While the Prime Minister’s Housing-For-All scheme successfully tilted the outlook of India’s private housing market towards affordable housing for the middle class, it did little to alleviate the deficiencies created by archaic governmental policies. It also failed to facilitate the economically and politically marginalised ‘rurban’ migrants—people who survive in cities on daily wages. Crisis within […]
Read More… from Creating robust urban ecosystems in post-COVID-19 India
COVID-19 has brought both challenges and opportunities, as innovation flourished and new technologies found their ways to advance further. In April 2020, LWK + PARTNERS completed the temporary quarantine facilities in Sai Kung Outdoor Recreation Centre in collaboration with Paul Y. Construction and Paul Y. – iMax to assist the government’s response to COVID-19. It […]
Read More… from Part II: Modular Integrated Construction for sustainable future
Have we been coping WELL? In 2020, after a brief celebration of the dawn of a new decade, an unprecedented wave of uncertainty hit us—the coronavirus pandemic has gravely affected our lifestyles; how and where we live, work and play have been stripped down to the core and turned upside down almost overnight. Our homes […]
Read More… from COVID-19 & architecture: the importance of designing for occupant wellness
This year was supposed to be a ‘super year for nature1,’ with a number of global meetings — World Conservation Congress2, UN Ocean Conference3 and UN Nature Summit4 — all culminating in a global biodiversity conference5 that would agree on a decade-long Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework6. This was supposed to be the year that launched the Decade of Restoration7, and […]
Read More… from Applying the hard lessons of coronavirus to the biodiversity crisis
Responding timely with the right tools In 2020, the world is suddenly faced with an unprecedented global need for temporary emergency structures to accommodate the overwhelming cases of the COVID-19 pandemic and to address the urgent need for medical facilities. In Asia especially, we are no strangers to quick-built, modular, resilient structures in times of […]
Read More… from Part I: COVID-19: An urgent need for emergency architecture
A case for urban agroforestry We often think of agriculture as separate from nature, a highly controlled system created to produce the most food at the lowest cost. A forest appears to be the polar opposite of this, a space protected from human intervention where nature can run wild. Yet, increasing evidence shows that many […]
