Tree Savior - Surviving the Urban Environment

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    Project entry 2008 Asia Pacific – Tree Savior: Surviving the Urban Environment, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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    Holcim Awards ceremony for region Asia Pacific 2008, New Delhi, India

    Holcim Awards “Next Generation” Encouragement prize 2008 team (l-r): Ong Tee Yau; Ang Yiaw Siang; Ho Chin Keng; Tan Choon Wah; and Ang Chee Sheng.

  • Next generation Next Generation Encouragement prize 2008–2009 Asia Pacific

This project develops a construction solution for urban planning in tropical climates. The shading device enables young trees to grow and reach maturity before exposure to full sun, and the artificial canopy provides shade in the interim for the people of the area.

Shade and saving trees becomes a viable alternative to mechanical air conditioning, and makes outdoor spaces more comfortable for recreation and pedestrian movement.

By Chin Keng Ho and

Ideas: Embodied Carbon , Urban Requalification

This project develops a construction solution for urban planning in tropical climates. The shading device enables young trees to grow and reach maturity before exposure to full sun, and the artificial canopy provides shade in the interim for the people of the area.

Shade and saving trees becomes a viable alternative to mechanical air conditioning, and makes outdoor spaces more comfortable for recreation and pedestrian movement.

Tree Savior - Surviving the Urban Environment

Project authors

  • Holcim Awards ceremony for region Asia Pacific 2008, New Delhi, India
    Chin Keng Ho

  • Holcim Awards ceremony for region Asia Pacific 2008, New Delhi, India
    Yiaw Siang Ang

  • Holcim Awards ceremony for region Asia Pacific 2008, New Delhi, India
    Chee Sheng Ang

  • Holcim Awards ceremony for region Asia Pacific 2008, New Delhi, India
    Tee Yau Ong

  • Holcim Awards ceremony for region Asia Pacific 2008, New Delhi, India
    Choon Wah Tan

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February 28, 2008 | Project Details | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Project Entry 2014 - Tree Savior

Project entry 2008 Asia Pacific – Tree Savior: Surviving the Urban Environment, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

In this era where more than half of the human population lives in cities, the way we grow the city is extremely important to determine our future. In this project for sustainable construction, we come out with a construction solution in the planning of a city in this tropical climate. Coming from the tropical region ourselves, we have a true feeling towards how the city grows in providing a better environment for a layman like us to become part of the city.

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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia