“Is there a more interstitial space than an airport? It is the most terminally liminal area: between cities, between flights, between appointments, between everything”1, observed author Roy Christopher regarding the nature of airports. Due to the common perception that airports serve mainly as a transitory space, as a bridge between ‘landside’ and ‘airside’, many of […]
Read More… from Terminal 2 at Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru
A ‘TEMPORAL’ SPACE FOR ANNUAL FAIR; MONKEYS, BIRDS AND OTHER WILDLIFE ‘IN BETWEEN’ Can a built space serve more than one purpose? In today’s context, architecture often does. In this case, the Northeast Pavilion not only serves as a venue for an annual three-week-long craft fair since February 2023, it has also become a ‘hang […]
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Liu Tao and Cai Chunyan co-founded Atelier tao+c in Shanghai in 2016. Cai received a master’s degree in architecture from the Berlage Institute in Netherlands, and Liu graduated from Shandong art college. They have handled projects in architecture, interior design and product design, being especially active in the architecture of adaptive reuse. Through various projects […]
Zhang Tang is an architect based in Chengdu and Tokyo, who graduated from the University of Tokyo in 2017. In addition to architectural design, she actively engages in urban practices through interdisciplinary collaboration and has organised numerous youth art exhibitions as well as initiated community-focused art and research projects in China. While pursuing her master’s […]
“We cannot turn back time, but we can grow forests, revive water sources and bring back soil” was a key message for this year’s World Environment Day on 5 June, calling for attention to the topics of land restoration, desertification and drought resilience. The underlying ‘thread’ of all three themes is the importance of water […]
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This project takes inspiration from numerous neighbouring craft villages to Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam, which has preserved their culture and craftsmanship throughout generations. Located on the ground floor of a new shopping centre, the architects wish to embody a ‘contrasting’ spirit of contemporary Hanoi with local artisanship by using various craft materials, including […]
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In France’s fourth largest city, the 12,000-square-metre Marengo Multimodal Transport Hub is envisioned to expand Toulouse’s city centre by uniting bus, railway and metro systems to strengthen the public transport network. The hub is expected to triple the number of daily passengers travelling in and out of the city by connecting to the central train […]
Read More… from Marengo Multimodal Transport Hub: A mass-timber expansion for public connectivity
This project establishes a community space within the 10-hectare Swan Lake Park to support residential developments in the Eco Central Park Vinh neighbourhood in Vietnam. Serving as a multi-use activity centre where residents can interact and connect, The Park provides functions such as a multipurpose hall adjoining a service kitchen, a jacuzzi, sauna, gym and […]
Read More… from The Park: A blue-green community ‘magnet’ in Vinh City
This project serves as the headquarters of a game production company in Tokyo. According to the design team, the office aims to become “a place for the highest level of creation that captivates fans worldwide and supports the foundation of the game production process”. As almost all employees will be engaged in creative operations, the […]
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Hong Kong’s first permanent indoor market, called the Central Market, was built in 1939 in the Bauhaus Streamline Moderne style. It had underwent a partial renovation in the 1990s before being abandoned in the early 2000s. Despite being listed as a Grade 3 historic building and is one of the only two Bauhaus-style buildings remaining […]
Read More… from The comprehensive revitalisation of Central Market in Hong Kong
In Kolkata, India, the existing basketball courts of a girls’ high school has been transformed into this 6-storey co-ed international school. Situated at a congested traffic intersection, the prevalence of noise and air pollution prevented the design from being freely opened up towards the urban environment. This proved to be a key challenge to be […]
Dear FuturArc readers, Let’s talk about this issue’s cover design for a bit. For this theme, we wanted to express the concept of health/wellness as an intimate reality in one’s everyday life. And what’s more everyday than one’s home? So, we took the bold Floating House in Thu Duc, Vietnam, as the ‘exemplar’ home, as […]
