This home for a young family of four exemplifies how “basic is best”, focusing on necessities when faced with constraints. Designed with a limited budget, and constructed remotely during the pandemic with local builders, the architects concentrated on key elements of residential buildings. “The basics are the organisation of daylight, natural ventilation, and creating functional […]
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Malaysia is home to roughly 70 different species of bamboo, making it a highly sustainable material for projects in this region. In terms of material life cycle, bamboo can be harvested locally and transported to building sites with a significantly lower impact on the environment. The design of this omakase restaurant in Malaysia was inspired […]
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Markets are usually housed in simple kiosks or sheds. But what if the typology is combined with a public green space? This wholesale market for fruits and vegetables was constructed in East Tainan as an important hub for the city’s food supply chain. Located near a highway with public transport links, it is easily accessible […]
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In line with our ongoing design competition FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2023: Cross-Generational Architecture, we are highlighting projects along the theme for your inspiration. Click here to learn more about the brief! ⠀ As populations age, what is the best model of care and empowerment for senior citizens? In Singapore, where a quarter of citizens is […]
In line with our ongoing design competition FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2023: Cross-Generational Architecture, we are highlighting projects along the theme for your inspiration. Click here to learn more about the brief! Kampala, the capital of Uganda, is notable for being the country’s largest and densest urban area, contributing more than half of its GDP despite […]
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In August 2017, escalations of extreme violence against their community—especially women and girls—forced around 700,000 Rohingya people to seek refuge in Bangladesh almost overnight. This unprecedented scale of displacement caused refuge settlements in the border areas of Ukhiya and Teknaf to explode in growth. It is presently the world’s largest collective refugee camps, with children […]
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In line with our ongoing design competition FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2023: Cross-Generational Architecture, we are highlighting projects along the theme for your inspiration. Click here to learn more about the brief! The hilly city of Rennes in France is known for its universities. Students and young adults make up a majority of its population—60 per […]
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At COP27’s Buildings Pavilion Auditorium, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) presented an update to their Urban Sequoia vision, introduced last year as a conceptual skyscraper that could absorb more carbon than it emits, akin to a living organism. The update, called Urban Sequoia NOW, brings the futuristic concept to be readily constructible today. RELATED: Commentary […]
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In line with our ongoing design competition FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2023: Cross-Generational Architecture, we are highlighting projects along the theme for your inspiration. Click here to learn more about the brief! Eating together brings everyone closer—and this proved to be a cherished social activity for stay-alone elderly residents in Singapore. The project Goodlife! Makan brings […]
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In line with our ongoing design competition FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2023: Cross-Generational Architecture, we are highlighting projects along the theme for your inspiration. Click here to learn more about the brief! By 2030, it is expected that approximately a quarter of Singapore’s population will be over 65 years of age,1 with several scenarios predicting a […]
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In line with our ongoing design competition FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2023: Cross-Generational Architecture, we are highlighting projects along the theme for your inspiration. Click here to learn more about the brief! Disability is defined as anything that impairs—or rather, differentiates—a person’s ability to perform day-to-day activities. It may include physical, intellectual/developmental, and sensory differences. While […]
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In line with our ongoing design competition FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2023: Cross-Generational Architecture, we are highlighting projects along the theme for your inspiration. Click here to learn more about the brief! Since Shenzhen’s designation as a Special Economic Zone in the 1980s, the oft-dubbed “miracle city” has experienced a faster growth rate than almost any […]
