FCL In the News

A better designed Singapore, from bicycle paths to sustainability

A Business Insider story on Singapore quotes Prof. Dr Thomas Schroepfer, Director, FCL Global, on improving the city with bicycle paths and future-proofing Singapore from future challenges.

Fewer utopias, more concrete solutions

FCL Global Executive Director Prof. Sacha Menz and the programme were featured in NZZ’s biannual special issue.  

How design can combat the housing crisis

The Expandable House, a prototype in the village of Kampung Batu Besar in Batam, Indonesia, is featured in Frame magazine for its approach to tackle housing challenges.

Designing density better for cities and nature

The way urban density can benefit not only cities, but also natural ecosystems, is emerging as an important factor to reduce the likelihood of future pandemics, wrote Prof. Stephen Cairns.

Hidden role of people in how cities work

What if the seemingly chaotic movement of people is in fact predictable and follows hidden regularities? Asst Prof. (Adj) Dr Markus Schalepfer explains a travel law to predict the movement of people in cities.

The City in Future

Prof. Stephen Cairns speaks about the role of Singapore as a hub and its unique model in the documentary, "The City in Future – Learning from Singapore", featured on German TV, DW.

FCL Global launched

The collaboration among ETH, NUS, NTU Singapore and SUTD will see scientists from Singapore and Switzerland co-develop solutions to help cities and their surroundings grow sustainably

Biophilic cities

“Density and sustainability must not be seen as contradictory, but as mutually dependent and synergistic" says Dense and Green Building Typologies researcher, Srilalitha Gopalakrishnan in Domus magazine.

Curated Garden or Curated Wild?

Urban landscape design is often considered static, but needs to be viewed more as the beginning of a long process. Dr Dan Richards advocates the ecosystem services design loop.

Mapping the way to action

Mapping the way to action

FCL researcher Miya Irawati shares how studying the spatial distribution of COVID-19 cases in Jakarta and mapping the vulnerable areas to infection can lead to useful insights for rapid response.