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April 10, 2018

Small projects for big impact in urban revitalisation

Think about urban revitalisation in Singapore and large-scale, government-led initiatives come to mind. Since the island’s independence, public agencies have led the city’s urban revitalisation projects which includes the monumental multi-agency clean-up of the then-polluted Singapore River in the 1970s and the Housing & Development Board’s Remaking our Heartlandprogramme to renew housing estates in 2007. … Continue reading Small projects for big impact in urban revitalisation

January 7, 2018

Heart to Hard

During my formal education in architecture school, I was taught to learn how to read and manipulate the formal design languages of geometry and tectonics. In the academic studio, we spoke about materiality and ephemerality, skin and structure, and was told to ground it in history, theory and context. We were assessed on spatial … Continue reading Heart to Hard

January 7, 2018January 7, 2018

The Silent, No-Internet Retreat (Part 2)

“Think of the body as a cup, and the water in it as your mind. If you keep moving, the water cannot be still and you cannot see your reflection in the water; you cannot see what the water truly is. If you want to understand your body and your mind, then you have to … Continue reading The Silent, No-Internet Retreat (Part 2)

January 1, 2018January 7, 2018

The Silent, No-Internet Retreat (Part 1)

It was never going to be a violent unplugging. Instead, a planned out process, before the full off-the-grid experience. Here’s part one of how it went. Continue reading The Silent, No-Internet Retreat (Part 1)