Toyota envisions world’s first living laboratory for mobility innovations

Jerry Elengical
8 February 2024

Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and Toyota Motor Corporation joined hands in 2020 to create a carbon-neutral smart city with an innovative multi-modal mobility system in Susono, Japan.

Tropical

BRAC University

WOHA’s floating university campus integrates ecology and social space

Jerry Elengical
21 December 2023

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.

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Housing Infill

A modular, incremental model for urban housing

Mrinmayee Bhoot
9 November 2023

Housing Infill is a dwelling prototype with a compact, flexible and adaptable construction model proposed for the city of Córdoba in Argentina where housing demand is constantly challenged by the scarcity and high cost of land.

Temperate

Liyumen Waterway Park

China
2020

Turenscape uses nature-based scheme to turn grey riverbanks green

Mrinmayee Bhoot
26 October 2023

The Liyumen Waterway Park is a pilot project in Shenzen (Guangdong, China) that aims to transform a polluted greywater channel into a popular community resource by banking on symbiotic nature-based solutions.

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Shajing Ancient Fair

China
2019

‘Acupuncture therapy’ saves Shenzhen’s district from demolition

Kruti Choksi Kothari
12 October 2023

To preserve the cultural heritage of the largest surviving historical district in Shenzhen (China), ARCity Office has drawn on a model of ‘acupuncture therapy’ to rejuvenate a 70-kilometre stretch along the Longjin River.

Tropical

Green Lungs Hanoi

Vietnam
2020

Hanoi breathes new life into eroded island landscape

Kruti Choksi Kothari
9 October 2023

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.