civic space
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Connecting people and place
A research exhibition reimagines St Kilda’s civic spaces through soft infrastructures that enhance wellbeing and urban experience.
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Santuario de La Salle church by CAZA is a modern interpretation of the Colosseum
The church has an outer skin made of vertical slats and 14 separate doors that lead worshippers to the central circular core.
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Zikawei Library by Wutopia Lab draws inspiration from Chinese trousseau box
Wutopia Lab transforms an abandoned building in Shanghai into a public library for the community.
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Atal Akshaya Urja Bhavan is India’s first net-positive building
Leading the way in design, Edifice Consultants has conceived and realised India’s first net-positive building and, in doing so, has created a template for the here and now.
Events
The revamped Peranakan Museum celebrates diversity and inclusivity
The museum celebrates its reopening with free admission and a whole host of festivities from 17 to 19 February. Kennie Ting, Director of Asian Civilisations Museum and Peranakan Museum shares more about the museum’s new direction.
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The expanded Waterbom Bali will feature sustainably designed attractions
Among the new highlights in the additional 1.3 hectares is a 20-metre-tall slide tower offering a treetop view.
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Choa Chu Kang Public Library offers a multi-dimensional experience for the community
Purposefully designed by The Afternaut, the rejuvenated Choa Chu Kang Public Library is more than a place to read and borrow books with various thoughtfully designed experiential zones for active learning.
Ideas
How can privately owned public space transform our cities?
From 1960s New York when private developers were incentivised to create civic space in the public realm, to today: where POPS tread a fine line between the private and the public. Denton Corker Marshall looks at how we can bridge the two.
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The Nest Art Center emerges like an egg from a cocoon
Inspired by nature, the Nest Art Center in Shenzhen is the latest architectural icon for the fourth largest city in China.
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Are architects responsible for shaping happy communities?
ARM Architecture’s Jesse Judd and Mark Raggatt discuss how the pandemic has emphasised the importance of public space and why placemaking is now more important than ever.
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A former glass-making workshop turned into a kids museum
Coordination Asia’s design for the Kids Museum of Glass 2.0 in Shanghai is a sophisticated scheme that appeals to both young and old.