LAOS
MYANMAR
SRI LANKA
MONGOLIA
CURATING THE INFRASTRUCTURE////////// SPACE POPULAR////////////
Space Popular is a multidisciplinary design and research practice operated from the House of Spop, Bangkok, Thailand and led by architects and professors Lara Lesmes & Fredrik Hellberg. Its activity is directed in multiple trajectories including architecture, products, furniture graphics,
CURATING THE INFRASTRUCTURE////////// SPACE POPULAR////////////
Space Popular is a multidisciplinary design and research practice operated from the House of Spop, Bangkok, Thailand and led by architects and professors Lara Lesmes & Fredrik Hellberg. Its activity is directed in multiple trajectories including architecture, products, furniture graphics,
IMPATIENT GL. CAPITAL & DESIGN MASS PROD.////// SANJAY PRAKASH//////////
Sanjay Prakash is a renowned Indian architect based in New Delhi, who has influenced many practitioners in the region with his ideas and explorations. He’s the founder and Director of Shift Architects. His area of practice and research over the
IMPATIENT GL. CAPITAL & DESIGN MASS PROD.////// SANJAY PRAKASH//////////
Sanjay Prakash is a renowned Indian architect based in New Delhi, who has influenced many practitioners in the region with his ideas and explorations. He’s the founder and Director of Shift Architects. His area of practice and research over the
URBAN VILLAGERS///////// /////////////////////////////////// LIU XIAODU (URBANUS)///
Xiaodu Liu is a founder and director of Urbanus studio in Shenzhen, which is recognized as one of the most influential architecture practices in China. It is also a think tank that aims to formulate architectural strategies from the urban
URBAN VILLAGERS///////// /////////////////////////////////// LIU XIAODU (URBANUS)///
Xiaodu Liu is a founder and director of Urbanus studio in Shenzhen, which is recognized as one of the most influential architecture practices in China. It is also a think tank that aims to formulate architectural strategies from the urban
ADAPT. HK INCREMENTAL TABULA RASA?/////////////// TOM VEREBES///////////////
Tom Verebes is Associate Dean (Teaching & Learning) and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong. Formerly Co-Director of the AA Design Research Lab (DRL) in London, Tom is the founder and Creative Director
ADAPT. HK INCREMENTAL TABULA RASA?/////////////// TOM VEREBES///////////////
Tom Verebes is Associate Dean (Teaching & Learning) and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong. Formerly Co-Director of the AA Design Research Lab (DRL) in London, Tom is the founder and Creative Director
SAMENESS//////////////////// /////////////////////////////////// PAO – JAMES SHEN/////////
JAMES SHEN is a co-founder of people’s architecture office (PAO), located in the heart of Beijing’s historic central ring, whose projects engage in a wide variety of building typologies and are not limited by form or scale, but instead focus
SAMENESS//////////////////// /////////////////////////////////// PAO – JAMES SHEN/////////
JAMES SHEN is a co-founder of people’s architecture office (PAO), located in the heart of Beijing’s historic central ring, whose projects engage in a wide variety of building typologies and are not limited by form or scale, but instead focus
WHAT FLOURISHING?////// /////////////////////////////////// MICHAEL DOUGLASS///////
Michael Douglass is an American urban planner and social scientist, based in Singapore, where he is Professor at the LKY School of Public Policy and at the Asia Research Institute, where he is Leader of the Asian Urbanism Cluster. He’s
WHAT FLOURISHING?////// /////////////////////////////////// MICHAEL DOUGLASS///////
Michael Douglass is an American urban planner and social scientist, based in Singapore, where he is Professor at the LKY School of Public Policy and at the Asia Research Institute, where he is Leader of the Asian Urbanism Cluster. He’s
PLACEMAKERS////////////// /////////////////////////////////// BEATRICE LEANZA//////////
Beatrice Leanza is an Italian art writer, independent researcher and co-founder of curatorial, design and editorial office BAO, based in Beijing, where she’s the main director of Beijing Design Week. In the early 2000 she joined the China Art Archives
PLACEMAKERS////////////// /////////////////////////////////// BEATRICE LEANZA//////////
Beatrice Leanza is an Italian art writer, independent researcher and co-founder of curatorial, design and editorial office BAO, based in Beijing, where she’s the main director of Beijing Design Week. In the early 2000 she joined the China Art Archives
DEVELOPMENTAL CITY//// /////////////////////////////////// CHRIS LEE/////////////////////
Christopher Lee is the co-founder and principal of Serie Architects London, Mumbai, Singapore and Beijing; and leads the design of Serie across all four offices. He is Associate Professor at Harvard Graduate School of Design and was the Director of
DEVELOPMENTAL CITY//// /////////////////////////////////// CHRIS LEE/////////////////////
Christopher Lee is the co-founder and principal of Serie Architects London, Mumbai, Singapore and Beijing; and leads the design of Serie across all four offices. He is Associate Professor at Harvard Graduate School of Design and was the Director of
FACETS OF CHINESE URBAN MODEL/////////////// DAAN ROGGEVEEN/////////
Daan Roggeveen is an architect and co-founder of MOREarchitecture a studio for design and research based in Shanghai. Together with M. Hulshof he collaborates on the Go West Project, a think tank on emerging megacities. They are the authors of
FACETS OF CHINESE URBAN MODEL/////////////// DAAN ROGGEVEEN/////////
Daan Roggeveen is an architect and co-founder of MOREarchitecture a studio for design and research based in Shanghai. Together with M. Hulshof he collaborates on the Go West Project, a think tank on emerging megacities. They are the authors of
META-REALITIES//////////// /////////////////////////////////// SPACE POPULAR////////////
Space Popular is a multidisciplinary design and research practice operated from the House of Spop, Bangkok, Thailand and led by architects and professors Lara Lesmes & Fredrik Hellberg. Its activity is directed in multiple trajectories including architecture, products, furniture graphics,
META-REALITIES//////////// /////////////////////////////////// SPACE POPULAR////////////
Space Popular is a multidisciplinary design and research practice operated from the House of Spop, Bangkok, Thailand and led by architects and professors Lara Lesmes & Fredrik Hellberg. Its activity is directed in multiple trajectories including architecture, products, furniture graphics,
POSTCOL. AMBIVALENCE & SUBCON. MEMORY/////// KAPIL GUPTA/////////////////
Kapil Gupta is the co-founder of Serie Architects and Principal of Serie Mumbai. He was a Director of the Urban Design Research Institute in Mumbai for few years. He lectures widely and the works of Serie has been exhibited as
POSTCOL. AMBIVALENCE & SUBCON. MEMORY/////// KAPIL GUPTA/////////////////
Kapil Gupta is the co-founder of Serie Architects and Principal of Serie Mumbai. He was a Director of the Urban Design Research Institute in Mumbai for few years. He lectures widely and the works of Serie has been exhibited as
ISLAND AS LABORATORY/ /////////////////////////////////// MAP OFFICE//////////////////
MAP Office is a multidisciplinary platform devised by Moroccan and French artists/architects Laurent Gutierrez and Valérie Portefaix. This has been based in Hong Kong since 1996, working on physical and imaginary territories using varied means of expression including drawing, photography,
ISLAND AS LABORATORY/ /////////////////////////////////// MAP OFFICE//////////////////
MAP Office is a multidisciplinary platform devised by Moroccan and French artists/architects Laurent Gutierrez and Valérie Portefaix. This has been based in Hong Kong since 1996, working on physical and imaginary territories using varied means of expression including drawing, photography,
EXPERIENCING LANGUAGE//////////////////// SPACE POPULAR////////////
Space Popular is a multidisciplinary design and research practice operated from the House of Spop, Bangkok, Thailand and led by architects and professors Lara Lesmes & Fredrik Hellberg. Its activity is directed in multiple trajectories including architecture, products, furniture graphics,
EXPERIENCING LANGUAGE//////////////////// SPACE POPULAR////////////
Space Popular is a multidisciplinary design and research practice operated from the House of Spop, Bangkok, Thailand and led by architects and professors Lara Lesmes & Fredrik Hellberg. Its activity is directed in multiple trajectories including architecture, products, furniture graphics,
THE ‘ZONE’ AS A MODEL: CONFINING&REPLICATING DAAN ROGGEVEEN/////////
Daan Roggeveen is an architect and co-founder of MOREarchitecture a studio for design and research based in Shanghai. Together with M. Hulshof he collaborates on the Go West Project, a think tank on emerging megacities. They are the authors of
THE ‘ZONE’ AS A MODEL: CONFINING&REPLICATING DAAN ROGGEVEEN/////////
Daan Roggeveen is an architect and co-founder of MOREarchitecture a studio for design and research based in Shanghai. Together with M. Hulshof he collaborates on the Go West Project, a think tank on emerging megacities. They are the authors of
GOING TO SCALE : PROTOTYPES//////////////// SANJAY PRAKASH//////////
Sanjay Prakash is a renowned Indian architect based in New Delhi, who has influenced many practitioners in the region with his ideas and explorations. He’s the founder and Director of Shift Architects. His area of practice and research over the
GOING TO SCALE : PROTOTYPES//////////////// SANJAY PRAKASH//////////
Sanjay Prakash is a renowned Indian architect based in New Delhi, who has influenced many practitioners in the region with his ideas and explorations. He’s the founder and Director of Shift Architects. His area of practice and research over the
DOMINATING DOMINANT TYPES/////////////////////////// CHRIS LEE/////////////////////
Christopher Lee is the co-founder and principal of Serie Architects London, Mumbai, Singapore and Beijing; and leads the design of Serie across all four offices. He is Associate Professor at Harvard Graduate School of Design and was the Director of
DOMINATING DOMINANT TYPES/////////////////////////// CHRIS LEE/////////////////////
Christopher Lee is the co-founder and principal of Serie Architects London, Mumbai, Singapore and Beijing; and leads the design of Serie across all four offices. He is Associate Professor at Harvard Graduate School of Design and was the Director of
CONTEMPORARY VERNACULAR///////////////// R. CHOOCHUEY//////////////
Rachaporn Choochuey is a professor and co-founder of all(zone) design, as they would describe, a ‘group of happy design professionals’ who joyfully collaborate with specialists across the borders of their fields and country, fascinated by the ever-changing mega metropolis they’re
CONTEMPORARY VERNACULAR///////////////// R. CHOOCHUEY//////////////
Rachaporn Choochuey is a professor and co-founder of all(zone) design, as they would describe, a ‘group of happy design professionals’ who joyfully collaborate with specialists across the borders of their fields and country, fascinated by the ever-changing mega metropolis they’re
3RD WORLD AESTHETICS////////////////// NG SEKSAN///////////////////
Ng Sek San is a well-known landscape architect based in Kuala Lumpur with a profound respect for nature, the environment and a belief in committing to making works that reflect an egalitarian lifestyle, simple, affordable and not overtly finished.
3RD WORLD AESTHETICS////////////////// NG SEKSAN///////////////////
Ng Sek San is a well-known landscape architect based in Kuala Lumpur with a profound respect for nature, the environment and a belief in committing to making works that reflect an egalitarian lifestyle, simple, affordable and not overtly finished.
CROSS-BORDER METROPOLIS///////////////// MILICA TOPALOVIC/////////
Milica Topalovic is Assistant Professor of Architecture and Territorial Planning of ETH Zurich Darch. She has been based in Singapore at the ETH Future Cities Laboratory. In the proposed fragment she takes a contemporary perspective on cross-border cities and
CROSS-BORDER METROPOLIS///////////////// MILICA TOPALOVIC/////////
Milica Topalovic is Assistant Professor of Architecture and Territorial Planning of ETH Zurich Darch. She has been based in Singapore at the ETH Future Cities Laboratory. In the proposed fragment she takes a contemporary perspective on cross-border cities and
SELF-DEVELOPMENT/////// /////////////////////////////////// ALAN TAY//////////////////////
Alan Tay is a partner of Formwerkz Architects, a Singapore based architecture practice specialized in high end residential projects. In the proposed fragment he describes the consequences of the extreme land price in Singapore that, forcing everybody to think with
SELF-DEVELOPMENT/////// /////////////////////////////////// ALAN TAY//////////////////////
Alan Tay is a partner of Formwerkz Architects, a Singapore based architecture practice specialized in high end residential projects. In the proposed fragment he describes the consequences of the extreme land price in Singapore that, forcing everybody to think with
HOMOGENEOUS TRANSFORMATIONS//////// ALAN TAY//////////////////////
Alan Tay is a partner of Formwerkz Architects, a Singapore based architecture practice specialized in high end residential projects. In the proposed fragment he discusses on the unexpected homogeneity of Singapore perpetual transformation and renewal, possibly related to land price
HOMOGENEOUS TRANSFORMATIONS//////// ALAN TAY//////////////////////
Alan Tay is a partner of Formwerkz Architects, a Singapore based architecture practice specialized in high end residential projects. In the proposed fragment he discusses on the unexpected homogeneity of Singapore perpetual transformation and renewal, possibly related to land price
HINTERLAND///////////////// /////////////////////////////////// MILICA TOPALOVIC/////////
Milica Topalovic is Assistant Professor of Architecture and Territorial Planning of ETH Zurich Darch. She has been based in Singapore at the ETH Future Cities Laboratory. In the proposed fragment she reflects on the mutual interdependences between cities and their
HINTERLAND///////////////// /////////////////////////////////// MILICA TOPALOVIC/////////
Milica Topalovic is Assistant Professor of Architecture and Territorial Planning of ETH Zurich Darch. She has been based in Singapore at the ETH Future Cities Laboratory. In the proposed fragment she reflects on the mutual interdependences between cities and their
MODERNITY WITHOUT RESERVATION//////////////// MILICA TOPALOVIC/////////
Milica Topalovic is Assistant Professor of Architecture and Territorial Planning of ETH Zurich Darch. She has been based in Singapore at the ETH Future Cities Laboratory. In the proposed fragment she describes Singapore as a city that surrendered itself to
MODERNITY WITHOUT RESERVATION//////////////// MILICA TOPALOVIC/////////
Milica Topalovic is Assistant Professor of Architecture and Territorial Planning of ETH Zurich Darch. She has been based in Singapore at the ETH Future Cities Laboratory. In the proposed fragment she describes Singapore as a city that surrendered itself to
INCRE-MENTALITY///////// /////////////////////////////////// ETIENNE TURPIN////////////
Etienne Turpin is the principal director of anexact office, a design research practice committed to interventive multidisciplinary urbanism, artistic and curatorial experimentation, and applied philosophical inquiry, based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Etienne is also a Vice-Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the
INCRE-MENTALITY///////// /////////////////////////////////// ETIENNE TURPIN////////////
Etienne Turpin is the principal director of anexact office, a design research practice committed to interventive multidisciplinary urbanism, artistic and curatorial experimentation, and applied philosophical inquiry, based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Etienne is also a Vice-Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the
PARAMETRIZATION OF LIFE///////////////////////////// ETIENNE TURPIN////////////
Etienne Turpin is the principal director of anexact office, a design research practice committed to interventive multidisciplinary urbanism, artistic and curatorial experimentation, and applied philosophical inquiry, based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Etienne is also a Vice-Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the
PARAMETRIZATION OF LIFE///////////////////////////// ETIENNE TURPIN////////////
Etienne Turpin is the principal director of anexact office, a design research practice committed to interventive multidisciplinary urbanism, artistic and curatorial experimentation, and applied philosophical inquiry, based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Etienne is also a Vice-Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the
ARCHITECTURAL ADAPTATION////////////////// ETIENNE TURPIN////////////
Etienne Turpin is the principal director of anexact office, a design research practice committed to interventive multidisciplinary urbanism, artistic and curatorial experimentation, and applied philosophical inquiry, based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Etienne is also a Vice-Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the
ARCHITECTURAL ADAPTATION////////////////// ETIENNE TURPIN////////////
Etienne Turpin is the principal director of anexact office, a design research practice committed to interventive multidisciplinary urbanism, artistic and curatorial experimentation, and applied philosophical inquiry, based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Etienne is also a Vice-Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the
LANGUAGE MATTER(S)//// /////////////////////////////////// KELLEY CHENG//////////////
Kelley Cheng is a Singaporean designer, with architectural education background, dedicating mostly to publishing and graphics, among various fields. She runs the design consultancy The Press Room and in her free time, she engages in activities that saves the earth
LANGUAGE MATTER(S)//// /////////////////////////////////// KELLEY CHENG//////////////
Kelley Cheng is a Singaporean designer, with architectural education background, dedicating mostly to publishing and graphics, among various fields. She runs the design consultancy The Press Room and in her free time, she engages in activities that saves the earth
EXPANDING WITHOUT DILUTING////////////////////// LILIAN CHEE//////////////////
Lilian Chee is Assistant Professor of the Singapore NUS Department of Architecture. Her research areas include interiority and domesticity representation. One of her last works is 03-Flat, a documentary that describes the life of three women in Singapore Public
EXPANDING WITHOUT DILUTING////////////////////// LILIAN CHEE//////////////////
Lilian Chee is Assistant Professor of the Singapore NUS Department of Architecture. Her research areas include interiority and domesticity representation. One of her last works is 03-Flat, a documentary that describes the life of three women in Singapore Public
DOMESTIC RESISTANCE// /////////////////////////////////// LILIAN CHEE//////////////////
Lilian Chee is Assistant Professor of the Singapore NUS Department of Architecture. Her research areas include interiority and domesticity representation. One of her last works is 03-Flat, a documentary that describes the life of three women in Singapore Public Housing.
DOMESTIC RESISTANCE// /////////////////////////////////// LILIAN CHEE//////////////////
Lilian Chee is Assistant Professor of the Singapore NUS Department of Architecture. Her research areas include interiority and domesticity representation. One of her last works is 03-Flat, a documentary that describes the life of three women in Singapore Public Housing.
DENSITY/////////////////////// /////////////////////////////////// KHOO PENG BENG//////////
Khoo Peng Beng is a partner of Singapore based Arc Studio Architecture + Urbanism, internationally renown for the public housing complex Pinnacle@Duxton in SG. His fields of exploration include density and high rise residential among various other topics. In
DENSITY/////////////////////// /////////////////////////////////// KHOO PENG BENG//////////
Khoo Peng Beng is a partner of Singapore based Arc Studio Architecture + Urbanism, internationally renown for the public housing complex Pinnacle@Duxton in SG. His fields of exploration include density and high rise residential among various other topics. In