UNStudio Community Building and Placemaking Report, Contemporary Architecture Issues
UNStudio Community Building and Placemaking Report News
23 July 2021
UNStudio Community Building and Placemaking Report – News
Smart and green mobility to futureproof cities
Community Building and Placemaking have recently emerged as two essential themes in architecture and urban planning. Prior to the Covid19 pandemic, facilitating the creation of communities related mainly to the workplace and the shared (living) economy, and was principally focused on co-creation, innovation and productivity. Recent events have however highlighted the human need for connectedness on a broader scale and as an essential facet of human health.
In the meantime, Placemaking has come to be understood by architects and urban designers as a key facilitator of community building and has therefore become an increasingly important, if not essential, facet of any design. In the following report, we delve into both of these themes and the different ways in which they are currently being incorporated into architecture and urban design.
Penang South Islands Masterplan – visualisation by A2 Studio

image : A2 Studio
Community Building
A matter of survival

From their earliest days, human beings have experienced the emotional need for interpersonal relationships, connectedness, and being part of a group. In Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, ?belongingness and love? are ranked third, preceded only by ?phys...