HAPPENINGS Photo courtesy of Ground Up Initiative
The design of future buildings: what should it be? “The idea of fragmentation itself is a persistent issue before the COVID-19 situation. In this pandemic, the silver lining is that it has ‘fused’ many of these gaps. Though it shows how interconnected and interdependent we are, but in terms of the larger construct and system, it also reduces the silos issue. There is now a re-centring of the priorities of wealth to health. We know that cities are traditionally designed where we centre and cluster people into areas of vibrancy, but that approach itself, especially in this COVID-19 times, has caused a lot of vulnerabilities. In designing future cities, we should go back to the fundamental of health and wellness,” advised Seah Chee Huang, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, DP Architects Pte Ltd.
“COVID-19 has been an accelerator in many ways; our awareness and sensitivity to certain issues that we were not aware before, or perhaps we were aware but have not really thought about it in a big way. The impact of design is really going to depend on where you are in the world; it’s a contextual issue. There is, and should be, a rethinking of the meaning and importance of public space and what they need to be in order to function as a place of wellness,” Prof Dr Luebkeman advised.
“Now that we have all these digital tools, the question is what should we be really optimising? Are we optimising for circularity; utilisation of water, carbon, longevity, health and bacterial resistance? There are now new criteria that we need to be stepping up to. We are on the track of understanding how we can become as resilient as possible, which needs to be accelerated, and also incorporated within the natural ecosystems. There is still a lot to be done regarding this aspect,” he observed.
“We have to design for outcomes rather than specific outputs. The outcomes that we are now seeking as a society are now evidently around positive climate outcomes, as well as health and well-being. The other thing that provides an opportunity now is actually the greater ability to collaborate and communicate using technology. I feel that in the built environment, we have been hindered by disjointed processes and a lack of connectivity between client brief and presentation; how things will be manufactured and built; and how it will be operated, that feedback loop in terms of how the building is actually performing so that you have an idea of how to design your building next time,” Gough shared.
Singapore
Architecture Saving OUR World Anchored by the theme Architecture Saving OUR World, the Archifest 2020 festival offered programmes and activities that catered to both the built community and general public, inviting all to discover the role of architecture and explore how it can address today’s most pressing issues such as climate change, food shortage and public health, even as humanity continues to battle against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Photo courtesy of Pui Cuifen
Kampung Journey Photo courtesy of WY-TO
Garden sharing session
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