July 29, 2010 | Broadcast | Events
Singapore Designers Public Lecture at Iluma
The Singapore Designers Public Lecture or SDPL is an annual series of presentations on design showcases objects, products, interiors, landscapes and architecture. Co-organized by NAFA and Iluma, it aims to promote awareness of the excellence of local design; provide a platform for designers to interact with students, educators, practitioners and users; and share new design perspectives and solutions devised to meet the emerging and evolving needs of changing lifestyles.
Tickets at $8 each are now on sale via the Filmgarde website.
July 24, 2010 | Broadcast | Events
AA Singapore Workshop
For the fifth year running the Architectural Association will be migrating to southeast Asia to offer an intensive introduction to the school’s approach to architectural education and design. The workshop will investigate instrumental forms of urban density – ‘Designed Geographies’ – and develop alternative ways of observing and reading the city to generate strategic frameworks for its evolution. Building on research initiated in last year’s workshop, participants will take the contrived geographical setting of Singapore as the starting point for a broader reflection on prospective tools for dense urban fields.
Happening NOW at Designed Geographies School of Design, Singapore Polytechnic from Wednesday 21 to Friday 30 July 2010. More information here.
July 23, 2010 | Broadcast | Events | News
A sketchwalk at Tiong Bahru
It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of the Tiong Bahru neighbourhood and it was exciting to get to know about the first ever sketch walk around the estate organised by the good people of White Canvas Gallery, which is based in Tiong Bahru of course. With a turn out of about 100 enthusiasts made up of residents and the extended community that hail from beyond, the entourage drew the lovely town and bonded with the community. Go over to the Tiong Bahru neighbourhood blog for more.
[via: Kelvin Ang]
July 19, 2010 | Broadcast | Events
Lets Not Talk About Architecture – Conference registration Open
About mAAN*Y
mAAN*Y is a biennal architecture event organised by members of mAAN (modern asian architecture network) in collaboration with partners from the host nation.
Without a set format to how each host nation runs the event, mAAN*Y is conceived as a flexible platform for the exchange of fresh ideas in the advancement of Modern Asian Architecture. Targeted specifically at the younger generation, the event takes place on alternate years as a couterpoint to the mAAN conference.
The first edition of mAAN*Y will be held in Singapore in 2010 with the theme “Let’s not talk about architecture” and is co-organized by mAAN and Re:Act (Really Architecture), a Singapore based group of visionary architecture enthusiasts concerned with the development of architecture in the Asian region.
Conference Registration Open
Registration for the Conference is now open! Register today to ensure your space at the conference. Click on the link below to complete your online registration and to make payment. We are glad to announce that the first 200 registrants will receive a limited edition publication, The House of Tan Yeok Nee (The Conservation of a National Monument), courtesy of Wing Tai Holdings Limited.
Please remember to indicate on the registration form if you are attending the Opening and Closing Parties.
More information can be found at http://letsnottalkaboutarchitecture.com
July 12, 2010 | Broadcast | Events | Exhibitions
Pameran Nasional Arsitek Muda 2010
Galeri Salihara, Sabtu 26 Juni 2010, 19.00 – finish
Indonesia’s First national young architect exhibition
Over the course of time, there will always be generations that stood higher and speak their mind louder than the rest, to later defining an epoch. Younger generations who are not satisfied with what was given by his time, and wanted to do something to, at least, twist an era , and turn it a bit more interesting and (hopefully) better. This can be planned, or present themselves naturally, without force and without being forced.
For an architectural generation, to voiced out their thoughts into the public realm, is something that is (suppose to be) normal. By doing so, the architects and their architecture will have a place to communicate with a wider audience. Whether it’s audience outside the ordinary audience of architecture and architecture.
An architectural exhibition can be the reflection of a generation’s architectural achievements in a period of time. A reflection that is expected to be a place where later generations can learn, so they are able to embrace what is good, and make critics for what that is supposed to be better. It can also be a statement for those who wanted to offer a different kind of architecture, to what is commonly known by the society. More than that, an architectural exhibition is the most fragile media, where an idea can be communicated to a wider audience, and then became very open and frail to critics.
After ’98
1998 saw a fundamental change in the lives of Indonesian people. The fall of a status-quo, leads to an openness and freedom of life that has never been felt during the previous 32 years of reign. Suddenly everybody have the freedom of speech and the freedom to speak their mind. This has led to a more dynamic discourse in any subjects of life. On architecture, the fall of this regime, also meant the end of a narrow regionalism of architectural perspective which was propagated by the regime.
Another important happening after 1998 was the rapid progress of technology. Changing the paradigm of architectural works once again. Computers and software of all kinds with various different functions, have put drawing tables aside. The arrival of t
he Internet has also changed the way people communicate. Access to informations becoming really easy, and discourses can then be established easier among architects all over Indonesia. Internet has shortened distance and has given a book of unlimited pages to all its users.
All this opens up possibilities for young Indonesian architects who graduated after ’98 to be more globally exposed and to embark on more explorations and realizations than the previous generations have attempted. These young architects have the chance to see much more diverse architectural information in a very easy manner, thus giving them the opportunity to embrace new technology and new design methods that are a passport for them to produce architecture never before attempted by previous generations.
Architecture Exhibition
With all the reasons above, jongArsitek! then decided to make a national exhibition of the works of young Indonesian architects, who graduated in or after 1998.
We asked for Marco Kusumawijaya, Avianti Armand and Suryono Herlambang to be the curators of this exhibition. They will choose whichever works were deemed able to provide a new perspective, and can inspire a broader audience. This way the general public and architectural public, can see the wide range of discourse from young generations of Indonesian Architects.
Event:
Opening PNAM2010 oleh: Ir. Endi Subijono (Head of IAI-Nasional)
Book Launch: “8X11: Kumpulan Sudut Pandang Muda”
With performances by: Farr, Tulus, and Killtheafternoon
Events aligned with the exhibition:
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July 12, 2010 | Broadcast | Events
three artists, two countries
“Three Artists, Two Countries” brings together three Singapore born artists who have an affinity with Australia; Paul is a Sydney-based artist, Sum works and resides in Australia and Siok Hoon is a graduate of Fine Arts in Sydney. The exhibition creates a platform for an open dialogue between these three artists conceptually or technically, to develop a link in our practice despite working from two different countries. The exhibition intended also to bring forth creative exploration and collaboration between the artists.
The exhibition will be shown in Dahlia Gallery, which is situated in the midst of Chinatown. The physical site revealed itself as a strong representation of home, a place of origin. It allows the viewers to understand how our experiences overseas challenged the way we perceived our homeland. The works will unravel itself in harmony or in contradiction to the place where we are familiar or were once familiar with.
by Paul Albert Tanchio, Chow Sum Woon, Ng Siok Hoon
Three Artists, Two Countries runs from 15th July 2010 to 25th July 2010
Opening Reception is on 16th July 2010 (Friday) at 7pm – 9 pm
Dahlia Gallery
Opening Hours : Tuesday to Saturday 12pm to 7pm, Sunday 12 to 5pm. (Closed on Monday and Public Holiday)
We can be contacted at 6222 7809 or Debbie Pang @ 9450 7749
(above Bee Cheng Hiang on Pagoda St, just outside Chinatown NE Line MRT Station Exit A)
69A Pagoda Street (2nd Level)
Singapore 059228
Email: debbie@dahliagallerysg.com
Admission for the exhibition is FREE. continue >>>
July 7, 2010 | Broadcast | Events
CONCEIVE
‘Kabayan Complex’ by Gilbert Cher Productive landscapes are overlaid on a community centre built in bamboo for the urban poor in Manila, where the buildings are designed for rooftop farming, which encourages food sufficiency.
- ‘Narrating Inhabitation’ by Tessa Choo Inspired by John Hejduk’s ‘journeyman’ approach to architecture, housing for new immigrants in Little India is designed by painting and writing about their life stories.
‘Weaver’s Inn’ by Tan Jack Young A backpacker’s inn is integrated into a rattan weavers’ kampung along the Malacca river. Built by local craftsmen, the architecture grows over time, restoring heritage and vibrancy to the river.
NUS Architecture Undergraduate Exhibition 2010
Opening: 9 July 2010 @ 8.00 pm
Duration: 9 - 11 July 2010
Venue: *SCAPE building – Street & Art Market
Admission in free.
June 25, 2010 | Broadcast | Events | News
NUS Architecture’s Thesis.Ex 2010
Thesis.Ex is an annual event organised by students from the Department of Architecture (DOA) in conjunction with our graduation and conferment of the degree of Master of Architecture.
Architecture is a physical entity that seeks permanence in a constantly shifting milieu. We refer to cities as large settlements – its form dependant on an identified context; currency as a value, a medium of exchange and a present state of being; and crisis as more than just a problem – for which it involves the unexpected and the uncertain.
The main message of the exhibition calls for a re-thinking of the way cities function today in light of urbanization over the past century and its detrimental effect on our planet which has resulted in rising sea levels, food and housing shortages, excessive consumer waste and rising demands for energy.
This exhibition showcases a range of theoretical explorations into 6 various topics, including, reformative design, deployable systems, digital fabrications, territorial reclamation, sinking cities and malls-monuments-museums, each seeking to define architecture and landscape’s architecture’s role in the transforming process of cities in crisis.
Date: 28th June – 4th July
Ground Floor Plaza
Atrium@Orchard
60 Orchard Road, S238889
(beside Plaza Singapura, above Dhoby Gaut MRT Station)
10am – 10pm daily (Free Admission)
June 23, 2010 | Broadcast | Competitions | Events
Deadline: WAF Barcelona 2010
World Architecture Festival 2009 from World Architecture Festival on Vimeo.
Just 9 days to the entry deadline.
June 23, 2010 | Broadcast | Events | News
The URA in Shanghai: Making Cities Sustainable & Livable
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), Singapore’s national land use planning authority, is organising an urban planning forum in Shanghai on 30 July 2010 on “Making Cities Sustainable and Liveable”.
This forum brings together a panel of distinguished speakers who will be sharing their experiences in city planning and urban governance. They will also offer successful case studies from around the world. Through this forum, we hope to provide insights into plans, policies and implementation strategies that are effective in creating sustainable and highly liveable cities.This forum would be especially relevant for policy makers, government officials, urban planners, architects, real estate developers, investors and professionals in related fields to attend.
To register, go to www.ura.gov.sg/urbanplanningforum.
For enquiries, please contact Mr Teh Wei Qing at (65)329 3240 or Ms Pang Yi Ling at (65) 6321-8120, or email us at ura_urbanplanningforum@ura.gov.sg.
May 26, 2010 | Broadcast | Events | News
Aga Khan Award for Architecture lists 19 projects
New York, May 25, 2010 – The shortlist of 19 nominees for the 2010 cycle of Aga Khan Award for Architecture was announced today by the Master Jury. The nominees, which range from a textile factory in Turkey to a school built on a bridge in China, are located in Albania, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Lebanon, Malaysia, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Tunisia and Turkey.
The projects shortlisted by the independent Master Jury are now being technically reviewed by a select group of architects, urban planners and engineers. The reviews, which emphasise the impact on the quality of life as well as architectural excellence, will be submitted to the Master Jury before the Award recipients are chosen.. The final Award recipients will be announced at a ceremony to be held at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar in October 2010.
The 19 nominees for the 11th Cycle of the Award are:
• Conservation of Gjirokastra, Gjirokastra, Albania
• Chandgaon Mosque, Chittagong, Bangladesh
• Nishorgo Visitor Interpretation Centre, Teknaf, Bangladesh
• CBF Women’s Health Centre, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
• Bridge School, Xiashi, China
• Tulou Collective Housing, Guangzhou, China
• Palmyra House, Alibagh, India
• Green School, Bali, Indonesia
• Reconstruction of Ngibikan Village, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
• Dowlat II Residential Building, Tehran, Iran
• American University of Beirut Campus Master Plan, Beirut, Lebanon
• Restoration of the Rubber Smokehouse, Lunas, Kedah, Malaysia
• Rehabilitation of Al Qaraouiyine Mosque, Fez, Morocco
• Souk Waqif, Doha, Qatar
• Wadi Hanifa Wetlands, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Madinat Al-Zahra Museum, Cordoba, Spain
• Yodakandyia Community Centre, Hambantota District, Sri Lanka
• Revitalization of the recent Heritage of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
• Ipekyol Textile Factory, Edirne, Turkey
View High Resolution images and Project Videos on the Aga Khan Development Network site.
May 22, 2010 | Broadcast | Events
Open House, Tokyo
EDAN CORKILL, The Japan Times – Next year Tokyo will host one of the largest events on the architectural calendar: the triennial congress of the International Union of Architects. If the most recent congress, which was held in 2008 in Turin, is any indication, the organizers of “UIA2011 Tokyo” (the 24th World Congress of Architecture) can expect over 10,000 architects and other professionals to flock to the Japanese capital for the event.
To prepare Tokyoites for the onslaught, UIA2011 Tokyo organizers have been holding a series of annual open houses at architectural landmarks throughout the city for the last two years. “open! architecture,” as the events are known, will be held from May 21 till June 13 this year, and will give curious observers the chance to peek inside several buildings that are usually closed to the public.
Highlights this year include the Turkish Embassy in Jingumae, which was built in 1977 by renowned Japanese modernist, Kenzo Tange. Another highlight is the private residence of Tachu Naito, the architectural engineer who designed Tokyo Tower.
All open house events are held for specific hours on specific dates, and bookings are essential. Two will include guidance in English: one is of a guest house built by Mitsubishi conglomerate founder, Yataro Iwasaki, in Kiyosumi Garden, Koto Ward, and the other is of Yarai Noh Theater, a faithful recreation of a Meiji Era theater in Shinjuku Ward. Those events will start at 9 a.m. on May 28 and 10:30 a.m. on June 12, respectively. Another English-language tour will take in several architectural gems in Meguro Ward.
May 20, 2010 | Broadcast | Events
NUS Industrial Design Grad Show ’10
Work from NUS’ Industrial Design school have been some of the most promising from of the School of Design and Environment…
see here
May 3, 2010 | Broadcast | Competitions | Events
STAMP 02: Last chance to cast your votes!
STAMP 02 is a Singapore-wide posting box painting campaign, and is presented by SingPost; supported by Singapore Turf Club; and sponsored by Jotun Paints,BusAds, Fairmont Singapore, Demand Print, and Pilot. 40 talented artists have completed the painting of their posting boxes and now we have 40 beautiful posting boxes adorning our city. See all 40 designs here.
Please show your support for them by voting for your favourite posting box designs. By voting, you not only support them, you will also win great prizes for yourself!
Fairmont Singapore will be giving 5 lucky winners a pair of Lunch Buffet Vouchers each.
This is a last call to support your favourite posting box design, do not miss this chance to vote!
via FARM.sg
March 20, 2010 | Broadcast | Events | Exhibitions
No Paper, No Problem
BANGKOK – What if there was no more paper in this world? Well, architects don’t mind because they can still continue to work on their design projects – even without paper – as seen in the “Architecture Without Paper 2010″ at the ASA Centre, Siam Discovery until March 26. The exhibition features 15 art pieces that combine architecture, landscape, art installation and composition. Parts of the current exhibition were also displayed in the Spanish Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2008. “Without Paper” is the result of the architects coping with the challenges of their times. In addition, the current exhibition also features architectural works from other cultures apart from the Spanish and Portuguese styles. Architecture is not just an art form. It links to ideas, designs, perception and the imagination of the people who live in it.
Seminars are being held today and on March 20, at 1pm. “Thai Architects Don’t Use Paper” will be showcased on March 20. Free admission.
Call 02-658-0560/1.
via The Bangkok Post
March 16, 2010 | Broadcast | Events
Asia’s only certified Green building expo
Following the success of 2009, Build Eco Xpo (BEX Asia) – Asia’s only certified GREEN building expo – is back for its third successive year and gearing up for what will be an even bigger and better show.
This year BEX Asia is pleased to announce its partnership with the Singapore Green Building Council, recently awarded Established Member status amongst the World Green Building Council (World GBC); expanded hall space; an almost 100% focus on GREEN building technologies and a knowledge-based education platform to combine learning with practical know-how.
During the press conference, SGBC will reveal more details of its recent win to host the World Green Building Congress 2010 – the most prominent event in the World GREEN Building Council calendar – and details of its new GREEN building product website linking product manufacturers and suppliers to building professionals.
Join us on 19 March (Friday) to hear more about Singapore’s drive for a GREENER future:
19 March 2010, Friday
10.50am prompt
BCA Academy, 200 Braddell Road
Level 2 Auditorium
RSVP
To confirm your attendance, arrange interviews or for any further information, please contact:
Ms Wenli Ong (wenli.ong@ghcasia.com) or Mr Yonghyen Chung (yonghyen.chung@ghcasia.com) by 17th March 2010, 5pm (Wednesday)
March 11, 2010 | Broadcast | Events
Call for Papers: Global Crossroads – The Port Clusters of Southeast Asia and the Middle East
Dates: 27-29 July 2010
Venue: Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore
This 3-day conference will examine these two Indian Ocean port zones in various respects – the specific natures and the roles of these zones as well as comparisons between these; mutual perceptions between the peoples of the two zones; the links between these regions in terms of commercial interactions over time and the effects of such commerce; cultural and
religious interflows between these two ends of the Indian Ocean; transmission of the ideas of modernity, urbanism, and cosmopolitanism between these two areas; the effects of European imperialism and commerce; the commercial and religious networks connecting the two places; migration between the two places; pilgrims and tourists; as well as the role of India and Indians in these interactions. There is no restriction on the periods to be examined.
Paper proposals are invited from scholars engaged in any aspect of related studies. Proposals should be received by 20 March 2010 and successful applicants will be informed of their acceptance by 1 April 2010. Paper proposals should include a title and a 400-word abstract, together with a short biography of the applicant.
All participants will be provided with four nights accommodation in Singapore. Requests for assistance with airfares, especially from participants based in Asian countries, will be sympathetically considered.
The keynote lecture for this conference will be given by Professor Ho Engseng, Professor of Cultural Anthropology and History, Duke Islamic Studies Center, Duke University, and will be entitled Pirate or Prince? Rival Port-making Strategies at the Antipodes of the Indian Ocean.
via SEAArch
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December 23, 2009 | Broadcast | Events
A Record of Change: Shenzhen and Hong Kong Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture
A bamboo sculpture by sciSKEW comments on the city's urban growth
“At the top of Shenzhen’s Lotus Hill, a statue of Deng Xiaoping is frozen in purposeful mid-stride. From here he gazes down on this southern Chinese boom city, teeming with 14 million inhabitants, separated from Hong Kong only by a river and a border. Follow the path down the hill, through manicured gardens and past young families (the average age in Shenzhen is 30, the age of the city itself), and you reach the megastructure of the Shenzhen Civic Centre. Its overwhelmingly massive, blue undulating canopy evokes classical Chinese architecture, but is rendered in bold, postmodern, friendly style. It shelters Shenzhen’s governmental buildings, and a vast complex of indoor and outdoor public spaces. This un-forbidden city is currently playing host to the extremely ambitious, yet awkwardly titled, Shenzhen and Hong Kong Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture, which attempts to document the pace of change in this unwieldy new metropolis.”
While most architecture biennales are unappealing cocktails of dodgy architectural art and dense technical presentations, this one has a more popular touch. More than 60 installations by artists and architects occupy an underground hall at the civic centre, the massive public plaza above it, and various spots around the city.
via The Guardian
FastCompany: “Architecture and Design’s New Hot Spots: Hong Kong and Shenzhen”
