A+U N° 501: Singapore, Capital City for Vertical Green (2012)

6 Q1 What does Singapore look like today?
12 Q2 Mayor Bloomberg How does a city thrive in the 21st century?
Lecture session: Michael Bloomberg
16 Q3 What is the state of urban development in Singapore?
Essay: Peter G. Rowe
20 Q4 Can the world be contained in 1,000 Singapores?
22 Q5 Do population growth and urbanization mean less green coverage?
24 Q6 What was Singapore like at the time of independence?
26 Q7 Going back in time?
28 Q8 A city in the making what were the milestones?
30 Q9 How has Singapores urban planning evolved?
32 Q10 What is the story behind Marina Bay?
34 Q11 What were Kenzo Tanges thoughts on Singapore?
36 Q12 Can a city achieve more from public-private partnership?
38 Q13 What is the landmark of Marina Bay?
42 Q14 Can we build a green paradise on earth?

50 Round Table 1: The Makings of Marina Bay
54 Q15 Can an island city ever have enough water?
56 Q16 Can you clean up a dirty river?
58 Q17 How to create a Garbage of Eden?
59 Q18 Can biodiversity thrive in a land-fill?

60 Round Table 2: Water Urbanism The Active, Beautiful, Clean Waters Programme
64 Q19 What is the ABC Waters programme?
66 Q20 Must a canal be just a canal?
74 Q21 From Garden City to City in a Garden?
76 Q22 A Green Walk round the island?
78 Q23 How do you bring people closer to nature?

82 Round Table 3: Bridging People and Nature The Southern Ridges
86 Q24 How do you house four million people?
88 Q25 What does HDB mean for Singaporeans?
89 Q26 How do we create variations in public housing?
90 Q27 Whats new with HDBs Punggol Waterway?
92 Q28 What is the latest feature for Public Housing?
94 Q29 Is there a limit to HDB design?

100 Round Table 4: Housing a Nation Building Homes and Communities
104 Q30 Is your built environment powered by BIM?
106 Q31 Can you have a building with zero energy consumption?
107 Q32 Planning beyond Singapore?
108 Q33 Jurong the smart district to watch?
110 Q34 What does Vertical Green mean?
Essay: Dr Tan Puay Yok
114 Q35 What are the different typologies of green?
116 Q36 How do we bring green into urban living? 116
118 Q37 How do we bring green into our vertical environment?
123 Q38 Can greenery improve our productivity?
124 Q39 Can an urban hotel be a tropical resort?
126 Q40 How about shopping in a park-like setting?
127 Q41 How can green and nature improve our learning?
132 Q42 Is nature the best medicine?
134 Q43 A new trend for the R&D environment?
136 Q44 Is building a green environment a good business proposition?

140 Round Table 5: Realizing Visions Through Partnership
144 Q45 How does the green city evolve?
Essay: Kathryn Gustafson, Henry Steed
147 Q46 Inspiration for Vertical Green?
148 Q47 Is Singapore the only city pursuing green buildings?
150 Q48 Toyo Ito Is the office of the future one big tree?
152 Q49 What are the benefits of being liveable?
153 Q50 What does it mean to be green?

Publicado por Natalia Arocena | 8 de agosto de 2012 - 09:25 | Actualizado: 8 de agosto de 2012 - 09:25 | PDF