Renewing Water-edge Communities | FAP 2023 First Place

CHALLENGES Jakarta is the world’s fastest-sinking city that is also facing persistent water shortages, flooding, sea-level rises and other related climate change impacts, along with pollution stemming from historical influences. Thus, communities living at coastal areas are most directly affected. These settlements or urban kampungs, according to the team, are deemed critical to the development […]

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A Small Intervention: Urban Bamboo Forest | FAP 2023 Third Place

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CHALLENGES Kyoto Prefecture has approximately 55 per cent of its population concentrated in the city, which is the highest ratio among the prefectures in Japan. The challenges it faces include a shrinking population caused by overtourism and an aging population. Aneyakoji, located in the historical centre of Kyoto, serves as a relevant sample of the […]

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A Scaffolding System Adapted for Double Aging | FAP 2023 Third Place

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CHALLENGES The entry posited that Hong Kong is facing a ‘double aging’ issue of both buildings and people. The Hong Kong Population Projections 2020–2069 report by the Census and Statistics Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has recorded that 18.3 per cent citizens are over 65 years old. Census and research have […]

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Floating Community and Training Centre By the River | FAP 2023 Merit

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CHALLENGES The Red River Island is an essential resource for the capital city of Hanoi. It supplies the capital with fresh foodstuff since there are nearly 200 agricultural households staying on the island. However, the fertility of the land today is strongly affected by the retention of the river’s alluvium due to hydroelectric dams. Additionally, […]

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A Hybrid Ecological ‘Reincarnation’ of a Landfill Community | FAP 2023 Merit

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CHALLENGES Massive landfills have been associated with rapid population growth in urban centres in many developing countries. They can rise to extraordinary heights with steep side-slopes, often surrounded by illegal low-income residential settlements or slums. As such, these landfills are often at risk of catastrophic failures that could lead to high fatality rates. ⠀ ⠀ […]

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Dr Emi Kiyota

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Dr Emi Kiyota is an environmental gerontologist, consultant and organisational culture change specialist, with more than 20 years of experience in designing and implementing person-centred care practice in long-term care facilities and hospitals globally. She holds great concern for the needs of elders in low-middle income countries—her contributions include a vast array of national and […]

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