Pro Tobia Marcotti
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EVOLVERSโ HUB
HM of New Zealand Nature Retreat: Antipodes Island
+ HONOURABLE MENTION
New Zealand Nature Retreat: Antipodes Island
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EVOLVERSโ HUB: Beyond Shelter: Architecture as Catalyst for Human Evolution
Team
Name: Tobia Marcotti
Instagram: @tobiamarcotti
Nationality: Italian
Company: ITIstudio
Name: Lijia Sun
Instagram: @lijiarch @simplylijia
Nationality: Italian and Chinese
Company: ITIstudio
Name: Magdalena Alonso Cuevas
Instagram: @manealonso1
Nationality: Spanish and Chilean
Company: ITIstudio
The Evolverโs Hub is an immersive space that opens toward the pure and intact exterior landscape while containing, at the same time, a new interior realm. It encourages contemplation and admiration of the environment, as well as inner reflection, meditation and creativity.
It centres on the experience of its inhabitants โ the Evolvers โ pioneering, curious, attentive, and purposeful individuals dedicated to advancing humanity. Their staggered arrivals form a metaphorical life cycle in which newcomers observe, learn, and grow alongside those already present.
The shelterโs form emerges from the siteโs conditions โ offering protection from wind and cold โ and from an interior programme designed for retreat, introspection, and connection with nature. The elevated modular systemโraised in respect of Mฤori cultureโs Papatลซฤnuku โ employs sustainable, low-impact materials. The project is organised around the axis of a mobile crane, initially used during construction and later repurposed to transport people and life-support elements, ultimately transforming into a functional sundial.
Here, architecture coexists with the landscape, encouraging us to unlearn excess and reclaim essentiality. It does not numb, but awakens. It does not isolate, but reconciles us with the world. In this place, architecture becomes a guide to living well โ in balance and harmony with the planet.
Jury Comments
– Maria Vittoria Delli Carri
Quite balanced between realism and creative solutions.
– Olivia Bina
original compared to others. Could have had more detail..
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