Commons by the Park: Activating Mutual Aid Networks | Bachelors Design Project on Mixed-Use Urban Development

‘Commons by the Park’ is a bachelor’s design project by Priya Smyth, Ella Caudle, and Joudy Kusaibati from the ‘School of Architecture – University of Waterloo.’ The project aims to establish a compact, mixed-use urban hub at the edge of the city by leveraging existing community networks and infrastructure. By transforming underused land near the RIM Park Manulife Centre, the project seeks to foster mutual aid, social connection, and everyday urban life through flexible public spaces, housing, and community-oriented programming.

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Wine Cellar of the Quinta de Adorigo | Atelier Sérgio Rebelo

Wine Cellar of the Quinta de Adorigo by Atelier Sérgio Rebelo is an architectural project that honors the landscape and local culture of the Alto Douro Vinhateiro. The horizontal curvilinear shapes mirror the zigzags of the vineyards, while the downward movement of the building reflects the gravity-based winemaking process. Tradition, topography and sustainability are integrated into a contemporary winery rooted in its place.

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Vedbu | Rabagast Studio

Vedbu by Rabagast Studio is a humble timber shed that quietly settles into the landscape at the edge of Tahko Panorama Spa Hotel. Built entirely of wood and resting lightly on stones, it shelters firewood and the people who work with it. Through simple form, careful making and a subtle play of light, the project gives quiet dignity to an everyday, practical function. It becomes a link in the everyday rhythm of the place.

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Rabagast Studio

RABAGAST is a student architecture office formed through the Design in Context course at NTNU in Trondheim. It consists of 16 master’s students from Norway, France, Spain, Belgium, Finland, and Austria. During autumn 2025, RABAGAST worked with real clients on real building projects at home and abroad, aiming to create designs that respond to and enhance diverse cultural, social, and physical contexts.

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Lach ca lach cach Restaurant | MIA Design Studio

Lach ca lach cach Restaurant by MIA Design Studio was born from the idea of recreating the vibrant atmosphere of traditional Vietnamese markets, where sounds, flavors, and people intertwine. The interior design liberates the layout into an open plan that connects seating, a bar counter, and an open kitchen like a miniature market. Natural light, ventilation, rustic materials, and warm lighting shape a contemporary yet familiar dining experience.

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Vessel of Memory: Spatializing Everyday Resilience through Cultural Architecture | Architecture Thesis

‘Vessel of Memory’ is an architecture thesis by Natasha Labitoria from the ‘School of Architecture, Building and Design – Taylor’s University.’ The project aims to provide a spatial framework that sustains community life amid displacement. By translating everyday gestures, shared rituals, and informal learning into architecture, it seeks to preserve social and cultural memory while enabling dignity, resilience, and collective growth. The project positions architecture as a tool of care rather than monumentality.

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DA OSAKA Branch Office in Tokyo | Reiichi Ikeda Design

DA OSAKA Branch Office in Tokyo by Reiichi Ikeda Design reinterprets a historic building in Jinbou-cho, the “Town of Books,” as the heart of future human flow. By shifting the entry point from the second floor to the first and drawing the external staircase into the interior, the office design gently connects interior and exterior, past and present, while cultivating a deep relationship between people, time, and energy.

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10º House | Studie

10º House by Studie is a renovation project that redefines an old house through a subtle 10-degree rotation of its façade. The design emphasizes a strong monolithic form, using board-formed concrete to express material honesty and structure. Carefully carved voids, light, and greenery create a calm balance between solidity, openness, and tropical living, while interior spaces flow fluidly between inside and outside.

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Studié

Studie, short for Studio Ivan Eldo, is an architecture practice rooted in a continuous journey of learning, from projects and client characteristics to new building materials. This process builds sensitivity and maturity in every work. They view design as dynamic thinking shaped by time and experience, applying adaptive solutions to site and client needs across residential, commercial, and retail projects.

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Alternative Hair Salon | PERMANENT Co., Ltd.

Alternative Hair Salon by PERMANENT is a renovation project in Nagoya designed under a limited budget, conceived as a flexible foundation for a stylist free from convention. The interior design reflects an individuality that is constantly shifting, using simple forms and raw materiality rather than fixed functions. The space acts as a base layer that supports experimentation, withstands change, and allows the salon to adapt and evolve over time.

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Creek Forest House | Van Bergen Kolpa Architects

Creek Forest House by Van Bergen Kolpa Architects is designed as a rough wooden sculpture in the woods, merging the house with its surroundings. Located at the end of a laar in the Muiderbos, the home is embraced by woodland and a winding creek. Large windows and carved terraces connect inside and outside, while an irregular rhythm of grayed wooden slats forms a natural skin that fully includes nature.

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Stories from the Hearth: Intergenerational Co-Housing as Cultural and Social Infrastructure in Chinatown | Interior Architecture Thesis

‘Stories from the Hearth’ is a Bachelors Design Thesis by Felicia Angel from the ‘School of Architecture, Building and Design – Taylor’s University.’ This project proposes an intergenerational community center and elderly co-housing model in Jalan Petaling, Kuala Lumpur’s historic Chinatown. It addresses senior social isolation and limited support amid commercialization. Communal spaces, gardens, and cultural hubs foster interaction between generations, improving elderly well-being, preserving cultural identity, and strengthening community ties.

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Hangzhou International Innovation Institute | HENN

Hangzhou International Innovation Institute by HENN is designed as an academic campus and science and technology park that brings together students, researchers, and commercial companies within a shared institutional framework. Defined by two main axes and unified by the iconic Flying Roof, the design draws on the neolithic site of Liangzhu and cutting-edge aviation engineering, integrating heritage, landscape, and innovation into a coherent whole.

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Pool House | UrbanMistrii

Pool House by UrbanMistrii is envisioned with the ethos of “doing more with less,” designed as a contemporary extension to a multi-generational farmhouse. Rooted in tradition yet modern in expression, the residence blurs indoor and outdoor boundaries while fostering togetherness and quiet reflection. The design seamlessly connects family, architecture, and nature through a refined, site-sensitive approach.

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Off-the-Grid | DOT

Off-the-Grid by DOT explores a spatial narrative shaped by curved, fair-finished concrete and solid wooden planes. The apartment layout remains unaltered, allowing natural light to flow with no inserts touching the peripheral walls or ceiling. Exposed slabs, terrazzo floors, and modulating levels create variation in scale, while wood adds warmth. The house reads as minimal, consistent, and deeply rooted in the naturalness of space.

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DOT

DOT is a young design practice driven by exploration and participation. Working across architecture, interiors, furniture, and product design, it treats each project as an open inquiry shaped by context, craft, and collaboration. With a user-centric, responsible approach, DOT pursues holistic, simple outcomes and remains deliberately evolving, constantly questioning and redefining architecture’s role in society.

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Cour du Dôme | TAA (Taillandier Architectes Associés)

Cour du Dôme by TAA (Taillandier Architectes Associés) is conceived as a dialogue between contemporary architecture and historical heritage, revealing the legacy of La Grave while restoring urban porosity. Inspired by the solidity of hospital buildings, the project combines brique foraine, structured proportions, and generous openings to reconnect courtyards, landscape, and framed views of the iconic dome within the urban fabric.

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V4 House | TNT Architecture

V4 House by TNT Architecture is conceived as a modern architectural model that harmonizes with nature and its surroundings. Based on the “old man—new coat” spirit, the design develops the traditional northern house while resembling existing houses around. The residence is divided into three separated but harmonious blocks, centered on an elliptical “vault of heaven” that connects sky, time, and space.

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The Corner House | Project Terra

The Corner House by Project Terra is conceived as an urban sanctuary that balances privacy and refinement within a bustling context. Located on a corner plot in Vadodara, the house redefines residential design through an introverted yet open architectural language. Dynamic volumes, robust stone and brick surfaces, and inward-focused planning create a serene personal retreat while courtyards and skylights maintain light and openness.

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Tokyo Creative Center | CCD (Cheng Chung Design)

Tokyo Creative Center by CCD (Cheng Chung Design) is an interior design project conceived as a meticulously crafted work of art, rooted in the philosophy of “Symbiosis Between Japan and the West.” Inspired by Eastern aesthetics and Tokyo’s balance of tradition and the avant-garde, the design reinterprets experiential scenography into a contemporary workplace, envisioned as a micro urban lounge and living laboratory where work, culture, and communication converge.

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Socarrado | Nomad Studio

Socarrado, an installation by Nomad Studio, transforms the trace of wildfire into a collective act of healing and remembrance. Composed of burnt juniper trees recovered from the site, the circular form retains the evidence of fire while echoing what was once a forest. Inspired by traditional rural refuges, the work invites silence, introspection, and the restoration of an essential bond with the land, a refuge within a hostile landscape.

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Nomad Studio

Nomad Studio explores the intersection between art and landscape, aiming to create deep emotional connections with the environment. Based on a thorough knowledge of the connection between culture and land, Nomad creates experiences that motivate transformation. With a focus on landscape architecture, art, and creative product design, the practice is conceived as an internationally recognized creative workshop.

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Adal Creative Place Osaka | Reiichi Ikeda Design

Adal Creative Place Osaka by Reiichi Ikeda Design is an office and Live Furniture Showroom that reinterprets a 40-year-old stepped building in Osaka-Honmachi. Inspired by “THE SHOW (Mitetteya),” the design invites people to stop by and have a look, blending work and display. From a skeleton space, furniture and people form one axis, creating open communication, soft boundaries, and new distances of interaction.

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Duin Almere Boomrijk | Van Bergen Kolpa Architects

Duin Almere Boomrijk by Van Bergen Kolpa Architects is a housing project in the new Dune city DUIN, directly on the IJ lake with views of the Randstad. The design celebrates the landscape by placing simple blocks in Dune Forests and Dune Valleys, where living is surrounded by trees. Small blocks, steeply pitched roofs and ribbed facades in brick and wood strengthen the mystique of the woods, making living in Duin feel like being on vacation.

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