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0:17friends colleagues students and visitors
0:21welcome to the melbourne school of
0:23design dean's lecture series my name's
0:25julie willis and i'm the dean of the
0:27faculty of architecture building and
0:28planning here at the university of
0:30melbourne
0:31i'll begin this evening's proceedings by
0:34acknowledging the traditional owners of
0:36the lands on which this event is taking
0:37place the lands of the warranty and i
0:40pay my respects to their elders past and
0:42present
0:43and to the place of indigenous knowledge
0:46in the academy
0:47the dean's lecture series aims to
0:49connect the melbourne community with
0:51international leaders in built
0:53environment fields
0:55tonight i'm very pleased to welcome
0:57special guests
0:58huayian chang and yuhan go who have
1:01traveled from singapore to be here this
1:03evening to present rewilding the sky
1:06this is the first time we've been able
1:08to welcome a dean's lecture series
1:10guests in person for quite a long time
1:13so we're thrilled to have such an
1:15exciting practice here with us tonight
1:18malaysian born huayan founded salad
1:21dressing in 2002 when he was 23 and
1:24since then it's grown to around 25
1:26people with the director of design
1:29juhan
1:30joining the practice in 2010
1:33huayian and his colleagues have shaped a
1:36unique design studio which merges
1:38philosophical explorations time meaning
1:41and the natural world with the business
1:43demands of a contemporary landscape
1:45practice
1:47salad dressings projects can be found
1:49across singapore malaysia indonesia and
1:52most recently dubai in the award-winning
1:55singapore pavilion in collaboration with
1:57wohar at world expo 2020
2:00their practice includes landscape
2:02designers gardeners and architects who
2:04work together to constantly challenge
2:06the boundaries of designed landscapes
2:09based on biodiversity the immateriality
2:12of nature and its timeless relationship
2:14with humans
2:16incorporating local culture and nature
2:18is a priority for the firm and their
2:20projects find unique ways of exploring
2:23how nature and humans can coexist
2:27influenced by the japanese firms super
2:29potato and the uk graphics design
2:32group tomato
2:33this firm's unusual name is a literal
2:36reference to landscape architecture's
2:37practice of dressing up the green
2:40but as you will hear tonight this
2:41practice is anything but literal
2:44i'm very much looking forward to hearing
2:46more about the design philosophy and
2:48their inspiring projects this evening
2:50please join with me in welcoming salad
2:53dressing landscape founding director
2:55huayn and director of design you harm to
2:57the stage
2:59[Applause]
3:03[Music]
3:04[Applause]
3:09good evening everyone
3:11thank you julie for the lovely
3:13introductions
3:14i'm very honored to be here today with
3:16um huayian
3:18let me start with a brief background of
3:20salad dressing
3:22this is our office located atop of a
3:24former horse raising compound at the
3:26foothill of random pristine rainforests
3:28of singapore
3:31we have a sky forest where we collected
3:33over 400 species of plants to test out
3:36the rooftop conditions
3:38in a garden we released native animals
3:41like stick insects tree frogs and
3:44morning lizards occasionally
3:47badness will be found or some monkeys
3:50and home bills to the respite from
3:54in our air conditioned office we have a
3:56few closed water ecosystem under our
3:59observation too
4:02we study singapore native fish in
4:04different habitats and water strata
4:08let's zoom out a bit we are from
4:10singapore
4:11a city in nature is the recent model of
4:13the country
4:15since the 1960s singapore has branded
4:18herself as a garden city
4:20as a clean and green environment to
4:22mitigate the harsh concrete urban
4:24environment
4:26the green plant then evolved into city
4:28in the gardens which focuses on
4:31conserving biodiversity and engaging the
4:33community
4:36today singapore is one of the greenest
4:39cities in the world
4:41the effort of reintroducing wildlife is
4:43getting its fruit
4:45the city nature vision is about bringing
4:48people closer to nature
4:50safeguarding the nature reserve and
4:52providing more habitats for singapore's
4:55flora and fauna
4:57the concept for lack of connection with
4:59the rest of nature outside of us is that
5:03a stronger disregard for other plants
5:05animals and less appealing wild areas
5:08could lead to further ecosystem
5:10degradation
5:11and species laws
5:14therefore re-establishing a connection
5:16with nature has become more and more
5:18important in the field of city planning
5:23as cityscape grow not only horizontally
5:26but vertically in order to accommodate
5:29the demands of increasing
5:32population density the vertical green
5:34has becoming a significant strategy of
5:38urban sustainable development
5:41the city of singapore aims to become a
5:43capital city for vertical green
5:46the target is to have at least 80
5:48percent of buildings by floor area in
5:51singapore to be greenpie 2013.
5:56these are a few examples of singapore's
5:58green buildings journey
6:02kenyan of malaysia has materialized
6:05greening futuristic high rise with
6:07technological rationality for
6:10climatic issues
6:13animal crossing in 2013 expressed the
6:16co-existence of other animals in the
6:18city
6:20gambong emirati brings green into
6:22different flaws for the community
6:25and the recent airport jewels contained
6:28a forest within
6:31with kanalama by jeffy as the president
6:34green buildings in the tropics
6:36we understand that a building can
6:38shelter beyond human beings
6:42during the pandemic period we started to
6:45notice our affinity towards nature
6:48edward o wilson biophilia notions of our
6:51ignorant love and phobia for living
6:54things is magnifying our biological
6:57relationship with nature
6:59our natural love for life helps sustain
7:02life
7:04can we share and rewire a building up to
7:07the sky
7:09we dream of a vertical landscape as an
7:11art to bring diverse habitats and
7:13various ecosystem outwards with
7:16technologies and calculations
7:18microclimates could assist fluoride and
7:20fauna to happen in the sky
7:24and in a close proximity in our daily
7:27life this is taken from my house and
7:30what we need to do is to learn to
7:32coexist with other living beings
7:38[Music]
7:50cool
7:53[Music]
8:00so yeah this is our talk about rewinding
8:05ever since our ancestor learned how to
8:07control fire we had drawn a clear line
8:10from
8:10nature in the 1960s racial carson
8:14silent spring awaits people's
8:16understanding over the poisons on land
8:19from the left-over weapons from world
8:21war ii
8:22but stopped shopping keep stopped
8:24running outdoors our lens is
8:26deproporated
8:29we are now in the era of ant proportions
8:32the six mass extinctions is on the verge
8:35this round is not caused by an asteroid
8:38or huge volcano eruptions or natural
8:41change in atmospheres components it is
8:44caused by the single species on the
8:46earth the eight billions of us
8:50environmental crisis can be broken down
8:52to climatic breakdown and ecological
8:55breakdown
8:57today we are both ecologically bought
8:59and anxious over the climatic issues and
9:02we can only find the imagination in
9:04sci-fi movie one last man a dog guns
9:08truck fighting another human beings
9:12is there still hope can rewilding put us
9:15back to nature
9:17according to sir that we had the bro
9:19inner
9:20conversations with team flannery
9:23there was a time in the 19th century
9:25when it was perfectly acceptable for
9:27civilized human beings to think that it
9:29was morally acceptable to actually own
9:32another human beings for a slave
9:35and somehow or other in a space or 20 or
9:3830 years the public perceptions of that
9:40totally transform
9:43a change in bioethic is calling for us
9:46to re-value our relationship with nature
9:50the flip side of globalization is that
9:52it is also creating opportunities to
9:54upgrade ecosystem at scale
9:58large skill land abundant and rural
10:01depopulation in some areas of europe
10:03represents a chance to rebuild europe
10:06lost mega herbivores wood pasture system
10:09and regenerate new nature-based economic
10:12prospects for these regions
10:16the words rewilding was then introduced
10:19and popularized by george monbiot in
10:212013
10:23a british writer known for his
10:25environmental and political activism
10:28he quotes rewilding has no end points no
10:32view about what is the right ecosystem
10:34or a right assemblage of a species looks
10:36like
10:37it does not strive to produce a heap of
10:40metal a rainforest a cup garden or a
10:43coral reef
10:44it lets nature to decide
10:46the way the ecosystem evolves cannot be
10:49predicted
10:50while conservation often looks to the
10:52past rewilding looks to the future
10:56according to him there are two
10:58definitions of rewilding
11:00one is the mass restoration of ecosystem
11:03this is to restore to the greatest
11:05extent possible ecological interactions
11:09look at the most successful example in
11:12uk vivo a keystone species in the river
11:15ecosystem that took 20 years and many
11:17attempts to reintroduce
11:19not only the beaver dams contributes to
11:21the flow of water
11:23in the streams and forming ponds and
11:25wetlands
11:26they cut the trees allow sunlight to
11:28penetrate to the forest floor and
11:30encourage new life
11:32the felt trees further provide habitats
11:34for fungi insects
11:37woodpeckers and salmons and many other
11:39species
11:40it is an ecosystem contained in animals
11:46in one night on churchill island one
11:48bandicoot can make 41 barrels in an hour
11:52their barrels improve soil health
11:54increase soy moisture and nutrients
11:56content
11:58and decreased soil compactions and
12:00erosion
12:02the diggins also spread fungi and
12:04provide habitats for invertebrates and
12:07improve seed germinations they too
12:09contain an ecosystem within
12:14the other definition of rewarding that
12:15george monbiot expresses is rewarding
12:18our own life in other words rewilding
12:21our mind
12:23to be able to accept living together
12:24with other living beings a change in
12:27bioetic dissolving as much hierarchical
12:29biases as possible
12:33in march 2017 the wanganoi river by
12:36maori in new zealand was the first river
12:39to officially receive the status as a
12:41legal person
12:43now the river can protect itself with
12:45law
12:46this legislation recognizes the deep
12:48spiritual connection between the
12:50wanganoi iwi and its ancestral rival
12:53it aims to reveal a single living beings
12:56from a mountain to the sea incorporating
12:59its tributaries and all its physical and
13:01metaphysical elements
13:04well earlier in 1982 franklin dam
13:07actions lead to
13:09a greater
13:10awareness of environmental issues
13:13wilderness photographer peter
13:16dombroski photographed the cambridge
13:19identity and inspired many to protect
13:21the
13:21green rivers in tasmania
13:26throughout the years seller dressing has
13:28been pondering about the term rewilding
13:31the veteran man is vanquished with a
13:34paralympic athlete assisted by
13:36prosthetic runs faster than an olympic
13:39athlete
13:40i realize that rewilding also includes
13:43social inequalities bi-nationality
13:46race gentle class and sexuality
13:50i'm naturally happy to be here today as
13:53an asian female landscape architect
13:56thank you jillian for the opportunity
13:59these are some of the female writers
14:01designers bio artists that i like
14:04and who have influence influenced me and
14:06guiding me along
14:08especially the recent bioartists who are
14:10courageous to express the change in
14:12bioethic with their body and dna
14:17in our career we are often asked about
14:19the benefit of rewilding
14:21even after explaining about bio failure
14:24and the importance of ecology
14:26the transitions of entroposing into the
14:29future still confuses majority of people
14:34let me introduce masanobu fukuoka's
14:36one-show revolution theory
14:39fukuoka-san was a japanese pharma and
14:42philosopher
14:43celebrated for his natural farming and
14:45re-vegetations of desert defied lands
14:48fukuoka called his agriculture
14:51a philosophy she then no ho most
14:54commonly translated into english as
14:56natural farming or do nothing farming
15:00this is kind of working with animals and
15:02plants example
15:04bats are
15:05one of the biggest transfer of energy
15:07animals like bats are great pest
15:09controller
15:10guano as nutrients hot spots has created
15:13an unique carbon ecosystem for many
15:16trochotypes
15:17animals are giant mobile's nutrients
15:19linked
15:21we know that mangrove can reduce
15:23destruction of tsunami mangrove can also
15:26use as a natural base solution to
15:28resolve sea level rise in singapore
15:31despite being a well-to-do country
15:33she couldn't afford to build diets and
15:35poulders to prevent sea level rising all
15:37around the island
15:39mangrove trees are invited on the north
15:41shore for a creation to happen
15:48even though the selfish values of ours
15:51are the one that created the current
15:52wrath of for self-annihilations and
15:54destructions of our home we can still
15:57call upon
15:58other beings to be our alliance
16:02cooperate with our cousins and relatives
16:05that have evolved together with us
16:07through deep time to heal this wound and
16:09not just again depending on our
16:12eco-centric values to resolve
16:16i will now show some example of how
16:18salad has been fitting into the notion
16:20of
16:20rewilding
16:22we are currently working as
16:25working with enterprise singapore to
16:26promote rebuilding as a landscape
16:28architect we are not only looking by
16:31looking at hybridizing or decorating
16:33greeneries with buildings
16:35rewilding is our belief of human is not
16:38the final form in evolution
16:41we aim at creating a natural succession
16:43process through introducing native
16:45species enhancing habitats diversifying
16:49and complexifying sustainable ecosystems
16:51into both wow and urban nature
16:55today with a system from machines we are
16:57no longer handicapped with data
17:00we could translate the senses of other
17:01beings into digital and open new windows
17:04to the world through
17:06other beings
17:09in the world expo 2021 dubai we curated
17:12the singapore pavilion with oaha
17:14architects that's my baby
17:16waha is a singapore-based practice who
17:18focuses on conceiving integrated
17:20architectural and urban solutions to
17:23tackle the problems of 21st century such
17:25as climate change populations growth and
17:28rapidly increa increasing urbanization
17:33the pavilion is designed with three corn
17:35shaped steel structures cladded with
17:37greens fusing abstract geometries among
17:40large foliage
17:43precise calculation of water and energy
17:46is formulated beforehand to achieve a
17:48net zero
17:50self-sustainable ecosystem
17:52the pavilion can be seen as a
17:53super-organism sharing resources among
17:56plants humans and digital
17:58beings team nature nurture and future
18:02the pavilion is a demonstration of a
18:04resilient and livable city for the
18:06future
18:08while oahu is focusing on climatic issue
18:11we are focusing on ecological issues and
18:13bringing the notion of rewilding into
18:15the world expo
18:21seller dressing features singapore's
18:22rich biodiversified natural heritage
18:25dittoro cup forest and its forest floor
18:28ground covers in one of the cones
18:30in a cone a few detectoral cup 6
18:33models spin down through a texture of
18:36mist and rainbows to the forest floor
18:38with saplings of titural cups
18:41for the native plants thrive a
18:43microclimate with a precise temperature
18:45humidity and irrigations was designed
18:51eighty percent of rainforest in
18:52singapore is matter of the
18:54thorocarpassia family
18:56the effort of reintroducing these native
18:59giants can be seen increasingly
19:01in singapore streetscape
19:03that mark a change in selecting plants
19:05beyond aesthetic and maintenance
19:07considerations
19:13four terrariums were designed to suspend
19:15in a room filled with hybrid orchids
19:18each contains a native species that
19:20represents the four significant habitats
19:23of singapore
19:24low rain rainforest
19:26freshwater swamp forest main group and
19:29the city itself
19:34unlike those showy hybridized orchids at
19:36the surrounding garland these navy
19:38orchids need a specific environment to
19:41grow
19:42with the habitat loss these orbits are
19:44facing extinction too
19:47the installation showcases how
19:49technology can assist in conservation
19:52the orbit the orbital structures are in
19:54the process of producing more native
19:56orchids to be rewired into singapore
20:03we also designed three robots to climb
20:05around the vertical topography of the in
20:07the pavilion
20:09they are also the embassadors of plants
20:11to convey the mixed emotion of the
20:13plants to the visitors
20:23the robot devotedly learned from a
20:25collector data or nurturing plant
20:27throughout the six months event
20:37cellular dressing sees robots not as
20:39polarized in accordance with human needs
20:42but more of the possibilities to be a
20:44catalyst for us to know our plants and
20:47our ecology better
20:50our generative and interactive design of
20:53art and game is premised on the idea
20:55that we are participants in our
20:57environment and that rewilding requires
21:00individuals actions and collective
21:03efforts
21:07they reflect a future in which machines
21:09humans and nature in enabling each other
21:13coexist and core evolve
21:15the game interacts with visitors and
21:17eventually triggers a data-driven
21:20digital art piece that is related to
21:22global warming ecological consciousness
21:25and sensing beyond our biological
21:28limitation through machines
21:30this is the game board that salad
21:32dressing designed we drew quite a lot
21:34during the pandemic
21:40i will show the three videos in the end
21:43of our talk
21:47we developed a few indexes for us to
21:50value our biological rich endowments in
21:52our projects
21:53this includes
21:55creating imaginable features
21:57introducing native flora and fauna water
22:00ecosystem creating new habitats
22:03carbon sequestration contributions
22:06passive rewarding for natural star
22:07sessions and of course today's
22:10technology you are going to see this
22:12evaluation in text appearing next to the
22:15images of our projects that i'm going to
22:17illustrate
22:23back to singapore the voice mentioned is
22:25our first condominium project that
22:27accepts the concept of rebuilding
22:30the rooftop spaces are not planted for
22:32humans comfort but also for habitat
22:35a forested area is cordoned off on the
22:38rooftop to allow natural successions to
22:40happen
22:41and self-evolving with fauna they are
22:43released on the rooftop
22:46technology like sensor animal track
22:48cameras are proposed to be the catalyst
22:50between nature and the residents
22:53that also helps to reduce the
22:54maintenance frequency
22:56we propose to have an ecologist as part
22:59of the maintenance team once a month to
23:02observe the succession of the ecosystem
23:05it was rather tough to persuade the
23:07clients to sacrifice a piece of rooftop
23:09for the pure nature
23:11on the other hand we are pleased to know
23:13that to further
23:15protect its wildlife even after the
23:17pandemic thailand is now planning to
23:20close all of its national parks for
23:22two to three months a year
23:27we are not only doing this for luxurious
23:29projects in singapore public housing
23:31heartland red hue we pan down our first
23:34attempt on rebuilding water
23:38the project includes the curation of of
23:40a forest garden featuring an extensive
23:45non-mechanical filtration water system
23:47that uses plant phytoremediation
23:50water becomes the catalyst in sustaining
23:52the landscape
23:54we introduced 80 percent of native
23:56species into the project the core
23:59principle was to design for natural
24:01successions to take place allowing
24:03native to slowly become themselves
24:05[Music]
24:07plants would
24:09merger evolve adapt
24:11or be replaced it is a cycle that should
24:14require minimum human interventions to
24:17sustain
24:19it is an ongoing experimental project
24:21one that allows us to study and add new
24:24ecological elements
24:26the attempt of rewinding water also
24:28includes the reintroductions of native
24:30fish and underwater aquatic plants
24:34the trees around the bio ponds will trap
24:36the moisture in the air and create a
24:38microclimate that help plants to grow in
24:40the garden
24:41leaf litters from the trees are part of
24:43the system they are the fertilizer for
24:46the plants
24:51palm civ occasionally visit the site it
24:53has become a niche for wildlife but also
24:56for humans
24:57we have promoted interaction with the
24:59fluoride and fauna which creates a
25:01biophilic environment but here you see
25:04they get used to each other
25:08what is really not such an easy process
25:11is the introduction of native fish into
25:13these ponds
25:14it is a constant battle
25:16we remove the unwanted pet's light
25:19like ear terrapins from the ponds
25:21constantly
25:22asian tends to think that releasing
25:24living things after irresponsible buying
25:27is a form of good karma
25:31the native lodges bobs and even the
25:34strong survivor snake head finds it
25:36difficult to compete with the aliens of
25:39african chiles
25:40apparently some chinese can decipher
25:43winning lottery number from the body
25:44patterns of the chiles
25:50these authors are rewired in the city
25:52and have been naughtily exploiting
25:54fishponds around the singapore
25:57these fish that killed by altar are
25:58african chiles the released by the
26:00residents
26:02here we saw an opportunity to rewire the
26:05concrete city and also to rewire our
26:07acceptance of the undomesticated
26:11it is a process for change in the human
26:13heart to rediscover our attachment to
26:16the wild flora and fauna
26:18by bringing the forest closer into our
26:20neighborhood
26:24we want a master plan competition to
26:26revitalize the pangsuo railway corridor
26:29with nikenseeki
26:31a park that is activated by rain and
26:33water
26:36phyto limitations and cleansing system
26:39playfully interweave into the design
26:41features in the overall
26:43curation like this by billions is
26:45inspired from baringtonia seeds floating
26:48and moving in a rain garden
26:52mangrove was found on site and attempt
26:54was made to establish a habitat for
26:57fireflies which need a very specific
27:00food and environment to drive on
27:04fireflies aids are laid on moist water
27:06bank lava then drop into water and fit
27:10on a type of snail
27:12and this type of snail
27:13fed on a type of algae that only grow on
27:17mangrove roots
27:18the lava will then climb up to the
27:20marginal plants when it is raining
27:25it is stochastic
27:27we can only prepare the ground
27:29yet the web of life provide us with a
27:32rich array of ecological imagination
27:35we hope one day the tunnel will
27:37transport one to a place filled with
27:39fire flights
27:44the canal is proposed to reconnect with
27:46sea to allow and acting and mp trauma
27:50habitats to happen again in singapore
27:52species like giant blue prawns migrate
27:55between fresh and salt water at some
27:57stage of their life
28:00cycle in 2018 we won a competition for
28:04singapore third botanical garden
28:08singapore botanical garden garden by the
28:11bay
28:11and jurong lake gardens are the three
28:13botanical gardens of singapore a lot of
28:16absolute distinctions but we identify
28:19botanical garden as botany history
28:22garden by the bay as entertainment and
28:25we are for seeing jerome lake garden as
28:27an expression of ecological
28:29sustainability
28:31we are very proud to be the first local
28:33firm to get such a national project
28:36after the british colonial governments
28:38and uk-based landscape architects grand
28:40associates
28:44jerome lake garden center originally was
28:47constituted by a chinese garden and a
28:50japanese garden the intention was to
28:52fill in the desire of traveling to japan
28:55and the nostalgia towards the china at
28:57that time
28:58but today the value of the gardens has
29:01changed
29:02as a local landscape architectural firm
29:04with knowledge of tropical plants and
29:06ecology we envisage together with
29:09emparks to express the current
29:11environmental crisis and the beauty of
29:13tropics through technology nature
29:16ecological importance and eventually
29:19connecting back to the community of
29:21singapore
29:22it is an ecological
29:24orientated botanical garden for people
29:26to engage with nature
29:30water breeds life we take a close
29:33approach to revival the equal tones
29:35between water and land
29:37we attempt to leave water ages around
29:39and on the island from heavy human
29:41intervention
29:43one of the example is to create a
29:46rainforest stream's water environment
29:48an aquatic environment that is acidic
29:52we studied homo and hollow that is a
29:54matter of insulating underwater land
29:56formation to collect leaf litter
29:59this design will assist in changing the
30:02water's ph
30:03to maintain a healthy ecological balance
30:06we also play with water depth and design
30:08a floating green lace to allow smaller
30:11fish to escape from potatoes and breed
30:16hanging buttness fern and epiphytes will
30:18assist to collect leaf litter and as a
30:21funnel that nurtures the most below
30:23the storage paddles that nourishes life
30:25is based on the footprints of the estin
30:28mega fauna of singapore
30:31to materialize the floating green lace
30:33we did some experiments in our office
30:36we also cut through an existing
30:38artificial mouth to create a micro
30:41climate environment not only for the
30:42comfort of humans but also for plants
30:46a gorge with 90 of humidity and 27
30:49degrees celsius allow epiphytes
30:52lithophights and paraphytes to grow
30:56plants will be curated vertically
30:58allowing water to move down at different
31:01speeds and
31:02sounds at the center of the gorge a sea
31:05note is echoing and magnifying the
31:08sounds of delicate water like a cave
31:12precious plants are protected in niches
31:15of the gods wall we use a periscope
31:17technique to reflect light into the
31:19little kids
31:26parastone is a material that absorbs
31:28water like a sponge we do through the
31:31material and inserted the lithophytes
31:33[Music]
31:36we also attempted to have knee panties
31:39the pitcher plants that will reveal its
31:41other appearance under the blood light
31:43this is how insects see plants
31:47these ribarian gardens will have water
31:49constantly flooding and flushing the
31:51ground at an interval
31:53encouraging most to grow on the ground
31:55and the tree trunk
31:59we are going to have the world's biggest
32:01water lily collections
32:03lymphoids and aquatic small flowers and
32:06looks like water lily is delicately
32:08displayed in the pond next to the
32:10walkway
32:12we collected water lilies around the
32:13world and also trying to feature the
32:16underwater world
32:19water lilies are one of the most ancient
32:21flowering plants that evolved with
32:22beetle
32:23the wisdom of evolution leads me to
32:25write this passage for my art mentos
32:28exhibition
32:29as a tributary to my roots
32:32to me evolution allows me to see a plant
32:35beyond its commodity value symbol and
32:38form
32:39just as the water lily under my mentos
32:41brush and towards time space and skill
32:43in life
32:45here you'll see a floating garden that
32:48is moving slowly above water
32:50it is done through the reflections upon
32:52habitats and plants
32:54these gardens are the learning grounds
32:57where one can understand and learn about
32:59rainforest and allows the current
33:02generations and generations to come into
33:04full interaction with the environment
33:08this floating garden is also inspired
33:10from endangered roots in angkor wat
33:13and life of pipe
33:15this is a true vision for rewilding that
33:17we hope for
33:18a flourishing of the living world with
33:21all the infinite connections and
33:23relationships with the unfathomably
33:25complex and magical web of life
33:31gradually rewilding and biophilia are
33:34resonating across singapore's different
33:36sectors
33:37in 2020 during the pandemic period we
33:40participated in an industrial park
33:42master plan competition with waha
33:47we focus on genotype and not just from
33:50our usual phenotypical readings
33:53inspired by david milaj we propose to
33:56extend our natural
33:58natural capital from the nature reserve
34:00into industrial areas through cloning
34:06an experiment of the tanning water
34:07ecosystem was proposed to each initiate
34:10a test ground with future
34:12environmentally friendly construction
34:14materials in architecture
34:16and implanting materials in landscape
34:20a reverse design based on a need to
34:22sustain a specific habitat
34:25and exchange ecosystem and not
34:27restricted to the current market
34:30availability and human comfort aesthetic
34:34moving forward we participated in the
34:37venice biennale team how well we lived
34:40together last year
34:42as a continuant towards the agenda of
34:44city in nature and the capital city for
34:46vertigo green we see the potential to
34:49rewild the skies with future green
34:51buildings to include flora and fauna
34:59we came up with three buildings typology
35:02first extending nature reserve onto the
35:04buildings
35:05and the forest fringe
35:08second connecting existing buildings and
35:10increasing green surfaces
35:17and the third lifting up various
35:19habitats into the sky with
35:21self-sustaining ecosystem
35:30these three typologies will constitute a
35:33township which has the same size as
35:35bukit dima nature reserve the highest
35:37hill in singapore
35:39these two habitats become a singular
35:41entity which catalyzes the rain by
35:43releasing biogenic volatile organic
35:46compounds into the sky
35:51this future rain will replenish the dark
35:53bound reservoirs along singapore south
35:55eastern shore
35:56the wall that will be built to supply
35:58more fresh water and anticipate the sea
36:01level rise of 2050.
36:06the insulation is an assemblage of a
36:08miniature world
36:10one half represents the bukit timah
36:11nature reserve presenting nature where
36:14fluoride and fauna strife
36:17the other half represents the city as a
36:19sky forest and bought with emerald green
36:23as one walk around the table they move
36:26through relatives and imaginaries
36:29these two words coincide extension
36:31surely but at the same time cannot be
36:33separated
36:36in a void between the screens a glass
36:38mosquito reminds us of our fragility
36:42mosquitoes are the recorded killing
36:45billions of people more than from humans
36:48war these species always promise that we
36:51are but
36:53just part of the nature
36:57we also created three perfumes that are
36:59emitted periodically
37:02this represents represents earth free
37:04shields that provide potent protection
37:06from cosmic heat and radiation
37:09water
37:10let's see whether you can smell it i
37:12have it here
37:15this is water
37:17try
37:20and
37:22ozone
37:30and magnetosphere
37:31[Music]
37:37in this way they are like hyper object
37:39one that connects but it is difficult
37:42for us to sense
37:44we envision to have more nature reserved
37:47in the sky
37:48the upwards acknowledges the extensive
37:50biological lineage of the world to
37:52humble us in the presence of nature and
37:55other living beings
37:57as we are all interspecies co-existing
37:59together with
38:01co-existed coexisting together on earth
38:06these two were
38:08are separated by offset screens
38:10reflecting numerous oscillating
38:12dualities
38:13singapore being a smart nations will
38:15soon adopt the artificial intelligence
38:18humans could live with nature side by
38:20side
38:21with the help of ai to observe natural
38:23successions allowing us to be more aware
38:26of the substance nuances happening in
38:28the sky forest
38:35similar to ovid
38:36metamorphosis despite cutting-edge
38:39technology that defines the civilization
38:41of ours we still struggle with the
38:44annuality that remains in us
38:47this is a window of opportunity to
38:50rewire our human's mind
38:57slowly we move towards the temperate
38:58zone
39:00the growth is a mixed-use development
39:03with residential and commercial
39:04components in baywin district of
39:06guangzhou china
39:09located adjacent to the largely
39:11vegetated bayween mountains beside
39:14increasing greeneries on the facades we
39:16extended precious trees from buying
39:18mountains into the development
39:22we desire a garden that floods
39:24temporarily during the raining season it
39:26reflects the beauty of this subtropical
39:28monsoon climate
39:30here water pine that sodium is planted
39:33in their favorable
39:35flooding gardens again
39:38alilah taiwu suzhou is designed as a
39:40contemporary interpretations of the
39:43traditional hamlets of local fishermen
39:46in addition to embodying the culture of
39:48suzhou and china we are also committed
39:50to create a natural and ecological
39:53environment we use ecological soils
39:56large natural water cascade gardens and
39:59water
40:00channels to connect to the inner lake
40:04we re-integrate the eroded limestone
40:07formation into the water garden
40:09niches in this thai rock allows local
40:12crustaceans and other life to take
40:14shelter within
40:18texodiums the only water pine was used
40:21as a features here
40:22one pathed through this water pine
40:24forest with water movement activating
40:26the floating lanterns
40:31the winning of gold in architecture and
40:33landscape in singapore pavilion brought
40:35us a few projects in middle east we
40:38further expand the notion of rewilding
40:40into the real desert
40:43one of the projects is near john nobel
40:46subterraneans resulting sharan we can't
40:48mention the name of the project
40:50aola is now the focus of the saudi
40:52kingdom as a new heritage tourism
40:54destination
40:56we persuaded the client to look into
40:58future sustainability and revolving
41:02water and soil are the most important
41:04elements to sustain life in the desert
41:07saudi arabia's ground water is depleted
41:10we propose a series of water
41:12sustainability strategies in landscape
41:14and display in the process of vital
41:16remediation of grey waters and
41:19technologies like pacific irrigation
41:22combining with the ancient wisdom of the
41:25napathians the water will fit into the
41:27native flower land and be shared with
41:30the flora and fauna outside the boundary
41:34we did a reverse of desertification
41:37native plants are selected for their
41:39ability to stabilize sand
41:41nitrification
41:43enrich soil with leaf little and
41:46eventually working hand-in-hand with
41:48mobile fauna
41:50the exchange of nutrients and the
41:52movement of energy done through the
41:54animals like birds further enriched the
41:56biodiversity and soil
42:03on the polarity of the desert is the
42:05rain forest in 2010 we started to
42:08explore the rainforest in borneo
42:11i went for a river cruise in
42:13kinapatangan i was rather immersed by
42:16the life along the river but sooner than
42:18later my heart sank
42:20but when i saw the truth of oil palm
42:23plantations colonizing the land after
42:25the 10 meter
42:27forest baffle
42:28but we still find beauty from this
42:30complex relationship between lives
42:33it was the first time in my life that i
42:35became aware of the biodiversity in a
42:37rainforest ecosystem
42:40this awareness is transformed into an
42:42urge to explore
42:44to comprehend and to connect to the land
42:46that i was born in
42:48this led us to create a temporary
42:50treetop cinema in the rainforest canopy
42:5326 meters above the forest floor
42:57the firm we show is a famous old italian
42:59drama santokam by emilio salgari
43:03this site sits in a rainforest seaside
43:05town called santagan
43:08we realize that most italians do not
43:10know about santa khan as a place
43:12and most people of this town do not know
43:14about the one celebrated drama
43:18the project connects people of two lands
43:20and mirrors two vastly different
43:22cultures
43:23the treetop cinema exposes through the
43:25imagination of the film and the beauty
43:28of the jungle
43:31during the day people on the platform
43:33were also connected to the rich vertical
43:35biodiversity
43:36of the rarely explored canopies of the
43:39rain forest
43:40canopy dueling insects were collected on
43:42the illuminated screens before the movie
43:45started
43:46in the tropics 1500 species of insects
43:50can be found in one single tree
43:54within a week the tower was dismantled
43:56to leave behind no footprint in the
43:58forest
43:59but to resonate through the memories of
44:02all involved
44:04while the footprints are left in one of
44:06our longest projects in borneo alilah
44:09dalits bay
44:12a project laden with our tropical dreams
44:15this is also a project that gives me
44:16this complexion
44:18the hotel is sitting on a bay
44:20230 meter long one unique building
44:23facing a beautiful sunset
44:25one side of the building is plastered by
44:27seawind while another site is protected
44:30by the blessing of mount kinabalu
44:43the building itself created a few
44:45interesting micro climates for us to
44:47expand different gardens
44:48accordingly the baudelaire will was
44:51pulled out by us mangrove park is
44:54proposed in the burned forest we attempt
44:56to rebound the water in the hotel and
44:59connect the water to the mangrove
45:01pond
45:02we have an equal playground a variety of
45:05fruit trees to share with animals and a
45:07bad house
45:08but it's an important pollinators in the
45:11mangrove forest
45:23the hotel is blessed by the monsoons and
45:25tropical storms
45:30with abundant rain slashing onto the
45:32land feeding plants and animals filling
45:35up
45:36ponds waters is essential to all lives
45:40a water system is connecting the hotel
45:42to the mangrove park it is a highway for
45:45animals to cross the two rooms including
45:48us
45:49the projects carried sarah dressing's
45:51initial design philosophy on
45:52immateriality
45:54some path was calculated to frame the
45:56sun setting at the center of pavilions
45:58according to special days
46:00like earth day
46:02labor's day
46:05main growth days on 27 july
46:09children's day on 7 october
46:14christmas
46:17and valentine's day
46:20and of course the most important one for
46:22the projects to get through we celebrate
46:24the client's birthday
46:28when the night comes bats enjoy their
46:30feast in the forest we propose to have
46:32an animal friendly lighting concept to
46:34protect our nortonal friends
46:42so reserve the pavilion to propose to a
46:44girlfriend now
46:48another pavilion is inspired from
46:50peasant agus attack albert in borneo
46:56in order to create as many habitats as
46:58possible we use different materials and
47:01construction methods to detail out the
47:03water ages
47:04a secret pond is hidden in the coastal
47:07forest providing an animals a drinking
47:09pool
47:11after rain water with residues from the
47:13buildings flow into the pond
47:17and connects to a flood plains planted
47:20with reeds
47:25surrounding topography is shaped such
47:27that the surface water runs into the
47:29floodplain
47:31the overflow water will then be flowing
47:33out to the cascade and joins into a
47:35natural pond through a stream
47:39phytoremediation plants are planted
47:41around the ponds streams and floodplains
47:44that helps to cleanse the water before
47:46it reaches the sea
47:47silt and nutrients are the main cause of
47:50eutrophications
47:54we drained the sentimentation pond one
47:56afternoon with water decreasing we
47:59became mindful of little creatures
48:01challenging the tightening aquatic space
48:04we get cat tails water films from ubuntu
48:06forest they are strong phytoremediator
48:10and supports a fantastic variety of
48:12insects or good food for water birds
48:15this is the beginning of a habitat
48:19under the leaf little are stone slabs to
48:22prevent the spread of cat tail
48:24the assist is open enough for the sun to
48:27spark the water once a year
48:29no hassle of maintenance
48:32ecotone species will populate different
48:34realms a highway provided provides
48:37connectivity and energy flows in between
48:40four animals
48:42we learned a lot from these projects
48:44example
48:47how to plant mangrove
48:49first we collected rhizophora seeds that
48:51were abandoned in the coastal fringe
48:53where we had our lunch giving them a
48:55second chunk secondly we use a stick to
48:58punch a deeper hole for seed pods to be
49:00inserted and then we add gravel to
49:02support and prevent leaching of soil
49:05and third let the seed decide its future
49:10we have a collection of plants according
49:12to the taxonomy here take a look at the
49:15genus of mimi cylon they all look the
49:17same
49:19but in fact each is supporting different
49:22insects and birds can we perceive plants
49:25beyond human orientated aesthetic and
49:28convenience the facade is hybridized
49:31with green
49:32both droppers and climbers are selected
49:35to blanket the facades here we are
49:37trying to connect the ground to the sky
49:39[Music]
49:41ficus is a kison species that provides
49:44food source all year round they are
49:46inserted sporadically on the facade we
49:48call the projects ficus focus
49:52the phycus trees were burst out from a
49:53facade stretching their arms out and
49:55sanding down their area routes this is
49:58something to good
49:59good to do in australia too
50:02but come for the fruits with more
50:04nutrients and microorganisms exchange
50:08so how to do this
50:09first we find a new area's root wrap it
50:12with long tube
50:14and attract the roots with austin and
50:16water below
50:19cause the ficus a little and wait till
50:22the roots grow to the ground
50:29once it touches the soil the area roots
50:31will strengthen itself as a supporting
50:33need for the main trunk
50:36hopefully these connections will allow
50:37terrestrial animals like palm seawords
50:39to enjoy some fruit on the ficus
50:43a snake path without snake
50:47subterranean wool is something that we
50:49can see through the assistant with the
50:51assistant with machines today the
50:53underground network is a forest
50:56that is commonly communicate
50:58communicating through mycorrhizals
51:01we are trying to review this
51:02subterranean world in this
51:06project a playground is waiting for the
51:09sun to set at the center on a children's
51:11day
51:13we too share the playground with animals
51:18we were brought into puerto rico el
51:20junkie national park by an ecologist
51:23friends from florida
51:25the islands experienced and
51:27a devastating hurricane mario in 2017
51:31they are looking for restoration and
51:33conservation
51:35at some of the damage area
51:37these projects involve technology such
51:40as drones to study the national park
51:44according to study we understand that
51:46mongoose is an invasive species in the
51:48island that causes a few species to
51:50extinction
51:51to small animals a small stone gap like
51:54that
51:55might be a saving ground
51:59a feature is designed to breach both
52:01tennophobe and nature levels to view
52:03through a refuge for small animals
52:06one can drive a little robot into the
52:08heaps of rock to hunt the treasures and
52:10encounter with the animals
52:17you can feel the animal's perspective
52:18like mace runner through contouring
52:21these little movable robots we hope this
52:23little insulation will assist not only
52:26the small animals but also to rewire
52:28humans consciousness for the ecology
52:35we also created some jobs for ourselves
52:37in australia
52:38in 2021 we participated in melbourne
52:41design week with daughter yazoo
52:44tim designed the world you want through
52:46the lens of climate examining how
52:48designers can mediate the effect of
52:50climate change and ecological breakdown
52:54we mirror five rooftops of melbourne
52:57city up to the strata of the sky
53:00i will pick a few here that is about
53:02rewilding
53:05in the burial of
53:07meteorology we express the history of
53:09melbourne losing its flower length to
53:11sheep pasture
53:13pollen of rye grass a type of invasive
53:15grass that is monopod monopolizing
53:18melbourne flower land and also causing
53:21thunderstorm asthma is trapped and
53:23performing in a glass volcano
53:26soft-footed like
53:28bandicoots are rewild while humans
53:31footsteps compacted the ground in
53:32contrast with the flower land above
53:35it is a theater from the sky to remind
53:37one the history of the land
53:42another two are to do with the conflict
53:45between humans and other animals
53:47mosquitoes and dingo
53:49tingo are not as cute as our pet dog
53:52they are pushed away from city with a we
53:55have a rooftop here for people to
53:57encounter with this interspecies of our
53:59friends that evolved together with us
54:01[Music]
54:03mosquito have been the number one killer
54:06we feature a species of vegans mosquito
54:08that doesn't suck blood or spread
54:10disease
54:12it is to remind one that there are more
54:14species of mosquito than the field that
54:16we are fear of
54:18and are we to play god now to eliminate
54:21the species
54:22i think the encountering of these
54:24animals summarizes up the space we have
54:26to share with animals
54:29a space totally untouched from humans
54:32a space where humans close to their door
54:34close their doors from another living
54:36organisms
54:37and a space to intermingle
54:40these three spaces shall be equal status
54:43to us
54:44rewarding is about this intermingle
54:47how do we share space
54:49we need strategy to smoothen the new
54:51collisions in these relationships
54:55to resolve the conflicts with undesired
54:57animals we can design elements like
55:00monkey proof rolling
55:01or anti-snake windows
55:04yet in order to achieve a true dissolve
55:07we need to rewire our mind
55:11lastly i'd like to conclude the talk
55:13with three videos that we made for
55:14singapore pavilion
55:20first one is to do with the planetary
55:22issue that we are all facing including
55:24sea level rising in 2050
55:28singapore's natural base solutions on
55:30the north is to have a creation in
55:33mangrove forest
55:40[Music]
55:46[Music]
55:55me
55:57[Music]
56:05[Music]
56:30oh
56:37[Music]
56:48like the tiger the mesmerizing song
56:50crossed through the street distributes
56:52to the core of freedom from the sea
56:55tribe oran saleeta which was chased out
56:58by singapore in the early days
57:01the single cloud floating in a beautiful
57:03sky is the result of the rise in carbon
57:06dioxide which suppresses the formation
57:08of stratocumulus clouds
57:13[Music]
57:36the second video is an expression of
57:38altruism and inclusiveness towards the
57:41forest ecosystem
57:43the video is divided into three parts
57:46the flores flow where humans enjoy the
57:49hybrid orchid a hybrid durian
57:51the upper tier where home bills enjoy
57:53native durians and the tip waving to
57:56home builds
57:58grafting is a technique used in
58:00agriculture to produce juicier bigger
58:02and tastier fruit
58:04here we use grafting to share our
58:07favorite durians with animals
58:10[Music]
58:27[Music]
58:35[Music]
58:50[Music]
58:56[Music]
59:02good job
59:18bet is also benefited here pollinating
59:21during this their part-time job during
59:23the durian flowering seasons
59:32third one is about unbelt
59:35seeing beyond our biological limitations
59:38here we use the pavilion as the catalyst
59:41to show what we don't see through our
59:43big five senses which includes
59:46architects eyes through building
59:47software like beam
59:56the inner organ of running electricity
59:58and water that sustain the whole
1:00:00pavilion
1:00:11plant sensitivity towards light spectrum
1:00:23collections from our robot's eyes
1:00:32so
1:00:47mycelium that connects us as a hollow
1:00:49biome
1:01:00desert lizards thermal infrasensing
1:01:11falcons ultraviolet wave range
1:01:20sonic and sauna sound
1:01:31ar filter that is popular today
1:01:51point cloud scanning
1:02:03and at last this collapsed into an image
1:02:06like the latest space telescope jab swam
1:02:09gems web
1:02:11the sound here is an imitation of the
1:02:13most ancient
1:02:15reaches from our ancestral the caveman
1:02:18the fire that once drawn us a clear line
1:02:21from nature
1:02:22ignite a new relationship with other
1:02:25beings
1:02:34digital technology through robots our
1:02:37machines and the many meta verses can
1:02:39assure that our human being senses are
1:02:41not the only one that exists
1:02:44as malaysian
1:02:46born ecologists ed young quotes in his
1:02:48new book an immense world
1:02:51earth team with size and texture sounds
1:02:54and vibrations smells and taste
1:02:57electric and magnetic fields
1:03:00but every plants and animals can only
1:03:03tap into small factions of reality's
1:03:05fullness
1:03:06each is enclosed within its own unique
1:03:09sensory bubble
1:03:10perceiving but a tiny sliver of an
1:03:13immense
1:03:14world salaries dressing coin this as 33
1:03:1833 33 and 1
1:03:213 4 living beings
1:03:2433 for digital beings
1:03:2833 for human beings
1:03:30and one percent for the abstract unknown
1:03:34that allows our heart to be unteamed
1:03:38in your future career if you are curious
1:03:40about rewilding
1:03:42just leave a little one percent space
1:03:45for ecological immigrants encountering
1:03:48both loved and phobia interactions and
1:03:51untamed imagination to happen
1:03:57i reflected over the title of our
1:03:59lecture today rewilding the sky
1:04:03i realized that my english is not very
1:04:05good
1:04:06it might be rewilding under the sky
1:04:09in chinese cincia everything under the
1:04:13sky is equal and worth having a
1:04:15relationship with
1:04:17thank you
1:04:29thank you so much johan it's been an
1:04:32absolutely extraordinary treat to see
1:04:35into your world uh with yourself
1:04:38and
1:04:40a really amazing vision of
1:04:43a positive future um one that
1:04:45encompasses technology uh that
1:04:48encompasses the wild world
1:04:51and uh future for humans that's so
1:04:53exciting thank you so much
1:04:56i'm sure there are many people in the
1:04:58audience who would love to ask questions
1:05:01however
1:05:02we have a reception starting on level
1:05:05one right now to celebrate and launch
1:05:09the award-winning book the big asian
1:05:11book of landscape architecture in which
1:05:13salad dressing feature
1:05:15so please do join us and special gum
1:05:18guests hayan yuhan upstairs to continue
1:05:22the conversation
1:05:24but before we go i'd like to mention a
1:05:26couple of our current and upcoming
1:05:29events here in the faculty
1:05:31the sharing schools building communities
1:05:33exhibition is on show in our dulux
1:05:36gallery until the 26th of august
1:05:38showcasing the latest research into
1:05:40using schools as community hubs
1:05:43it's well worth having a look at it
1:05:46we also have a symposium
1:05:49in late september on digital design
1:05:52innovation
1:05:53head to our website for more details on
1:05:56either of these
1:05:57and all our upcoming events
1:06:00thank you again
1:06:02and i wish you all a good evening
1:06:04[Applause]

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