Assemble for Impact

ABOUT

How can one build with less carbon? What local alternatives are available? And what practical steps can designers take today to create a more sustainable future?

Assemble for Impact is a public initiative that brings together an engaging exhibition and collaborative workshop to explore how Singapore can reduce its carbon footprint in the building and construction sector. The exhibition breaks down what carbon means in this context, highlights its environmental impact and presents key statistics specific to Singapore.

Visitors will discover innovative design approaches – like design for disassembly, circular construction and nature-inclusive design – alongside sustainable materials such as homegrown and recycled products. Curated and hosted by international design studio Henning Larsen, the exhibition will feature inspiring projects by local businesses tackling the carbon challenge head-on. Complementing the exhibition, a workshop invites participants to explore how locally produced materials and circular economy practices can shape more sustainable, nature-friendly spaces.

ORGANISER

Henning Larsen

Henning Larsen, founded in Copenhagen in 1959, is a global multi-disciplinary design studio known for sustainable, human-centric design. With offices worldwide, including Singapore, the firm integrates architecture, landscape and urban design to create adaptable, ecological spaces shaped by culture and community.

CO-ORGANISER

Magorium

Magorium is a local startup that has developed a technology to convert contaminated and unsorted plastic waste into a road construction material to pave greener roads. This aims to solve the plastic waste crisis and create a more sustainable construction sector using waste-derived materials.

Ramboll

Founded in Denmark in 1945, Ramboll today operates across 35 countries. We combine deep local insight and experience with a global knowledge base to create sustainable societies and drive positive change for our clients. We call it: Bright Ideas. Sustainable change. As The Partner for Sustainable Change, we enable our stakeholders to realise their goals and navigate the transition to a more sustainable future.

Roger&Sons

Roger&Sons is a team of ethical makers who craft fine furniture and thoughtful objects. Our work is driven by inquiry, and spans disciplines: furniture, industrial, product design, and woodworking. Priding ourselves on our craftspersonship, we believe in the importance of sticking to our values of being authentic, reliable, and unified.

Singapore Green Building Council (SGBC)

The Singapore Green Building Council (SGBC) is a member-led, non-profit Industry organisation advancing built environment sustainability across the Singapore building and construction value chain. SGBC is at the forefront of industry transformation, driving solutions and approaches towards a greener, more sustainable built environment.

Superstructure

Superstructure is a design to fabrication consultancy with a focus in computational design and design for manufacturing and assembly (DfMA). We bridge the gap between challenging design concepts and their physical realisations, expanding the possibilities beyond traditional techniques.

WASTD

WASTD is a reuse-based design studio reimagining waste into beautiful, culturally grounded materials and objects. We work at the intersection of sustainability, craft, and storytelling, helping brands, spaces and designers create unexpected moments of wonder.

CONTACT

Name: Henning Larsen
Email Address: [email protected]

Top image: How can we integrate nature into design to reduce our carbon footprint? (Credit: Henning Larsen)

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