The winners of the 2021 edition of the competition
Discover the winners of the 11th edition of the Foundation’s international architecture and innovation competition
« ARCHITECTURE RELATED TO THE SEA LEVEL RISE » AWARD
Focus
Habita(T)ideThe abode that adapts to the rhythm of tide
Grand Prix Laureat
Naaduvaa 2100
Maldivians resettle on strings of interconnected watercrafts. A crescent formation reach out to share produces of food & energy with nearest habitats.
« ARCHITECTURE AND INNOVATION FOR THE SEA » AWARD
Special Mention
GROWING FUTUREThe self-growing island-organism operates between synthetic and natural processes in response to contemporary environmental issues.
Grand Prix Laureat
RISING MUSSELThe basic module of the building is derived from a seed or the simple organism a diatom where form is rationalized by the determination of growth.
Focus Special Mention
SEA NURSESea Nurse is the sustainable learning center to restore the various marine environment by regenerating coral reefs bleached by the global warming.
« ARCHITECTURE AND INNOVATION FOR SPACE » AWARD
Focus Special Mention
HEXARIONA stochastic aggregated system adapting modularity and automated assemblies.
Coup de Coeur
Mars Resource Extraction Unit (MREU)Resources extraction unit on Mars aim to produce water, Oxygen, Hydrogen and building materials from mining underground water ice.
Focus Special Mention
Starport MarsA Martian village in a vertical form consisting of a docking port on top, a ground base research facility, and subterranean habitats.
Grand Prix Laureat
The NautilusA transfer station working as Skyhooks inspired by nautilus
All projects from 2021 edition of the competition
ABIDJAN AUTREMENTLocated on the Ebrié lagoon, self-sufficient neighborhoods: another organization adapted to a new Ivorian urban identity.
Climate & rising waters
Carapace IslandOur design is a solution for resettling the lost habitat of sea turtles and existing biodiversity due to sea-level rise saving them from extinction.
Climate & rising waters
Coral Reef Research Center | Dibba RockA floating Coral Reef Research Facility that protects and restores the bio-marine life around Dibba Rock in the UAE through sustainable means.
Sea
Growable and Expandable Cluster Village
Climate & rising waters
Special Mention
GROWING FUTUREThe self-growing island-organism operates between synthetic and natural processes in response to contemporary environmental issues.
Sea
Focus
Habita(T)ideThe abode that adapts to the rhythm of tide
Climate & rising waters
HABITAT ON MARSConception pour un environnement extrême
Space
Habitats in CavesAn architecture based on Earth's origin, inspired by the fetus and developed based on the idea of jasmine (symbol of new life).
Space
Focus Special Mention
HEXARIONA stochastic aggregated system adapting modularity and automated assemblies.
Space
HIVE MARSDesign of a Hybrid-class, scalable Settlement on the martian surface
Space
Focus laureat
Human ReefUnderwater aquaculture village adopting the natural rules of coral reefs thanks to biomimicry
Sea
Insular NomadBiocenotic Habitat of Sustainable Life Cycles
Sea
Ker n'dohUse of local technologies to no longer suffer from rising water levels but on the contrary, to use them to develop coastal villages.
Climate & rising waters
LIVABLE DIAPHRAGM SPACEDiaphragm House is one innovative prototype of communal living that provides long and short-term shelter for natural disaster
Climate & rising waters
Coup de Coeur
Mars Resource Extraction Unit (MREU)Resources extraction unit on Mars aim to produce water, Oxygen, Hydrogen and building materials from mining underground water ice.
Space
MARStopie
Space
Focus Laureat
MISSION HERCULESHERCULES is Europa's Levitating research units. The swarm of labs patrols the moon enforcing human's sovereignty in the solar system's wilderness.
Space
MOLUNAR
Space
Grand Prix Laureat
Naaduvaa 2100
Climate & rising waters
Neo-UkiyoTokyo negates hard infrastructural strategies that divided land and sea, they instead adapt in a flood future that embraces marine innovation.
Climate & rising waters
ODE TO LIFELife is rare in the universe. What about sending Earth's biomass to outer space, in order to ensure their survival along with ours?
Space
PROJET GALELEI
Space
Puffer VillageA smart home that responds to the environment and adapts to it
Climate & rising waters
RE-GENA regenerating mobile city for refugees
Sea
Re-poldergrammingRe-poldergramming speculates on a future whereby augmenting sedimentation patterns and biorock tech enables communities to live with sea level rise.
Climate & rising waters
Grand Prix Laureat
RISING MUSSELThe basic module of the building is derived from a seed or the simple organism a diatom where form is rationalized by the determination of growth.
Sea
Focus Special Mention
SEA NURSESea Nurse is the sustainable learning center to restore the various marine environment by regenerating coral reefs bleached by the global warming.
Sea
SIPHUNCLE SPACEPORTSIPHUNCLE Orbital Spaceport will introduce new design methodologies for the human eminent space expansions, transforming fiction into reality.
Space
Focus Special Mention
Starport MarsA Martian village in a vertical form consisting of a docking port on top, a ground base research facility, and subterranean habitats.
Space
SWARMSystem of unmanned autonomous research stations
Sea
The Dike's DNAReplace a regular DNA dike system with one resilient to sea-level rise.
Climate & rising waters
The forestformingThe formation process of residential islands of the forest from recycled plastic according to a modular system
Climate & rising waters
The Last ResortUrban and productive model for both preservation and expansion for Pacific Islands endangered by sea level rise
Climate & rising waters
Grand Prix Laureat
The NautilusA transfer station working as Skyhooks inspired by nautilus
Space
THE ROCK“Evolution in its greatest extent is here, the natural eminence of abundance is represented by the habitable rock“
Sea
VARECHIUMProtect the marine biodiversity by reinforcing kelp forest ecosystem and by underwater farming.
Sea
WIND ISLANDLet's go with nature
Sea