OASIS is a modular urban greening system designed to address unequal access to nature within cities. Developed for UK and Northern European urban contexts, it combines deployable bamboo structures, mobile planters, and climbing plants to create small-scale restorative environments within transitional public spaces. The system integrates layered drainage, bearing-based rotational connections, and modular components to support adaptability, durability, and interaction. Intended to be managed by local authorities or organisations, OASIS functions not as a single installation, but as a scalable public infrastructure that distributes moments of pause, calm, and connection throughout everyday urban life.
Amy Yu
OASIS
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Project description
Drainage System
A layered drainage system designed to store, filter, and release rainwater efficiently. By preventing water accumulation and supporting healthier plant growth, the system improves long-term planter durability while creating a more sustainable and resilient urban planting environment.
Management System
OASIS is supported by a digitally enabled management system designed for real urban deployment.
Through modular ordering, mapping, maintenance, and monitoring, local authorities or organisations can flexibly distribute and manage green infrastructure based on site conditions. The platform supports scalable deployment, routine maintenance scheduling, and adaptive decision-making, shifting urban greening from fixed construction towards a responsive public system.
By integrating governance, installation, and long-term care into one framework, OASIS becomes not only a spatial intervention, but a manageable and sustainable urban infrastructure model.
Prototyping & Iteration
About Amy (Junqing Yu)
Amy is a product designer working at the intersection of physical artefacts and interactive systems, with a focus on wellbeing, sustainability, and human–nature relationships. Her practice combines hands-on making with embedded technology to create calm, meaningful experiences. She is particularly interested in how design can shape everyday behaviours through subtle, non-intrusive interventions across product, service, and system contexts.
Amy Yu
OASIS
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