Asma Khawatmi, Nirmal Kishnani: Part/Whole. Reconciling Scale, Density and Sustainability in Asian Megalopolises

The research presented in this book was carried out over three years by students and professors of the Master of Science, Integrated Sustainable Design (MSc ISD) programme.

Five 1×1 km sites in three Asian cities have been unpacked and reconstituted by teams of architects, engineers, landscape designers and planners.

A method was created to tackle the complexity of the city, unpack systemic layers and recombine them in ways that mend fractures and enhance urban quality. This approach recalibrates density and liveability, and probes what it means to be sustainable in Asia.