One of world’s tallest timber buildings is carbon-negative

Kruti Choksi Kothari
25 January 2024

Sara kulturhus is a multifunctional centre with cultural facilities and an attached hotel in Skellefteå, Sweden, and one of the tallest timber structures in the world that is also carbon-negative.

Temperate

Lieu de vie Paris-Saclay University campus

France
2016

Low-cost flexible university campus hub serves as urban shelf close to Paris

Kruti Choksi Kothari
18 January 2024

Lieu de vie is a multifunctional public facility on the new university campus of Paris-Saclay, France. This low-cost building is designed to encourage interactions of diverse communities living near one another, but rarely meeting.

HIKMA: Legacy Restored in Niger

Niger
2018

A derelict mosque in Niger is revived into a hub for the community

Kruti Choksi Kothari
4 January 2024

Hikma religious and secular complex is a community node in Dandaji, Niger, juxtaposing a new mosque next to its predecessor, now retrofitted into a library. The two are linked by inclusive public spaces.

Temperate

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.

Arid

OSTIM Eco-Park Technology Development Center

Turkey
2014

Ankara’s Eco-Techno Park is a green oasis for business

Kruti Choksi Kothari
5 October 2023

Eco-Techno Park is a groundbreaking hub for sustainable research and technological innovation set in a biophilic environment within the OSTIM Industrial Zone, a bustling industrial precinct in Ankara (Turkey).

Continental

House as Garden in Illinois

A self-sustainable sanctuary on the outskirts of Chicago

Kruti Choksi Kothari
2 October 2023

House as Garden in Illinois is a residential prototype for Chicago’s South Side (USA). It is a partnership initiative between Michael Sorkin Studio and the non-profit organisation Blacks in Green.