Urbanism

About

The Great Asian Streets Symposium (GASS) was initiated in 2001 at the Department of Architecture, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore (NUS). In response to the long-standing and dire lack of truly Asian perspectives in the literature and research of Asian cities, GASS aims to establish an Asian-rooted center of excellence to foster, both regionally and internationally, exchange and communication of ideas and studies within
this field.

Over the past decade, GASS has successfully shared and integrated cutting-edge debates and discussions on many problems and challenges that confront Asian cities, such as traffic congestion, air pollution, social segregation, environmental degradation, and slum proliferation. On this basis, the GASS community has also created a significant knowledge base, with exemplary policies and design practices that have effectively addressed these issues for resilient, sustainable, and livable cities.