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VICTORIA HARBOUR PERFORMANCE THEATRE
Hong Kong
Crouching Water: Victoria Marine Performance Theatre celebrates Victoria Harbour — the waterbody that transformed Hong Kong into a global metropolitan. The history and influence of the harbour on the city’s modernisation frame the vision of a new cultural node that draws Hong Kongers back to the historically and socially significant waterfront.
Responding to urban density, land scarcity, and the social disconnection from the harbour, the building is positioned between Central, Tsim Sha Tsui, and West Kowloon Cultural District, embodying an offshore floating gesture. The building's bundled glulam timber frame forms a warm civic presence against the homogeneous skyline, with fluid configurations generating theatres and public spaces, establishing a platform for experimental creativity. The building’s "crouching" form responds to the harbour climate, with material
usages, envelope boundaries, internalised water corridor, and fragmented spaces optimising water accessibility, natural cooling, and daylight.
The proposal mediates local culture, urban connectivity, and the city’s vibrant identity, becoming the new civic landmark upon the distinctive vertical skyline.
The project begins with a series of indepth studies of existing artefacts across multiple scales and disciplines, ranging from architecture and structural systems to domestic objects and joinery. This phase establishes the conceptual and tectonic foundation of the project through the extraction of spatial, material, and structural principles.
Architecture - Demountable wooden music theatre
Prometeo / Venice Chiesa di San Lorenzo / Fondazione Renzo Piano
An experimental timber performance structure exploring acoustic immersion through layered timber construction, suspended circulation, and controlled reverberation, forming an important precedent for atmospheric and acoustically driven theatre architecture.
Architecture - Suspension structural framework
HSBC Building / Hong Kong / Foster + Partners
Domestic Object - Transformable cloth hanger
Sciangai Folding Coat Stand / Zanotta / De Pas, D’Urbino, Lomazzi
A folding timber coat stand formed by rotating wooden members, expressing flexibility, movement, and structural elegance through simple articulated joints and repeated timber and metal elements.
Architecture - Glu-Lam Timber Structural Frame
Tamedia Office Building / Zurich / Shigeru Ban
A multi-storey timber office building defined by an exposed glulam structural frame, where carefully detailed joinery, layered wooden elements, and a restrained material palette articulate precision, warmth, and the expressive potential of contemporary timber construction.
St. John’s University, Alcuin Library / United States / Marcel Breuer
Expressively branched concrete columns expanding outward toward the ceiling create a sense of heavy lightness, where monumental structural forms appear visually lifted while opening the floor plan through widened spans and sculptural concrete articulation.
CONTINUOUS
Chair 31 & Chair 41 / Alvar Aalto
31
41
Laminated timber armrests bend continuously into the chair frame, allowing the curved glulam members to act simultaneously as enclosure, support, and primary structure while producing a light cantilevered profile with minimal structural interruption.
Joinery Detail - Steel Braced Curved Timber Column System
Central Cultural Jean-Marie Tjibadu / Renzo Piano
Joinery Detail - V-shaped Spine Joint Areópago Juan Pablo II / Mexico / Arturo Ríos
Structure & Joinery Detail - Plate Mounted Steel + Layered Timber Gridshell
The Weald and Downland Gridshell / England / Buro Happold and Edward Cullinan Architects
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Structure & Joinery Detail - Circular Multidirectional Joint (Hollow Center)
Geodesic Hub / Andrei Saveliev
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Structure & Joinery Detail - Circular Multidirectional Joint (Solid Center)
Geodesic Hub / Andrei Saveliev
Based on the studied artefacts, a series of iterative design fragments were developed, gradually establishing the architectural foundation of the project. This phase primarily explored the structural expression and behaviour of bent and bundled timber, investigating how steam-bent and glulamformed elements could operate both individually and collectively to generate structure, define space, and respond adaptively to the site context.
Strategy building out/down/upwards
Concept Sketch
SUSPENDED GLU-LAM TIMBER SPACIAL FRAGMENT
Strategy building out/down/upwards
Slicing | Branching | Framing
Artifacts with bundling and branding strategies
Space attached onto masts framework, differentiating inside and outside
SUSPENDED BUNDLED GLU-LAM MAST FRAME
Slicing | Branching | Framing | Connecting
Suspended poche
Suspended poche
Suspended poche
Suspended poche
Suspended poche
Load receiver
Suspended structure load analysis diagram
CONNECTION BETWEEN WOOD COLUMNS
Lamination methods informing joinery strategies
Method 00 - Neutral
Method 01 - Delaminating/Slicing
Method 02 - Terracing
Method 03 - Bundling
BUNDLE WOOD MAST
Direction of Wood Grain
Method 03 - Bundling
1.1
Developing from the ambition to respond adaptively to physical and spatial contexts, the project is positioned in Hong Kong — a city defined by extreme urban density, a vertically articulated skyline, mountainous topography, and the surrounding waterscape of harbours and outlying islands. The proposal explores the potential of a transportation and cultural terminal that mediates the city’s spatial, social, and infrastructural relationships.
PHASE 1 BRIEF PROPOSAL
TRANSPORTATION AND CULTURAL TERMINAL - HONG KONG
Moderating central and peripheral through steam bending and bundling
A transportation and cultural convergence between central
MODERATOR BETWEEN HONG KONG CENTRAL AREA AND OUTLYING ISLANDS
/ GENTRIFICATION
/ TRANSPORTATION TERMINAL
/ CONVERGING CULTURES [CRAFTSMANSHIP, ART, LIFESTYLE, CUISINES]
/ DIALOGUE BETWEENURBAN - ISLAND METROPOLIS - NATURAL PERMANENT - SCATTER CENTRAL - PERIPHERAL
A transportation and cultural terminal/hub/port the center of the Hong Kong, facilitating and goods, while encouraging culture exchanges islands around, while being a cultural beacon leisure, sports at harbor area.
central area and outlying islands in Hong Kong
terminal/hub/port that sets the site at transportation of people exchanges between outlying beacon that attract art, culture,
Facing the outlying islands cultural area to a fishing village
TRANSPORTATION AND CULTURAL TERMINAL - HONG KONG
Moderating central and peripheral through steam bending and bundling
/ OPTIMIZED STRUCTURAL EXPRESSION - MULTI-DIRECTIONAL BUNDLING / LONG SPAN COVERAGE / LIGHT AND AIR CONDITIONED SPACES / BUNDLING FROM STRUCTURAL, TO FACADE & SHELTER / LAND-SEA
/ CENTRAL-PERIPHERAL
TRANSPORTATION AND CULTURAL TERMINAL - HONG KONG
Moderating central and peripheral through steam bending and bundling
Section - Hierarchy from land to sea
/ RESPONDING TO TYPICAL HILLY LANDSCAPE / BUNDLING FROM STRUCTURAL TO FACADE
/ HIERARCHY OF SPACE
/ LAND-SEA
/ CENTRAL-PERIPHERAL
TRANSPORTATION AND CULTURAL TERMINAL - HONG KONG
Moderating central and peripheral through steam bending and bundling
/ STAGGERING HIERARCHY OF SPACE / OUTSIDE-INSIDE / LAND-SEA / CENTRAL-PERIPHERAL
3-DIMENSIONAL / MULTI-DIRECTIONAL
Primary and secondary bundling informing spatial and structural expressions
Single bundling module responding to both local and neighboring connections
Local and counter-reacted bundling
/ EXPRESSION OF SPACE
/ EXPRESSION OF HIERARCHY
/ EXPRESSING AS STRUCTURAL PRINCIPLE
/ EXPRESSING AS FACADE/COVERAGE
Perspective - Transportation and cultural moderator
Structural lattice through counter-reacting bundling Interior
Perspective - Bundling principal from structures to facade on facade, floorplates, and structures
Sub-division of levels - reacting to landscape
TRANSPORTATION AND CULTURAL TERMINAL - HONG KONG
Moderating central and peripheral through steam bending and bundling
Key structural bundle module Timber bundling technique as the major structural principal
Sub-division of levels - reacting to landscape on facade, floorplates, and structures
Perspective - Hierarchy from land to sea
1.2
Situated in Central, Hong Kong’s primary business district, the project occupies the shoreline of Victoria Harbour, foregrounding the city’s conditions of urban density and land scarcity. Through the proposal on redeveloping the existing ferry pier connecting Central and the outlying islands, the project seeks to mediate the relationship between the urban core and periphery area of the city, while integrating the structural and spatial potential of bent and bundled glulam timber systems.
SITE - CENTRAL, HONG KONG
REINTERPRETATION OF THE TRANSPORTATION AND CULTURAL TERMINAL Moderating central and peripheral through steam bending and bundling
REINTERPRETATION OF THE TRANSPORTATION AND CULTURAL TERMINAL - CENTRAL, HONG KONG
Moderating central and peripheral through steam bending and bundling
Site Perimeter - Central, Hong Kong
REINTERPRETATION OF THE TRANSPORTATION AND CULTURAL TERMINAL - CENTRAL, HONG KONG
Moderating central and peripheral through steam bending and bundling
TRANSPORTATION AND CULTURAL TERMINAL - HONG KONG
Moderating central and peripheral through steam bending and bundling
Multi-directional bundling structural framework Timber bundling technique as the major structural principal
usage of spaces
Building entrance absorbing circulation from Central area
4 variations of multi-dimensional steam bending timber bundles constructing the space, expressing their structural principles and materialities.
2.1
Through research into the history and culture of Hong Kong, the project is grounded in the civic significance of Victoria Harbour, positioning the architecture as an urban convergence that reconnects the city with its waterfront. The fragmented building form draws from the spatial condition of the outlying islands, while a central theatre acts as a civic node for cultural exchange and gathering. By embedding water within the spatial organisation, the proposal seeks to reconnect the city’s vertical urban fabric.
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CENTRAL WATER BODY IN HONG KONG
From Fishing Village to Vertical Metropolis City
The project developed with the core idea of celebrating Victoria Harbour — the body of water that transformed Hong Kong from a fishing village into one of the world’s most metropolitan cities. The long history and evolution of the harbour, alongside its influence on the city’s culture, commerce, urbanism, and modernisation, frames the design narrative.
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CENTRAL WATER BODY IN HONG KONG
From Fishing Village to Vertical Metropolis City
The three districts form an important delta at the heart of Hong Kong, representing the city’s core cultural and economic identity. The mid-harbour site of the building is strategically positioned in response to these three urban fronts, establishing a civic node that reconnects the harbour with the cultural and urbanism of the city.
The historical and financial centre of Hong Kong, characterised by its dense commercial skyline, corporate headquarters, and strong connection to the city’s colonial and economic development along the northern shore of Victoria Harbour.
A historic waterfront district in Kowloon, recognised for its cultural institutions, tourism, retail streets, and continuous public promenade overlooking Victoria Harbour and the skyline of Hong Kong Island.
A major contemporary cultural development in Hong Kong, bringing together museums, performance venues, and public open spaces to establish a new civic and artistic destination along the harbourfront.
Horizontal Stitching of Vertical city
Cultural Significance of Harbour
- Historical importance on the development of Hong Kong
- Backdrop of the Hong Kong dense verticality
Design Intentions
- Horizontal long span stretch into the harbour
- Reinterpreted Chinese courtyard logic and rooftop
- Hong Kong Tong Lau balcony fragments (and mixed used logic
- Hong Kong Typhoon shelters as building boundary
- Central Market
Programme
- Mass Water Transit Terminal
- Water-extended public realm
- Cultural node for island and water culture
TIN HAU
PROMENADE ENTRY
WATER COURTYARD
MASS WATER TRANSIT
WORSHIPPING AREA
MARKET BOATERS TRANSIT DOCKING
PROMENADE ENTRY
CONTEXTUAL CORRELATION
CHINESE COURTYARD HOUSES
TIN HAU - GODDESS OF SEA
HONG KONG TYPHOON SHELTERS
WATER MASS TRANSIT SYSTEM
Religious beliefs of Southern China water settlement
Artificial boundary against tidal changes and typhoon hazards
VISUAL & ATMOSPHERIC REFERENCES - PHILOSOPHY AND POP CULTURE
The design proposes a building composed of fragmented spatial volumes converging around a central theatre space. The presence of water throughout the building forms a connective void that organizes programme, circulation, and spatial relationships.
CIRCULATION FROM KOWLOON PENINSULA
BACK-OF-HOUSE
WATER THEATRE AUDIENCE ENTRANCE
CIRCULATION FROM HONG KONG ISLAND
FERRY DOCKING
WATER-EXTENDED PUBLIC REALM
PERFORMANCE STAGE
F&B/ RETAIL
WATER THEATRE AUDIENCE ENTRANCE
CENTRAL DOCKING
OCEAN CRUISE TERMINAL SHOPPING MALL
2.2
DETAIL DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
Establishing clear design parameters became crucial in shaping the civic building positioned offshore within Victoria Harbour. The project explored methods of fragmenting spaces and forming the building envelope in response to spatial, programmatic, and climatic criteria. Structural studies into material hybridisation and the building’s framing systems also played a significant role in informing the final architectural and tectonic resolution of the proposal.
EXPERIENCING NEGATIVITY
Fragmentation of linearity
Docking Offsets
Cross Fragmentation
Tapered Fragments + Theatre Stage
Layered Fragmentation
ROOF AND ENVELOPE
STRUCTURAL AND FORMAL RESPONSE TO SKYLINE AND PREVAILING WIND
Fragmentation of linearity
MATERIAL PROPERTIES AND POTENTIAL
Timber selection and sourcing
TIMBER SELECTION AND REASONING
Primary Structural Strategy: Glu-lam (Glued laminated timber)
Primary Structural Material: Timber
per kg material)
Embodied carbon (kg
Renewable Yes No No
Reusable High Low Partial
Recyclable Yes Downcycled Yes
Timber offers a renewable and potentially circular material system
Timber stores carbon absorbed during tree growth Timber
Timber has a low carbon emission
Timber provides a high strength-to-weight ratio, ideal for floating structure
GLU-LAM PRODUCTION PROCESS
SELECTION AND SOURCING
Option 1
Option 2
Option 3
FROM MATERIAL PRODUCTION TO ON-SITE CONSTRUCTION
Major soft wood timber production source from Heilongjiang and Jilin, Northwestern part of China
Timber material will be transported through High-speed Railway system to Guangzhou factories, where the bending and pre-fabrication will take place
Pre-fabricated structural components will be transported to Hong Kong by boats for the off-shore construction
OPTIMISING SUPPORT OF CANTILEVER ROOFS
Approaches of load transfer through timber bundle columns
Duo-integrated cantilever structure - bundled column with internal vertical steel reinforcement
Integrated approaches of load transfer through timber bundle columns
Integrated system supporting multiple staggered roofs
Integrated system supporting single slanted roof and floorplate
Integrated system supporting multiple staggered roofs and floorplate
TWISTING & BENDING
Fragmenting timber support in achieving single-directional bending
Fragmentation to reduce number of planars in single timber member
HYBRID STRUCTURAL STRATEGY
Linear bending of timber and multi-directionality of steel connections
Perpendicular interlocking enabling multiple-directional bundling
CULTURAL CONNECTION ACROSS VICTORIA HARBOUR
Structural grid of bundled laminated columns
Option 1 utilises a loosely distributed column grid, where bundled structure and branch upwards and outwards to support the roof suspended tensile elements is introduced at the central theatre across the atrium.
bundled glu-lam columns rise from the floating pontoon roof canopy. A hybrid structural system incorporating theatre space to achieve the larger column-free span
CULTURAL CONNECTION ACROSS VICTORIA HARBOUR
Structural grid of bundled laminated columns
Option 2 utilises a diagrid structural framework, employing floating structure while reinforcing the building as a continuous are more evenly distributed. The extending diagonal geometry cantilevered roof form, generating a more expressive spatial
employing diagonal members to respond to the long-span continuous system in which bending and shear loads geometry also responds to the wide theatre span and spatial and structural language.
CULTURAL CONNECTION ACROSS VICTORIA HARBOUR
Structural grid of bundled laminated columns
Option 3 utilises a perimeter column grid, where bundled building. The spanning beams converge centrally to reinforce and suspended structures to occupy the space between the envelope, the columns establish a continuous structural connection creating a coherent and legible load-transfer strategy.
columns branch inward toward the interior of the reinforce horizontal load transfer while allowing bridges the two building wings. Positioned along the exterior connection to the underwater tension-leg system,
The building is primarily constructed from a glu-lam timber structural frame, forming a warm yet robust contrast against Hong Kong’s dense curtain-wall steel skyline. Embracing the natural conditions of the harbour, the theatre adopts a semi-open configuration, allowing performance spaces to remain partially outdoors while fully utilising the passive climatic qualities of wind and water. In doing so, the project proposes new spatial and atmospheric possibilities for Hong Kong’s cultural and performance scene.
VICTORIA MARINE PERFORMANCE THEATRE
The New Civic Landmark embodying Hong Kong’s Culture, History, and Identity
The embodiment of new geographic and spatial Journey
Corrugated polycarbonate panels w/ embedded photovoltaic panels
100x100mm Tertiary timber roof beam
250x400mm Secondary timber beam
200x200mm Primary dia-grid bundled glu-lam timber frame [Bundled: 1000x1000mm]
Steel connection for primary timber bundles
Transitional joint between primary framework and tension foundation
Pressurised stage entry door
Hydraulic Platforms
100mm Pontoon anti-corrosion steel panels
75x100mm Pontoon steel framework
100x50mm Pontoon truss structure
Underwater tension leg anchor system
Monumental journey from docking to Interior
Monumental journey from docking to Interior
The new cultural and recreational icon out of the urban density
PRIVATE YATCH ENTRANCE DOCK
MAIN ENTRANCE GRAND STAIRCASE
UNDERWATER TENSION LEG FOUNDATION SYSTEM
CORRUGATED POLYCARBONATE ROOF EMBEDDED PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS
MAIN THEATRE
AUDIENCE SEATING
MAIN THEATRE GRAND ENTRANCE
2025-26 PG14 CROUCHING WATER •
VICTORIA MARINE PERFORMANCE THEATRE HK
BUILDING PROGRAM & ARCHITECTURAL STRATEGIES
PRE-FUNCTION CIVIC SPACES
VICTORIA WATER CORRIDOR
STAR FERRY PUBLIC DOCKING
A
A platform for brand new cultural innovations
The concentrated platform dedicated to revitalizing local culture
Spatially active underwater back-of-house levels
BACKSTAGE
ENTRANCE AND VIEWING
Brand New theatre experience, full experience with water and art A node of social convergence; a platform of
convergence; revitalization: contemporary innovation
Experiencing cultural and civicness with the Victoria Waters
First landing out of the urban density
The cultural experience out of urban density: a new destination of civicness and innovation
Flexibility of stages and platforms configurations allowing multi-identity performances
CONFIGURATION 01
CONFIGURATION 02
CONFIGURATION 03
/ HYBRID THEATRE / CENTRAL STAGE / YATCH VIEWING
/ HYBRID THEATRE / FLAT STAGE / YATCH VIEWING
/ HYBRID THEATRE / CENTRAL WATER STAGE / YATCH VIEWING DOMINANT
/ ELONGATED RUNWAY THEATRE / INTEGRATED STAGE / EXPERIENTIAL VIEWING
/ WATER INSIDE & OUTSIDE / PUBLIC REALM / CENTRAL WATER FEATURE
/ HYBRID THEATRE / CENTRAL STAGE / DUO-EXPERIENTIAL VIEWING
VICTORIA MARINE PERFORMANCE THEATRE
Monumental journey from docking to Interior
Geological Condition & Spring Tension Leg Studies
1 - Floating Building Mass [Fragment Section]
2 - Underwater Marine Tension Foundation System
3 - Marine Mud Layer
4 - Alluvial Deposits
5 - Decomposed Granite
6 - Hard Granite Bedrock
Tension leg connection node
Anti-corrosion protection container
Closed swage socket connection
Ø250 Steel Cable
Steel cable sea-bed socket
Sea-bed connector
Spatially active back-of-house levels
pressurised doors transition layer between backstage spaces
INTEGRATION OF ABOVE-WATER & UNDERWATER STRUCTURES
Hierarchy and Assembly Sequence
Floor-plate Beam Grid Layout
PRIMARY STRUCTURE
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN STRATEGIES
Natural sunlight and heat control
Summer sun-path (May-Oct)
Winter sun-path (Nov-Apr)
LOCATION
SOLAR ORIENTATION
SEASONAL VARIATION
DESIGN STRATEGIES
Site sun-path isometric diagram 22.29° N, 114.16° E
- Latitude / Longitude: 22.29° N, 114.16° E
- Northern Hemisphere
- Sun path is predominantly across the southern sky
- South-facing facade receives the most consistent sunlight
- North-facing facade remains more shaded throughout the year
Summer & Autumn (May-Oct)
- High solar altitude
- Long daylight hours
Winter & Spring (Nov-Apr)
- High solar altitude
- Long daylight hours
- Building has a relatively linear and flat geometry
- Major facade facing NW and SE
- SE facade would experience most heat gain
- SE public corridor with generous natural light harvesting
- Main theatre space will be sheltered from major sunlight and rain
Direct sunlight Heat + UV
Diffused sunlight for outdoor corridor
Multi-diffused sunlight to interior spaces
Sunlight reflected from water surface
Enclosed interior pre-function spaces
Semi-sheltered
3 Reflective & photovoltaic panels reducing heat gain on large flat roof
2 Semi-translucent facade panels diffusing natural light to corridor and interior
1 Perforated panels inviting natural light
Reflected daylight from water provides passive illumination
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN STRATEGIES
Prevailing Wind & Ventilation | Acoustic Control | Water Harvesting
Prevailing Wind & Ventilation
Building form & enclosure: in response Harbour prevailing wind
Wind resistant building form & Prevailing wind-assisted passive ventilation and cooling
Articulated timber elements: perforated panels, slatted panels, and bundle columns, amplified the acoustic properties of softwood, acting as diffusive surfaces that disperse and focused sound reflections.
Rainwater Harvesting
Roof-facade-structure Rainwater Harvesting System
Providing on-site sustainable water source
Seasonal heavy rainfall is captured and reused to supplement non-potable water demand
Rainwater treatment filtration
BARC0174: ADVANCED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN I
FINAL PORTFOLIO
CROUCHING WATER:
VICTORIA MARINE PERFORMANCE THEATRE
HONG KONG
WONG
HO WANG CALEB
UNIT 14 [2025-2026]
EXPRESSIVE CAPACITY
UNIT TUTORS:
JAKUB KLASKA
DIRK KROLIKOWSKI
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At the center of Unit 14’s academic exploration lies Buckminster Fuller’s ideal of the ‘The Comprehensive Designer’, a master-builder that follows Renaissance principles and a holistic approach. Fuller referred to this ideal of the designer as somebody who is capable of comprehending the ‘integrateable significance’ of specialised findings and is able to realise and coordinate the commonwealth potentials of these discoveries while not disappearing into a career of expertise. Like Fuller, we are opportunists in search of new ideas and their benefits via architectural synthesis. As such Unit 14 is a test bed for exploration and innovation, examining the role of the architect in an environment of continuous change. We are in search of the new, leveraging technologies, workflows and modes of production seen in disciplines outside our own. We test ideas systematically by means of digital as well as physical drawings, models and prototypes. Our work evolves around technological speculation with a research-driven core, generating momentum through astute synthesis. Our propositions are ultimately made through the design of buildings and through the in-depth consideration of structural formation and tectonic. This, coupled with a strong research ethos, will generate new and unprecedented, one day viable and spectacular proposals. They will be beautiful because of their intelligence - extraordinary findings and the artful integration of those into architecture.
The focus of this year’s work evolves around the concept of ‘Constructed Futures’. The term aims to describe architecture and as such fundamentally human future as the result of the architect’s highest degree of synthesis of underlying principles. Constructional logic, spatial innovation, typological organisation, environmental and structural performance are all negotiated in a highly iterative process driven by intense architectural investigation. Inspiration for inherent principles of organisational intelligence can be observed in both biotic and abiotic systems, in all spatial arrangements where it is critical for the overall performance of the developed order. Through the deep understanding of constructional principles, we will generate highly developed architectural systems of unencountered intensity where spatial organisation arises as a result of sets of mutual interactions. Observation as well as re-examination of civilisatory developments will enable us to project near future scenarios and position ourselves as avant-garde in the process of designing a comprehensive vision for the forthcoming. The projects will take shape as research based imaginative tales, architectural visions driven by speculation.
Thanks to: Seth Stein Architects, DKFS, ZHA, Foster and Partners, Minifie Architects, Buro Happold, Amanda Levete Architects, Penta Real Estate, RSHP
