CHU LIK REN

A RETURN TO ROOTS #82 Based in Singapore, Chu Lik Ren is a practicing architect with CPG Consultants Pte Ltd; teaches design at a local university; and regularly contributes editorially to and Habitus Living. This issue, Lik Ren writes about a small and remote farm stay in Indonesia – designed by a Singaporean architect – that endeavours to reinforce, or in some cases re-establish, the connection between its patrons and the land in which they stay and from which their food grows. “I appreciate the links my work gives me with nature groups, landscape architects and government agencies that value biodiversity, nature conservation, wellness and biophilic designs,” says Lik Ren. “I find young Singaporeans caring passionately about the natural environment because it is a huge part of [their] identity, and that’s comforting. The built environment is never complete without a connection with nature.”