– AP Thailand, under its promise of Cheevit Dee Dee Tee Lueak Eng Dai, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Mahidol University to advance the “Toward a Sustainable Future” concept. The collaboration aims to develop residential spaces while fostering environmental and ecological balance, enhancing biodiversity to support long-term urban growth and deliver sustainable quality of life

– The collaboration builds on the ‘Pocket Forest’ initiative to create and expand biodiversity, while establishing green infrastructure that prioritises plant selection based on international principles and the development of ecosystems where people, cities, insects and nature can coexist in balance

– The initiative will develop green space design approaches for biodiversity through three key principles: Design for Ecosystem, Multi-tiered Planting and Urban Fit & Native Resilient. These principles are intended to ensure that green spaces can “function effectively” in reducing pollution, improving the microclimate and supporting urban ecosystems. The initiative will be piloted at the low-rise project THE CITY Bangna 3

– Reinforcing AP Thailand’s role as a leading real estate developer under the AP CODE standard, which focuses on creating “an ecosystem of living with understanding and care”, while enhancing Living Quality to deliver a better quality of life for people, society and the environment in a sustainable manner

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Mr. Kittichet Sathitnoppachai, Chief Corporate and Digital Marketing, AP Thailand Public Co., Ltd., said

“AP Thailand views sustainability as one of the key strategies driving the organisation’s long-term growth. This collaboration with Mahidol University, under the concept ‘Toward a Sustainable Future’, reflects our commitment to developing spaces that create environmental and ecological balance. As part of the AP CODE standard, this initiative aims to elevate real estate development towards the creation of a living ecosystem that integrates knowledge, understanding and care for urban ecology and biodiversity with the systematic and sustainable design of living spaces.

We hope this collaboration will help establish a new standard for real estate development — one that can enhance Living Quality while supporting environmental sustainability, and serve as a model for the industry in the future.”

Beyond creating “Green Spaces”: designing a “Living Ecology”

The outcome of this collaboration will help further develop the ‘Pocket Forest’ initiative, a prototype for elevating green spaces from aesthetic landscaping into practical Green Infrastructure within AP’s residential projects. Through the concept of Ecological Landscape Design, we are committed to creating a new balance within communal areas, enabling residents to make full use of these spaces while contributing to the sustainable restoration of urban ecosystems through three biodiversity-focused design approaches.

3 Green space design approaches for biodiversity

1. Design for Ecosystem

Designing green spaces that can genuinely function as and support an ecosystem, rather than serving merely as attractive scenery. These ecological green spaces will act as the project’s lungs, helping to reduce the Urban Heat Island Effect, capture PM2.5 dust particles, store carbon, and promote well-being, while connecting residents with nature in their everyday lives.

2. Multi-tiered Planting

Arranging plants to replicate the structure of a natural forest through multiple height layers, from ground cover, shrubs and climbers to large trees with distinctive characteristics in terms of form, colour and fragrance. The complexity of these planting layers will serve as both a food source and shelter, helping to attract a variety of birds and pollinating insects back into the city, while also functioning as an ecological corridor.

3. Urban Fit & Native Resilient

Selecting native plants, fragrant Thai flowers or species with colours that naturally change with the seasons. These plants are highly disease-resistant, resilient to urban conditions, and have safe root systems that do not damage engineering structures, whether along roadsides, in condominiums or in rooftop gardens. This approach helps create a self-sustaining ecosystem while reducing the burden of long-term landscape management.

THE CITY Bangna 3: a prototype urban single detached home project

for long-term living quality under the concept of sustainability

THE CITY Bangna 3 is one example of AP’s low-rise projects that further develops the ‘Pocket Forest’ concept, following the success of the condominium project LIFE Sathorn Sierra, which received the Good Design Award (G-Mark) from Japan for its distinctive green space design that systematically integrates biodiversity with residential living.

This success has been extended to THE CITY Bangna 3 through the development of green spaces as an “Urban Micro Ecosystem”, incorporating a multi-layered plant structure, from large trees that provide shade to shrubs and ground covers. This creates an environment that supports the coexistence of residents and living organisms within the same ecosystem.

“The objective of this collaboration is not merely to develop guidelines for AP’s residential projects, but to mark the beginning of laying the foundation for the cities of the future — where quality living is harmoniously integrated with the creation of a balanced ecosystem,” Mr. Kittichet added.