Richard Hassell

WOHA Architects, Founding Director | Singapore, Singapore

About

Richard Hassell co-founded the Singapore-based architectural practice WOHA in 1994. He is an Adjunct Professor for the School of Design at The University of Western Australia, and a Member of the Architectural Design Review Panel of Singapore’s Land Transport Authority.

WOHA work at all scales, from interiors and architecture to public space and master plans; their projects are living systems that connect to the city as a whole. With every project, the practice aims to create a matrix of interconnected human-scaled environments. These spaces foster community, enable stewardship of nature, generate biophilic beauty, activate ecosystem services and build resilience.

Richard Hassell

CTBUH Initiatives

Singapore Visit

Singapore Visit

12–14 August 2009

Videos

17 March 2016

Monthly Video: WOHA Architects

Mun Summ Wong & Richard Hassell, WOHA Architects, discuss vertical greenery and PARKROYAL on Pickering, the 2015 CTBUH Urban Habitat Award Winner. View the extended...

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28 July 2018

Oasia Hotel Downtown, Singapore: A Tall Prototype for the Tropics

Mun Summ Wong, Richard Hassell & Hong Wei Phua, WOHA Architects

Oasia Hotel Downtown is a prototype of land use intensification in the tropics. Unlike the sleek and sealed skyscrapers that evolved in the temperate West,...

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17 October 2016

Garden City, Megacity: Rethinking Cities For the Age of Global Warming

Mun Summ Wong, Richard Hassell & Alina Yeo, WOHA Architects

The 20th-century city developed in response to industrialization and population growth, with a planning vision encoded in regulations that limited evolving with the times. The...

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14 August 2009

Singapore Visit

Executive Director Antony Wood shares his recent experiences of a new and exciting Singapore which has, in a quiet, unpretentious way, been implementing social-urban policies.

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17 March 2016

Monthly Video: WOHA Architects

Mun Summ Wong & Richard Hassell, WOHA Architects, discuss vertical greenery and PARKROYAL on Pickering, the 2015 CTBUH Urban Habitat Award Winner. View the extended...

12 November 2015

Interview: PARKROYAL on Pickering

Mun Summ Wong, Founding Director, & Richard Hassell, Director, WOHA Architects, are interviewed by Chris Bentley regarding the 2015 CTBUH Urban Habitat Award Winner, PARKROYAL...

23 October 2009

Interview: WOHA Architects

Mun Summ Wong and Richard Hassell of WOHA Architects are interviewed by Jeff Herzer during the 2009 CTBUH Chicago Conference at Illinois Institute of Technology,...

Research

28 July 2018

Oasia Hotel Downtown, Singapore: A Tall Prototype for the Tropics

Mun Summ Wong, Richard Hassell & Hong Wei Phua, WOHA Architects

Oasia Hotel Downtown is a prototype of land use intensification in the tropics. Unlike the sleek and sealed skyscrapers that evolved in the temperate West,...

17 October 2016

Garden City, Megacity: Rethinking Cities For the Age of Global Warming

Mun Summ Wong, Richard Hassell & Alina Yeo, WOHA Architects

The 20th-century city developed in response to industrialization and population growth, with a planning vision encoded in regulations that limited evolving with the times. The...

17 October 2016

Garden City, Megacity: Rethinking Cities for the Age of Global Warming

Mun Summ Wong, Richard Hassell & Alina Yeo, WOHA Architects

This paper proposes an alternative to the continuing implementation of unsustainable 20th century urban planning models. By using WOHA’s mini-city projects and proposals as prototypes...

16 September 2014

The Tropical Skyscraper: Social Sustainability in High Urban Density

Mun Summ Wong, Richard Hassell & Alina Yeo, WOHA Architects

Asia’s rapidly growing metropolises demand an alternative strategy for city planning and architecture that addresses the need to live appropriately and sustainably with our tropical...

16 January 2012

Case Study: The Hansar, Bangkok

Mun Summ Wong & Richard Hassell, WOHA

High-rise, high-density living has been embraced as a positive housing solution for many millions of people living in Asia’s growing urban metropolises. The Hansar, a...

01 August 2009

Tall Buildings in Southeast Asia - A Humanist Approach to Tropical High-Rise

Mun Summ Wong & Richard Hassell, WOHA

High-rise, high-density living has been embraced as a positive accommodation solution for many millions of people living in Asia's growing urban metropolis. This paper outlines...