Groundscrapers + subscrapers of Hamzah & Yeang

the long version

"Groundscrapers and Subscrapers are the antithesis here of the environmentally-responsive Skycrapers that are designed by Ken Yeang. These are the eco-medium-rise buildings, the roof-vegetated underground buildings and the landscape-driven masterplans produced by his firm Hamzah & Yeang." "These building typologies have a different set of ecological design consequences on the natural and man-made environment, not due to their intensity and sheer height as in the case of the skyscrapers, but arising from their extensive foot-prints and ground coverage." "Through the many projects illustrated here, Yeang demonstrates his innovative ideas towards handling the ecological design of such buildings and in particular, expounds and further develops his ideas for creating new 'landscape bridges' for linking ecologically-disparate vegetated land. He shows how the concept through its improved ecosystem connectivity can help further species migration, interaction and enhance biodiversity for the locality."--BOOK JACKET.