Congratulations to the Weitzman MArch student winners who swept the top three spots in the 2026 HOK Futures Design Challenge.
Now in its 10th year, HOK invited Philadelphia-area architecture students to conceptualize dynamic urban event and nourishment hubs. The prompt challenged these next-generation architects and designers to create interactive, real-world solutions centered around wellness, nutrition, and communal spaces within the local urban fabric.
Taking first place is the student team of Tony Chen and Edward Liang with their project “The Civic Spine,” which reimagines NRG Station as a civic concourse, transforming transit infrastructure into an urban park that stages arrival as a public experience.
Second place winners Ann Teng Chua and Lee Teng Long presented “Rallied Canopies,” which organizes a sequence of civic programs, including an outdoor amphitheater, urban play lab, and city sports forum, into a vibrant destination where the community moves from passive spectating to active, collective participation.
Taking the the third spot is Jifu Li and Hanwen Liu with “The Great Floating,” a floating walkway that connects sports fields, green space, and new recreational, park, and retail programs into a continuous public network.
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