After being renovated since 2021, the long-awaited Tebet Eco Park was officiated by Anies Baswedan, Governor of Jakarta, on Saturday, 23 April 2022 and opened for public on the following day. It revitalises two existing parks in the area, adding the new functions of children’s playgrounds, exercise equipment, thematic gardens, community lawns, plaza and pavilions, […]
Read More… from Revitalised Tebet Eco Park opened as a Green oasis in South Jakarta
Architects all over Indonesia’s archipelagic territory have always been drawing from the wealth of wisdom from various building traditions, creating works that are rooted and responsive to their context while also innovating in various ways, thanks to new technologies and the openness of information. FEX events provide an avenue for architects, designers and other construction […]
Read More… from FuturArc Exchange and Exhibitions (FEX) | 2Q 2022
Noto Wastu pavilion by Monokroma Architects at NAIFest IndoBuildTech Expo 2022. Photos courtesy of Monokroma Architects; Plana; Mortier Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous nation, is currently only able to manage a total of half of its waste. According to 2020 data, 34.6 per cent of waste is managed by dumping in landfills or incinerated, […]
Read More… from The potential of circular materials for architectural use in Indonesia
Singapore has been reusing water for potable use, called NEWater, for almost two decades now. NEWater is created by treating sewage using a three-step purification process involving microfiltration, reverse osmosis (RO) and ultraviolet (UV) disinfection in cost-efficient ways. Currently, one of the most effective and advanced technologies in the filtration process is the submerged membrane […]
Read More… from Pioneer of potable reused water technology awarded at SIWW 2022
Large-scale actions to tackle climate change require regional cooperation and cross-industry collaboration. These can be facilitated through key platforms, such as SIWW 2022 and its jointly held event, CESG 2022, which took place from 17–21 April 2022 and drew over 15,000 international attendees of key government stakeholders, industry leaders and academia. The programme included the […]
NEXT-GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN In the domain of architecture, computational design has come a long way. Nowadays, the latest tools in computational design include artificial intelligence, which simulates human behaviour in ‘learning’ through advanced programmes. While many of these technologies are still considered new in varying degrees—and are definitely developing at different rates in […]
Read More… from In Conversation with Aswin Indraprastha & Carlos Bañón
Lime plaster finishes applied on wall. Photo by Manu Narendran Socially conscious people in India have begun looking for sustainable alternatives to building. They understand the benefits of building chemical-free; using natural materials and traditional building methods—something that has been done traditionally in rural India for ages. As such, they are not new, but were […]
Since Asia has some of the world’s most earthquake-prone countries, it would be remiss if this issue does not shine a light on how lesser known but effective low-cost earthquake-resistant techniques such as containment reinforcement could make an impact, especially in the remote areas of Asia’s hotbed of tectonic activities. This project tells the story […]
Containment reinforcement technology was first used by Hunnarshala in reconstruction efforts after the Kachchh earthquake of 2001. At the time, they built 400 homes with 6-millimetre mild steel bars outside the stone masonry with mud mortar and RCC bands. “UNDP was working with Abhiyan. We decided to make a model house in every village where […]
Read More… from Containment reinforcement: Other applications
SPACE10 does not believe design thinking can occur in a vacuum, so they headed out to cities such as New Delhi, Shanghai, New York, London and Nairobi to bring its research and design process closer to people. The sprawling metropolis of Delhi faces rapid urbanisation and a housing crisis but has a young, educated and […]
For the Adidas World of Sports Arena office in Herzogenaurach, Germany, the façade elements are larger than on Agora to match its monumental scale, more structurally complex and attached on each floor to a vertical frame. Highly challenging as the building’s thermal envelope is fully glazed, the fixed sunshading system consists of opaque and perforated […]
Behnisch Architekten’s first project to introduce a highly-sophisticated, geometrical fixed sunshading grid, the Agora Cancer Research Pole in Lausanne, Switzerland, aims to offer sun protection that allows practically unobstructed views of the environment while keeping the summer sun out, facilitating ambient light into the depth of the room and permitting the winter sun to partially […]
