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Genesis of Archi-Diversity

Award

Frist Runner up

The 18th Shelter International Architectural Competition 2016

優秀賞

第18回 シェルターインターナショナル学生設計競技


Co- Organisers

Shinkenchiku-sha Co., Ltd.

SHELTER Co, Ltd.


Jury

藤本 壮介 | Sou Fujimoto

トム ヘネガン | Tom Heneghan

中田 千彦 | Senhiko Nakata

古谷 誠章 | Nobuaki Furuya

大西 麻貴 | Onishi Maki

百田 有希 | Hyakuda Yuki



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Genesis of Archi-Diversity challenges the stagnant nature of modern urbanism, rooted in the provocation that stability kills diversity. When architecture is tethered to a fixed coordinate, it becomes a rigid component of a static urban fabric, stifling the organic evolution of space. Inspired by the divine mandate in Genesis—to let the earth bring forth living things that move and breathe—this project proposes the liberation of architecture from the ground. By deconstructing architecture into autonomous, granular fragments and bestowing them with mobility, we shift the paradigm from "infrastructure" to "organism." These architectural objects are free to roam, congregate, and disperse like cattle across the landscape. No longer bound by property lines, the built environment enters a state of perpetual evolution. Through this mobility, archi-diversity emerges; as structures adapt to shifting climates, social needs, and topographical changes, they "evolve" over time, creating a restless, living ecology of space that mirrors the complexity of the natural world.

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