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EDITOR
A
rchitecture is the process and product of
planning, designing, and constructing
other buildings or structures.
Architectural works in the physical form of
buildings are often viewed as cultural symbols
and works of art. Historical civilizations
are often identified with their preserved
architectural achievements. Traditions that
began in prehistoric times have been used as
cultural expressions of civilization on seven
continents. For this reason, architecture is
considered an art form.
Architecture started as a rural and verbal
architecture, from trial and error to successful
production. The architecture of the ancient
city was taken care of during the construction
of religious buildings and structures that
represented the political power of the
rulers. Indian and Chinese architecture has
influenced shapes throughout Asia, and
Buddhist architecture, in particular, has taken
on different local colors.
Modern architecture began after World War
I as an avant-garde movement that sought
to create a whole new style appropriate to
the new social and economic order of the

post-war period and aimed at meeting
the needs of the middle and working
class. In doing so, emphasis was placed
on modern technologies, materials,
and technical forms that pave the way
for tall buildings. Many architects were
disillusioned with modernism, which they
viewed as unhistorical and anti-aesthetic,
as postmodern and contemporary
architecture emerged.
The rise of modern architecture began
when the craft was replaced by machine
building. Modern architects have
developed designs that focus more on
people’s way of life than on what they
find beautiful. This architecture is not like
sentimental styles of awakening. Instead,
it’s innovative, experimental, and limited.
Urban planning is the process of designing
and shaping the physical features of
cities, towns, and villages and planning to
provide urban services to residents and
visitors. Although these are topics that
go beyond architecture, they cannot be
understood as a completely separate field
from research and design, because the
quality of one depends on the quality of
the other.
In our edition, APAC’s 10 Most Innovative
Architecture Leaders to Follow in 2021, on
the cover story we have
Mr. Atushi OMATSU, President & CEO of
Nikken Sekkei Co. Ltd. Attempting the
unattempted has been a primary focus of
the company. They are preferred by their
clients due to the approach of welcoming
challenges.
SwiftNLift is not just a business magazine.
We aim to cover all other topics which
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We always try to come up with articles
covering the latest trends and essential
topics. We as a team had worked hard for
our readers and introduced to you this
edition. Hope you enjoy reading this piece
of our efforts!
Nilesh Sabe
Chief Editor
- Nilesh Sabe

24 Green Cover is important for your city
32 Why choose Eco construction
materials?
40 3D concstruction on its way
10 NIKKEN
SEKKEI LTD
COVER STORY
ARTICLES

18 Ong & Ong PTE Ltd.
22 City School of
Architecture
28 Creative Studio
34 Shakticola Design
& Build
38 Airmas Asri
20
Design Forum Pvt Ltd
26
Asya Design Partner
30
Nextudio Architects
36
PWA Architects
PROFILES

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Atsushi OMATSU
President and CEO

Vision and mission
As a professional service firm offering a range of disciplines, from architectural and urban design to research,
planning, and consulting, we are often approached by clients who have ideas about what they want to see
built. In response, we try to think about how we can contribute to society or address societal problems that
need to be solved. That’s my thinking, anyway. Here at Nikken Sekkei, the approach of contributing to society
is a fundamental principle. This concept accelerated in the 1990s with the collapse of the so-called “Bubble
Economy” (a prolonged period of falling asset values, including stock and real estate markets, along with
a proliferation of outstanding debt). This led to a shakeout of architectural projects, leaving only the really
important jobs. Among these were railway station and railway-related projects, including TODs (Transit
Oriented Developments), the know-how for which we embraced and now actively market overseas.
The fall in national tax revenues due to the recession caused a fall in funding for public projects, so we focused
on privately funded jobs. Before the recession, there were many public-private joint ventures (the so-called “third
sector” of the economy). These gave way to the rise of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) aimed at lessening the
public financial burden. Current PPPs include the plans for remaking the Shibuya Station area of Tokyo where
both private enterprises and public-use spaces are closely intertwined.
Why clients choose Nikken Sekkei
Clients prefer Nikkei Sekkei because we undertake projects that others won’t do and/or have never done
before. We are built in this way -- to embrace the cutting edge. We do not typically compete for jobs that any
architecture design firm can do. Clients don’t hire us because we are the fastest or the most economical; it’s
because we welcome challenges. Since our founding in 1900, attempting the unattempted has been a primary
focus of the company.
Ongoing challenges faced while continuing to grow the company
Deciding how to respond to the societal issues is a challenge. We apply our strength and ability into architecture,
urban spaces, parks, and public spaces. These are “real,” tangible efforts in places, locations and facilities. It’s not
like the exhilarating 3-D digital gaming world; there is no virtual reality to create in what we do.

Museum Tower Kyobashi - Harunori Noda (Gankohsha)

One Za’abeel - Nikken Sekkei
Tokyo Midtown - Kawasumi Kobayashi Photo
Describing services and completed projects
In introducing our work and pitching ourselves, we try to demonstrate that it’s not really a matter
of the size of the project per se, but the societal value of a project, large or small. Of course, there
are many projects in which we aren’t the sole designer. Take, for example, the redesign of Ginza
Station (in central Tokyo, completed in 2020). We were responsible for the station design itself,
but remained conscious of the fact that our design influenced the surrounding areas and stations,
too. Who and how were these areas going to be taken care of? This aspect of the industry, so-
called “process design” (essentially, ensuring that all design components fit together), is also a
critical element in responding to societal needs.

Achievements and awards
In an architecture firm, things are sharply defined in terms
of who does what and who is responsible. But responding
to pressing societal needs requires cooperation. What
is really important in modern projects is to be able to
overcome partisanship and form structures that allow for
cooperation and proper management, etc. Teamwork is
really important. As far as the urban development projects in
which Nikken Sekkei is involved, I think we achieve pretty
good collaboration. Of course, we have rivals in the industry,
but when it comes to addressing the important societal
issues of our times, these rivals are also our partners. Over
the decades, the company has won hundreds of accolades
for innovative, cutting-edge designs. One of its most
internationally recognizable projects in recent years is the
634-meter tall TOKYO SKYTREE. Completed in 2012 for
Tobu Railway Co., Ltd. and Tobu Tower Skytree Co., Ltd., it
has become a national landmark. It has received widespread
recognition, including the 2014 Building Contractors Society
(BCS) award.
Over the past 12 months, and despite the global COVID-19
pandemic, Nikken Sekkei has continued to collect design
awards. These include the Museum Tower Kyobashi (May,
2021), which won the MEP Engineering Award category
at the 18th Annual CTBUH (Council on Tall Building and
Urban Habitat) Awards Program. The project features a low-
energy hybrid ventilation system that harnesses natural wind.
Earlier this year, DaiyaGate Ikebukuro was awarded Project
of the Year - International at CIBSE - Building Performance
Awards 2021, becoming the first Japanese project to receive
the prize.
Four Nikken Sekkei projects were recognized at the
MIPIM Asia Awards 2020 held in Hong Kong in January.
These include Museum Tower Kyobashi (SILVER for Best
Infrastructure, Community & Civic Building), Shibuya
Station Area Redevelopment (BRONZE for Best Mixed-
Use Development), Daimaru Shinsaibashi Store Main
Building (SILVER for Best Refurbished Building), and the
aforementioned DaiyaGate Ikebukuro project (GOLD for
Best Office Development). Recent high-profile international
design competition wins include the architectural and urban
planning development concept for Moscow’s Rizhsky Freight
Yard (2021), a sprawling, mixed-use project for Russian
Railways. In 2016, Nikken Sekkei won the renovation
design competition for Camp Nou, the home stadium of FC
Barcelona, in a joint proposal with a local firm.
Tokyo Station Yaesu Development - Rainer Viertlböck

Personal struggle/journey
As a university student, I was interested in the Daikanyama Hillside Terrace (a diverse complex of residences,
shops, and offices in an upscale Tokyo neighborhood). Its concept to connect private and municipal public
spaces particularly appealed to me. I understood that Nikken Sekkei worked on projects like this, so I was
excited to do that there after graduation. Seven to eight years into my term at the company (around 1990), I
had a chance to work on the SHIODOME SIO-SITE, and Saitama New Urban Center redevelopment projects.
Shiodome is near Ginza, where land values are very high. Big companies also bought property there, so
designing public spaces, especially the underground walkway and sunken plaza, and making subways easily
accessible took quite a bit of my energy.
On the other hand, Saitama New Urban Center (located about 36km northwest of Tokyo) was much bigger
and full of public facilities. We had to come up with a “master plan” to determine how we could best contribute
to the city. These experiences helped my confidence later on when I worked on projects such as Tokyo Station
Yaesu Development and Tokyo Midtown.
Expectations for the future
Among the major issues confronting the world such as environmental destruction, global warming,
COVID-19, and natural disasters, we have chosen to concentrate our efforts on carbon neutrality and
disaster prevention. This is where I think we can best contribute as a company. As an expert in my field,
but also as an average person, I need to think in terms of how I live, what I eat, how I move from place to
place, what I consume, etc., as it all adds up and points to the same issues at large.
Shibuya Station Area Redevelopment - Courtesy of SHIBUYA SCRAMBLE SQUARE

Advice to emerging entrepreneurs
When offering advice, I often invoke a quote
from Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), honored as
the father of microbiology: “Chance favors the
prepared mind.” This doesn’t mean pouring
endless hours into studying for tests and such,
but rather, to have conviction and resolution
in what you want to do. So, when you pick
up a newspaper, for example, and you read
something, you will spontaneously come to
think of ways in which you can contribute
with your own ideas. Many Japanese proverbs
resonate in a similar way to Pasteur’s quote,
but this one is especially good, I think.
Since our founding
in 1900, attempting
the unattempted has
been a primary focus
of the company.
TOKYO SKYTREE - ©TOKYO SKYTREE

Ong & Ong PTE Ltd.
Philosophy & Values
Driven by their philosophical values, an individual has
the power to achieve the best in mind. ONG&ONG
is a holistic consultancy excelling in infrastructure,
education, commercial and high-density living. Their
close comprehension of present-day living permits them
to minister remarkable and moving conditions, setting
another benchmark that sets ONG&ONG apart.
Empowering new development, they see interruption as a
culture by accepting the most recent AEC advancements.
The company states that “We Understand Asia with
on-ground experiences from key urban communities
across the district. Our manifestations are pervaded
with neighborhood zing and worldwide encounters by
a specific group devoted to your requirements, for an
Experience Beyond”.
Technology Driven
A basic piece of ONG&ONG’s 360 Solution, and
in guaranteeing the uncompromising stance’s as an
industry chief in plan advancement, we have inclined
up concentration and obligation to BIM (Building
Information Modeling) innovation, with center around
Virtual Design and Construction (VDC), Analysis
and Simulation, Computing and Automation and
Information Management.
These are completely upheld by the Digital Technology
office, determined to keep ONG&ONG Group at the
computerized front line. The division regulates the
broad multi-disciplinary BIM use in all stages for each
undertaking.
Future-Forward Culture
Magnanimity / Philanthropy is profoundly implanted
in our way of life at ONG&ONG. We champion the
improvement of ability for the design of local areas
through Education.
The ONG&ONG Traveling Fellowship was set up
in 1997 to give gifted students the freedom to seek
after information on the assembled climate through
autonomous travel. In 2000, the Ong Siew May
Professorship was set up so famous professionals
could address at the NUS Department of Architecture.
ONG&ONG supports the BCA-Industry Built
Environment Scholarship and accomplices with
Nanyang Polytechnic’s School of Design to broaden the
understudies’ plans past the homeroom.
We are likewise committed to supporting the abilities
of our staff through our own special corporate college,
360U. This converts into a far-reaching set-up of the
genuine world and hands-on projects and openings for
each individual from ONG&ONG.
Bounded for the Society & Environment
Integrated Digital Delivery (IDD) is an extraordinary
methodology offering project groups arrangements that
not just alter the manner in which they establish and
configuration assembled climate projects, tending to
long-standing efficiency challenges in the development
business, yet in addition, conveys the more intelligent
structures that networks of things to come interest.
Development of the board requires refreshed
correspondence between different partners paying
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little heed to project types: modern, retail,
business, private, common, and so on.
The result-based focal point of IDD work
processes empowers effective using time
productively, simplicity of business, and
maintainability of development with a
potential for cost decrease.
To make it simple, “An Integrated Digital
Delivery (IDD) workflow enables seamless
project execution across the value chain
and embraces the Single Source of Truth
(SSOT) concept by leveraging cloud-based
technologies through a Common Data
Environment (CDE) setup. In addition,
Building Information Modelling (BIM) and
Virtual Design and Construction (VDC)
processes are the key enablers that account
for the success of IDD”.
The combining of digital design, fabrication,
construction, asset delivery & management
is the key appeal of Integrated Digital
Delivery.
These kinds of advanced technologies are
being utilized by ONG&ONG to create
a sustainable architectural design that
cherishes human wants and environmental
needs.
☐ Website:
https://www.ong-ong.com/
☐ Industry: Architecture & Planning
☐ Company size: 501 - 1000
employees
☐ Headquarter: Singapore,
Singapore
☐ Type: Privately Held
☐ Founded: 1972
Ong Tze Boon
Group Executive Chairman
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Design Forum
Pvt Ltd
D
esign Forum established in the year 1985
and later incorporated as a company in the
name of Design Forum India Private Limited
(DFIPL) in the year 2005, is an Architectural and
Structural designing firm with offices in Coimbatore
and Bangalore. Design Forum has successfully
handled projects of varying magnitudes which
includes residences, housing, interior designing,
large-scale industrial projects, institutions,
hotels & commercial buildings, and other
innovative projects.
The Team
Design Forum India Private Limited has a team
of 40 highly qualified and multi-disciplinary
professionals operating in perfect harmony towards
providing innovative architectural and structural
engineering solutions. They have a team that intently
listens, understands, analyse, operates, and delivers
solutions in a time-bound environment
Mission
In our Endeavour to fulfill the expectations of our
clients, we are committed to respect professional
ethics and strive towards excellence in planning,
designing, and providing technical support in
creating their buildings with Aesthetic appeal,
functional utility, and structural stability.
Harsha Vardhan
Tenkayal
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Services Offered
Prominent and Leading service provider from
Coimbatore, DFIPL offer the following services to
their clients:
☐ Architectural Design
■ Preparation of detailed plans of the main
building and other ancillary buildings with
respect to their utility and zoning.
■ Preparation of Elevation drawing as per the
decided concept.
■ Designing other allied services.
■ Structural Designing
■ Designing structural details
■ Designing all other allied buildings and services
☐ Project Management
■ Inspection of work at the site with respect to quality
& progress periodically.
■ Issuing of revised drawings, if there is variance
at the site.
■ Checking the workmanship and sample of materials
with respect to quality.
■ Checking the bills submitted by the contractor and
certifying them for payment.
■ Periodically reporting the above to the management
in order to take corrective steps if necessary.
■ Taking corrective steps to achieve the target
completion date and quality.
☐ Tendering Services
■ Assisting in shortlisting / selection of Contractors
for the Tender.
■ Preparation of Contract document.
■ Preparation of necessary drawings to provide
along with tender.
■
Preparation of comparative statement and
assisting in the finalization of the Contractor
☐ Planning Services
■ Preparation of Master Plan
■ Preparation of Preliminary Schematic Drawings
■ Outline Specification
■ Preliminary Cost Estimation
■ Preparation of Approval drawings to the concerned
authorities.
☐ Website: https://www.
studiodesignforum.com/
☐ Company size: 11 – 25 employees
☐ Industry: Architecture Services
☐ Type: Privately Held
☐ Establishment: 1985
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T
he City School of Architecture (CSA) with a background
marked by more than 34 years, offers way in structural
training towards a vocation in the structure business
with an expansive based instructing and learning measure,
established in genuine work on, making a pathway for
understudies from getting a degree to turning into a Chartered
Architect.
Its organized educational program, plan studios, hypothetical
and innovation based schooling and the encounters of the act
of design inside the learn and work, “sandwich idea” of the
course, empowers understudies to shape working connections
and build up direct connections with the development business.
Understudies study in a climate where basic reasoning,
imagination and development will be enhanced in them
prompting an expert vocation.
CSA is an authorize School of the Board of Architectural
Education (BAE), of the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects
(SLIA). It got The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
full accreditation for its Parts I and II Courses in January 2011
and was genuinely re-licensed in March 2016 for the following
5 Years. CSA understudies effectively finishing the Parts I and
II Courses and Examinations will get the universally presumed
exception of the RIBA Part I and II Professional capabilities.
This capability will empower understudies to apply for RIBA
International Membership.
City School of
Architecture
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VISION
The City School of Architecture is optimistic in its quest to become one of the leading institutions in the South
Asian Region, to educate and train Architects.
MISSION
The Mission of the School remains to train students as qualified Architects with competitive and comprehensive
knowledge of the profession, able to adapt to real and contemporary trends and needs and be professionally
ethical and socially and environmentally responsible. Within this larger scope, the school also envisions to
promote in its curriculum and ethos that would attract students from a wider cross section, including foreign
students.
Courses Offered
Diploma in Architectural Studies
Higher Diploma in Architecture
Bachelor of Architecture Honors Degree
Master of Architecture and Environmental Design
Website: https://www.csacolombo.edu.lk/
Archt. Prof. Lal Balasuriya
Head of School
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How it began?
We need clean air to breathe, clean water to drink,
silent environment for a good sleep. Couple of
decades back, when the industrial revolution was
rising at a rapid pace after the end of World War II,
people residing in the villages was migrating towards
urban areas in search of jobs to live a peaceful
life. Many changes have been recorded since the
establishment of UN council to maintain peace on
the planet.
Economic prosperity was one of those important
aspects which directly or indirectly impact our lives.
Manufacturingindustryaroundtheglobegotamajor
role in nation building as every country was on the
verge of regaining the level which invaders and rulers
like British government had on developing nations
like India, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Korea. It all
started when IT sector came in action which had the
power to revolutionize the entire world operations.
IT sector employed many individuals which led to
rising areas of major urban cities around the globe.
It sector made lives better of consumers as well as
developers. People started residing the downtown
areas which started expanding at an unimaginable
rate. New construction required forest lands which
were keeping the city area cool and dust free for
a long time. Later, we started feeling the heat
which was termed as “global warming” and later
“climate change”.
Green Cover is important for
your city

Why we need Green Cover in the city?
In last decade which ended few months back, had
recorded extreme heat waves, flash floods and many
other natural disasters which clearly showcase, what we
had done to our environment. It is not just about any one
country, region, or continent, the whole earth is suffering
due to man made changes to the nature. To narrow down
the effects on the factors, people living in the city area
are witnessing major illness, and heat strokes. The use
of multiple devices, and change in the food habit, work
culture are some of the causes why we need parks and
mini forest areas in the middle of our residential areas.
Earth911 has mentioned on their website about the
green spaces and their impacts. They speak about the
urban heat island effect, which is a growing challenge
for cities. Structures made of asphalt, cement, and steel,
like roads, pavement, and buildings accumulate a lot
of heat, raising city temperatures by 1⁰ to 7⁰ degrees
Fahrenheit in daytime and 2⁰ to 5⁰ degrees Fahrenheit
at night compared to rural areas. Urban areas, where
these structures are highly concentrated and greenery is
limited, become “islands” of higher temperatures relative
to outlying areas. These pockets of heat are referred to as
“heat islands.” Heat islands can form under a variety of
conditions, including during the day or night, in small or
large cities, in suburban areas, in northern or southern
climates, and in any season.
Benefits of Green cover in City
The good news is that green covers help curb the heath
island effect. Plants and trees bring down the temperature
through happening and by giving shade. Surfaces
that are concealed by trees can be 20⁰-45⁰ degrees
Fahrenheit (11-25°C) cooler than unshaded regions at
top temperatures. What’s more, plant happening alone
or in mix with concealing can assist with decreasing
pinnacle summer temperatures by 2 degrees to 9 degrees
Fahrenheit (1-5°C).
While lessening ozone harming substance emanations
is of essential significance to alleviate environmental
change, trees assume a fundamental part by retaining
carbon dioxide and different contaminations from
the air. What’s more, in spite of the fact that trees
alone have an effect, one investigation discovered that
“nature-based arrangements” — trees, bushes, and
herbaceous plants developing with insignificant support
— make a superior showing of filtering the air and
controlling the environment.
Beneficial to Health
There’s a ton of exploration about the advantages of
green spaces to our bliss and prosperity. For instance:
One investigation discovered that the presence of
metropolitan green spaces might improve psychological
well-being and prosperity,
While one more found that individuals who
experienced childhood in regions with no green spaces
had an expanded danger of creating uneasiness and
sorrow. Different examinations show that individuals
who approach green spaces have diminished feelings
of anxiety and a decreased danger of fostering a
mental issue.
It is a sensitive topic to be taken seriously by the
authorities and the living population in those areas as
every life on the planet is equally important.
“Go Green, Stay Healthy”
Source: https://earth911.com/living-well-being/why-
our-cities-need-green-spaces/
- By Parag Ahire
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Asya Design
Partner
About
Architect Albert Yu has led the firm in its remarkable
competence in the field of architectural design,
providing clients with personalized service and
the best architectural design system at the most
economical construction cost. The achievement that
ASYA has accomplished is a demonstration of its
visionary chiefs, shrewd strategic approaches and
certified confidence in the worth of the representative.
Reliably, ASYA Design Partner has been granted by
BCI Asia as one of the Top Ten Architectural Firms in
the Philippines starting around 2005 up to introduce.
ASYA Design adapts to meet more situations, starting
new precedent in the home market by adopting a new
strategy on all parts of building plan.
The organization’s complexity in building innovation
applicationsandobligationtoplanqualityhasbrought
about a portfolio that includes the absolute most
prominent demographic in the nation and abroad.
With project in Shanghai Taicang, Xiamen, Chengdu,
Songjiang, Suzhou and generally in the Philippines,
ASYA has finished various structures, a proof of its
plan greatness and administration.
Subsequent to setting up an unmatched standing
in the field of plan engineering over various years,
ASYA is presently advocating for itself as one of the
main structural practices at the cutting edge of joining
reasonable plan into the form climate.
Their portfolio incorporates tasks, all things
considered, from the structural plan and worth
designing of individual structures to the expert
arranging of networks. The firm has imagined,
planned and assembled projects that incorporate
shopping center turns of events; extravagance homes;
skyscraper private structures; corporate workplaces;
business and blended use structures; banking and
money foundations; public and private organizations;
strict structures; sporting and sports offices; gambling
clubs; scholarly structures; private local area
improvements; and site arranging.
Right now, ASYA means to be at the front line of
engineering and plan, in Asia first, then, at that point,
on the planet with the arrangement of a total help
bundle from structural plan to project the board run
by exceptionally capable experts resolved to plan
greatness and maintainability.
Website: https://asyadesign.com.ph/
Established: 1993
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Creative
Studio
T
his creative architectural practice was founded 25
years ago as a creative studio in Ahmedabad under
the direction of Jignesh Patel and his team. Studio
architectural styles have diversified in recent years, but are
also widely used in high quality commercial, residential, and
essential villas, as well as combined construction projects,
3D modeling, and CAD to aid both clients and architects by
everyone. Project To work on it, we carefully think about each
project from every angle that is reviewed based on the work
done on all aspects of the design.
Website: https://www.creativestudioindia.com/
Jignesh Patel
Principal Designer
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“Architecture is
an art & science of
designing, erecting
and superintending
of buildings and
structures for better
living hood of
mankind.”
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Nextudio
Architects
Architectural Planning
The architect usually starts the work when the location,
type and cost of the building are determined.
This site contains changes in the behavior of the natural
environment which must be adapted to the invariable
physical needs of man. Type is the general shape created
by society to adapt to the particular use a building
is required for. The cost includes the economics of
land, labor and material, which must be adjusted to
a certain amount.
Planning is therefore a process for assigning and
ultimately coordinating environmental, land use and
economic requirements. This process has both cultural
and useful value as the architect inevitably influences
how this social activity is planned.
Planning the environment
The natural environment is both an obstacle and a
resource, and the architect seeks his help and repels his
attacks. For buildings to be habitable and comfortable,
they must cope with the effects of heat, cold, light, air,
moisture and drought and anticipate the devastating
potential of fire, earthquake, flood and disease.
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The environmental control methods considered here are only practical aspects of planning. The architect has dealt
with it in the context of expressive aspects. The arrangement and shape of buildings in relation to their location,
the distribution of space within buildings and other planning tools discussed below are essential elements of
architectural aesthetics.
Orientation
Arrange the axes of buildings and its parts are a device to control the effects of the sun, wind and rain. The sun
is normally in their period; It prefers the south and neglect of exposure to the north in the northern hemisphere
buildings. Inside buildings determine the axis and put any amount of the amount of the sun that receives. The
orientation in the air can be reviewed and reduced wind defects, rain and snow, because they are able to do in most
climates. Immediate environmental properties also affect orientation: trees, land structures and other buildings
create shadows, reduce or exacerbate winds, while water body bodies produce moisture and reflect the sun and
reflect the sun.
Website: https://www.nextudio.co/
Co-Founder: Mohammad Omar
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Why choose Eco-Construction materials?
Living in a healthy & safe environment is a dream of
everymiddleclassfamily.Accordingtosomereportsand
statistics published, developing countries have recorded
high level of migration towards urban areas which is
booming construction and real estate industry. Need
for permanent house is rising and specially apartment
house are high on demand as they are affordable for a
family having a descent amount of monthly or annual
income. Those multi-storey apartments are benefitting
local municipal bodies by generating home tax and
other forms of service tax as well.
That’s what we see, our need to have a peaceful life in our
own house, governments and municipal bodies look for
tax generation and builder lobby to earn huge profits.
But, this industry is becoming a threat to the regions as
well.Constructionindustry,andtobespecificresidential
construction industry is one of the largest Green House
Gas (GHG) emitter in the world. Data published by the
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in
association with International Energy Agency (IEA) in
the Global Status Report for Building and Construction
2019, states that, “The buildings and construction
sector globally is showing an increase in both emissions
and energy use, limited progress on new and existing
policies, and a further slowdown in energy-efficiency
investment growth. More action is therefore needed to
curb emissions and deliver a low-carbon, sustainable
built environment”.
Why choose Eco
construction materials?

Building requires energy and water while construction
and after it is ready for use. This has indirect ecological
impacts which are seen later in the background.
Building construction and operations accounted for the
largest share of both global final energy use (36%) and
energy related CO2 emissions (39%) in 2018.
Impact on Who & How?
Contaminationisanissuethatthedevelopmentbusiness
can’t disregard. The principle kinds of contamination
you should know about are air, water, soil, and noise.
In the event that you don’t set up careful steps to
oversee hurtful waste, it can straightforwardly influence
site workers and individuals living close by. This
incorporates making irreversible harm their wellbeing,
with an unsettling join among toxins and disease.
Air contamination alludes to man-made outflows that
aredeliveredintotheenvironment.Helplessairqualityis
a worldwide wellbeing risk, liable for around 4.2 million
unexpected losses in 2016. Further, air contamination
contributes fundamentally to the warming of the planet,
and hence to environmental change.
As development exercises are an enormous supporter
of air contamination, associations inside the area have
a common obligation to restrict the sum they produce.
In this way, you’ll need to have a consciousness of the
outflows your work exercises make and play it safe to
restrict the unsafe effect.
What needs to be done?
In the changing environmental balance and extreme
climate conditions it is better to have an eco-friendly
house in order to curb heat island issue, and have a
naturally insulated cool or warm house walls. The Most
Eco-friendly Construction Materials are:
☐ Recycled Plastic
☐ Recycled Steel
☐ Timber Crete
☐ Recycled Rubber
☐ Recycled Paper
☐ Bamboo
☐ Ash Crete
☐ Recycled or Sustainable Wood
☐ Cob
☐ Ferrock
☐ Broken or reusable glass
Other than above mentioned materials, construction
waste material recycling should be promoted by the
government to reduce the waste generated and lying
down on the ground. It will not just help to reduce the
waste but also help to reduce the demand for new raw
materials which are not so sustainable.
Downtheline,thesearejustfewthingswe’vementioned.
There’s lot more happening in the construction industry
and it should be changed in the coming future to have a
sustainable lifestyle.
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- By Parag Ahire

S
hakticola is a future-oriented, full-service design
and construction project management company
based in Galle, Sri Lanka. We specialize in
residential, resort and hotel projects. Our approach
to project design and management is based on
transparency and open communication. We strive for
fair relationships and clear and accessible processes,
and the Shakticola model provides our clients with a
clear view of project milestones, costs and expected
results. Our success is measured by the value we
give to our projects. Our design team is dynamic,
versatile and detail-oriented. A family of like-minded
young people who care about what they do and how
they do it.
☐ Feasibility studies of projects / locations
If you have land or are planning to buy land, we
can assess the suitability of your proposed project
and prepare a construction budget to assess the
feasibility of your proposal. We can also design a
site layout to see how best to use a site.
☐ Report the status of existing buildings
If you are planning to buy a property, we can
examine it and prepare a status report.
☐ Pre-contractual documents
Although construction in Sri Lanka is still
relatively good value for money, it is advisable
to have solid contractual documents to reduce
construction risks.
Shakticola
Design
& Build
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Shakticola offers the following pre-contractual services.
■ Creating Complete Drawing Packages - If the
drawing has been created by an outside designer who
is not familiar with building in Sri Lanka, or if you
are just in the concept phase, we can create complete
drawing packages to draw your complete drawing.
■ Top Building Permits and Required Permits - We
can prepare building permit plans and do any work
necessary to get your building permit.
■ Professional Team Jobs - Most projects in Sri Lanka
will require you to have a surveyor, civil engineer, MEP
engineer, and a surveyor.
■ Bidding Management - To ensure you get the best
possible price from contractors, it is often best to use a
competitive bidding process to award the contract.
Website: https://www.shakticola.com/
Trevor Morgan
Director
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PWA
Architects
PWA Architects
Webeginthedesignprocessbyfullyunderstanding
the location, context and needs of the client. The
concept phase takes these factors into account
when recognizing and developing the design. The
client’s aesthetic, functional and programmatic
requirements are carefully considered in executing
the precise design process.
In addition to the detailed design process, it is
important to work with the PWA gauge to ensure
the designs stay on customer budget. A competent
PWA team of architects and designers then carries
out the construction documentation process.
Coordination with all relevant consultants, project
management and control, quality control and
execution under cost and time pressure is part of
the construction management process.
At PWA, we believe in sustainable design solutions
that have a positive impact on the environment,
society and the economy. We use sustainable
initiatives in architecture and interior design, MEP
design,resourcesandconstructionphasestoensure
a livable, comfortable, safe and constructively built
environment. We support renovation projects,
adapt existing buildings where possible and work
on a number of projects with our environmentally
conscious customers.
We are committed to serving our community and
the environment and implementing voluntary
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projects that have a positive impact on the community. We offer architecture students internship opportunities
and enable them to gain practical experience under the guidance of our senior team.
We also work with various local artists when working on interior components for projects. This allows us to
promote and promote local artists while managing beautiful spaces for our clients.
Design Services by PWA
We offer comprehensive consulting services with a multidisciplinary team of specialists. Our services include
project appraisal, comprehensive design services, solutions and project management.
We offer consortium services that we can integrate internally or on a project basis and work together with
renowned consultants for quantification, project management, structural solutions and MEPs.
We have benefited greatly from working with some of the world famous architects like Tadao Ando, Shigeru
Ban, MVRDV and SCDA. In addition, we work as registry architects and offer local expertise, advice and
coordination in cooperation with internationally renowned architecture firms who play the role of design
architect. As a company, we believe in creating sustainable solutions for as many of our design projects as
possible.
Website: https://www.pwa.lk/
PHILIP WEERARATNE
PRINCIPAL
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A
irmas Asri’s works can be seen as an important
part of Indonesia’s architectural history. Trying
to understand his work leads us to different
perceptionsofaparticularstyle,classification,shapeand
personality. In the end, a spatial image of the diversity of
the company’s architecture business is created.
There are meanings in the world. Then the body
experiences the things around it. Perception is based
on the relationship between meaningful objects in this
world while maintaining a certain distance from the
object, which enables us to study, combine, analyze and
question. This gives the same quality of visualization.
Here is a question: What meaning determines our
understanding of Airmas Asri? This article attempts
to examine the various ways, assumptions, and
reasons for understanding the importance of doing
business in a company.
Perception of Airmas Asri
In Indonesian architecture, the roof is the crown and
head of a building. For example, traditional Javanese
architecture has five roof shapes: Panggang Pe,
Kampung, Limasan, Joglo and Tajug. Each number
represents the upper limit of social status. The crown -
above the building - can be part of the spatial legitimacy
that gives it a special meaning.
The crown is also evident in modern Airmas works
such as The Pakubuwono View. Although there does
not seem to be a connection between this work, it is
inspired by the Prambanan temple complex. Similar
to the temple, the Pakubuwono facade is designed as
a head (crown), body and legs. The Pakubuwono View
crown itself is based on the Pramban crown, but here
the Pramban crown is interpreted through an Art Deco
design, making the crown tower the center of the city.
The details of this crown are related to the batik style.
This is an application of “Java Ancient” in tower design.
The shape of the Java Temple has been beautifully
altered to create a shape that matches the body of the
building and the base of the building.
Contextually Iconic
One of Airmas Asri’s works that expresses the concept of
textile iconography is the Talavera Office Park. Located
between TB Simatupang Road and Pangeran Antasari
Street, next to the busy Jakarta Outer Road, it is a symbol
of the area. In relation to the situation in the region in
2005 (when the project started), which was not now
overcrowded, this plan gives the courage to develop
the region. The Talavera Office Park is a neighborhood
landmark that has successfully created an identity for
this neighborhood. The design of the building has an
“aerodynamic” quality in that it is visible to people
in fast cars.
Website: https://www.airmasasri.com/
Airmas Asri
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Principal
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3D Printing on the move
3D printers were in the trial stage with ability to build
small scale structures or prototypes of a particular
design with given a command to it by a computer
softwareCAD(ComputerAidedDesign).3Dprinting,
or additive manufacturing, is the construction of a
three-dimensional object from a CAD model or a
digital 3D model. The term “3D printing” can refer to
a variety of processes in which material is deposited,
joined or solidified under computer control to create
a three-dimensional object, with material being
added together (such as plastics, liquids or powder
grains being fused together), typically layer by layer.
In the 1980s, 3D printing techniques were considered
suitable only for the production of functional or
aesthetic prototypes, and a more appropriate term
for it at the time was rapid prototyping. As of 2019,
the precision, repeatability, and material range of
3D printing have increased to the point that some
3D printing processes are considered viable as an
industrial-production technology, whereby the term
additive manufacturing can be used synonymously
with 3D printing.
One of the key advantages of 3D printing is the
ability to produce very complex shapes or geometries
that would be otherwise impossible to construct by
hand, including hollow parts or parts with internal
truss structures to reduce weight. Fused deposition
modeling (FDM), which uses a continuous filament
of a thermoplastic material, is the most common 3D
printing process in use as of 2020.
3D Construction/Printing
3D construction/Printing refers to various
technologies that use 3D printing as a core method
3D concstruction on its way

to fabricate buildings or construction components.
Alternative terms are also in use, such as additive
construction, Autonomous Robotic Construction
System (ARCS), Large Scale Additive Manufacturing
(LSAM), or Freeform Construction (FC).
There are an assortment of 3D printing strategies
utilized at development scale, with the principle
ones being expulsion (concrete/cement, wax, froth,
polymers), powder holding (polymer security,
receptive security, sintering), and added substance
welding. 3D printing at a development scale will
include a wide assortment of uses inside the private,
business, modern and public areas. Expected benefits
of these robotization advances incorporate quicker
development, lower costs, simplicity of development,
empowering DIY development, expanded intricacy
or potentially precision, more prominent mix of
capacity, and less waste created.
A number projects has been demonstrated across
various cities in each continent having at least one
successful building standing strong on the field.
As per our research and information collected,
few countries in the list have at least their first 3D
printed home are: The Netherlands, India, the USA,
Malawi, Germany, Mexico, and UAE. It is still in trial
& error stage with the capacity to build one storey
house or apartment. The machines and the concrete
or the construction material used in it are also in
the trial stage and scientists with the integration of
civil engineers and construction material experts
are trying their best to create a material with having
the capacity to withstand all the required tests and
requirements.
According to the data mentioned by the World
Economic Forum (WEF) the 3D home construction
industry was valuated at $3million back in 2019
and now it is projected to be $1.6 Billion by 2024.
Supporters of this industry say that “it could boost
the world’s supply of affordable housing”.
What are your views on 3D printed house? Would
you like to live in new construction form of house?
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