We upcycled the post-war remnants and gave new life to prefab panel housing.
Kharkiv Panel Housing by Norman Foster Foundation, Ukraine
By upcycling the post-war rubble and debris from an existing dormitory housing town, we envision it into a modular housing facade system and bomb shelters that will enhance its overall liveability and resiliency for the future generation of Kharkiv.
Turning an under-utilised viaduct area into a community-oriented park space
Vitalduct in Tanah Merah, Singapore
By refurbishing the viaduct, MRT carriages and introducing the water bodies from adjacent rivers and canals into the project site, we envision Tanah Merah Viaduct Space to be a multifunctional biophilic space that welcomes all kinds of recreation activities.
How can we open a hermetic industrial box with live, work and play?
Revitalizing Pasir Panjang Power Station A, Singapore
The Pasir Panjang Power Station is set to be the landmark project for the Power District Area and as an anchor point in the Greater Southern Waterfront Masterplan. By inserting the architectural kits & parts into the hermetic box, it will transform the industrial past into a new creative industries hub that generates activities for people in the days to come.
Instead of building on the runway, we elevate the entire stretch of runway through an ephemeral metal framework with hedonistic programmes inserted underneath the runway to commemorate the historic aviation memories.
A progressive architectural movement towards nuclear-free Japan
Entombing Hamaoka nuclear power station in Omaezaki, Japan
Situated in Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plants in Omaezaki, Japan, the project tackles on an issue of our response to unmeasurable force of disasters. On one hand, it provides a rational apparatus to protect nuclear reactors from their total breakdown in the case of tsunami and other disasters, but on the other hand, its uncanny appearance – the form associated with a pragmatic construction and Shinto religion, constantly provokes a sense of fear for the impact of the disasters beyond its hypothetical limit, especially in Japan that experienced the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011. After a future decommissioning of the reactor, the apparatus will perform as a tomb that evokes the memory that deters the nation to depend on the nuclear power generation again. The colossal structures sitting in the sunflower field (as people believe sunflower can detoxifies the soil) keep demanding people to remember nuclear power generation – the ambivalent invention, in a quiet yet impactful manner.
Rome Concrete Poetry Hall is a Celebration of Ancient Architectural Language
Ancient Rome Reimagined, Italy
By playing with identical ancient Roman architectural forms, geometries, rhythm and materiality, the proposed design is a reimagination and reinterpretation of ancient Roman architecture into a modern concrete-made structure.
