Grow Your Own City’ explores whole value chains, connecting rural village-based bamboo agroforestry with the fast-growing urban centres of Indonesia, to unlock a multitude of socio-environmental benefits across global bamboo supply chains.
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.
Bayt al-Karāmah is a climate-responsive housing project in Sennar, Sudan, designed for families of fallen soldiers. It supports dignified living through culturally grounded spatial organization, passive strategies, and community-oriented planning.
Dar Al-Naseem is a climate-responsive, high-density housing project in Dongola, Sudan, inspired by Nubian architecture, integrating passive design, renewable energy, water efficiency, and walkable community to support dignity, privacy, and sustainable living.
This project frames energy as a catalyst for post-war recovery, proposing a decentralized Energy Island complex integrating renewables, desalination, and food systems in Rafah, Gaza, as a scalable prototype for resilience and sustainability.
Project Medussa is a sustainable architectural proposal integrating controlled micro-greenhouses, hydroponic systems, and community education to conserve fragile ecosystems, optimize resources, and promote environmental awareness within sensitive tropical landscapes.
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.
RISE transforms human and environmental health in informal settlements through water-sensitive, naturebased infrastructure. Working with communities and governments in Fiji and Indonesia, it delivers sanitation upgrades and evidence to scale resilient, equitable urban futures.
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.
A critical site-specific approach grounded in the SDGs, students engage in month-long fieldwork in pressured regions. Collaborating with local communities, they test designs informed by context, gaining methodological, empathetic, and applicable architectural competencies.