Living School Campus Post Disaster

Cave Urban are designing the master plan for three Living School campuses. Rebuilding after the 2022 Lismore floods, the project explores how architecture can increase resilience to natural disasters and re-imagine existing built infrastructure.

AIA Framework for Design Excellence

AIA’s Framework informs progress toward an equitable, healthy, resilient, and zero-carbon built environment. It aligns with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, demonstrating a common urgent call for climate action and equity.

Yanjiang Rural School

The Yanjiang Rural Village School reimagines rural education in China, serving five villages with adaptable, sustainable architecture that integrates courtyards, passive strategies, and cost-effective design to strengthen community resilience amid rapid urbanisation.

Aboriginal Healthcare Hub

The project is a community-controlled, culturally grounded health facility placing wellness at the centre of community, enabling Martu / Niabali people access high-quality care on Country while strengthening culture, dignity and connection.

Balikbayan: Home Away From Home

“Balikbayan” housing celebrates cultural identity in Toronto’s Little Manila. Addressing unaffordable, inflexible housing for Filipino immigrants, it reimagines accessible homes, adapting the traditional compound into a mid-rise fostering belonging and community resilience.

Embedding the SDGs in Design Education

Design Process Studio integrated UNSDGs into second-semester interior design education, positioning sustainability as foundational rather than supplementary. Students addressed real-world challenges, examining how design decisions intersect with environmental, social, and economic systems.

Global Development Program (WIT)

The post-master’s level WiT Programme explores multisectoral collaboration as a catalyst for global sustainability and development. It bridges the capacities of universities, organisations and professionals to advance the resilience of underprivileged communities globally.

Informal Settlement Improvement

Three design studios of TDS-UDDI and CODI Baan Mankong which serve as case studies for teaching and learning about informal settlement improvement projects in Thailand

Sustainable Architecture Prompt

The Sustainable Architecture Prompt (SAP) is a card-based educational tool designed to help architecture students and educators integrate the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into design studios.

Kigali Urban Fabric Initiative

The Kigali Urban Fabric Initiative is an informal settlement upgrading project in 3 communities implementing small-scale social facilities and public spaces co-designed, co-constructed,and co-managed by residents and urban stakeholders.