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Connecting people and places

Connecting people x places

Neighbourhood Innovation Lab believes close neighbourly relationships create the unique charm of each neighbourhood. Through various community innovation projects, we seek to understand how to foster an inclusive neighbourhood identity in dense Asian cities.

Using design thinking as our methodology, our projects connect to and create partnerships across multiple neighbourhood stakeholders. By opening up conversations and dialogues, we envision to shape inclusive and human-centred neighbourhoods. Towards the future, we are keen to explore the integration of civic technology and use of data to empower cities and their citizens.

We are an initiative by Architecture Commons. In 2020, we have been named Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas 2020 under the Spaces, Places, and Cities category as Honourable Mention, and awarded Good Design Award in 2022.

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Our approach & process

  • Empathy and Research

    Topic-based research, Users and Stakeholder Insights

  • Define for action

    Strategy & Advisory

  • Testing Assumptions

    Experimental Prototypes

  • Spatial Ideation

    Concept & Schematic Design

  • Design Implementation

    Detailed Design & Construction Administration

  • Validate with 
feedback

    Post-Occupancy Metrics & Analysis

  • Neighbourhoods 30+
  • Workshops 200+
  • Participants 3000+
  • NGOs & Schools 10%
  • Semi-Government & government 60%
  • Private Sector 30%

Partners & Clients