INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION
A4TC 2025
RESULT
A4TC 2025
Editorial reflection
The architecture thesis represents a defining moment in every architect’s journey—a unique opportunity to explore ideas, challenge conventions, and propose meaningful solutions for the future of our built environment. Through the 4th Edition of Archiol’s Architecture Thesis Competition (A4TC 2025), we celebrated this spirit of innovation by bringing together outstanding thesis projects from emerging designers around the world.
This year’s submissions showcased remarkable diversity, addressing themes ranging from climate resilience and heritage conservation to social infrastructure, housing, urban regeneration, and speculative futures. Each project demonstrated a commitment to thoughtful design, critical inquiry, and the transformative potential of architecture to respond to contemporary challenges.
We extend our sincere congratulations to all participants, finalists, and winners for their dedication, creativity, and vision. Your work reaffirms the vital role of architectural education in shaping future leaders of the profession, and we are honored to present the results of A4TC 2025.
EXPERTS
Jury Panel
Distinguished architects from around the world evaluate submissions with rigorous professional standards and creative insight.
01 First Place
Winner
Migration Station
Tan Stanisia Finley Buwono
An exceptionally imaginative and beautifully resolved ecological proposal that transforms conservation into an immersive spatial experience, creating a meaningful symbiosis between migratory birds, habitat restoration, and public engagement.
Work on:
The project would benefit from further evidence regarding long-term ecological management, species monitoring strategies, and the potential impact of increased human activity on sensitive habitats.
Special Mention
Exceptional
From Fragility to Resilience: An Integrated Approach to Coastal Settlement on Kutubdia Island
Mst. Khairun Nahar Jeba
A highly convincing and deeply contextual proposal that addresses climate vulnerability through an integrated framework of resilient housing, livelihood protection, ecological restoration, and community empowerment.
Work on:
The proposal could be strengthened by further detailing governance and maintenance mechanisms to ensure long-term implementation and community stewardship beyond the initial development phases.
Honourable Mention
Factory[N]Certainty
Siam Rahman
An exceptionally forward-thinking proposal that reimagines the future of industrial production by merging automation, artisan culture, housing, and community into a dynamic and adaptable spatial ecosystem.
Work on:
While the speculative framework is highly compelling, greater evidence of economic feasibility and operational implementation would strengthen confidence in its long-term viability.
Honourable Mention
Heritage at Risk: Reviving the Soul Of BIRULIA (A Case Study in Architectural Conservation & Adaptive Reuse)
Md Shazzadul Islam
A highly comprehensive conservation strategy that moves beyond preservation to create a community-led framework for cultural continuity, adaptive reuse, and local economic revitalization.
Work on:
The proposal could further strengthen its implementation framework by clarifying governance mechanisms, funding strategies, and long-term stewardship responsibilities across stakeholders.
Honourable Mention
Progressive housing in the La Pradera neighborhood: a module that grows and shrinks.
Nicolas Rosero
A thoughtful and scalable housing proposal that successfully combines affordability, adaptability, urban densification, and community infrastructure within a flexible modular framework.
Work on:
The project would benefit from a stronger architectural identity and more detailed demonstration of how the expandable housing system performs over time in real occupancy scenarios.
Honourable Mention
The Cesar Chiriboga Square as a Catalyst of Urban Life
Camila Solange Alvarez Chamorro
A thoughtful urban regeneration proposal that successfully transforms an underutilized square into a vibrant civic destination by combining commerce, learning, culture, and public life within a highly integrated framework.
Work on:
The proposal could further strengthen its long-term impact by providing clearer strategies for operational management, programming continuity, and economic sustainability beyond market activities.
Honourable Mention
Sport Training Center in Loja, Ecuador
Victor Hugo Angos Cosios
A comprehensive and well-developed sports infrastructure proposal that successfully addresses the shortage of training facilities while creating a new civic and athletic hub for Loja.
Work on:
The project demonstrates strong technical resolution, but a more distinctive architectural identity and deeper environmental innovation would elevate its overall impact.
Honourable Mention
Nature's Sanctuary
Katarzyna Jamiol
A thoughtful and well-resolved proposal that successfully combines heritage conservation with ecological restoration, creating a meaningful and sustainable visitor experience.
Work on:
The project would benefit from clearer implementation strategies and more measurable performance indicators to strengthen its long-term feasibility.
Honourable Mention
Cultural Center For Children And Adolescents In The Rural Parish Of Tumbaco
Carolina Toscano
A highly relevant and socially driven project that provides much-needed cultural infrastructure for children and adolescents while creating flexible, inclusive, and community-oriented spaces.
Work on:
The project is well resolved technically, but its architectural language could be more distinctive and experimental to match the strength of its social ambitions.
Celebrating Potential
Shortlisted Entries
Innovative ideas that stood out among hundreds of entries and earned a place in the final shortlist.
1. Design Title: Transforming Japanese Futurism into Hodgepodge (“Go-cha-maze”) Architecture: A Monster Megastructure for San Francisco
Winners Name: Kengo Hanano
2. Design Title: Resonant horizonts
Winners Name: Eva Batista López
3. Design Title: REVIVAL OF TERRACOTTA by reconnecting to the history of PAAL COMMUNITY
Winners Name: Juaira Sizdah
4. Design Title: Future Sejong 2050 : A Testbed for Future Democracy
Winners Name: Seoyeon Yoo
5. Design Title: Metamorphospace
Winners Name: Niya Francis
6. Design Title: Metacognitarium - A Hybrid Musuem & Research Centre For Metacognition
Winners Name: Shreya Naresh Dhargawe
7. Design Title: Whispers of Time: Revitalizing Khulna Old Railway Station Through Acclimatization of Memories
Winners Name: Sheikh Sakib Rahman
8. Design Title: Labyrinth Cultivation Tower, Feng Chia Cooperative Goodness Building Expansion Project
Winners Name: Huang Shih Chi
9. Design Title: City of Gravity and Utility
Winners Name: Sayyoung Chang
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