Discover the winners of the 12th edition of the Foundation's international architecture and innovation competition
GRAND PRIX - MARS REEF
The Mars agricultural units are assembled into a circular formation of a used pit crater, surrounded by the modular units to facilitate access by sub-terrestrial units. The agricultural land covering the crater will be the first Martian outdoor park, visible from all the surface units raised by tiny windows and accessible by the sub-terrestrial units.
Designed by Samer El Sayary | Egypt
FOCUS PRIZE "A space port or on a star" - SPACE URCHIN
Inspired by the biological form, anatomy and community herd of sea urchins as an interplanetary infrastructure through three main ecologies: resilient skin ecology, space waste ecology and herd ecology.
Designed by Andre Wee, Dingqiao Deng, Hanlin Wang, Hyunju Kim, JacksonLe, Jingchao Li, Jingyi Wu, Kenny Lam, Khor Yan Chun, Ma Longfei, Minxuan Hou,Oupu Wang, Patrick Macasaet, Qinling Yao, Shao Tian | Australia, China, Singapore, South Korea, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Vietnam
GRAND PRIX - MÉDUSE ERRANTE
Medusa is a scientific community that enables the exchange of results on the nutritional use of plankton for humans.
Designed by Pablo Allen and Elisabeth Garcia | Spain
FOCUS PRIZE "A center of the sea" - SEA MORPHOSIS
Built as a real site for researchers, oceanographers, specialists and even spectators. The project sees itself as a site devoted to research into alternative sustainable resources and materials that could be supplied by the ocean.
Designed by Dina Elmatboli, Zhao Ciny et Tanh Pham | United States
"Coup de cœur" Award - TO MOTHER NATURE
Planetary research centre and production of carbon-negative adaptive products in the Arctic.
Designed by Benedict Tan | Singapore
GRAND PRIX - PURRIFYING CLOUD
Designed to harvest freshwater through its architecture, the water harvested will be used for human activity or infiltrated, and finally returned to the soil and stored in aquifers.
Designed by Noda Yusuke, Nitta Ryo, Nakatani Sogo, Usuda Yusaku, Sukeno Tomoki et Fujiwara Miyuki | Japan
FOCUS PRIZE "Living to the rhythm of the tides and seasons" - AMAZONE PAVILLON
Based on indigenous culture, its design resembles a fish trap. It celebrates the indigenous way of life, cultural preservation and sustainable development. A simple vernacular architecture, without elaborate materials, like the way of life, a synthesis of the relationship between man and nature in the Amazon.
Designed by Amauri Gaspar | Brazil
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