Mobility and Community
The direction of Singapore’s public housing under the Housing Development Board has shifted multiple times to address the concerns at their respective times, from the 1960 flats centered around congenial living environments, 1970s “uniqueness and exclusivity” in imageability, and in 1978, planning was aimed towards social interaction. With a social and communal-centric mode...
Capitalism & Spatial Justice: The Reality of Design & Planning of Communal Spaces in Singapore Public Housing Estates
Introduction Design & planning of communal spaces in public housing estates are getting more attention in recent years. This is especially so in Singapore, where strong community bonds among residents of various races and nationalities are important in maintaining social security in our metropolitan city with high influx of global citizens. Furthermore, 80% of...
Sustainable Living Kampung – Changing Singapore’s landscape from the Ground Up
In recent years the rising power of community action and engagement in shaping the environment has become increasingly evident in Singapore. Many bottom-up initiatives have sprung up to encourage alternative approaches that seek to restore the connection between city dwellers and the land for the many universal values. Ground-Up Initiative (GUI)’s Sustainable Living Kampung in...
Tower of Colony by GROUNDWORK
Tower Of Colony | DESIGN STATEMENT Exhibit at the NEXT PLAY : Shifting Ground Exhibition: Taipei 臺北未來生活居概念展 PROJECT NAME Tower of Colony | 殖民港的殖民塔 LOCATION No. 27 Linsen North Road, URS27, The Huashan Prairie, Taipei, Taiwan 臺北市中正區林森北路27號–URS27華山大草原 COMPLETED DATE December, 2012 CURATOR FROM POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB DESIGN INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL INNOVATION(JCDISI)...
Fresh approaches to urban design in the metropolitan Seoul
Seoul is one of the world’s most dense cities. While the city is internationally known for the rapid economic growth and massive urban development in the past, it is largely overlooked that fresh approaches to urban development, which differ from the earlier period, are taking place in the metropolitan Seoul. One approach is related to...
Neighbourhood #7 : Shanghai – Redefining communal spaces within skyscrapers
source: http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Shanghai-Skyscrapers-Posters_i8649610_.htm source: http://www.jkr.co.uk/design-gazette/chinese-graffiti/ source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/artyj/299806448/ ...
Neighbourhood #1 : Tiong Bahru, The Shangri-la of Modern Singapore
“I spent a weekend at a HDB Estate”, the first thing that comes to your mind perhaps is “You must be crazy, what is there to see?” or perhaps you may picture myself in the midst of many over towering gigantic, cold hearted concrete blocks. But what if I tell you, I had a good...
Insurgent Space in Singapore?
Every Sunday, the strip of land flanking a long canal way in Singapore becomes the site for ‘insurgent spatial practices’ – a concept popularized by Jeffrey Hou in his book, ”Insurgent Public Space: Guerilla Urbanism and the Remaking of Contemporary Cities”. Hou describes insurgent public space as a mode of city-making that is different from conventional...
Jakarta urban farming
Indonesian Gardening is a pilot project. We will create green spaces in the middle of the city that provide benefits for surrounding communities. (Indonesia Berkebun, 2011) The lack of green spaces in urban area has moved a group of people with the same mission, led by Ridwan Kamil, to start a community called Indonesia berkebun,...
Reclaim the street, eat!
KEUKEN is a one-day food festival which addresses the issue of utilizations of city’s public spaces through the wisdom of the street-inspired culture. Keuken (http://keukenbdg.com/) is a mix of community who loves local culinary and an attempt to break the monotony of urban life by reclaiming public space. Keuken celebrate the appropriation of an urban...
Building from the Ground-Up: Experience the Kampung Culture
The Ground-Up Initiative in Singapore advocates community spirit initiatives, urban farming programmes to change the way of innovating, from the ground-up. GUI is now embarking on a new and exciting journey and experience the Heritage Kampung with them! Exploring Our Heritage Through Kampung Culture Heritage Kampung 2012 is a 5 months long event to celebrate the...
An alternative learning platform: Ruin Academy – Anarchist Gardener
Ruin Academy (Taipei, Taiwan 2010 -) is an independent cross-over architectural research centre in the Urban Core -area of Taipei, Taiwan. The Academy is run in co-operation between the Finland based Casagrande Laboratory and Taiwanese JUT Foundation for Arts & Architecture. Ruin academy is set to re-think the industrial city and the moden man in...