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Dissolving Corbin Building

PrizeHonorable Mention in Architectural Design / Conceptual Architecture
Firm LocationPhiladelphia, United States
Project locationNew York, NY, USA
CompanyZihua Mo

The project dissolves the historic Corbin Building into a vertical ecosystem where housing, communal kitchens, and a public food court intertwine. Solid walls transform into shared spaces that blur domestic and urban scales, reframing everyday rituals as cultural infrastructure. A vertical green spine rises through the atrium, while balconies extend as gardens that connect neighbors across floors. More than housing, it becomes an urban catalyst that nourishes community, fosters continuity, and reimagines architecture as civic infrastructure that links heritage with contemporary life.