca

Hadrian's Diaolou: Appropriation, Counter-appropriation and Architecture of Transnational Exchange by Jason Wu

"We often view Hadrian as a world traveller who designed his villa as a miniature of the world. However, this thesis exhibition of cultural artefacts highlights that Hadrian travelled time as much as the world.

"He found a people who moved greater distances than he did – the Toishanese, Chinese pioneers to the Americas. They created tower villas called diaolou that inspired Hadrian with their aspirations for cultural transcendence.

"For a brief moment as the sun sets, the sun and the moon shine synchronically. If every design acts in a continuous lineage of appropriation, what differentiates homage from exploitation?"

Student: Jason Wu
Course: Master of Architecture
Tutor: John Shnier
Email: jasonzy.wu[at]mail.utoronto.ca

An Archive of Memories, Washed Away by Liane Werdina

"The Turkish state has recently celebrated the completion of hydroelectric power stations along the southern Tigris River as achievements of progress and sustainability.

"At the same time, this infrastructure has led to the forced displacement of indigenous local Kurdish people, submerging the land that for centuries has held their histories, culture, flora and fauna.

"This project seeks to subvert the Turkish state's colonial displays of progress and protest on behalf of the Kurds of Hasankeyf through world expositions and acts of preservation.

"Countering the Turkish state's narrative, this project uncovers stories of victims that are buried within the development."

Student: Liane Werdina
Course: Master of Architecture
Tutor: Lukas Pauer
Email: lianewerdina[at]hotmail.ca

Atlas of Unsettling Ecologies by Kiran Khurana

"How might we devise a new way of looking and belonging in the wake of destruction that we have propagated and honour the vulnerable ecologies that live among our ruins?

"In grappling with the existential urgencies that arise in this moment of planetary transformation, this atlas maps the spontaneous economies and ecologies of plastics to reveal the underlying power structures, material cultures and impossible dilemmas that are engaged in unsettling Lagosian ecologies.

"By slowing down in urgent times, this project arrives at waste landscapes through a grammar of thinking otherwise and noticing plastics as landscape agents."

Student: Kiran Khurana
Course: Master of Landscape Architecture
Tutor: Behnaz Assadi
Email: art2khurana[at]gmail.com

The Global Declaration on the Rights of Plant Beings by Matt Arnot and Fion Kong

"This project foregrounds instating plants around the globe with a set of rights.

"We have used the west campus of the University of Toronto as an experimental ground to explore the design possibilities of prioritising the connection and community of plant beings in urban spaces.

"Through this experiment, we aimed to investigate how the designer's focus on people's experiences could be redirected towards fostering greater care and compassion for the realm of plant beings."

Students: Matt Arnot and Fion Kong
Course: Masters of Landscape Architecture
Tutors: Elise Shelley, Terrance Radford and Agata Mrozowski
Emails: matt.arnott[at]mail.utoronto.ca and fionkong01[at]gmail.com

Growing Fire: Indigenous space for the University of Toronto campus by Anh Luu and Bai Xi

"As a response to the Calls to Action for Truth and Reconciliation, this project creates an orientation programme educating students on the indigenous history of the University of Toronto's St. George campus through landscape, ceremony and practice.

"The design incorporates water, fire and valuable plants in Anishinaabe culture to create a ceremonial plaza and a series of planters.

"With the sacred fire beginning the orientation, its spirit continues to bloom through the red and orange planting palette.

"Students learn to nurture, harvest and gift these plants to the next cohort, which fosters an everlasting cycle of care, learning and sharing."

Students: Anh Luu and Bai Xi
Course: Master of Landscape Architecture
Tutors: Elise Shelley, Terence Radford and Agata Mrozowski
Emails: anh.luu[at]mail.utoronto.ca and xi.bai[at]mail.utoronto.ca

Taylor Massey Cemetery by Rebecca Martin

"This project integrates the recompose process developed by Katrina Spade into the proposal of a green urban burial space with a forest planted using the Miyawaki method.

"The cemetery is organised using a grid, with lights placed among densely planted trees in nurseries onsite. One light is placed for each person laid to rest.

"Two archive buildings contain details surrounding those buried. Combining culture with ecological restoration, this is an accessible green space and a site of active memory and contemplation for those who have lost their loved ones."

Student: Rebecca Martin
Course: Master of Landscape Architecture
Tutor: Behnaz Assadi
Email: becky.martin[at]mail.utoronto.ca

Reading the River by Jessica Palmer and Bhavika Sharma

"This proposal for Smythe Park imagines the dechannelisation of the Black Creek as a grounding point between residents and the natural systems they inhabit.

"We question how neighbourhood park sites can act as learning grounds that foster deeper understandings of how landscapes have been transformed by environmental processes, urban development and patterns of use.

"By re-centring Black Creek as the park's focus and a point of celebration, gathering and learning, our proposal facilitates landscape literacy in larger capacities and considers how a park can be a portal into understanding the connectedness between landscape systems and human impacts."

Students: Bhavika Sharma and Jessica Palmer
Courses: Master of Landscape Architecture
Tutors: Alissa North and Todd Douglas
Emails: bhavika.sharma[at]mail.utoronto.ca and jess.palmer[at]mail.utoronto.ca

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Dezeen School Shows: Dezeen's latest school show presents seven architecture projects by students at YACademy in Bologna, Italy, which propose new pediatric clinics for a remote village in Senegal.

YACademy

Institution: YACademy
Course: Architecture for Humanity
Tutor: Raul Pantaleo
Students: Gabriela Slaba, Maria Rosaria Dandolo, Viviana Giada Cinelli, Marco Bellomo, Ololade Owolabi, Radjeep J.V, Osnat Pavese, Rhea Pharaon, Karen Nava, Thea Abad, Nadin Youssef, Mara Elide, Cintia Vieira, Elisa Montanari, Fabio Nicolò, Farida Heaba, Karla Madrigal, Kenza Alaoui, Özden Kales Yavuz, Alice Vicini, Ashwin Ashok, Eljona Celaj, Janhavi Shinde, Alarico Ruffino, Khaoula Mrad and Karim Iradi

School statement:

"Pandemic, economic crisis, migration and climate change. Every area, from the periphery of our metropolis to the most remote tropical village – can now be defined as being in an emergency context.

"The United Nations even before the pandemic began estimated that the fragmentation caused by conflicts, combined with the effects of economic and ecological crises, was generating a humanitarian emergency greater than that caused by the Second World War.

"In this context, the architect plays a fundamental role, because architecture responds to man's primary needs.

"Finding shelter, receiving education and living healthily are rights that require 'containers' in the first place and architecture – great architecture – would be very little if limited to contexts of wellbeing, since humans are at the centre of architecture, and man, in any context, deserves dignity and beauty.

"This is why the course in Architecture for Humanity was born, to train designers who know how to compose meaningful architecture even in the most complex contexts, to bring quality where you have always designed to the bottom, and beauty where you are used to not seeing it.

"Accustomed to designing in terms of objectives, budget and understanding of anthropological phenomena, the designers will instead acquire a method that can be used in any context, capable of optimising resources and design stimuli to produce, in any condition, a refined architectural phenomenon.

"Through the study of the global scenario and the comparison with the experience of some of the most authoritative voices in the field – from the UN to representatives of the government of territories in an emergency – the designers will focus on the technical and compositional strategies to be adopted in the humanitarian, social and emergency field."

"These architecture projects focus on pediatric clinics, which range from buildings that aim to generate a sense of community, to projects intended to enhance the urban development of a remote village.

Group 1, Gabriela Slaba, Maria Rosaria Dandolo and Viviana Giada Cinelli, proposed an aggregation of volumes in a circular arrangement that is sheltered from extreme climatic conditions, providing the necessary functions for a pediatric clinic.

"The building also aims to generate a great sense of community, thanks to the great balance between the brightness and the dimension of its symbolic courtyard and the small shaded areas in between the volumes, recreating the feeling of a dense forest with a sanctuary at its centre.

"Group 2, Alice Vicini, Ashwin Ashok, Eljone Celaj and Janhavi Shinde, focused on the relationship between the new pediatric clinic and the proposed urban development of the Keur Bakar village.

"The project acts as part of the first phase of the masterplan, which includes the creation of green belts around the site and new roads as well as services such as a market and a school.

"The overall impression is of an oasis facing the desert, which uses local construction techniques and modern technologies for the production of food, water and energy.

"Group 3, Marco Bellomo, Ololade Owolabi, Radjeep JV and Osnat Pavese, took inspiration from a deep and critical analysis of local craftsmanship patterns and the typological evolution of Senegalese architecture.

"These two aspects are at the core of the pediatric clinic design, which interprets them in a creative yet rational way, optimising materials and comfort while creating a design strategy which is at once rigid, flexible, adaptable and playful.

"Group 4, Alarico Ruffino, Khaoula Mrad and Karim Irani, aimed to create a project capable of bringing a community together, despite being a clinic.

"The main reference of the design were games, as they present a universal and social language as well as a platform for healing and communication.

"In this sense, the project takes inspiration from a local game, the Mancala. Here its forms, tools and movements – which players need to do to play, moving seeds from one hole to the other – become the grid for the buildings and the people inhabiting them.

"Group 5, Kenza Alaoui and Özden Kaleş Yavuz, re-interpreted local vernacular architecture, construction elements and techniques while incorporating nearby trees and community buildings.

"The clinic comprises a cluster of buildings that gently lie under the same canopy, which acts as a unifying element.

"The project is part of a wider landscape infrastructure, which aims to mitigate the local harsh climate, protecting the village from dry dusty winds.

"Group 6 – Cintia Vieira, Elisa Montanari, Fabio Nicolò, Farida Heaba and Karla Madrigal – drew inspiration from an urban analysis of the village, with the aim to create a clinic in relationship with its surroundings, yet able to provide private and calm spaces for the patients and their families.

"The achieved design provides rational and functional spaces for the clinic buildings, but also playful community spaces, developing around pre-existing and new trees.

"The project comprises two courtyards with covered walkways that act both as a connective space and a permeable barrier, which opens on the gardens in between the buildings and the barrier enclosing the cluster."

"Group 7, Rhea Pharaon, Karen Nava, Thea Abad, Nadin Youssef and Mara Elide, explored how the enclosed configuration of small-scale buildings in a cluster creates, as a negative space, private common areas for families.

"The group conducted research on the various typologies of clusters and resulting uncovered spaces, and applied a similar strategy for the creation of the clinic.

"The concept creates interesting covered spaces for the clinic and uncovered areas for gathering and play, with attention paid to construction technologies and bioclimatic strategies."

To view more about YACademy, visit its website.

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Dezeen School Shows: a museum in Egypt designed to conserve native plant life is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Clemson University in South Carolina, USA.

Also included is a design scheme that transforms classrooms into outdoor learning environments and a community centre built around a former industrial mill.

Clemson University

Institution: Clemson University
School: School of Architecture
Course: Master of Landscape Architecture
Tutors: Hala Nassar, Lara Browning, Hyejung Chang, Mary G. Padua, Matthew Nicolette, Paul C Russell, Thomas Schurch and Hannah Slyce

School statement:

"Clemson University's Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) is a nationally recognised, STEM-designated professional degree accredited by the Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board (LAAB).

"The MLA programme at Clemson University prepares students with the knowledge, skills, techniques, theories and technologies to become an effective contributor to the landscape architecture profession.

"As the only landscape architecture program in the state of South Carolina and one of the top in the nation, the MLA program offers a balance of professional skills and theoretical and historical knowledge that prepares our students for professional practice immediately upon graduation.

"The combination of rigorous education, research engagement at a Tier 1 research institution and practical knowledge provides a strong foundation for different career paths, including professional practice in a firm, research, or teaching at an academic institution.

"An internationally-renowned and award-winning faculty lead the program with broad expertise in urban and community design, health and design, ecology, environmental sustainability and design implementation.

"Throughout the program, students are engaged in design and research at local and global scales, focusing on contemporary issues such as climate change, sustainability, social and environmental justice and resilient communities."

The Grand Canal Eco-Resort and Destination by Frances Sledge

"The Grand Canal Eco-Resort and Destination are located in the north of an Eco-Tourism Zone along the Grand Canal in the city of Yangzhou, China.

"A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Grand Canal is the longest human-made artificial canal or river in the world, extending over 1,014 miles.

"The ancient parts of the canal date back to the 5th century BC, but some sections of the canal were first connected during the Sui dynasty (581 to 618 AD).

"The Grand Canal served as the main artery between northern and southern China and was essential for the transport of grain to Beijing.

"Industrial land use and transportation resulted in increased levels of water pollution affecting the flora and fauna along the Grand Canal.

"The project encourages low-impact forms of tourism, including camping, hiking, kayaking, fishing, adventuring and botanical activities, spread over 930 acres of designed environment and a 111-acre linear boardwalk over the wetland.

"The goal of this project is to honour native ecosystems, cultures and communities while bringing pride and revenue to the city of Yangzhou, China."

Student: Frances Sledge
Course: LARC 8520: Advanced Urban Design
Tutor: Hala Nassar

Halsey Creek: Reef Restoration and Levee Trail by Chelsea Preciado

"Water has always been a primary focus for Charleston, South Carolina. This resource has given the city its historic character while also supplying a form of commerce and transit.

"In recent years, however, conversations about water have turned toward public safety, management and security as flooding events and rising sea levels pose increased threats.

"This project focuses on a resiliency plan for the Halsey Creek watershed, employing a three-step process for water management in the landscape.

"Step one addresses stormwater in the urban environment, step two protects the marsh and step three stabilises the living shoreline."

Student: Chelsea Preciado
Course: LARC 8520: Advanced Urban Design
Tutor: Robert Hewitt

Poe Mill Village Green by Devon O'Geary

"Poe Mill Village Green is an open space for community gathering, passive recreation and relaxation.

"Situated on the site of a once-thriving cotton mill, this new park offers lush areas of vegetation, open lawns for picnicking and play, and a strong connection to the Swamp Rabbit Trail.

"The site is meant to be experienced by walking. Visitors to the park will experience various 'rooms', or pockets, of vegetation, with views of the two landmark steam stacks.

"Each room is categorised with a prominent tree species found in South Carolina. Not only does the park offer an educational opportunity for viewers to learn more about native vegetation, but it also pays tribute to the now-dismantled mill.

"Although the mill burned down in 2003, the saltbox homes of the mill village still stand, as does the community built by the industrial manufacturer."

Student: Devon O'Geary
Course: LARC 8920 and LARC 8500
Tutor: Paul Russel

Coastal Urban Flood: Designing for Resilience in Vulnerable Communities by Hannah Slyce

"As we progress further into the Anthropocene age and continue to rely on fossil fuels for energy, the rapidly changing climate will only get worse.

"We must shift to a realm of thinking that progresses away from reversal of damage but to mitigation of effects.

"This project evaluates a small coastal urban town in the low country of South Carolina, which experiences seasonal flooding due to the combination of tidal fluctuations, sea-level rise and the climate-induced increase in frequency and intensity of storm events.

"The effects of these flood events are felt all over the city, but the impact is felt more intensely by vulnerable groups, including low-income communities and people of colour.

"This research sets out a flood mitigation plan that utilises the landscape to protect the urban fabric and restore wildlife habitat while focusing on vulnerable groups and addressing environmental injustices."

Student: Hannah Slyce
Course: LARC 8920: Terminal Project
Tutor: Hyejung Chang

Lake Issaqueena Ecological Park by Maggie Gaston

"Lake Issaqueena Ecological Park develops an under-utilised and ecologically underperforming site on the shores of Lake Issaqueena in Upstate South Carolina into a productive and immersive experience for the enjoyment of the community.

"The existing site – through years of neglect – has been overrun by invasive plant species and has developed eroding banks and an inaccessible path network.

"This design promises to restore and enhance the ecological systems while sensitively layering pedestrian programmes for the purpose of enjoyment, relaxation and education.

"Ultimately this project serves as a primer to improve the ecology and experience of other sites on Lake Issaqueena or similar bodies of water."

Student: Maggie Gaston
Course: LARC 8430: Interdisciplinary Design and Research
Tutor: Matt Nicolette

Yangzhou's New Medical District: Restoring Urban Health and Community by Molly Foote

"This medical campus design focused on the concept of Eco-Regenerative Healthy Corridor, which was inspired by the Grand Canal in the project city of Yangzhou, China.

"The intertwining of health, wellbeing and rejuvenation is explored through a diversely programmed masterplan.

"Among the research, residential, hospital, manufacturing, and education sectors, a central corridor comprised of the ecological botanic garden, the regenerative urban core and the healthy community fitness centre showcases the potential of a healthy environment, a healthy city and a healthy community."

Student: Molly Foote
Course: LARC 8520: Urban Design-World Design Studio
Tutor: Hala Nassar

Energy Innovation Park CU-ICAR by Rachael Jackson

"The project aimed to create a masterplan for Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR's) Technology Neighborhood 3, focusing on automotive engineering and going beyond sustainability to regenerative design.

"The core concept was regenerative design, aligning with CU-ICAR's commitment to technological advancement and reducing its carbon footprint.

"The Energy Innovation Park encompasses corn fields, algae ponds and a solar farm, researching various biofuel generations to fuel both the site and CU-ICAR's vehicles.

"Additionally, it collaborates with the net-zero buildings on-site to generate power and gather stormwater and greywater for irrigation in the agricultural fields.

"This existing campus lacked green space, nature trails, and architectural diversity, primarily featuring monochrome brick or concrete materials."

Student: Rachael Jackson
Course: LARC 8520: Advanced Urban Design
Tutor: Hala Nassar

Equal Play by Hannah Smith

"Women occupy the built world just as much as men, yet only 30 per cent of practising landscape architects are women – this suggests that our built world is inherently gender biased.

"This project's focus is to design learning spaces that promote gender equity and provide opportunities for success for all genders.

"This can only be achieved if spaces are designed by those who are using such spaces.

"This does not suggest that only women can design spaces for women, but women need to be a part of the design process and obtain decision-making power – this starts with providing environments that welcome and support all genders.

"Through the understanding and implementation of gender-sensitive strategies, gender equity can be achieved within early childhood education play environments to create engaging educational environments that encourage equity in the profession of landscape architecture."

Student: Hannah Smith
Course: LARC 8920: Terminal Studio (Design), ARCH 6990: Design Justice (Research) and LARC 8500: Graduate Colloquium (Research)
Tutors: Paul Russell, Clarissa Mendez and Hyejung Chang

Learning in the Landscape by Tamaki Inahata

"Learning in the Landscape provides an educational environment that transforms the conventional classroom into an immersive experience in nature.

"Its mission is to create a distinctive educational system for the community to be used by public and private schools as well as home-schooling cooperatives.

"This design offers unique opportunities for students who learn conventionally as well as those who have difficulty in a traditional academic setting.

"When the site is not in use, the community can enjoy the project as a stage to experience nature. Hopefully, this innovative typology will become a model for alternative strategies in education."

Student: Tamaki Inahata
Course: LARC 8430: Interdisciplinary Design and Research
Tutor: Matt Nicolette

Droplet in the Desert - Naama Bay Nature Museum, Namma Bay, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt by Xiao Xu

"The Nature Museum is designed as a new landmark in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, growing unique plants and landscapes and presenting the city's natural history.

"The colossal museum will show all of the native plant species of Egypt in a series of created, naturalistic habitats, from the desert landscape to the vast mangrove habitats.

"Sharm El Sheikh is a typical desert landscape city – to provide a new sensory experience, this site is designed as a wadi landscape, which refers to a dry (ephemeral) riverbed that contains water only when heavy rain occurs.

"With the Droplet of the Desert concept, the Namma Bay Nature Museum will allow visitors to experience the flora and vegetation of Sharm El Sheikh while learning about diverse plant species, rich natural ecosystem and legendary hospitality of the country."

Student: Xiao Xu
Course: LARC 8520: Advanced Urban Design
Tutor: Hala Nassar

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Dezeen School Shows: a project that uses VR technology to display the history of Nantucket, Massachusetts, is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Kean University in New Jersey.

Also featured is an accessibly designed house created to accommodate and celebrate the experiences of people who are deaf and a community-focused library.

Kean University

Institution: Kean University
School: Robert Busch School of Design and School of Public Architecture
Course: Interior Design Studio and Architecture Design Studio
Tutors: MJ Divino, Camille Sherrod, Darion Washington, Venesa Alicea-Chuqui, David Mohney and Richard Lucas

School statement:

"Michael Graves College is dedicated to taking design and architecture to a wider public audience. It is comprised of two schools – the Robert Busch School of Design and the School of Public Architecture.

"The Robert Busch School of Design's studio-based programmes provide knowledge, skills and hands-on experience. You extend your education through internships, part-time employment and exciting professional events, including the Lecture Series, the Thinking Creatively Conference and Charrette.

"Along with professional skills and experience, you get a world-class education in critical and creative thinking that will enhance your aesthetic awareness, develop your personal design style and help you discover how design can transform the way others see the world.

"Undergraduate degree programme offered at Robert Busch School of Design include Advertising Design, Graphic Design: Interactive Advertising, Graphic Design, Interior Design and Industrial Design.

"The programmes include extensive lecture, studio and technology experiences, as well as presentations and reviews by external professional designers.

"The school's extensive network of successful alumni working in the design fields offers networking and mentoring opportunities.

"As soon as you enter Kean's programme, you begin working on real architectural and planning projects with your professors – public architecture projects that put design in the service of the public good, and projects such as the transformation of spaces at Kean, Wenzhou-Kean University in China and in communities across New Jersey.

"You learn the principles and practice of design and gain experience working with the important players in every public project – clients, community groups, planning commissioners and government officials.

"In the process, you develop a broad perspective on the way architects approach professional challenges, address client demands and solve client problems, and contribute to a more beautiful built environment.

"The School of Public Architecture offers the following undergraduate and master's degree programmes: Architectural Studies Master of Architecture (M Arch).

"The architecture programme trains students to compete and excel in the increasingly globalised field of architectural design. With our required Spring in Rome curriculum component, third-year students study in Rome for a semester."

Silent Haven by Casey Luikert

"A home that speaks volumes without making a sound. Silent Haven is where the beauty of deaf culture is not just understood but celebrated with a stunning design that caters to the unique needs of deaf individuals.

"The (fictitious) client's home is located in Rochester, New York, and is big enough for their family of six.

"It also can accommodate grandparents, who visit for extended periods of time. The house has three levels and is a total of 9,502 square feet.

"The surrounding area has a very large deaf population and as a result, the schooling system is tailored to the deaf community.

"Due to the many members of their immediate and extended family who are deaf, the clients requested the layout and design of their home to be accessible to everyone.

"This required wide hallways for easy communication, long sight lines throughout the house, sufficient lighting, and precise acoustics to limit irritating noises for members of the family who have assisted hearing devices."

Student: Casey Luikert
Course: Interior Design Studio
Tutor: MJ Divino
Email: luikertc[at]kean.edu

ZzzQuil's 'Shush the Sheep' Campaign by Tyler Hart

"ZzzQuil understands that nothing is more important than a good night's sleep and there's nothing more frustrating than a sleepless night.

"Falling asleep should not be a stressful experience.

"ZzzQuil's new line of gummies, Pure Zzz's, are on your side for a good night's rest, which is exactly what you need to tackle tomorrow's tasks."

Student: Tyler Hart
Course: Advertising Design
Tutor: Deborah Ceballos
Email: hartty[at]kean.edu

Dorian's Mirror by Carlo Cruz

"Named after the literary character Dorian Grey, this mirror design seeks to question our vanity as both users and viewers.

"Once flipped, the hourglass chambers on each side are set into motion representing the passage of time and the inevitability of age.

"It is an object aimed at exposing our hyper-fixation on youth, beauty and self-absorption."

Student: Carlo Cruz
Course: Industrial Design Studio
Tutor: Efe Kutuk and Fabio Castellanos
Email: cruzc1[at]kean.edu

Burialism by Khalif Dowdy

"Italy is riddled with grand historical buildings stuck in the past, seemingly left behind by the civilisation that created them – behind every ruin and every facade is a space waiting to tell its story.

"Burialism explores the concept of rediscovery and exploration, taking the history of the neighbourhood of Testaccio and showcasing its importance.

"Located near a cemetery, the building finds itself within Monte Testaccio, a mountain built upon broken and stacked Ancient Roman amphorae, which were used to carry olive oil before they were discarded.

"The proposal uses Monte Testaccio as its crux and nestles itself inside of the stacked pottery – an ancient Roman ruin seemingly emerging from the artificial mountain itself.

"Burialism is a mixed-used light manufacturing factory combined with a community-oriented museum space to help educate individuals learn about the history of Testaccio.

"The factory produces olive oil and glass products below ground to connect back to the history of Monte Testaccio."

Student: Khalif Dowdy
Course: ARCH 3105: Studio 5
Tutor: Darion Washington
Email: dowdyk[at]kean.edu

The Steps by Vitor Costa

"The Steps produces modular housing units for the community of Coalport Trenton, New Jersey.

"Connecting with the public not only in the visual aspect but in the programmatic aspect as well, event spaces, display rooms and a mezzanine space keep visitors connected to the work that is being conducted along the four bays of the main factory.

"The three main rising steps of the building attempt to serve in a multitude of ways, providing solar energy, sun wells for natural sunlight, green roofs providing water collection circulated throughout the building and walkways for access.

"The Steps becomes more than just a modular housing factory, it becomes transparent for the community it's serving and allows people a closer look into the potential future that Trenton has to offer.

Student: Vitor Costa
Course: ARCH 6111: Comprehensive Studio 11
Tutor: Richard Lucas and Ernesto Vela
Email: costav[at]kean.edu

Wellness, decay and reuse by Jason Morgan

"Ellis Island has an incredible story, one of hope and tragedy.

"I wanted to link those two factors with my mental wellness, specifically depression. My design for the abandoned hospital on Ellis Island therefore targets a specific group – young male students.

"The layout will take you through a series of three floors, the first being the museum, which preserves the emotional legacy of the island by providing communal spaces that educate you about those who have made the journey to the island.

"The second floor will incorporate a healing centre for those suffering from depression, while the third floor will strengthen the healing process by providing additional facilities to help those in need.

"The roof will host a series of interactive spatial volumes incorporating aspects of natural light, colour and nature to help enhance the healing process."

Student: Jason Morgan
Course: ARCH 3105: Studio 5
Tutor: Camille Sherrod
Email: morgjaso[at]kean.edu

Step Street Library by Bria Johnson

"The Step Street Library is a community-focused project that was designed with the residents in mind. During the Covid-19 pandemic, many people did not have access to their own backyards and were limited to Step Street as their only outdoor space.

"This project aims to provide a safe, welcoming environment where people can come together to relax, learn and enjoy various activities. The Step Street Library offers a variety of spaces, both indoors and outdoors, where people can socialise and learn new things.

"There are cosy study nooks for those who need privacy, as well as a movie room where people can watch films and documentaries. The library also offers cooking classes for those who are interested in learning new culinary skills.

"Whether you're looking for a quiet place to study or a fun activity to do with friends, the Step Street Library has something for everyone.

"The building's design is inspired by the jagged edges of the steps themselves, which creates a sense of movement and hierarchy on each floor.

"The positioning of the building gives rise to steps moving up and down, further emphasising the building's unique design."

Student: Bria Johnson
Course: ARCH 2104: Studio 4
Tutor: Darion Washington
Email: jobria[at]kean.edu

The Futures of Resiliency by Abigail Boussios, Patrick Gergich, Christopher Cabarcas, Alisson Ayala Villarreal, Casey Luikert, Ana Carolina Mitchell, Khalif Dowdy John Stalteri, Jenna Vogel, Rasheed Warren, Jose Calixto and Terrell Bascus

"The Futures of Resiliency aims to foster an immersive ecosystem by implementing various strategies, including the creation of communal gathering spaces, outdoor learning areas and culturally thriving locations.

"It also integrates shading structures into the buildings' facades and pedestrian paths to protect students from the Florida heat and encourage them to walk and bike around campus.

"The implementation of wayfinding in the shading structures also aids new visitors/students in navigating the campus.

"In addition, the dorms have been designed to foster creativity and exploration, with three distinct courtyards and bridged walkways connecting each building.

"Another problem that this project addresses is the preservation of historical landmarks by incorporating them into the design and creating new spaces for gathering, connection and education around them.

"Additionally, the project aims to mitigate storm surge impact by implementing strategies such as bermed areas of the landscape, extending the bay front design past the site boundaries, and creating a constant and fluid flow of walkability and connection between spaces along the coastline.

"It also seeks to integrate water resources in the area and enhance recreational opportunities on the PEI Campus, and encourages resilient landscaping practices and local community involvement on campus while improving connection and circulation between campuses."

Students: Abigail Boussios, Patrick Gergich, Christopher Cabarcas, Alisson Ayala Villarreal, Casey Luikert, Ana Carolina Mitchell, Khalif Dowdy John Stalteri, Jenna Vogel, Rasheed Warren, Jose Calixto and Terrell Bascus
Course: ARCH 4108: Studio 8
Tutors: David Mohney and Venesa Alicea-Chuqui
Email: boussioa[at]kean.edu

Group project: Nantucket Historical Association: Discoveries, Past and Present 

"The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) preserves and interprets the history of Nantucket through programmes, collections and properties, in order to promote the island's significance and foster an appreciation of it among all audiences.

"Michael Graves College Design Studio Practicum (DSP) students have launched a multidisciplinary initiative to research, learn and create new material for the NHA.

"This all comes together at the NHA Museum and Discovery Center, where design students of all disciplines are working to bring even more experiences to life.

"The museum will feature an interactive touchscreen exhibit that will take younger visitors through the lives of multiple whale species and their historical and cultural significance to the island.

"The Discovery Center features a recreation of a mercantile shop, complete with goods and custom packaging based on the wares of the time, designed by DSP interns.

"As stated on the NHA website: "Our island has many distinguishing stories that provide insight into our shared American experience. Informed encounters with the past allow us to apply lessons in the present and better prepare us for the future."

"This speaks to the truth of how research informs, influences and affects everything from the conceptual stages of design to the experiences people have through those visual and physical design assets."

Students: John Almeida, Taylor Anastasia, Stephanie Calixto, Tyler Hart, Judy Li, Grace Martino, Patrycja Sliwowska, Drew Spahn and Melanie Villacis
Course: Nantucket Historical Association: Discoveries, Past and Present
Tutors: Christopher J Navetta, Dawnmarie Mcdermid and Rose Gonnella

Nantucket Harbor 360 Project by Jordie Inoa

"Jordie Inoa teamed with the Nantucket Historical Association to create an unforgettable virtual reality experience using 3D modelling software and VR technology.

"The aim of the project is to make the fascinating history of Nantucket come to life and give guests a one-of-a-kind and captivating experience of Nantucket Harbor (1900), enabling them to connect on a deeper level with the cultural heritage."

Student: Jordie Inoa
Course: Nantucket Historical Society Research Project
Tutor: Henry Stankiewicz
Email: inoaj[at]kean.edu

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Dezeen School Shows: an art gallery designed in the shape of a jumping fish and a lotus-shaped stadium are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at My ArchiSchool.

Also included is a noodle bar that features an undulating roof and an artist's studio with a garden informed by traditional Chinese courtyards.

My ArchiSchool

School: My ArchiSchool
Courses: Architectural Design Programme 1.0 and Architectural Wooden Workshop

School statement:

"My ArchiSchool provides an introduction to architectural education and digital design for those seeking knowledge and skills to aid their future career aspirations.

"The Hong Kong-based organisation offers in-person and online courses to help young people develop 3D modelling skills that can be applied to future careers in architecture and urban planning.

"Geared towards children and teenagers between the ages of six and 18, the various stages of tuition start at the beginner level, and progress to cover a range of tools, interfaces and outputs.

"A variety of programme packages are offered to those wishing to develop a wide range of skills over several sessions. These include writing and portfolio development, while the most comprehensive package concludes with an exhibition of student work after eight months of study."

Lotus Stadium Project: Designing a Floating City by Albus Oscar Chung

"Informed by the beauty of the geometry of lotus leaves, Chung designed his stadium in the water.

"The stadium is a floating mini city that will host events and festivals. The petal-like structure will serve as self-balancing support when winds and waves come from various directions.

"Sail-like shading can be mounted on these structures in response to the changing conditions of wind. 'There were more and more floods happening everywhere and this floating stadium could also be a backup facility when citywide flooding happens as it can float. It will be useful for gathering and temporary stay when floods happen,' Chung said."

Student: Albus Oscar Chung
Course: Architectural Design Programme 1.0

Designing Art Gallery by David Ma

"Ma enjoys travelling with his family to see architecture and art. He designed his art gallery with a profile of a 'jumping fish' structure with the 'mouth' of the fish serving as the main entrance, whilst the tail is the exhibition area.

"Visitors travel via boat to see the exhibitions. 'There are a lot of buildings inspired by the curves and movement of fishes, but they are all built on land,' said Ma.

"'I would like to have my art gallery built in water to provide visitors with a different art experience,' he added."

Student: David Ma
Course: Architectural Design Programme 1.0

Designing Noodles Bar by Arnock Lam

"Lam designed his noodle shop with an undulating roof structure and an elevated passage across the whole interior space.

"At the end of this passage, a bar will serve as a viewing deck with drinks available after the customers finish their meals. Such elevated passage is also a 'backbone' for food delivery from the kitchen to tables.

"'There are a lot of bridges over rivers and this inspired me for such multi-layer design for operating an eatery business,' Lam said.

"'It is always a challenge to balance between the effective serving of plates and the calming atmosphere for enjoying food by the customers,' he added."

Student: Arnock Lam
Course: Architectural Design Programme 1.0

Designing My Boat House by Andy Lam

"Lam's futuristic house is informed by tents. He created a sizeable communal living area with the smaller tents serving as individual bedrooms.

"The building is situated on a beach in a region where it snows. 'As snow falls on the triangular roof structure, it will slide down without damaging the house. The glass enclosure will also keep the house warm,' said Lam."

Student: Andy Lam
Course: Architectural Design Programme 1.0

Designing My Studio House by Mason Yang

"Yang created a studio for painting, with a feature screen wall at the main entrance. Inspired by his courtyard house in China, he designed a verandah outside his studio that serves as a transitional space between the working area and the family garden.

"Natural stone pieces as sculptures were placed at the main entrance to mark it as an artist studio house."

Student: Mason Yang
Course: Architectural Design Programme1.0

Designing My Studio House by Queenie Sun

"Sun created a multi-storey structure to serve as a house for a pianist. She designed the ground floor as the communal space, with the first floor as the practice room and bedroom, and the roof as the swimming pool and sunbathing deck.

"In order to make the floors visually connected, she created a mini-atrium, which features a fish pond and interior garden.

"'I would like to bring the elements of nature into my house. The wood is the best building material for a house because it reminds us we are living within nature,' Sun said."

Student: Queenie Sun
Course: Architectural Design Programme 1.0

Designing My Studio House by Vivian Tam

"Tam's mini world features miniature flower pots and flower beds. There is no working area in this house but a big living room with a colourful garden. The bedroom is next to the living room and features a pink carpet.

"The colours of the flowers give us imagination and energy. I do not want to do anything when I am inside this house with my garden – just sit down, look at them and dream,' said Tam."

Student: Vivian Tam
Course: Architectural Design Programme 1.0

Designing a Boat House by Allen Lam

"Inspired by the floating mechanism of piers, Lam created a boat house with a wooden structure, featuring a pitched roof and large windows.

"The natural lighting during daytime will bring the joyfulness of living by the waterside, whilst this house will serve as the lighthouse during nighttime, which will show the way back home.

"'The rental cost is sometimes too expensive for the young people, and I would like to make something which is simple and affordable for young people,' Lam said."

Student: Allen Lam
Course: Architectural Design Programme 1.0

Designing My Garden House by Damian Tong

"Tong designed his garden house as a wooden workshop. Perforated panels for climber plants, feature sliding glass doors and skylights fill the house with natural light.

"The wood textures on the wall panels provide additional cosiness to this design. 'I love making wooden models as details of structure, fabric and light will help me to visualise my concepts in reality,' said Tong.

"Working with various materials will give me more inspiration for designing a home,' Tong added."

Student: Damian Tong
Course: Architectural Design Programme 1.0

Designing My Art Pavilion by William Yang

"Yang was inspired by water slides. He designed his art pavilion project with a roof for sliding down, while the space under the roof was designed for exhibits.

"The whole pavilion would be built with wood, as wood can be finished in a wide range of textures and forms, from very smooth sliding surfaces to relatively rough wall and floor panels. 'The form of the pavilion should be an art piece in itself.' Yang said."

Student: William Yang
Course: Architectural Wooden Workshop

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Dezeen School Shows: a costume design informed by both video games and a classic children's book is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Hong Kong Design Institute.

Also included is an installation that explores a speculative future where nature has been polluted by plastic and a collection of garments that celebrate both womanhood and Filipino culture.

Hong Kong Design Institute

Institution: Hong Kong Design Institute
Courses: Higher Diploma in Fashion Design, Higher Diploma in Fashion Media Design, Higher Diploma in Fashion Image Design, Higher Diploma in Costume Design for Performance, Higher Diploma in Visual Arts and Culture, Higher Diploma in Advertising Design and Higher Diploma in Illustration
Tutors: Joanne Lau, Travis Li, Stephen Parke, Cassidy Dung, Cary Tang, Chow Kar Hoo, Kineta Cheung, Carolyn So, Terence Luk, Polly Lau, Gabbie Choi, Kaman Tsang, Vincent Lee, Eddie Lau and Ken Wong

School statement:

"Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI), as one of the member institutions under the VTC Group, is one of the most influential design institutions in Hong Kong.

"It provides high-quality education to cultivate knowledge and professionalism, nurturing design talents to support Hong Kong's creative industry development.

"With years of experience in design education, HKDI brings together the strengths of its design departments – Architecture, Interior and Product Design, Communication Design, Digital Media and Fashion and Image Design – to provide over 20 full-time design programmes, preparing students for work-readiness with socially conscious solutions to meet the demand of the 21st century workplace."

Plants Invade Humans by Brianna Wing Yi Lau

"As time flies, the future earth becomes a gradually polluted, bleak planet, where creatures cannot live freely in the air.

"In nature, plants are the earliest creatures born. They have accumulated a lot of wisdom through long-term evolution and have gradually evolved into 'higher-order' beings with changes over the generations.

"Plants began to fight back against humans. By invading the human body, humans were assimilated by plants leading to an evolution.

"With their convergence and alignment, they brought peace, saved the environment, and coexisted with other species."

Student: Brianna Wing Yi Lau
Course: Higher Diploma in Fashion Design
Tutor: Joanne Lau
Email: briannalauwing2[at]gmail.com

A Collaborative Graduation Project with Swarovski by Oi Lam Fan, Chun Chung Law and Ming Him To

"This is a collaborative project with the international jewellery brand Swarovski.

"The project outcomes include a series of fashion images, a film and a social media strategy.

"Stepping into a mesmerising world where the classic tale of Alice in Wonderland intertwines with futuristic elements, the project pushes the boundaries of imagination and transports audiences to a realm where anything is possible."

Students: Oi Lam Fan, Chun Chung Law and Ming Him To
Course: Higher Diploma in Fashion Media Design
Tutor: Stephen Parke
Email: venusinspace008[at]gmail.com

The Beauty of Monster by Lai Ying Wong and Man Ling Cheung

"The fashion piece is inspired by the film Human Form and satirises the current obsession with cosmetic surgery and modern beauty standards.

"The design combines bandages to represent cosmetic surgery and a leather bodysuit to imitate human skin.

"Exaggerated proportions are used to express a sense of discordance, while the addition of breast implants further emphasises the absurdity of modern beauty standards.

"The overall concept is to critique the societal pressure on women to conform to unrealistic beauty standards and the negative effects of cosmetic surgery on their bodies."

Students: Lai Ying Wong and Man Ling Cheung
Course: Higher Diploma in Fashion Image Design
Tutors: Cassidy Dung, Cary Tang, Chow Kar Hoo, Kineta Cheung, Carolyn So and Terence Luk
Emails: wonglaiyingbobo[at]gmail.com and abcchety[at]gmail.com

Polymer Invasion by Man Ling Lau

"Wrapping tree roots with plastic bottles creates an image of trees being devoured, wrapped and invaded.

"It also showcases my fantasies about the future environment, where all trees have gone extinct, and only the last complete tree is wrapped in plastic."

Student: Man Ling Lau
Course: Higher Diploma in Visual Arts and Culture
Tutors: Kaman Tsang and Vincent Lee
Email: mathildalau1013[at]gmail.com

Ad Tuesday by Tsz Ching Leung

"The project aims to study the emotional expression and perception of advertising slogans and copywriting that permeate the public, and to organise their timeline to reflect the profound impact of advertising on the cultural, economic and brand communication development in Hong Kong.

"This was an exhibition organised by the Communication Design Research Centre of Hong Kong Design Institute, as an extension of the '101 Advertising Slogan Study' project."

Student: Tsz Ching Leung
Course: Higher Diploma in Advertising Design
Tutor: Eddie Lau
Email: Isabellaleung10[at]yahoo.com.hk

MetaDI by Sum Yi Li

"This is the first pilot Metaverse project at HKDI.

"16 students teamed up from the Department of Communication Design and worked on the project from ideation to the final solution.

"The outcome is a digital game experience which allows the public to play and experience during the graduation show 'Emerging Design Talents'.

"The concept of this game is based on creating a virtual campus that is split into two themes – past and future – where players will see different dramatic designs of HKDI's Knowledge Centres.

"Players can learn more design knowledge through playing the game."

Student: Sum Yi Li
Course: Higher Diploma in Illustration
Tutor: Ken Wong
Email: lisumyii1130[at]gmail.com

Maharlika by John Marcus Banday Mase

"The maharlika fashion collection draws inspiration from the song Feel Special by Twice, and is influenced by three key elements that make the designer feel special: Filipino culture, womanhood and painting.

"The theme of the collection revolves around the idea of making women feel royal and powerful through cultural representation, a feminist point of view and formality.

"The collection draws inspiration from the iconic Filipino national garment called 'Filipiniana' and aims to address gender-based flaws in the oppressive system while pushing for equality between men and women.

"The mission of the maharlika collection is to empower women by making them feel like the blooming flowers they are and to fight for women to dismantle oppressive systems on a global scale.

"Through this collection, the designer hopes to create a fashion statement that not only celebrates Filipino culture and womanhood but also inspires a sense of pride and belonging in the wearers."

Student: John Marcus Banday Mase
Course: Higher Diploma in Fashion Design
Tutor: Travis Li
Email: johnmarcuscollections[at]gmail.com

Queen but not Queen by Ah Sin Yeung

"The transitions between scenes in Alice in Wonderland and the confusion and vagaries of the characters in the story lead to a dream-like quality.

"This jumpy, illogical and unrealistic pattern reminds me not only of a dream but also of the virtual world of video games.

"The work began as a children's book and has since been enjoyed by readers of all ages.

"If applied to the modern digital generation, would the mode of entertainment remain a book or would it take on other forms?

"It would be interesting if all characters are indeed online game players, who are allowed to pick any role in the story freely."

Student: Ah Sin Yeung
Course: Higher Diploma in Costume Design for Performance
Tutors: Polly Lau and Gabbie Choi
Email: saffronyeungas[at]gmail.com

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Dezeen School Shows: a collection of silver jewellery informed by the process of making a phone call is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Hong Kong Design Institute.

Also included is a greyscale cityscape comprised of photographs of iconic buildings in Hong Kong and an exhibition that examines the slower pace of life that people lived in the past.

Hong Kong Design Institute

Institution: Hong Kong Design Institute
Courses: Higher Diploma in Animation and Visual Effects, Higher Diploma in Music Production, Higher Diploma in Architecture Design, Higher Diploma in Interior Design, Higher Diploma in Furniture and Lifestyle Product Design, Higher Diploma in Film, Television and Photography and Higher Diploma in Jewellery Design and Technology
Tutors: Wai Keung Lam, Kenneth Tse, Viola Shum, Yin Ting Shum, Carmen Kwan, Damon Yau, Sam Wong, Anna Chung and Kentaro Nagano

School statement:

"Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI), as one of the member institutions under the VTC Group, is one of the most influential design institutions in Hong Kong.

"It provides high-quality education to cultivate knowledge and professionalism, nurturing design talents to support Hong Kong's creative industry development.

"With years of experience in design education, HKDI brings together the strengths of its design departments – Architecture, Interior and Product Design, Communication Design, Digital Media and Fashion and Image Design – to provide over 20 full-time design programmes, preparing students for work with socially conscious solutions to meet the demands of the 21st century workplace."

A Moment by Chu Tim Kimbo Wong

"Life has its ups and downs, just like how movies have their own climaxes and plot twists.

"Sometimes, the outcome of one's life may not be satisfying, but what's important is to enjoy the journey, just as how sometimes with a movie, you may not like the ending, but there is always a scene that you enjoy.

"Hong Kong cinema was once popular all over the world in the 70s and 80s, but gradually faded away in the international market as Hollywood became the dominating force.

"One of the primary purposes of this film is to pay tribute to this lost golden age of Hong Kong cinema."

Student: Chu Tim Kimbo Wong
Course: Higher Diploma in Film, Television and Photography
Tutor: Wai Keung Lam
Email: eaokec[at]vtc.edu.hk

The Call of Nyarlathotep by Him Ching Yuen

"Yuen's objective is to showcase the captivating nature of tabletop role-playing games (TRPGs) through an animated story that incorporates elements of terror and horror.

"By crafting a relatable narrative that highlights the social and personal benefits of TRPGs, Yuen hopes to inspire viewers to explore this genre of gaming and discover the unique thrills it has to offer."

Student: Him Ching Yuen
Course: Higher Diploma in Animation and Visual Effects
Tutors: Viola Shum and Yin Ting Shum
Email: eaokec[at]vtc.edu.hk

Serendipity – Sensory Space, Sensory Attitude by Pak Ching Ngai

"The purpose of this design is to provide a comfortable and soothing environment for students to gain inspiration and release stress brought on by academic pressure.

"Through the skilful use of variations in light and shadow, the design offers a range of sensations and allows people to gain a unique emotional experience.

"This design not only has potential applications in schools, but also in other settings such as offices, hospitals and homes."

Student: Pak Ching Ngai
Course: Higher Diploma in Architecture Design
Tutor: Kentaro Nagano
Email: eaokec[at]vtc.edu.hk

Serendipity – A Chance Encounter: Exhibition of Music, Chess, Calligraphy and Painting by Wing Yan Ng

"In ancient times, people lacked modern tools like mobile phones and the internet. If they were unable to go out, what did they do to pass the time? The exhibition aims to recreate the slow-paced experience of that era.

"Through various scenes and interactive exhibits, visitors can travel back in time and discover ways to relax and adjust to a slower pace of life.

"Additionally, the exhibition promotes social interaction and provides an opportunity for visitors to learn more about Chinese culture."

Student: Wing Yan Ng
Course: Higher Diploma in Interior Design
Tutor: Carmen Kwan
Email: yannnnny18[at]gmail.com

LifLin & Boundaryless by Chi Yin Fung

"By incorporating sports elements into furniture design, individuals who prioritise a high quality of life can develop their own exercise routines while enjoying the company of those around them.

"This connection between furniture and physical activity promotes a healthier lifestyle and can contribute to the LOHAS (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability) movement.

"Using furniture as a medium helps establish interaction and brings people closer together, allowing them to feel each other's presence and bridge the distance between them."

Student: Chi Yin Fung
Course: Higher Diploma in Furniture and Lifestyle Product Design
Tutor: Damon Yau
Email: chyinnn9449[at]gmail.com

Have a Call by Tsz Yu Kwong

"The emotions and sensations from answering or dialling a landline phone, cannot be replicated.

"This collection intends to evoke wearers' memories of communicating with a special someone.

"The Have a Call series is a portrayal of the entire process of making a phone call through four stages of actions: pressing, calling, picked up and hearing.

"Each stage is depicted in a unique and creative way, showcasing the different emotions and interactions involved in a phone conversation."

Student: Tsz Yu Kwong
Course: Higher Diploma in Jewellery Design and Technology
Tutor: Anna Chung
Email: yukikwong2001222[at]gmail.com

Midnight Reverie by Wang Lik Fu

"This song describes a romantic night – the hero and heroine meet in the middle of the night and their emotions slowly sublimate in the night, giving a dreamlike feeling.

"A compound tempo is used to create a romantic mood and it is mixed with R&B style to make the song romantic. For the instrument, guitar is mainly used as the rhythm of the whole song and the huge 808 bass supports the song's low frequency.

"Besides that, some lo-fi piano is added in the chorus to add more layers.

"A male singer sings the main vocal and a female singer sings the harmony, to give the audience an image that the song is telling a love story."

Student: Wang Lik Fu
Course: Higher Diploma in Music Production
Tutor: Kenneth Tse
Email: jackcloud0817[at]gmail.com

The Portrait of Architecture by Justin Lik Tsz Lee

"The buildings photographed include the Murray Hong Kong Hotel, Lippo Centre, Bank of China Tower, Xiqu Center, the Hong Kong Palace Museum and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Jockey Club Innovation Tower.

"The photographs are focused on various techniques such as capturing different angles, emphasising specific architectural lines and showcasing the overall structural silhouette.

"The ultimate goal is to present the individuality and the character of each building."

Student: Justin Lik Tsz Lee
Course: Higher Diploma in Film, Television and Photography
Tutor: Sam Wong
Email: falconscarletphotography[at]gmail.com

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Dezeen School Shows: a sustainable housing scheme designed to accommodate unconventional family structures is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Washington University in St Louis.

Also featured is a housing scheme that was designed in collaboration with dancers to explore movement, light and form, and a renovation of the Columbia Building in St Louis, USA.

Washington University in St Louis

Institution: Washington University in St Louis
School: Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts
Courses: Master of Architecture, Master of Landscape Architecture and Master of Urban Design
Tutors: Chairs Mónica Rivera, Derek Hoeferlin and Linda Samuels

School statement:

"Architects, landscape architects and urban designers are key creative thinkers in decoding and tackling some of the most critical challenges of our age.

"From the impacts of climate change on communities around the world to the need for new housing models to accommodate a changing population, to the rise of artificial intelligence, students in the Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Design are exposed to design challenges from micro to macro scales across a wide variety of cultures, climates and contexts.

"Our faculty of leading scholars, notable practitioners, global guests and expert educators take our responsibilities as social and spatial stewards seriously – for both human and non-human inhabitants – locally in our home of St Louis, USA, and globally as citizens of the design world.

"Our graduate programs in architecture, landscape architecture and urban design emphasise strategic design thinking, careful craft and thoughtful integration of technology as well as independent and critical positions on social and environmental justice.

"The eight-to-one student-to-faculty ratio encourages a culture of meaningful conversations around the design disciplines and professional opportunities.

"Students in Washington University's Sam Fox School also have the opportunity to expand their practice by pairing any two programmes between architecture, landscape architecture and urban design.

"Master of Architecture students can also pursue a joint master's degree in business administration, computer science and engineering, construction management, social work or public health.

"Our NAAB-accredited Master of Architecture programme, LAAB-accredited Master of Landscape Architecture programme, and Master of Urban Design programme are all STEM-designated."