Climate Change
The phrase, climate change, pushes many buttons.
Fear is the most common. To be sure, the science on climate change gives us a lot to fear: sea level rise, exceptional storms, extinction of species, and troubling questions about the future of humankind. It does not help that there is no certainty on timeline. Depending on whom you ask, we have a narrowing window for action or it may already be too late. That sense of foreboding is amplified by what appears to be inaction by those in charge. In this issue, you will read the response of three cities: Bangkok, Dhaka and Singapore. And while the magnitude of the problem varies in each, the challenges, especially in Bangkok and Dhaka, are clearly more than just technical. Climate is partly a social question: how cities are planned, depending on who is at risk.
Hope is another emotion that we latch onto. We embrace hope that is implicit in new landscapes we see, where the green and blue of nature mask the grey and black of cities, where there seems to be a newfound balance between humans and the natural world. Turn to BIG’s plans for the Manhattan waterfront or SHAU Architects’ master plan for Jakarta Jaya. These will uplift, for sure. BIG and SHAU are eco-modernists of our time: designers who bring together form and technology in new ways in the service of ecology. In the camp of hope, there are also the humanists who advocate a ground-up approach. Check out the floating school in Bangladesh. The focus, they say, must be on poverty, education or jobs—the rest will fall in place.
It has not been easy walking the line between fear and hope. The pages ahead may come across as ambivalent at times, alternating bad news with good. All we can say in defense is that we need a strong dose of both, if only to keep complacency at bay.
Happy reading.
Table of Contents
1Q 2022: HOUSING ASIA
Previous issues:
4Q 2021: YEAR-END | NOW & THEN
3Q 2021: CITIES ISSUE | EQUITY AND URBAN INTERVENTIONS
2Q 2021: WOMEN IN ARCHITECTURE
| Main Feature: Intersectional Feminism for a Sustainable Future | Kotchakorn Voraakhom |
| Yasmeen Lari | Ganga Rathnayake |
| Serina Hijjas | Ching-Hwa Chang |
| Sonali Rastogi | Milestones |
| Maria Warner Wong | Product Advertorials |
1Q 2021: ENERGY
MAIN FEATURE
FuturArc Prize & FuturArc Green Leadership Award 2020 Winners
PROJECTS
The Green Hostel Village, CUHK – Jockey Club Postgraduate Halls 2 & 3
House No. 17
H.A House
Forest In The Sky
Viettel Academy Educational Centre
THE FUTURARC INTERVIEW
Prasoon Kumar, Co-Founder and CEO, billionBricks
HAPPENINGS
BCI Asia Top Ten 2020
Milestones & Events
Book Review
Product Advertorials
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT 2020
Information on FuturArc Prize & FuturArc Green Leadership Award
Jury & jurors’ comments
FuturArc Prize 2020 winning entries
FuturArc Green Leadership Award 2020 winning entries
MAIN FEATURE
Urban Farming
THE FUTURARC INTERVIEW
Veera Sekaran, Founder, Greenology
CITY PROFILES
Singapore
Kuala Lumpur
Dhaka
FUTURARC SHOWCASE
Thammasat Green Roof
Main Feature
Frontlines of Ecological Practice
The FuturArc Interview
Yu Kongjian (Professor for landscape architecture, Peking University; Founder, Turenscape) and
Lou Yongqi (Dean, Tongji University’s College of Design and Innovation in Shanghai; Founder, TEKTAO and Design Harvest)
Futurarc Showcase
Shanghai Houtan Park & New Jindai Elementary School
Main Feature
Designing for Health
The FuturArc Interview
Ken Yeang, Principal, T. R. Hamzah & Yeang Sdn. Bhd.
Projects
Rural Clinics and Facilities
Shanghai Greenland Center
Our Lady of The Assumption Catholic Primary School
Healthy HAUS
Office For Communique
URBN Hotel
People
In Conversation with Palinda Kannangara
Commentary
Putting Wellness at the Heart of Building Design
Happenings
Milestones & Events
BCI Asia Awards 2019
Product Advertorials
Main Feature
FuturArc Prize & FuturArc Green Leadership Award 2019 Winners
The FuturArc Interview
Brinda Somaya, Architect & Urban Conservationist
Special Supplement 2019
• Information on FuturArc Prize & FuturArc Green Leadership Award
• Jury & jurors’ comments
• FuturArc Prize 2019 winning entries
• FuturArc Green Leadership Award 2019 winning entries
Happenings
Milestones & Events
BCI Asia Awards 2019
Projects
• Brick Cave
• Stepping Park House
• Chennai Airport
• Z9 Resort
• The Confluence Club
• 3500 Millimeter House
• iSchool Quang Tri
• Sengkang Riverside Park Large Childcare Centre
• Chai Wan Campus for the Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong (THEi)
• The University of Chicago Center in Hong Kong
FuturArc Interview
Rural-Urban Dichotomy
Projects
The FuturArc Interview
Main Feature
Happenings
BCI Asia Top Ten 2018
Milestones & Events
The FuturArc Interview
The FuturArc Showcase
- Beauty in Zero
Projects
- Neeson Cripps Academy
- Urban Rigger
- TK-SMA BPK PENABUR Summarecon
- Institute for Integrated Learning in Management Campus
- Aravali Institute of Management
- University of Central Asia Naryn Campus
- The International School of Kuala Lumpur
- Heriot-Watt University Malaysia
- Lung Luong Elementary School
- Sentia School
The FuturArc Interview
People
Projects
- The Ey Centre
- An Urban Infill
- The Office Typology, India
- Bamboo Research and Training Centre
- Between Inside and Outside: Small Offices, Vietnam Viet My Office
- The Biophilic Workplace, Vietnam
Commentary
The FuturArc Interview
The FuturArc Interview
Books
People
Commentary
Happenings
Milestones & Events
The FuturArc Interview
Main Feature
People
FuturArc Interview
Commentary
- A New Era of Philippine Infrastructure
- When Architects Become Mayors
- Are Naturally Ventilated Office Buildings Now a Lost Cause?
Happenings
Milestones & Events
Projects
- China Fuzhou Jin Niu Shan Trans-Urban Connector
- Brick by Brick
- Living & Learning Design Centre
- Indian Institute of Technology
- Jodhpur
- Menara Kerja Raya
- Mapletree Business City II
- A First with Geothermal Energy
The FuturArc Interview
Commentary
Happenings
The FuturArc Interview
Main Feature
People
Happenings
- BCI Asia Awards 2017
- Special Focus
Milestones & Events
The FuturArc Interview
- Janine Benyus Biologist, Innovation Consultant, Author, Partner and Co-founder of Biomimicry 3.8
The FuturArc Showcase
- Thao Ho Home Furnishings & Environmental Education Center
Main Feature
Commentary
Happenings
Special Supplement 2016
- Featuring information on the FuturArc competitions, jurors and winning entries
- FuturArc Prize 2016 Winners
- FuturArc Green Leadership Award 2016 Winners
Projects
- New Lawuga School
- Earth Village
- Toigetation
- Cornwall Gardens
- Automated Warehousing Facility
- Cyberjaya Community Recycling Collection Centre
- House No. 10
- Naman Retreat
- University Library Extension, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Ng Teng Fong General Hospital and Jurong Community Hospital
- Pioneer and Crescent Halls, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Main Feature
People
FuturArc Interview
Happenings
Milestones & Events
Product Advertorials
The FuturArc Interview
The FuturArc Interview
The FuturArc Interview
Main Feature
FuturArc Interview
Happenings
Milestones & Events
Projects
Commentary
Vietnam focus
- In Conversation with Luu Thi Thanh Mau
- Projects: VH House
- Projects: Ccasa Hostel
- Commentary: Private vs State Housing: A Review from Hanoi
The FuturArc Interview
Special Supplement 2017
- Featuring information on FuturArc Prize 2017, jurors and jurors’ comments
- FuturArc Prize 2017 winning entries
Main Feature
Happenings
Projects
- Canton First Estate
- Public Housing, Hong Kong
- Plug-In City 75
- Apollo Tyres Global R&D Center
- Imagine Studio at The Trees
- Banjarejo Market
- Fibonacci Library
- Sasana PJH
- Altlas Hotel in Hoi An
- Maison T
The FuturArc Interview
The FuturArc Interview
People
Main Feature
Happenings
Milestones & Events
Product Advertorials
The FuturArc Interview
The FuturArc Showcase
- Paramit’s Factory in the Forest
Commentary
Happenings
- Milestones & Events
Projects
- Tangshan Organic Farm
- Shenzhen East Waste-to-Energy Plant
- Pixelet
- Rajasthan Solar Processing Zone
- Method South Side Soapbox
- Stanford University
- Central Energy Facility
- Deutsche Bekleidungswerke Ltd Factory Long Hau
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