• Post-War Collective

A library in Sri Lanka offers hope to a community after a protracted civil war

The Post-War Collective project, a community library in Ambepussa (Sri Lanka), aims to reintegrate former soldiers into the civilian workforce after 25 years of conflict, teaching them construction skills on-site.
  • Microlibrary Fibonacci

SHAU’s microlibrary promotes reading and social engagement in Bandung park

The open-sided Microlibrary Fibonacci appears like an ‘urban ruin’ in a public park, as if reclaimed by nature, a visual metaphor both playful and attractive in a city short on public amenities for the youth.
  • BRAC University

WOHA’s floating university campus integrates ecology and social space

BRAC University’s new inner-city campus aims to transform a polluted lake in Bangladesh’s capital into a bio-retention pond surrounded by accessible urban green spaces to unite local communities.
  • Buoyant Housing in Brazil

Community housing that floats on a river in the Amazon

Vernacular forms and local materials set apart Buoyant Housing, a residential complex for a low-income coastal community in Manaus, Brazil, currently living in perilous and unsafe conditions.
  • UVA de La Imaginación

Creating fountains of hope in Medellín through urban intervention

UVA de La Imaginación is one of 20 obsolete water reservoirs turned into parks by Colectivo 720 in Medellín, Colombia. The goal is to create quality public amenities in low-income neighbourhoods grappling with crime.
  • Arboreal Platform

A breathing lab as a symbol of sustainable rainforest management

FUNDECOR, a non-governmental outfit overseeing the sustainable development and management of Costa Rica’s rainforests since 1989, is looking to move into its new signature headquarters in Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí.
  • Green Lungs Hanoi

Hanoi breathes new life into eroded island landscape

ODDO Architects is spearheading an ambitious project to restore part of the subtropical alluvial forests of Hanoi’s Bãi Giữa island, boost air quality and give the battered site a new lease on life.
  • BillionBricks home

Self-financing houses combat homelessness and carbon emissions

A carbon-negative community of affordable homes is underway in the Philippines. Conceived by BillionBricks, it will house 125 homeless families and function as a 2.5 MW solar power plant simultaneously.
Night view of Krishi Bhawan's signature brick facade and adjacent forecourt with left and right lily ponds framing the entrance to the main veranda
  • Krushi Bhawan

Studio Lotus sets the bar for sustainable vernacular design

Krushi Bhawan is a government complex in Bhubaneswar (Odisha, India) that defies the expectations of an office building morphology by letting the state’s rich cultural heritage seep through its site.
  • Punggol Digital District

Nature and density merge in upcoming smart business district

Punggol Digital District (PDD) is a large business park developed in the northeast part of Singapore in which architecture, nature and are all integrated assets of the masterplan.

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