Designing Through Competition
National and International Design Competitions
lab e sees architectural competitions not only as opportunities for project development, but as platforms for research, critical thinking, and design exploration. Each competition becomes a space to test ideas, investigate new contexts, and develop innovative architectural responses.
The collective participates in national and international competitions through collaboration between architects, students, researchers, and designers from diverse disciplines. Every proposal is valued not merely as a competition entry, but as part of an ongoing process of collective thinking, shared production, and architectural inquiry.
UNESCO Ancient Theatre
Location: Ohrid, North Macedonia
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An architectural intervention proposing a contemporary dialogue with the UNESCO-listed ancient theatre through cultural continuity and public engagement.
Resilient Exhibition and Performance Hub
Location: Ankara, Türkiye
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A resilient cultural infrastructure designed to support exhibition, performance, and collective public use in an adaptive urban environment.
Base Station for Ski Center
Location: Montenegro
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A mountain gateway that brings together arrival, orientation, and visitor services through a landscape-integrated architectural approach.
Digital Arts Center and Collective Incubation Campus
La Juanita
Podgorica Forest Park
Location: Eskişehir, Türkiye
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A hybrid campus combining digital arts, creative production, education, and collaborative incubation within a shared innovation environment.
Location: La Juanita, Argentina
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A contextual architectural proposal exploring the relationship between landscape, community, and contemporary spatial experience.
Location: Podgorica, Montenegro
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A landscape-led urban intervention that reconnects ecological systems with public life through recreation, accessibility, and environmental resilience.