The designers and architects at Bangkok-based Aesthetics Architects, have come up with a new office idea for the Ministery of Municipal Affairs & Agriculture (MMAA) in Qatar.The idea imitates nature, a cactus to be more precise.

After the construction it will be the largest concrete cactus structure in the world. They chosed this shape keeping in mind the hot and arid conditions of the region.

The edifice sports sun shades on its windows that open and close according to the buildings heating and cooling needs, much like the pores of the desert cactus.

The building looks amazing and really looks like a giant cactus. When are we going to see a mushroom building?

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Living in an urban environment has a major problem in general. The lack of green places surrounding the flats in big cities. The Dancing Apartment designed by Unsangdong Architects, is a radical structure that promises to bring nature in the urban environment.

It is located in South Korea, the modern structure is capable of fulfilling the needs different groups of people within the apartment. it has parks, leisure facilities, event spaces, a library, media space and performance space. An unique characteristic is that the apartments are constructed using oblique lines with each unit boasting a terrace.

It is something amazing to live in a high building and have your own trees next to your door. Definetly one of the best designs I have ever seen.

I would like to drink a coffee in the morning under a tree in my 20th floor flat.

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Architecture student Viktor Ramos has a great idea that may solve the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Instead of building walls or tunnels we can create bridges so two states can live together, superposed. This could be the only way to have the two countries living together in peace: on top and below each other.

“This thesis takes a formal approach to understanding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by studying mechanisms of control within the West Bank. The occupation of the West Bank has had tremendous effects on the urban fabric of the region because it operates spatially. Through the conflict, new ways of imagining territory have been needed to multiply a single sovereign territory into many. It is only through the overlapping of two separate political geographies that they are able to inhabit the same landscape.”( Viktor Ramos )

The large bridge between Israel and Palestinian territories can sustain life, house people, and allow for the free transit of people.

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This concept houses are intended to be used as temporary shelters after an earthquake or big fire. They have an interesting geometric shape and are constructed from renewable materials and can be folded into a lot of shapes.

Ming Tang came up with this concept after a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck central China killing 69,000 people. He decided to design a shelter that was easily produced, cheap and environmentally friendly.

The houses are made from a system of bamboo poles that are pre-assembled into rigid geometric shapes. Once constructed, the shelters are then covered by using post and pre-consumer recycled paper. They look interesting like giant spiders but I wonder how will this systems be used in winter or on a big wind…

Nevertheless the idea is good and the head of states should consider it in case of disaster.

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EDITT Tower (“Ecological Design In The Tropics”) will be built in Singapore with the financial support of their National University and is going to be one of the most eco-friendly towers in the country.

it is going to have 26 floors and will use photovoltaic panels to make energy. But the eco factor of this building will be given by the fact that it will be wrapped in organic local vegetation. It was designed to collect rain-water, both for plant irrigation and for its people needs.

Some of the designers of this amazing tower are T.R.Hamzah & Yeang .

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