The Seirensho Art Museum is located on Inujima island at the Seto Inland Sea in Japan and works with the sun, the wind and the found industrial ruins and byproducts (all what Sambuichi calls “moving materials”), to salvage the post-industrial site of a copper refinery and create a visitor experience guided by the natural elements.

Test Site is a collaborative community-based project that enables public engagement with architecture, ecology, sustainable urban landscapes and community-organized events. The project takes a vacant site in Kyrl’s Quay, Cork, and through small interventions and events programming brings life and use back into the place.

Maggie’s Yorkshire is a cancer care centre at St James’s University Hospital in Leeds, designed as a group of large planters rising out of the hospital’s last remaining green plot and using the restorative effect of contact with nature.

The Dordtyart project uses waste materials to temporarily repurpose the former De Biesbosch ship machinery factory into a museum and a facility for creating contemporary sculptural artworks. Situated in the ‘de Staart’ redevelopment area of Dordrecht, this space serves not only as an exhibition venue and a production centre but also functions as a vocational training institute, offering work experience opportunities to Dordrecht residents who are currently outside the job market.

The Enterprise centre is a university building that aims to encourage new sustainable businesses coming out of its academic research programme; the building itself is a suitable reflection of the values and ambitions of the university and the activities of The Enterprise centre.

The concept of 2226 is to provide a building with a comfortable range of interior temperatures (22oC to 26oC) without any heating, air conditioning or mechanical ventilation. The temperature range is guaranteed by a combination of thermal mass and natural ventilation, using the heat emitted from the bodies of the users and the office devices as energy sources. The concept has been applied to buildings in different locations and has since become a standalone research and development program within the Baumschlager Eberle practice, but here the focus is on the first example building of the series, built in Lustenau.

The project is an extension of a 1950s office tower in Berlin with a twofold goal: to reconnect the isolated tower with the (current and historical) city fabric and to become a prototype of exemplary energy performance for office buildings. The new connection to context is achieved through a heterogenous composition of volumes that take cues both from the baroque layer of the city (plinth) and from the late modernist layer (slab). The energy performance concept is based on a double skin concept and an aerodynamic ventilation fin at the top of the slab.

The C10 Tower was originally built in the 1960s. In 2008 Staab Architekten undertook the refurbishment and renovation of the building, with a focus on building performance.

The Sanya Mangrove Park project exemplifies a holistic approach to climate change adaptation, addressing the intersection of ENVIRONMENTAL degradation, urban development, and green and blue INFRASTRUCTURE. Situated in Sanya, China’s Hainan Province, the project transforms a former landfill enclosed by concrete flood walls into a thriving mangrove ecosystem and public park. Through innovative design strategies such as interlocking finger-like landforms and terraced landscapes, the project attempts to mitigate the impact of annual tropical monsoon storms and pollution while enhancing biodiversity and ecosystem services. Moreover, its emphasis on public accessibility and community engagement fosters a sense of environmental stewardship and resilience among residents,

The GrowNYC teaching garden is an urban farm located on Governors Island, that welcomes visitors to an educative and immersive experience of growing food sustainably within the city. Besides organised field trips for planting, harvesting and cooking (mainly for students), the garden is open to the public on the weekends of the summer season. Part of the produce is donated to food pantries and distributed to various boroughs in New York.

The Mellor School extension demonstrates an exemplary approach to almost all of the climate emergency design themes. Firstly, with the use of MATERIALS such as timber in many forms, from the glulam “portal frames” to the red cedar shingles on the roof. It also uses strawbale for the insulation to external walls. This palette of materials ties into the school’s forest school teaching and learning ethos.

Barcelona Superblocks is an urban design principle that prioritises people over cars, improving the public realm of neighbourhoods, reducing reliance on vehicles and promoting alternative modes of transport. Subsequently this reduces pollution and CO2 emissions in the city of Barcelona while allowing for an increase in the levels of green space available for residents. The principle takes 9 city blocks and combines them into one Superblock bounded by major road networks. Within the Superblock people are given priority – two lane roads are reduced to one with the former car lane transformed into new green urban spaces.

The Makoko floating school was a prototype floating structure in the Makoko community, which is largely built on the water of the lagoon of Lagos. In its short lifespan it became a symbol of the community, an internationally praised work of architecture but also an example of how architecture can fail to deliver what promised.

The Climate City is a project that uses climate adaptation strategies (specifically rainwater management) as the backbone for the urban development and regeneration of Middelfart. The project provides different rainwater management solutions for three different areas of the town, ranging from changing existing street paving permeability to the design of a new landscape park.

The Inverted House, designed by a group of students from the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO) as the winning entry to the LIXIL International University Architectural Competition, embodies the theme of “House for Enjoying the Harsh Cold.” This experimental guest house in Hokkaido challenges traditional notions of domestic space by minimising heated interiors and embracing the cold winter environment as an integral part of the living experience.

The aim of Solrødgård Climate and Environmental Park is to combine nature and technology. The park is perceived as a coherent landscape, with pockets for the individual functions. The Park houses a new headquarters for Hillerød Utility Company, a wastewater treatment plant and a recycling centre. The future plan is to expand with a geothermal system, water plant, photovoltaic power station and a number of demonstration plots. Visitors to the Climate and Environmental Park are invited to explore close-up the various utility functions and processes, such as water treatment and the generation of green energy – energy cycles which are fundamental to daily life.

Benthemplein water square is a shared public amenity and recreational space, which has been described as the world’s first ‘water square’. It is cleverly designed to attenuate surface water and mitigate against the threat of flooding whilst also providing a dynamic and flexible public amenity space.

Located in the courtyard between the Design Museum and the Museum of Finnish Architecture, Alusta creates a pocket of lush greenery in a central area of Helsinki. The materials chosen are tied deeply to the earth: fired as well as unfired clay, branches, wood, and rammed earth. It is a spatial experience for humans and nonhumans alike, reveling in natural processes of growth and decay, housing crawling insects, climbing plant life, and creeping fungi. As part of the Academy of Finland’s BIWE (Biodiversity interventions for well-being) project, the pavilion’s aim is to reintroduce biodiversity into densely inhabited urban areas. BIWE’s research specifically focuses on the effects of microbial presence in the built environment, and measures what impacts this can have on residents’ health and wellbeing.

The Confucius Temple is located in the Qinhuai District, at the heart of Nanjing. It was the largest ancient imperial exam centre in China, where government officials were selected. The renovation of the Confucius Temple aimed to build the first "National Model Pedestrian Street". The renovation of the Confucius Temple considered natural resources, including designing visitor routes and retelling dug-up stories, which brings a modern tour experience to the old neighborhood. The building façade style of the entire block has been restored based on the traditional style, with some moderate innovation, in order to preserve its cultural value and ensure an environment that works for its users.

Lixiang Village is located approximately 60 kilometers from Nanjing city. The village is known for its canals and ponds, which are formed by rivers flowing through rice fields in the area. The village is also famous for its historic culture, characterised by well-preserved late Qing Dynasty buildings and a thriving blueberry planting industry. To cater to both visitors and residents, the renovation process of the project included the addition of a visitor service center, a villagers' activity center, and other facilities. These adaptive infrastructures enhance the spatial quality of Lixiang Village and promote inclusivity, community well-being, and a sense of belonging. The project also focuses on sustainability by utilising bamboo and preserving old buildings during the renovation process, thereby reducing energy consumption and carbon footprint.