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Build4People is very happy to announce that it has reached 100,000 views at its B4P YouTube channel.

Since the beginning of its very first research phase, Build4People has worked intensively on the public documentation of its manifold research work. This transparent approach of good scientific practice and visualization to provide state-of-the art science communication is a central transformative component of Build4People to facilitate science-society transfer and to increase awareness among relevant stakeholders in the field of sustainable building and sustainable neighbourhood development.
The B4P YouTube channel is a key instrument of the Build4People science communication: It generally provides documentation of our activities, of several webinars as well as our social marketing campaigns such as the B4P Online Exhibition “Cambodia’s Green Pioneers” and other communication formats such as the B4P Snapshot Interview Series.

A comprehensive overview of all videos published can be also found at our Build4People homepage, Press Media section.

We are really thrilled about this stunning success of our social media communication and are very more looking to continuing our efforts of science society transfer.

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On occasion of the New Lunar Year 2026 of the Fire Horse, the whole Build4People team would like to kindly wish all of you health, happiness, and success, and that the new year might be a more peaceful and rewarding year for everyone.

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On 13 February 2026, Build4People had a fruitful exchange with leading representatives of the TP Moral Group, one of the major real estate developer companies of Cambodia.

The main goal of this meeting was to discuss the so-called B4P Transition Manufactory 2026 #1, the follow-up format of B4P Ecocity Transition Lab series conducted in 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024.

Same as the past B4P Ecocity Transition Labs it follows a living lab approach based on a real urban development site. This time it will be the Mekong Quay Riverfront City Project along Mekong River, located in Kandal Province neighbouring Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital city.

In late 2026, there will be a second B4P Transition Manufactory and the time in-between will be used for further inputs leading to continuous optimization.

Like the past B4P Ecocity Transition Lab series, the overarching aim is still to support a joint transdisciplinary visioning process involving manifold stakeholders to create a clear, inspiring, and shared image of an alternative sustainable urban future away from business-as-usual urban development pathways.

However, this time we will additionally apply the so-called Twin Transformation approach to bring in digital planning tools and to focus on animated 3D visualisations as presentation outputs. In this context, the final aim is the development of a parametric digital urban model, for the first time in Cambodia.

Content-wise we are now able to benefit from our abundant B4P Transformation Toolbox publications / training materials such as the B4P Transformation Toolbox Neighbourhood Evaluation Criteria and our comprehensive Planning and Design Guidelines.

In this way, the B4P Transition Manufactory will facilitate Performance-Based Design (PBD) and support the operationalization our training materials as continuous transformative learning experience. By testing the applicability of our sustainability criteria and we facilitate establishing them as local planning processes and as a permanent governance practice.

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On 04 February 2026, there was a meaningful strategic exchange between leading representatives of Phnom Penh Capital Hall, among them H.E. Vannak Seng, Vice-Governor of Phnom Penh, and the Build4People project.

The main purpose of this meeting was to introduce about the transformative format of the so-called B4P Transition Manufactory, which shall take place in early March 2026 in cooperation with Phnom Penh Capital Hall and one of the leading real estate development companies of Cambodia, the TP Moral Group (TPMG).

Through the B4P Transition Manufactory we want to implement Performance-Based Design (PBD) which infuses our B4P TTB Sustainability Neighbourhood Criteria and Planning and Design guidelines.

Furthermore, we want to use it to develop alternative (digital) visions of sustainable urban development based on a real site, the Quay Mekong Riverfront City opposite Koh Norea.

The final aim is to present a dynamic parametric urban digital model which will get completed after the second B4P Transition Manufactory cycle in the fourth quarter of 2026.

Overall, the format of the Build4People Transition Manufactory is a significant capacity building tool which includes trainings in the use of digital urban planning tools and which also serves to convey a comprehensive understanding of urban sustainability. The local coordination of the training activities will be done by the Cambodian Institute for Urban Studies.

We are very much thrilled and sincerely hope that many engaged students from different universities, e.g. the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, the Royal University of Phnom Penh, Norton University and the Royal University of Agriculture will join this collective endeavour.

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