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Renewing Water-edge Communities | FAP 2023 First Place

CHALLENGES Jakarta is the world’s fastest-sinking city that is also facing persistent water shortages, flooding, sea-level rises and other related climate change impacts, along with pollution stemming from historical influences. Thus, communities living at coastal areas are most directly affected. These settlements or urban kampungs, according to the team, are deemed critical to the development […]

Re-generational Architecture | FAP 2023 Second Place

CHALLENGES Mang Thit is a famous pottery, brick-making craft village in Vinh Long Province, Vietnam, that is being shut down, partly due to the pollution of the brick-making process. As such, most of the kilns have been dismantled and destroyed due to the deterioration of the village. The dismantling processes of unused brick production facilities […]

A Small Intervention: Urban Bamboo Forest | FAP 2023 Third Place

CHALLENGES Kyoto Prefecture has approximately 55 per cent of its population concentrated in the city, which is the highest ratio among the prefectures in Japan. The challenges it faces include a shrinking population caused by overtourism and an aging population. Aneyakoji, located in the historical centre of Kyoto, serves as a relevant sample of the […]

A Scaffolding System Adapted for Double Aging | FAP 2023 Third Place

CHALLENGES The entry posited that Hong Kong is facing a ‘double aging’ issue of both buildings and people. The Hong Kong Population Projections 2020–2069 report by the Census and Statistics Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has recorded that 18.3 per cent citizens are over 65 years old. Census and research have […]

Floating Community and Training Centre By the River | FAP 2023 Merit

CHALLENGES The Red River Island is an essential resource for the capital city of Hanoi. It supplies the capital with fresh foodstuff since there are nearly 200 agricultural households staying on the island. However, the fertility of the land today is strongly affected by the retention of the river’s alluvium due to hydroelectric dams. Additionally, […]

Connecting Separate Generations | FAP 2023 Merit

CHALLENGES Nam Dinh is a province in the south of the Red River Delta with a coastline length of 72 kilometres. Most of the province is rural—85 per cent rural population—with 33 per cent of the province’s land area taken up by agriculture. The coastal area of Hai Hau district is vulnerable to extreme weather […]

Keeping Communities Afloat Over the Flood | FAP 2023 Merit

CHALLENGES Con Hen (also known as the Oasis of Mussels) is a gift of nature as well as a treasure left by previous generations—it is rich with cultural and culinary history. However, the area is increasingly exploited and neglected, losing community connections, and flooding has greatly affected people’s lives. ⠀ The government of Hue City […]

Future-proofing an Oceanic Village | FAP 2023 Merit

CHALLENGES The seaside community of Bajo in Maumere consists of people who have lived their entire lives side by side with the ocean, in simple stilted wooden houses, connected by a network of walkways and jetties. Over generations, the ocean has been a major source of the people’s food and income, with members of the […]

A ‘Groundscaper’ Workspace | FAP 2023 Merit

CHALLENGES The regency of Mojokerto once held the capital seat of the Majapahit Empire, a powerful force that reigned over various parts of Southeast Asia from the 13th–16th century. Today, Mojokerto is known for its industrial areas. Integrated factory estates have been planned for further expansion in the coming years. Located an hour away from […]

A Hybrid Ecological ‘Reincarnation’ of a Landfill Community | FAP 2023 Merit

CHALLENGES Massive landfills have been associated with rapid population growth in urban centres in many developing countries. They can rise to extraordinary heights with steep side-slopes, often surrounded by illegal low-income residential settlements or slums. As such, these landfills are often at risk of catastrophic failures that could lead to high fatality rates. ⠀ ⠀ […]

A ‘School’ of Remembrance | FAP 2023 Merit

CHALLENGES A disastrous fire swept through Kuala Lumpur in 1881, destroying most wood-and-thatch structures. This led to a regulation that called for new buildings to be constructed out of brick and tiles, so the area of Brickfields, rich with clay pits parallel to the Klang River, was then established as a brick-making district. Its nearby […]

Pioneers of Tropical Living: Singapore’s ‘Middle-aged’ Condos

Over my nearly 20 years of living in Singapore, the city has changed almost beyond recognition. I moved here as a teenager, when Sentosa had a few ramshackle beach bars and Orchard Road had a huge green space where ION now sits. Of course, change is the only constant in Singapore and other Southeast Asian […]