The latest publication in the Edward P. Bass Distinguished Visiting Architecture Fellowship series, Next Generation Tourism—Touching the Ground Lightly, focuses on an advanced studio directed by John Spence, chairman of the Karma Group, Henry Squire, architect of Squire and Partners, and Patrick Bellew, founding director of Atelier Ten, joined by Yale critic in architecture Timothy Newton. The professors challenged the students to research and design innovative strategies centered around ecology, sustainability, and the rise of future tourism models on the resort island of Gili Meno, Indonesia. Resort typology has transformed to adapt to the more eco-focused priorities of its clientele through resource management and construction techniques, and the students produced new forward-thinking models. The publication includes the student building material analysis and climate research on Gili Meno as well as interviews with Henry Squire, about his architectural practice, and John Spence, about eco-resorts and the tourist industry’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
