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Cyborg Oasis: A Post-Human Wonderland

PROGRAMME

Master of Landscape Architecture

STUDENT

Cai Yihan

YEAR

2

ADVISOR/TUTOR

Yukio Hasegawa

In an imagined era, where boundaries between the organic and the artificial dissolve, my project unfolds as a sensory journey through cyborg-nature. Gene editing opens up the possibility of shaping nature, while wearable devices bridge perception and reality, changing how nature might be sensed and made sense of.

The journey begins at the ecological collapse. As visitors move through my designed landscape, guided by AR glasses, bio-bracelets, and neural headsets, they rediscover nature’s resilience. They encounter sprawling networks of mycelium, gene-edited plants flourishing into spectacular forms, and mast-fruiting trees synchronized to algorithmic rhythms.

Futhermore, wildlife reclaimes such technologically-enhanced habitats. Their presence is woven into spatial strategies and a broader narrative of renewal and adaptation. For example, at the Symbiotic Tree—a fusion of nature and technology—each visitor’s choices ripple through the ecosystem, actively shaping its evolution. Here, technology translates, nature architects, and humanity catalyzes—each reshaping the other in a symbiotic choreography where creation is collective, and evolution is shared.

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    • Master of Science, Integrated Sustainable Design
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    • Master of Urban Planning
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    • Landscape Studies
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    Tun Tan Cheng Lock Centre
    • About
    • History
    • Restoration and Conservation Projects
    • Conservation Works Team
    • Donor and Scholarship
    • News + Events
    Campus Design Innovations Group
    • About
    • SDE 1
    • SDE 3
    • SDE 4
    • Yusof Ishak House
    • CDE +
    Centre for Advanced Studies in Architecture
    • Graduate Research Symposium 2024
    • Graduate Research Symposium 2023
    • NUS-SUTD PhD Symposium in Architecture 2022
    Centre for Environment and Ageing Well (ENgAGE)
    Research Labs
    • Urban Climate Design Lab (UCDL)
    • Urban Analytics Lab
    • Urban Ecology Lab
    • SkyTimber™: Tropical Renewable Architecture Design Lab
    • Civic Resilience Lab
    • Urban Transitions Lab
    • Urban Wild Lab
    International Network for Tropical Architecture (iNTA)
    Designing Resilience in Asia International Research Progamme (DRIA)
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