Hualien Residences is a green and mountainous housing project by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), commissioned by TLDC (Taiwan Land Development Corporation), a prominent land developer based in Taipei. Although it…
The term ‘critical regionalism’ was first used by architectural theorists Alexander Tzonis and Liane Lefaivre in their 1981 essay ‘The Grid And The Pathway’. It was later reinterpreted most famously…
Complementary Architecture refers to a practice that has some inherent characteristics. These features have been part of practice and ideologies as an individual entity also. These principles include contextualism, sustainability,…
Empathy. Empathy is the sensitivity one has for another person and feeling what they feel and practically be in their shoes. The world has lost compassion, they do what they…
The practice of architecture has a direct impact on a person’s comfort levels. And the degree of comfort level provided by a space/place is directly proportional to the amount of…
“To create nice and more importantly, meaningful, appropriate atmospheres, we need to focus our attention not on the quantities but on the qualities.”-Day, Christopher (1990:46) Architecture is one of the…
Social Housing is a form of rental housing that is designed to specifically cater to the problem of housing inequality and affordability. The pricing of these projects is not determined…
Sustainability. In the era of anthropogenic climate change, sustainability is the key to reducing our carbon footprint and conserving precious resources. But what is sustainability? And who are the leaders…
Big changes are triggered by big events. Change in the cities is not happening overnight. It is a slow process that can take up to decades and various generations to…
Nature is facing the brunt of human actions. The consequences of said actions have given rise to problems that affect the world of design either directly or indirectly. Climate change…
September 10, 2019, The Verge: “Burned areas of the Amazon could take centuries to fully recover” October 18, 2019, USA TODAY: “The Amazon hasn’t stopped burning. There were 19,925 fire…
Heritage is a built and passed forth identification in several formats including built structures, commodities, and even as small as a human reaction. The most relatable and obvious form of…