World Architecture Awards 10+5+X Submissions

As the new campus for one of the best universities in Western China, designed to accommodate 10,000 faculty and students in the future, the primary design goal for the Chongqing University Wisdom Valley Campus is to create a future campus that integrates nature, ecology, education, technology, and innovation. Concurrently, the campus is intended to serve as a vital, organic component of the Chongqing Science City, a major new science and technology hub in Western China.

The project site reflects the natural geographical characteristics of Chongqing, the world-renowned mountain metropolis: the environment of coexisting mountains and water fostered the development of this site. Jinyun Mountain on the west side serves as the backdrop for the campus with its continuous mountain ranges. The confluence of the Huxi River and Yangjiagou Stream forms a natural peninsula known as Qinglongzui.

The master plan is dedicated to transforming the conventional closed university campus model. The university of the future belongs not only to its faculty and students but also to the city. The campus layout, characterized by a well-balanced mix of density and open, grand gestures, creates an open space facing the city in the pre-campus area on the east side, forming a massive C-shaped "Academic Loop." This loop connects the various campus zones while actively engaging the city, promoting interaction and co-existence.

Under the principle of "Design Following Nature," the naturally formed confluence of the two rivers within the campus is enlarged into an ecological peninsula. This peninsula is designated as the Campus Energetic Core（CEC）, housing landmark buildings such as key laboratories, the library, and the auditorium. Together with natural elements like the lake, sparse woods, and lawns, they form the ecological heart of the campus.

The design creates a campus spatial model that breaks down disciplinary barriers. The Academic Loop consists of a series of public classrooms and laboratories, offering high efficiency and intensive use. Faculty and students from colleges such as Optoelectronic Engineering, Microelectronics and Communication Engineering, and Intelligent Connected Vehicles will study here, promoting disciplinary integration and cross-disciplinary research.
Furthermore, the Academic Loop is also a Three-Dimensional Efficiency Ring. By scientifically utilizing the elevation differences through a three-dimensional integrated transportation strategy, it connects three distinct spatial layers: the underground vehicular flow, the ground-level pedestrian flow, and the overhead academic public platform.

The longitudinal campus public space running north-south through the campus forms two major campus composite axes, linking teaching and research, health and sports, and residential living. The Waterfront Public Vitality Belt on the south shapes both banks of the Huxi River into a water-friendly social interaction space. The research and office buildings on the east bank adopt a modular spatial model to meet flexible development needs. The Northern Campus Boulevard carries the campus's century-long history, incorporating cultural landscapes to organically integrate culture and history with the modern campus space.

Site Area: 5,900,000㎡ (39.3 hectares)
Construction Gross Area: 465,000㎡

Chu Donozhu, Yang Yang, Chu Longfei, Guan Shihan, Yang Yue, Yu Yan, Zheng wenchong, Deng Yuwen, Liu Xueyang, Zhou lingzhi, Shen Qingzhi, Li Baopeng, Zhang Songming, Wang Dagang

The project is designed for students to study in rural areas, villages and mountains where there is no school. In these rural areas where there are very few households outside the city, there is often no school structure for education. Even the smallest school structures in existing cities remain very large compared to the population in these rural areas. For this reason, these learning houses & schools have been designed with a minimum budget so that children living in rural areas and growing up here have at least an educational structure.In the project, it is aimed to be built with local materials without using any external materials. In this frame, the single-storey building consists of a block wall and a reinforced concrete beam to be placed on it. The roof structure that will come on the reinforced concrete beam will protect the structure from the excessive heat of the sun.The structure, which consists of 2 blocks and 4 classrooms, connects it with the roof. For natural ventilation, gaps were created with bricks on the wall of the building. The sustainability of education will be ensured by the expansion of education venues in rural areas, which will be built with this minimum budget.2 water tanks in the building will be used to meet the water needs of the building. A water well is also considered on the side of the building to use the natural underground water.Small gaps repeated on both walls of each block of the building also contribute to clean ventilation and cooling by passing through the building without the wind hitting the building. In this respect, these small spaces not only provide natural light intake, but also create natural cooling. With this aspect, the building was designed with a completely sustainable architecture.

Block wall structure
Selim Senin

Cielo is a compact residential building in Nagpur city, Maharashtra India.
On a relatively small site of 900 sq.m. a total buildable area of 3600 sq.m. is built based upon the prevalent rules & client requirements.
The mandatory open spaces on all sides generates a buildable area of only 270 sq.m. at each floor.
A single 4 bedroom apartment is planned at each floor in this 12 storeyed building.
3 of the bedrooms are located on 3 corners with the kitchen forming the 4th corner to facilitate cross-ventilation in each room. The living spaces are centrally located to form the focal social interaction space.
Nagpur forms the geographical center of India with extensive summers and temperature in excess of 40°C for 8 months annually.
Taking cognizance of this climate each of the main rooms opens into 2 balcony spaces, one open and one screened. This helps to reduce heat gain substantially, simultaneously providing sheltered open spaces to each room.
The screened bays are designed as sectional curves, forming a screen at the lower level & curving outwards to form a balcony at the upper level. These sectionally curved screens alternate horizontally & vertically across the building, providing protection from heat, forming green open spaces for each room & lending a sculptural quality to the building. These screens allude to the architectural heritage of the region where screens have existed since the 17th century.
Cielo is designed to create naturally cross ventilated spaces that are sheathed in response to the climate. The lifecycle carbon footprint is reduced substantially by the design that includes an entire solar panel roof, water harvesting & recycling in addition to the screened envelope to mitigate heat gain and reduce air-conditioning cost.


NIL
Lead Architect: Mr. Sanjay Puri
Design Team: Ruchika Gupta, Nikita Dusing, Krishna Leela, Neha Wadodkar, Diganta Gujaran, Chanchari Malviya

The project is located in the Southern New District of Fuyang City and will be named Qinghe Road First Primary School upon completion. It primarily consists of an underground parking garage, teaching buildings, a cafeteria, an indoor sports ground, and an administrative office building. Leveraging the orientation characteristics of the site, the design adopts a regular, compact, and highly efficient layout. By making full use of the site's depth, the internal building spacing is appropriately expanded to ensure the teaching buildings receive ample sunlight. Additionally, the teaching area, sports area, and living area are clearly defined.

The E-shaped layout facing the interior of the school forms two large semi-enclosed courtyards, creating a courtyard-style environment. Meanwhile, the eastern corridor presents a continuous urban facade along the city road. The school's southern entrance plaza faces the main city road, serving as the primary gathering area for parents dropping off and picking up their children. This design also provides an effective buffer to the city's main road, while a secondary entrance is set up on the eastern side. The two inner courtyards face the sports field and, together with the main landscape axis of the southern entrance, form recreational spaces for students, creating a comfortable, relaxed, and pleasant campus environment.

The architectural design features a light gray color scheme as the main tone, complemented by sections of dark gray walls and dark gray air conditioning louvers. Accents of colorful components are appropriately incorporated to create a lively and elegant architectural style. The four courtyards on the eastern side are enhanced with vibrant color accents, forming engaging learning and activity corners.

Location: China, Fuyang
Area:20000 sqm
Far:0.4
Client: Fuyang Education Bureau
Hongkai Li, Ya Yang, Jiachen Fei, Boyan Chen, Songtian Zhang, Qinlin Qin, Yuanhang Wang, Chunyang Ma

Stella is a compact office building located in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. Within a plot of 836.07 sq.m., the project accommodates 5,575 sq.m. of office space across 14 levels, with four offices on each floor. The restricted plot size and statutory open space requirements resulted in a vertical configuration, optimizing the usable area while maintaining natural light and ventilation throughout.
Nagpur, among India’s hottest cities, records summer temperatures of up to 48°C. Responding to this extreme climate, the building’s façade is conceived as a layered, climate-responsive skin. Semicircular open decks and planters sheathed with aluminum louvers alternate along the entire perimeter both horizontally and vertically. This dynamic envelope mitigates direct solar heat gain while introducing greenery around the building, creating shaded, cooler microclimates for the interior spaces.
Green buffers wrap the façade, enhancing thermal performance and visual comfort. The service and circulation core is positioned on the eastern edge, allowing the north, west, and south sides to open up for naturally lit office spaces. Larger offices occupy the front and rear, benefitting from daylight, cross ventilation, and outdoor views that enhance occupant comfort.
Rejecting the fully glazed office typology unsuitable for tropical climates, Stella embodies a contextual and energy-efficient architectural response. The design minimizes heat gain, reduces operational energy consumption, and provides sheltered, well-illuminated workspaces with indirect sunlight. Conceived as a direct response to its setting, Stella integrates passive strategies, greenery, and modern expression to create a sustainable workplace rooted in its climatic context.

Consultants:
Structural Consultant – Patankar Consultants
Façade Fabricators – Aditya Associates
Lead Architect: Mr. Sanjay Puri

Design Team: Ruchika Gupta, Tanushree Jayakar, Sheetal Tharwal, Bahar Patil, Sumit Khandelwal,