Fairfax Harbour - Papua New Guinea

Present and future needs of urban

housing due to the high rate of growth of

the population, is putting high pressure on traditional villages and the seafront industrial activities. This threatens the beauty of the natural landscape.

The challenge, URBANISING IN GLOBAL WORLD, is to keep the “genius loci”, the soul of the site, from becoming unrecognisable suburbs that could be anywhere else in the world. These are the ideas to make Faixfax Harbour the place where the traditional and the modern cities, societies, and economies meet. This would maximise the existing landscape, cultural and environmental heritage, with minimal resource consumption. How to do more with less, and still achieve the urban pacific lifestyle.