Sustainability

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Hassell Studio on a more resilient and sustainable urban architecture

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News

Urban forests and art: the transformation of Cathedral Gardens Belfast

An eco-diverse forest, interactive water and lighting features and a memorial to the Blitz are just some of the ways we aim to transform one of Belfast’s most important public spaces.

NEWS

Uganda’s Bidi Bidi Music Centre for refugees

The Bidi Bidi Music & Arts centre aims to change the narrative around refugees in Uganda.

Conversation

Next generation airports

With international borders now open in Australia, what can we expect from the new generation of airports as travel re-emerges?

project

Mithras Student Village

Designed as a community based on an ethos of connection and wellbeing, Mithras Student Village ups the ante on student housing in the UK.

Conversations

A daily dose of greens

Could urban farming change the way hospitals feed patients – and improve the health of our cities in the process?

CONVERSATIONS

Planting for all the right reasons

A plant is better than no plants. But our city streets deserve more than a few groundcover species in a sea of mulch, which won’t bring us the well-researched benefits of immersion in dynamic nature.

project

Central Green Forest Park

Central Green Forest Park has been essential to the ecological recovery of a former chemicals factory. It has fast become one of Beijing’s most popular green spaces, playing host to an array of recreation, education and cultural activities.

Conversations

Are smarter parks also more attractive?

People are more likely to visit parks, and for longer, in ‘smart’ cities that incorporate innovative technology into their public spaces.

project

Shenzhen Mangrove Wetland Museum

Like a ‘hide’ for observing bird life, our concept for this wetland museum delicately balances architecture and nature.

project

Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation Master Plan

The Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation is a once-in-a-generation, city-shaping project that will redefine the Australian capital’s cultural offering.

NEWS November 25, 2020

Melbourne Arts Precinct gets funding approval

The Victorian Government, Australia, has announced funding approval for the $1.46B Melbourne Arts Precinct including the 18,000sqm of new open public space and gardens designed by Hassell + SO – IL.

PODCAST

Naturalistic planting and rewilding: native or nothing?

The debate around native or exotic urban planting can sometimes be a thorny one, culturally, environmentally and emotionally.

CONVERSATIONS

A decade for humility in design

We wouldn’t paint a neon moustache on the Mona Lisa. So why do we pave over beautiful and resilient natural systems?

project

Stadia Precinct, Sydney Olympic Park

Yerrabingin and Hassell brought together a team of Indigenous designers, artists and storytellers with strong community connections to deliver an authentic landscape, connected to the oldest living culture in the world.

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