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How can design revive redundant infrastructure and bridge the urban-rural divide? CRA's Post Office Pod reimagines public spaces as modular, climate-responsive, off-grid work environments. Debuting at La Biennale di Venezia 2025 and rolling out across Italy via the Polis Project, this concept blends adaptive reuse, decentralised work, and inclusive civic access. A model India could learn from?

Check out this community-driven urban farming concept that opts for a synergetic system in a quest for fresh, organic and uncontaminated produce.

Moesgaard Museum Denmark wins Civic Trust Award 2015 for demonstrating excellence in architecture and making a positive social, cultural, environmental and economic impact on the local community. Check it out here...

Studio Daily tous les jours' work has been described as "infrastructure for the human spirit." The scenarios they create put the human back at the centre of strategies for urban development, engaging the public with ideas about mobility, resilience, social connection, and civic engagement. Here, they design a musical interactive public bench that holds the potential to foster an inclusive atmosphere in a distinctly overcrowded and busy urban scenario. 

When sacred meets civic. MVRDV and Zecc Architecten reimagine a 100-year-old church in Heerlen as a public swimming pool. Holy Water blends heritage with modern functionality, offering a new blueprint for reactivating disused religious spaces. Reflect. Reuse.

Can a centuries-old well anchor a contemporary civic experience? July&Partners reimagines a 286 sq.m. site around Yiwu's Bajiao Well into a striking urban plaza-where stone, water, and spatial rhythm converge to evoke heritage in a modern language. A quiet transformation rooted in place and purpose.

Adjaye Associates designed Winter Park Library & Events Centre in Florida opens to the public as a revitalised venue with rose-pigmented concrete arches, sculptural stairs, and passive design strategies at its heart.