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GREEN
DESIGN
World Earth Day 2021

Singapore: City of Design, by design

he 22nd of April marked World Earth Day 2021. On We also wanted to highlight the Singapore Green Plan 2030
behalf of Design Singapore Council, we wanted to share - a whole-of-nation movement introduced by the Singaporean
Tsome of the most recent projects from Singaporean design government to advance Singapore’s national agenda on
that are pushing the boundaries within sustainable innovation, sustainable development. The Green Plan charts ambitious and
or taking action towards sustainable developments in our concrete targets over the next 10 years, strengthening Singapore’s
communities. Designers include forward-thinking landscape commitments under the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development
architecture practice, Salad Dressing, who will be participating Agenda and Paris Agreement, and positioning the country to
in this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale, and working with achieve their long-term net zero emissions aspiration as soon as
WOHA Architects on a biophilic pavilion for Singapore at the viable. The Green Plan’s targets include:
World Expo in Dubai in October; Kevin Chiam, one of the new • Developing over 130 hectares of new parks, and enhancing
wave of designers from Singapore who has a number of projects around 170 hectares of existing parks with more lush vegetation
working to purify the quality of air via personal devices; Offcut and natural landscapes by end-2026
Factory, an initiative that converts ‘offcuts’ into a source material • Green 80% of all buildings by 2030
that can then be transformed into home and lifestyle objects by • Eight EV-Ready Towns with chargers at all HDB car parks by
trained craftsmen; and finally, design studio Forest & Whale, who 2025
are working on a project launching in August to combat the use • 60,000 charging points nationwide, including 40,000 in public
of single-use plastic in Singaporean food courts, known locally as car parks and 20,000 in private premises by 2030
Hawker Centres. Currently the studio is exploring compostable • Expand the cycling network to 1320km by 2030
and edible materials to create takeaway containers, replacing • Plant one million more trees, among other plants
existing plastic versions.

Salad dressing

Landscape architecture practice
Salad Dressing, was founded in 2002 by
Chang Huai-Yan, after his training in
architecture, landscaping and horticulture
under acclaimed landscape gardener
Michael White in Bali. Hy, passionate
about the natural world, has since grown
the company to work internationally.
From 2012, Salad Dressing began their
work with WOHA architects - initially on
a hotel resort in Indonesia, which began
their now ever present focus on biophilic
design and interest in natural ecosystems,
climate change and multidisciplinary
work in the field. Today, Salad Dressing
seeks not only to provide a service to
clients, but to create an expression of
what is truly happening in the landscape
surrounding us.
In 2021, Salad Dressing are
presenting their speculative landscape
project ‘Rewilding the Sky’ as part
of the Singaporean Pavilion at the
Venice Architecture Biennale, as well
as collaborating with WOHA on the
biophilic Singaporean Pavilion at the
World Expo in Dubai.
‘Rewilding the Sky’, presented as part
of the Venice Architecture Biennale, is a

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