Published Works
A collection of our ideas, contributions, and featured articles in published media.
2022 PERMACULTURE MAGAZINE AWARD: SOLUTIONS TO TACKLING FLOODS AND DROUGHTS
The Regenesis Project, based on a 17 hectare site in the Philippines, a learning centre and example of how degraded land around the archipelago can be regenerated.
by Marianne Amores Dutta
Published in Permaculture Magazine Magazine (PM104) 2022
ECO-PUNCTURE: TRANSFORMING ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM IN ASIA
The book discussed the pressing need to integrate the blue, green and grey; to merge water, greenery and built elements in new ways that create robust socio-ecological systems.
“ Ecopuncture proposes and demonstrates the possibilities inherent in a systemic approach to our buildings and cities, integrating the needs of humanity and nature into tapestries of innovative design. A critically important book that comes at a crucial turning point in the life of the planet.”
Paul Hawken Author of Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
Alakesh Dutta worked as a lead researcher for the book Ecopuncture by Dr Nirmal Kishnani
Assessing Blue-Green in Asia:
Discussing the role of nature based blue & green infrastructure in restoring urban systems.
by Alakesh Dutta
Published in FuturArc. 2016 (Mar-Apr): pages 44-45.
Crafting Pedagogy, Outside the Classroom:
Discussing role of the building itself as a teaching tool in the design of educational buildings.
by Alakesh Dutta
Published in FuturArc. 2017 (Jan-Feb): pages 86-89.
Floating Ponds: A Vertical Aquaculture Farming Typology:
Discussing a new prototype of vertical farms for aquaculture.
by Alakesh Dutta
Published in FuturArc. 2017 (Sep-Oct): pages 64-69.
Urban Farming
Cover story discussing the role of urban farming for the future of our food. The articles discusses the issue both globally as well as from Singapore’s standpoint as an island nation.
by Alakesh Dutta
Published in FuturArc. 2020 (1Q): pages 24-31.
Adaptable Spaces
Cover story written in the aftermath of the Covid19 outbreak discussing the need to design urban spaces and public buildings that can respond to public health emergencies ranging from natural calamities to pandemics.
by Alakesh Dutta
Published in FuturArc. 2020 (3Q): pages 20-29.