Media
Awards
Recognizing the multi-disciplinary approach undertaken by bioSEA and WOHA teams to assess biodiversity in tall buildings, ecosystem services and social performance of buildings, the project was nominated for the EarthShot Prize (2025).
Nature Centric Design Assessment framework nominated for EarthShot Prize (2025)
Commissioned by WOHA Architects, bioSEA assessed the environmental and social benefits of Pan Pacific Orchard Hotel Singapore. bioSEA conducted biodiversity surveys, measured cooling benefits and assessed ecosystem service performance through carbon sequestration and air filtration potential of its vegetation and waterbodies. In addition, interviews with people showed how guests used the green spaces in the building. These assessments played a crucial role in showcasing the holistic benefits of natural spaces created at this ‘Hotel in Nature’.
Pan Pacific Orchard wins Best Tall Building WorldWide (2024)
bioSEA contributed to the ecology of the master plan design which embraced water and created functional wetlands. bioSEA also calculated the value of the master plan using Ecological Performance Indicators.
Hue Sanctuary Vietnam wins SG Good Design Award (2023)
bioSEA worked with Surbana Jurong to ecologically design the Housing development board project Yishun N3C27 in Singapore. The under-construction project received the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) Award of Excellence 2022 for their strategic greening and masterful execution of the biophilic and ecological design.
IFLA Award of Excellence (2022)
You see the Green. We Measure it.
bioSEA worked with WOHA Architects to measure the ecosystem service performance of the vegetation at the Singapore pavilion which won a Gold Award at the World Expo in Dubai. We found that the vegetation sequesters 61 tons of Carbon Dioxide over its lifespan. It is also 2.66 times more effective than Dubai’s desert vegetation in sequestering carbon over a similar area.
Dubai Expo SG Pavilion wins Gold Award (2022)
bioSEA worked with WOHA & CBUS Property to evaluate the Ecological Value of the Green Start Assessment for 443 Queen Street development in Brisbane, Australia. This helped the development win Australia’s first 6-star green start building.
Australia’s First 6 Star Green Star Building (2020)
Features
The Straits Times, 16 December 2024
The Singapore-based Straits Times Newspaper covered bioSEA’s work on the state of butterflies in Singapore – threats faced, the survivors and extinctions of species and what can we do to save them. Complete with interactive 3D graphics.
Flight of the Common Rose (2024)
Ecogradia Season 5 | 42 mins | 3 December 2024
As cities grow greener, plants are often used as superficial decoration. But what if architecture could create genuine ecosystems? Watch Anuj Jain from bioSEA and Catie Ryan Balagtas from Terrapin Green reveal how buildings can support all life.
Podcast: How greening buildings could transform our cities into thriving ecosystems?
The South China Morning Post (SCMP), 13 October 2024
The Hong Kong based SCMP media outlet covered bioSEA’s perspective on changing mindsets to co-exist with dense nature and developmental pressures in Singapore. Written by Matteo Fagotto.
Is Singapore prepared for climate change? (2024)
Venice Biennale (2023)
The speech by Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Alvin Tan, at the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI)’s Committee of Supply Debate 2023 mentioned bioSEA’s work on developing a biomimicry design toolkit for the tropics as part of the DesignSingapore Council’s Good Design Research Initiative.
Committee of Supply speech (2023)
The acceptance of wild nature over curated nature seems to be growing in Singapore.
bioSEA’s study of Kampung Admiralty showed that the development had a higher level of species diversity (across animal groups, except birds) than 2 of its nearby neighbourhood parks. This was particularly true for insects. Wildflower patches thrived at the rooftop community gardens at Kampung Admiralty. This attracted bees, butterflies, and many other beautiful insects.
Curated garden or curated wild: Singapore (2022)
Our former design & research associate, Celine Tan, was featured in an article about Singapore’s green awakening about how urban development can be better aligned to ecology in Singapore and beyond.
Singapore’s green awakening conversation (2021)
Gallery
Habitats for all – Ecogradia Podcast
Behind the Scenes: Totems of the 21st century
Remembering GreenCircle Eco-Farm