garden city

People
Adib Jalal on defining relationships with place
Urbanist Adib Jalal explores our evolving relationships with the built environment and places connection at the heart of meaningful design.

Ideas
Curated garden or curated wild: Singapore
Singapore is geographically primed for natural complexity in its ecology, and could greatly benefit from the many offerings of rich ecosystems. But the island is primarily experienced as a preened garden. For our own good, is it time we embraced a messier urban wild?

Project
Thomas Heatherwick transcends luxury living, in EDEN
EDEN eschews the shiny, enclosed tower typology of high-end housing in favour of a more humanistic approach that celebrates Singapore’s tropical setting.