Beijing Olympic | Badminton Arena | Beijing | China | KCAP

Sport arena and surrounding landscape design The design for the 'Olympic Badminton Area' is a second prize competition design for Beijing’s Olympic Games in 2008. Based on the theme ‘Human, Green, High-Tech’, the design shows an alluring, artificial landscape that incorporates a whole range of functions in the fields of sport, culture and leisure. Set on top of an underground grid, the concept proposes a park-like site with stadiums, plazas and other amenities. These were designed as a series of circular elements, an allusion to the symbolic rings of the Olympic flag. The multifunctional centre is not merely the umpteenth architectural icon to be added to the city, but embodies a new kind of environment where nature, urban life and architecture are intermixed in a relaxed way. The result is a multifaceted and sustainable area, a ‘built landscape’ with a green character to be added to the campus of the Beijing University of Technology after the Olympic Games......more

Architectural Design Competition | University Campus | Singapore | KCAP

Urban development vision for sustainable university campus 'Create Campus' is the urban development vision for the university campus for the National Research Foundation of Singapore with 60.000 m2 of university buildings. In accordance with the suggested building typology the concept prescribes a base building, embedded in the site`s topography, covered with a botanic garden and intersected by pedestrian routes that form an interactive public space to which most of the social programs are oriented. On top of the base, four polygon buildings form a characteristic composition that works on multiple levels: it forms a powerful ensemble, providing the necessary landmark-quality for a town-centre on the site, and establishes a strong contextual dialogue, knitting the surroundings together.
The shape of the assembly also reacts to Singapore’s tropical climate with an annual average of 30ºC. Considering the fact that most peo¬ple stay inside as much as possible, the concept provides for pleasant outdoor spaces in the shade and with a low speed wind.........more