Natural environments such as the rainforest, mangrove and marine ecologies are part of Malaysia's natural resources. Other than being useful for their physical contents, the contexts too are highly valuable. These ecologies are priceless in the tourism industry. However, mass tourism affects these fragile ecologies in negative ways. Unchecked tourists' behaviors are known to destroy marine life such as the corals. Whilst totally stopping visitors into the fragile environments might not be practicable in the nearest future, there has to be an alternative mechanism whereby foreign intrusions into the sensitive ecologies could be toned down. This paper highlights an architectural experiment where digital technologies are utilised to mediate the highly sensitive natural environments. First, architectural design schemes are proposed within the context of the rainforest, mangrove and marine ecologies. Next the experiment looks at the tourists' receptivity towards experiencing the proposed designs within the fragile ecologies via 3D digital simulation. The results from this experiment will provide the insights into using this approach as an alternative mechanism for designing towards sustainable tourism.

Man has never made any material as resilient as the human spirit and this represents his resiliency to ensure the survivability of the community. Urban development creates benefits for people and in the case of Ho Chi Minh City, an enormous wave of new developments are being executed to accommodate the policy of the nation's economic growth for the next two decades. However, the conventional developments of the city neglect the consequences which will devastate the local population and heritage that will then culminate into a city without an identity. This paper delineates an urban design exercise that will grasp the core activities of the locals where the crucial factors such as their culture, economics and quality of life are vital for survival with the current developments. Their resiliency will ensure the heritage of the place and identity remains intact in the long run and creates a balance development for the city. The current decaying neighbourhood is healed with effective urban intervention phases that will improve the economic status of the individual which then translate to the community and subsequently the place itself hence rejuvenating the crumbling local society in Phurong four vicinity. By adapting a theoretical approach of the machine and organic models, innovative housing typologies and spatial reprogramming will be generated to meet future demands and subsequently improves the public realm of this district.