Top-down policy plays a key role in bringing systemic changes needed for international collaboration to weather the climate crisis. However, the path from vision to policy formulation and implementation is hardly straightforward. Despite the President of Indonesia signing the global pledge to halt and reverse forest loss by 2030 at the 26th iteration of the […]
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Over the past one year plus, it has been a tremendous trial to keep our content relevant and to be able to get FuturArc out to our readers when almost every aspect of the editorial process has been disrupted one way or another—whether in terms of contact with our contributors or sources; delay at the […]
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As part of ARCHIDEX 2021’s Fast Forward live talks, held from 4–6 November 2021, speakers shared their designs and reflections on the ongoing health crisis and how to make adjustments for a post-pandemic world. The crucial role of urban green spaces was emphasised, not just from an environmental perspective, but also for the mental health […]
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The annual festival of architecture and design returned throughout the month of October with the theme of Design Evidence. Razvan Ghilic-Micu, festival director of Archifest 2021, said: “Design Evidence is an invitation to debate, discover and redefine what architecture could be. Archifest is curated by architects for everyone to enjoy—whether you are a designer or […]
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Kuala Lumpur aims to reduce the intensity of greenhouse gas emissions to 70 per cent by 2030, with the long-term goal to be carbon neutral by 2050. With a remaining nine years before the first benchmark goal, a range of panellists shared their input in the international conference of the 12th World Class Sustainable Cities […]
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THE PHILIPPINES Date 14 October 2021 This session of FEX brought guest speakers, Victor Maningo of International WELL Building Institute and Helen Magno-Miranda of Filinvest Land, to talk about design solutions for healthy air. Maningo highlighted that we spend almost 90 per cent of our time indoors, and thus the interior environment is a large […]
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In line with our ongoing student competition FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2022: Reinterpretation, we are highlighting previously published projects that follow the theme. Click here to learn more about the brief and to submit your entries for FAP! The original structure was a 20-year-old abandoned building that used to be a market and a badminton court, […]
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Dear FuturArc Readers, “Thoughts are the architects of our circumstances.” I read this some time ago from a spiritual text. Thoughts do have a way of flowing out into our words and deeds. As such, they have a powerful impact on how we see the world and how we construct our realities. Thoughts move us […]
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In line with our ongoing student competition FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2022: Reinterpretation, we are highlighting previously published projects that follow the theme. Click here to learn more about the brief and to submit your entries for FAP! An adaptive reuse of heritage The historical Chai Wan Factory Estate (CWFE), which was granted Grade II Historic […]
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Architectural events and Expos—which have started to cautiously reopen around the world within the past months—are avenues for the exchange of ideas, and a primary part of these events are pavilions. These structures, which represent and articulate messages, are opportunities to test-bed novel architecture and building techniques. Such events need to be conscious of their […]
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Hanoi in Vietnam is a capital city that has been undergoing rapid development. Over the past two decades, Hanoi recorded the second-largest urban agglomeration area in the country—its administrative area and population size have tripled, with further expansions of the capital region planned within the next decade. It is in this context that the architects […]
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Binh Duong, a province adjacent to Ho Chi Minh City as Vietnam’s economic and cultural capital, is being developed to hold industrial estates. Sitting in this context is the site of 276 Office, which serves a company that provides water and waste treatment solutions for industries. They wanted a workplace that emphasises the environmental focus […]
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