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Students Imagine New Ways to Deepen Our Connection to Our Environment

Students from University of Pennsylvania, University of Michigan and Imagine New Ways to Deepen Our Connection to Our Environment

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Young Designers Shape the Future of Water

In designs for projects like the Material Research Center in Santa Monica, California, Qing Yin uses convincing first-person drawings to articulate architectural concepts.

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Qing Yin’s Passion for Storytelling Informs Her Design Process

In designs for projects like the Material Research Center in Santa Monica, California, Qing Yin uses convincing first-person drawings to articulate architectural concepts.

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Three Design Proposals That Practice Empathy in Communal Design 

These Future100 awardees draw up concepts for more resilient, connected communities.

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For These Students, New Technologies Unlock Ageless Construction Materials

Drawing upon references to indigenous knowledge, history, and nature, the next generation of architects and designers is reimagining how we build and what we build with.

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Namita Chandrashekar Designs for Harmony with the Natural World

This member of the 2023 Metropolis Future100 uses an undergraduate degree in architecture and cross-continental urban experiences to design for harmony with the natural world. 

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Five Students Test Their Ideas in Three Dimensions

Members of the 2023 Metropolis Future100 brought their designs to life in CNC-milled lumber, recycled felt, 3D-printed plastic, and a host of other materials.

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Emma Weaver Designs for (and with) Empathy

This member of the 2023 Metropolis Future100 says her mission is to tell people's stories through the interiors they inhabit.

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Four Architecture Students Respond to the Housing Crisis

With modular, quick-to assemble housing designs attuned to local needs and context, these members of the 2023 Metropolis Future100 show advanced methodologies and humanitarianism go hand in hand.

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Four Students Posit a Link between Architecture and Biodiversity

Members of the 2023 Metropolis Future100 explore ways architecture can support plant and animal habitats across typologies, from housing to research stations.

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Nicolas Burbano Diaz Uses Design to Build Community

A member of the 2023 Metropolis Future100, this interior design student at Toronto Metropolitan University focuses on housing and hospitality, with the hope of making a difference.

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Clytie Hoi Ting Mak Explores the Human Psyche through Design

Mak, a member of the 2023 Metropolis Future 100 brings together multiple design disciplines to explore the relationships between the forms of the built environment and the human psyche.