The Mexico City-based architecture firm AIDIA STUDIO reveals design for Tulum Train Station, planned to be built on the Tren Maya railway line in Mexico. Throughout the design journey, AIDIA STUDIO aimed to infuse the station with some of the best-known features of Mayan Architecture; symmetry, monumentality, geometrical alignment, and the use of l...
Project name
Tulum Train Station
Architecture firm
AIDIA STUDIO
Location
Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Principal architect
Rolando Rodriguez-Leal, Natalia Wrzask
Design team
Mariano González Silva, Emilio Vásquez Hoppenstedt, Rodrigo Wulf Sánchez
Structural engineer
Project & Calc
Material
The roof structure is a steel gridshell cladded with Glass Fibre Reinforced Concrete (GRC) panels on the top and laminated wood panels below
Visualization
AIDIA STUDIO
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, AutoCAD, Grasshopper 3D, Ladybug, Kangaroo, Adobe Package
Status
Anteproyecto (Schematic Design)
Typology
Transportation › Train Station
W-LAB evaluates how people could survive in a possible post-climate change age scenario, gathering existing technologies and current bioconstruction solutions to shape a futuristic low-environmental impact habitat for a desert climate.
Project name
Self-sufficient biocabins for the post-climate change age
Architecture firm
Wild Design Studio Lab (W-LAB)
Location
Future post climate change deserted area
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, V-ray, SimScale, Ladybug Tools
Typology
Residential › Cabin House
Designed by Iranian Architect & Interior designer Milad Eshtiyaghi, the Wave Residential Complex is a 19 storey building planned to be built in Mumbai, India. The main idea of the project is taken from the waves of the Indian Ocean, which is close to the project site.
Project name
Wave Residential Complex
Architecture firm
Milad Eshtiyaghi Studio
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, Autodesk 3ds Max, V-ray, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Milad Eshtiyaghi
Visualization
Milad Eshtiyaghi
Typology
Residential Complex
The CTRL + P Home is a collaboration between Oliver Thomas and Amey Kandalgaonkar for the BeeBreaders MICRO Home 2020 competition. The CTRL + P Home is a 3D printed Bio-Home designed for a post covid era as a new housing typology to address affordable, sustainable and healthy living.
Project name
CONTROL + P HOME
Architecture firm
PIXEL ARCHITECTS
Location
New York City, USA
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, Cinema 4D
Design team
Oliver Thomas and Amey Kandalgaonkar
Visualization
Amey Kandalgaonkar
Typology
Residential › Houses
MB Architects: The benefits of twisting towers go beyond aesthetics though. This type of design can make a building more aerodynamic and energy efficient. The twisting tower reduces wind-load by 24% (compared to a similarly sized rectangular building).
Project name
Twisting Tower
Architecture firm
MB Architects
Visualization
MB Architects
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, Autodesk 3ds Max, Corona Renderer
Principal architect
Muhammet Bilgiç
Design team
Muhammet Bilgiç
Typology
Mixed-use building
Sophia Michopoulou: Augmented reality as an intuitive tool for construction. This proposal aims to use augmented reality (AR) technology as a tool for construction, engaging and guiding the community through the building process.
Project name
Collaborative Nest
Architecture firm
Sophia Michopoulou & Foteini Bouliari
Location
Marsassoum, Sédhiou, Senegal (Coordinates:12°49’52.2”N 15°58’37.4”W)
Principal architect
Sophia Michopoulou & Foteini Bouliari
Design team
Sophia Michopoulou & Foteini Bouliari
Visualization
Sophia Michopoulou & Foteini Bouliari
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, GhPython, V-ray, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
Typology
Educational › Elementary School
li Ahmadi: Once open a time there was a country-which known since ancient times as Persia, which has had a long and turbulent history. It is located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia has resulted in many invasions and migrations. There is evidence that Iran played a role in the emergency of civilization as far back as 10.000 years ago.
Project name
EXPO 2020 - Iran Pavilion: Redefining Vertical Garden
Architecture firm
Ali Ahmadi
Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, AutoCAD, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Ali Ahmadi
Design team
Ali Ahmadi, Shaghayegh Beirami, Azin Zamani
Visualization
Hasht Studio
Typology
Cultural › Pavilion
The first-place winner for the Rifat Chadirji Prize 2020 and the People’s Choice Award is a team of five from Cairo, Egypt: Ali Khaled Elewa, Mostafa Ahmed Zakaria, Sherif Khaled Abdelkhaleq, Hoda Essam Abdelmawla and Ebtisam Elgizawy. The winning team was selected out of 177 submissions from 42 countries received this year.
Project name
Living pedestrian bridge over the Nile
Architecture firm
Five Egyptian Architects: Ali Khaled Elewa, Mostafa Ahmed Zakaria, Sherif Khaled Abdelkhaleq, Hoda Essam Abdelmawla, and Ebtisam Elgizawy
Location
Over the Nile River, Linking El Tahrir district to El zamalek district, Cairo, Egypt
Principal architect
Ali Khaled Elewa, Mostafa Ahmed Zakaria, Sherif Khaled Abdelkhaleq, Hoda Essam Abdelmawla, and Ebtisam Elgizawy.
Visualization
Ali Khaled Elewa, Mostafa Ahmed Zakaria, Sherif Khaled Abdelkhaleq, Hoda Essam Abdelmawla, and Ebtisam Elgizawy.
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop, V-ray
Status
1st prize winner - Tamayouz Excellence Award - The Rifat Chadirji Prize
Typology
Pedestrian Bridge
