Located on the foothills of Mount Halimun in West Java, the village of Malasari is known to be a Nature-based tourism destination with a national park nearby, along with forests, waterfalls, and agricultural expanses such as tea fields, as well as cultural destinations of arts and crafts. However, the area is highly vulnerable to natural […]
This playground was designed by Hsc Designs for one of Gujarat’s oldest and most popular schools, based on a child’s perspective of finding playfulness in everyday objects. Tying in with the school’s Montessori-based learning philosophy, the design has the larger aim of teaching life skills, promoting independence, fostering curiosity and building the spirit of adventure. […]
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The Sri Aman Master Plan (SAMP) is a first-of-its-kind sustainable regional plan in Malaysia based on a network of greenways and blueways, green infrastructure, sustainable management, and the promotion of agrarian residential communities. It fully responds to Malaysia’s commitment to reducing carbon dioxide emissions. The SAMP is the first step in initiating future sustainable development […]
In the heart of Hong Kong’s Kwun Tong District, The Kwun Tong City Centre Temporary Free Space and Playground is located close to the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) station, a key hub in the city. The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) had the aim of creating a gathering point in the new centre to strengthen urban […]
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Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, one of the last remaining primary forests in Singapore, is under threat from development and human activity. To serve as a green buffer, the Rifle Range Nature Park was designed to protect the reserve from edge effects and abutting developments as well as enhance ecological connectivity and providing complementary habitats. Located […]
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Did you know that Singapore is in the process of co-creating its land use and development plan for the next 10 to 15 years together with the public1 through the Draft Master Plan 2025? One of the public engagement activities is the shaping of five ‘Identity Corridors’ that has been outlined by the Urban Redevelopment […]
First of its kind in Southeast Asia, Sentosa Sensoryscape is no ordinary ‘walk in the park’. Covering an area of 30,000 square metres, it is a connector ‘extraordinaire’—a 350-metre walkway linking Resorts World Sentosa in the north and the beaches in the south, punctuated by six distinct sensory gardens, crafted to bring the island’s natural […]
This project establishes a community space within the 10-hectare Swan Lake Park to support residential developments in the Eco Central Park Vinh neighbourhood in Vietnam. Serving as a multi-use activity centre where residents can interact and connect, The Park provides functions such as a multipurpose hall adjoining a service kitchen, a jacuzzi, sauna, gym and […]
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Breathing life into a public space can be challenging. An expansive civic space by itself is not enough to draw the community to use it—let alone one that inspires healthy activities—especially if it comes across as arid or cold due to a lack of human-scale elements. The huge space then becomes a deterrent rather than […]
Huwei is an inland town of around 70,000 people, located on the Beigang River. The area developed in the early 19th century around its sugar factory. While the sugar factory still operates, a connected alcohol factory was closed in the 1970s, becoming overgrown with tropical vegetation. Today, the factory grounds, along with a dike built […]
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Khondaker Hasibul Kabir, co-founder of Co.Creation.Architects, shared in their FuturArc Interview: “The Platform of Hope project began in 2007 when I was teaching at BRAC University and looking for housing near campus. There were a few posh neighbourhoods around the university, but as a landscape architect, I often seek places with a piece of land […]
It is not often that one comes across a project that is developed with the older population’s well-being in mind, let alone one that does so with deep consideration of the physical, ecological and hydrological conditions of the site, making them central to the whole architectural and landscape scheme. The Chao Phraya, deemed the most […]
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