A heterogeneous typology for an unconventional environment

By Ar. Vinita Wagh

Drawings & Visualisations: courtesy V2com

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fog water spa and climate-smart irrigation plant (inset) Ar. Margot Krasojevic

In Eastern Nepal’s Ilam District, Margot Krasojević Architects designs a climate-smart water irrigation plant that harnesses the fog in a bid to conserve the natural environment, a system modelled on ancient traditions…

CURA: open-source design for emergency COVID-19 ICUs

By Carlo Ratti Associati

Renders: Carlo Ratti Associati

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CURA (Connected Units for Respiratory Ailments) aims to convert shipping containers into plug-in Intensive-Care Pods for the COVID-19 pandemic.

Amsterdam’s new repository explores the synergy between circularity and adaptability in design!

Compiled by Ar. Sivashankari Ramamoorthi

Photography: cepezed | lucas van der wee

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Design studio Cepezed and Cepezedinterieur envisage an energy neutral, flexible design for Archive Depot Amsterdam Noord that renders the building circular and removable, contributing to a holistically sustainable solution…  

Modular construction – the solution to several problems!

Compiled by Team IAnD

Info & Imagery: Courtesy GMP

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von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects use modular construction to build a temporary school building for 2,000 pupils in Frankfurt am Main…

Should a research centre have a collaborative environment?

Compiled by Team IAnD

Photography: Dianna Snape; courtesy v2com

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Melbourne studio DesignInc’s recently completed biotechnology research centre exemplifies the significance of collaborative practice and healthy work environments in research-based workplace thinking...

Envisioning the educational campus of the future!

By Ar. Romil Sheth

Photography: Courtesy Sasaki

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Are our institutional campuses keeping pace with a continuingly progressive socio-economic scenario? Are the educational buildings ready for the students of the morrow? Ar. Romil Sheth ponders a solution…

Self-sufficiency in public transport – a global footprint?!

Compiled by Team IAnD

Photography: cepezed | Lucas van der Wee; courtesy v2com

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Netherlands has its first fully-integrated bus station that generates its own energy. Can this module toe a global footprint?

Shaping the urban future with sustainability at the core!

By Vinita Wagh

Illustrations/renders: Courtesy UNStudio

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UNStudio blueprints the world’s ‘Smartest Neighbourhood’ in Helmond’s Brandevoort District in the Netherlands - a prototypical initiative that epitomises adaptable planning and future living.

Can design assist in value-based education?

Compiled by Team IAnD

Photography: Courtesy Make Architects

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After open and collaborative workspace culture, education now follows a flexible and personalised methodology…

Empowering collaborations the Sasaki way!

By Vinita Wagh

Photography: Courtesy Sasaki

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Incubator at Sasaki (inset) James N. Miner-CEO-Principal-Planner, Sasaki

Sasaki Design Studio engineers their design Incubator with a lively and peppy vibe to spur creative thinking…

Unifying the diverse: a community footprint imparting social harmony

By Ar. Bineeta Ghoshal

Photography: Shigeo Ogawa; courtesy the architect

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Architecture is one of the prime catalysts of creating a harmonious built environment that infuses the ambience of social conformity. Ar. Masahiko Fujimori endorses this statement via his design of the Chronos Dwell.

Casual is the new corporate, endorses Sasaki

By Vinita Wagh

Photography: Courtesy Sasaki

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Sasaki design studio emboldens Microsoft to ditch the standard corporate aesthetic and embrace an inspiring and collaborative workplace environment at their NERD Centre.

Breakthrough post-earthquake prototype makes profound humanitarian impact!

By Vinita Wagh

Photography: JAG Studio & El Sindicato Arquitectura

Infography: Mitsuyoshi Kawasaki – Al Borde & El Sindicato Arquitectura

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AL BORDE + El Sindicato Arquitectura reinvent traditional building technology to develop a post-earthquake prototype that is literally making waves in the ‘Earthquake Architecture’ community…

Lending identity through architecture

By Vinita Wagh

Photography: Chandan & Afrina; courtesy Tjep

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An experiential delight - visceral and raw, this village supermarket reinterprets traditions to interact powerfully with its users.

Wellness at the workplace

By Beverly Pereira

Photography: People’s Architecture Office, Jing Weiqi 

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Surpassing the clichéd norm of the office gym, People’s Architecture Office designs the Leping Foundation headquarters in Beijing as a workplace that focusses on wellbeing. 

Breaking away from conventional formwork!

Compiled by Vinita Wagh

Photography: Juan Pablo Allegre; courtesy ZHA

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Zaha Hadid Architects and ETH Zurich introduce KnitCandela – an incredibly thin concrete shell, built on an ultra-lightweight, knitted formwork that can be suitcase-condensed. How’s that for revolutionary?

Living inside-out!

By Rutvi Ashar

Renders: Renderings by CRA graphic team: Gary di Silvio, Pasquale Milieri, Gianluca Zimbardi

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International design and innovation office, Carlo Ratti Associati (CRA) uses a Ficus tree as the fulcrum of a progressive residential design in Parma, Northern Italy.

Library as a town

Compiled by Rutvi Ashar

Renders: Shanghai Cenby Digital Technology Co. Ltd

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Proposed salon in the National Library of Taiwan (inset) Ar. Carlo Ratti

Expected to greet the public in 2023, Bio-architecture Formosana (BAF) together with Carlo Ratti Associatti (CRA) present the National Library in Taiwan, which hopes to transform a large undeveloped suburban plot in XinYing District.

Personalised commute: the train of the future!

Compiled by Avinash Yadav

Renders: Courtesy Mecanoo

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Mecanoo architects and circular-furniture specialist, Gispen conceptualise a modular and flexible train interior that facilitates travellers’ diverse activities - sustainable mobility that can be universally replicated…

Is this the start of a new phenomena in adaptive reuse?

Compiled by Team IAnD

Renders: Courtesy JA arquitectura

Read Time: 2 mins 30 secs

Maassilo roof transformation 

JA Architects make a modern intervention in Rotterdam's century-old Stok building, setting a precedent for a fresh approach to reducing the carbon footprint…