Community space

JCB, Site Office Landscape Architects and AW Maritime are delivering the new St Kilda Pier. Developed through extensive collaboration with Parks Victoria, numerous stakeholders and specialist consultants, the proposed redevelopment will include a new pier and boat landing, communal seating terrace and pavilion, Little Penguin viewing boardwalk and retention of the much-loved heritage kiosk. Across a 600-metre length of crafted engineering, the proposal places emphasis on enhancing the visitor experience via expanded recreational opportunities and playful public spaces, environmental and ecological protection and careful heritage integration. The design respectfully considers the heritage aspects of the existing pier, including the St Kild... More

Weave is a Hong Kong-based collaborative living company that creates residential communities for Asia’s millennials, students and young professionals. With their first property located in the heart of Kowloon, this well-designed and convenient living space has stunning facilities for a thriving community of young people to live, experience and be inspired. More

A new community Agriculture & Technology centre has launched in Krong Samraong, Cambodia, designed as a collaboration between Squire & Partners and SAWA for the Green Shoots Foundation. Built by local contractors, farmers and 16-25 year olds over a four-month period - assisted by volunteers from the UK - the development provides education in agricultural technologies to support children and adults in the local community, and facilitates opportunities for enterprise. The masterplan elements are designed to be responsive to the tropical climate – with raised floors to negate flood risk, screens to diffuse sunlight whilst providing ventilation, and overhanging roof eaves for the rainy season – as well as utilising local resources,... More

Sun Room is an in-situ composite woven bamboo shell, which explores the potential of digital design and fabrication techniques to reinvigorate traditional craft. Bamboo weaving is both a sustainable and culturally significant method of construction in China, but due to its complexity and reliance on skilled labour, is in deep decline. The Sun Room project sought to apply digital design methodologies to break down the complexity of this age old craft - simultaneously exploring its potential at an architectural scale and its accessibility as an alternative construction methodology for local people. Over the course of the project, students from the University of Hong Kong and local villagers worked with the last remaining bamboo weaver in Peit... More

FUNCTION:                  community, office, residentialGROSS AREA:            25,000 m2Problems surrounding the House of Invalids located in the centre of Budapest started at the very beginning of construction, in 1724. The building, originally planned around four courtyards and designed for the care of veterans disabled in the war against Ottoman Turks, was only half completed due to the existing city wall. The 189-metre-long building and the plot that it stands on in the densely built-up downtown are extremely valuable, thus several tenders were announced for the more efficient utilization... More

The Living Room by Octave is the adaptive re-use of an historic structure into a 21,500-square foot educational and wellness center plus restaurant. The project is a hub for services including early childhood development programs, family therapy, art therapy, yoga, body works, a health-oriented restaurant and teaching kitchen, and a small-scale urban farm. In addition to designing the architecture and interiors, we worked in partnership with the client Octave to conceive the project, shape its program, and then brand its services. The project is an alternative models for development in China, where sudden and outpaced urbanization is challenging and transforming historical, cultural, and ecological ties among people, the landscape,... More