Rediscover the city with your feet

Can our eyes wander from our phones to make sense of the place we are travelling? The brilliant thing about SUPERSHOES is the opportunity to live in the moment of walking without compromising the assurance and certainty that we get by consulting our smartphones. […]

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Equals 3

…Instead of concentrating on joints and lines (as I did in “1+1”), the bare planes became the design means to expose its beautiful grain and texture and practically fitted into a display briefcase. […]

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Charming Shophouses at Lorong 24A

The infamous Geylang district in Singapore now boasts a quaint identity after a series of transformation at Lorong 24A. These 1920s shophouses were completely redesigned and revamped on the inside, giving each home its unique individuality while conserving a collective exterior. […]

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Growing Architecture through Biology

Courtesy of Kelly Hill Photography for Exploration Architecture. Growing architecture is an exciting idea. Unlike many superficial conceptual ideas of biomimicry which produced no more than form & aesthetics, harvesting architecture from biological production takes a leap in nature inspired designs. This approach has been pursued by reserchers and architects alike, namely Magnus Larsson‘s Green Wall Sahara in Africa and Rachel Armstrong‘s protocell for Venice’ bedrock. And recently, Michael Pawlyn of Exploration Architecture who was famously known for the Eden Project by Grimshaw is proposing  that architecture could be grown from the depths of the ocean in near future. This seemingly farfetched idea is backed by Pawlyn’s investigations and researches to establish a convincing prototype of what may come ahead of us in construction and materials.  […]

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