This bakery within a narrow street seeks to reflect the surrounding ambience and fit into the living environment where time ‘gently’ flows. Situated on the ground floor of a three-storey office building, at the narrowest corner of Lixi Road, the south façade alongside the street has a slightly concave elevation. RELATED: The FuturArc Interview: Liu […]
This dynamic public area in Yulin No. 2 Alley is the result of a spatial practice by CACP (Community Art Creative Project) called ‘Designing?’, which reimagined urban informal spaces. RELATED: The FuturArc Interview: Zhang Tang The project transformed a bicycle shed into a multifunctional community space together with residents and various stakeholders, such as professional […]
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Yulin Alley is located at Yulin Sanxiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. This area was built in the 1980s and 1990s. Throughout the years, apartments that were built in different periods have been connected by paths, and the integration of old and new buildings gradually formed the present Yulin with its own temperament—with the air of a […]
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Can wastewater monitoring be used to alert communities before a disease outbreak, thereby helping to limit the disease’s further circulation? This was what Dutch microbiologist Professor Gertjan Medema’s research in the field of WBE showed to be possible during the COVID-19 pandemic, with further applications in a post-pandemic world. Professor Medema, who is the Principal […]
Between the time spent working on projects, architects need to continuously update their knowledge about design strategies and building technologies. One such avenue to do so is by attending FEX events that are held in major cities across the Indonesian archipelago. FEX invites architects, designers and construction industry practitioners to showcase notable projects and exchange […]
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STEPS/THRESHOLD Where there is no public furniture in civic places, sometimes the next best thing on which to sit and take a breather is steps or raised threshold. From the pedestrian to the dramatic, these stepped spaces accessible to the public are often used as a spot for respite, a temporary stop to catch one’s […]
In Asia’s compact living environments, gardens or green lots are still sometimes relegated to ‘nice-to-have’ decorative elements on the borders or leftover areas of activity zones. If one is fortunate enough to own a property on which to build one’s home, then perhaps natural flora does not have to be an after-thought or option for […]
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 […]
MORE THAN JUST CHILD’S PLAY For some of us, some of the most fun or memorable times would be during recess or break time in between study periods when we were in primary/ elementary or middle school. For those few precious minutes, some kids would rush to grab a bite, while others would burst into […]
Think about Hong Kong. Chances are you will recall images of tower blocks built close and high, resembling a dense wall of glass and concrete stacked to the sky. Building interiors do not fare better. With one of the densest urban populations in the world coupled with sky-high property prices, most residents contend with compact […]
“The architecture resembles a bridge or a temple. Watching the people sitting on the porch enjoying their onigiri (rice balls), it feels like this architecture is a reminder of something important that modern Japan has lost.” In light of the above poignant observation by the architects, one begins to see this longhouse project in a […]
This project attempts to ‘revive’ the spirit of Epiwalk Mall, located in one of the most expensive mixed-use complexes in Jakarta, by transforming the transitional space between the main building and the site. The concept seeks to complement the existing riverside area—a popular jogging route—by establishing a visual ‘biophilic’ connection via a floating garden built […]
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