Anticipating the Unexpected - 50:50, Looking Forward, Looking Back

Lau, C. and Chee, L 2015. Anticipating the Unexpected - 50:50, Looking Forward, Looking Back. Singapore 04 - 06 Nov 2015

CreatorsLau, C. and Chee, L
Description

Anticipating the Unexpected

Expanding on the festival theme ‘50:50, Looking Forward, Looking Back’, the chronological narrative for our student charrette starts with the period commonly referred to as Colonial Singapore. Hence the location of the urban quarter begins with the supposed landing site of Singapore’s founder, Sir Stamford Raffles, on 28 January, 1819. This spot on the north bank of the Singapore River is currently marked by a statue of him.

The River was essential to the trading settlement established by the British. This notion of commerce is still apparent and this area currently forms part of the Central Business District (CBD) where core financial and commercial districts are located. The particular quarter of interest is also flanked by important buildings associated with colonial rule.

The identity of this area is changing rapidly with new cultural functions given to these historically prominent buildings. For instance the oldest existing government building, Parliament House, currently serves as the Arts House which is a performing centre and cinema. Most notably, the National Gallery opening in November 2015 will occupy the former Supreme Court and City Hall.

The expansion of the cultural programme has seen the construction of Esplanade, Theatres by the Bay as well as the Art Science Museum within close proximity. Unlike the Arts House and National Gallery, the Theatre and Museum are constructed on reclaimed land. Hence the next 50 years will bring about further alterations to the landform and coastline. This strategy of expansion will be further explored in this charrette.

This change in urban fabric resulting from the juxtaposition of the arts and cultural scene onto a quarter that is traditionally associated with political, financial and commercial activities will be examined, and the readings used to inform the design proposals.

Year2015
Files
Web address (URL)https://www.worldarchitecturefestival.com/waf-student-charrette

Related outputs

Rethinking the Sites of the Ditchley Portrait through Notions of Polyvocality: Drawing upon narratives of place, time and medium
Lau, C. 2023. Rethinking the Sites of the Ditchley Portrait through Notions of Polyvocality: Drawing upon narratives of place, time and medium. AMPS Proceedings Journal Series: Representing Pasts - Visioning Futures. 32, pp. 207-219.

Montage and Dialectical History: The Accession Day Tilts, Whitehall and Embodied Participation
Lau, C. 2023. Montage and Dialectical History: The Accession Day Tilts, Whitehall and Embodied Participation. AMPS Proceedings Journal Series: (In)Tangible Heritage(s). 29.2, pp. 376-384.

Rethinking the Sites of the Ditchley Portrait Through Polyvocality: Representations of place, time, scale, medium and narrative
Lau, C. 2022. Rethinking the Sites of the Ditchley Portrait Through Polyvocality: Representations of place, time, scale, medium and narrative. Architecture, Media, Polities Society (AMPS): Lived Space, Past and Present, part of the conference series on Representing Pasts-Visioning Futures. Queens University Belfast 01 - 03 Dec 2022

Montage and Dialectical History: The Accession Day Tilts, Whitehall and Embodied Participation
Lau, C. 2022. Montage and Dialectical History: The Accession Day Tilts, Whitehall and Embodied Participation. Architecture, Media, Polities Society (AMPS): (In)Tangible Heritage(s): A conference on design, culture and technology – past, present, and future. Canterbury, Kent, UK 15 - 17 Jun 2022

Architecture and Allegory, A Tale of Three Sites
Lau, C. 2021. Architecture and Allegory, A Tale of Three Sites. 15th European Architectural Envisioning Association (EAEA) International Conference, Envisioning Architectural Narratives . Online, organised by the University of Huddersfield 01 - 03 Oct 2021 University of Huddersfield.

Architecture and Allegory, A Tale of Three Sites
Lau, C. 2021. Architecture and Allegory, A Tale of Three Sites. Monograph European Architecture Envisioning Association (EAEA)15. Envisioning Architectural Narratives. pp. 50-60. https://doi.org/10.34696/xc3n-d030

Learning from World Architecture Festival 2015: Transitional opportunities and teaching in the new normal
Lau, C. 2021. Learning from World Architecture Festival 2015: Transitional opportunities and teaching in the new normal. Charrette. 7 (1), pp. 99-124.

Archiving the Barcelona Pavilion and the Cumulative Tale
Lau, C. 2020. Archiving the Barcelona Pavilion and the Cumulative Tale. Society of the Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) Annual Symposium. online 17 Jul 2020

On-site as an Interdisciplinary Practice
Lau, C. 2020. On-site as an Interdisciplinary Practice. Il Quaderno: #ONSITE. Spring, pp. 50-57.

A contemporary reading of the Accession Day Tilts in relation to festival and the Elizabethan notion of ‘lost sense of sight’
Lau, C. 2019. A contemporary reading of the Accession Day Tilts in relation to festival and the Elizabethan notion of ‘lost sense of sight’. in: Brown, J., Frost, C. and Lucas, R. (ed.) Architecture, Festival and the City Abingdon, Oxon Routledge. pp. 35-48

Site and Science-Fiction
Lau, C. 2018. Site and Science-Fiction. 'Here East', London 10 Jul 2018

Recontextualising the Practices of Action, Wisdom and Devotion in Relation to Dialogue in Design
Lau, C. 2018. Recontextualising the Practices of Action, Wisdom and Devotion in Relation to Dialogue in Design. Il Quaderno: #MAESTRO. Spring (3), pp. 18-23.

Reading the Accession Day Tilts in relation to Festival and the Elizabethan Notion of ‘Lost Sense of Sight’
Lau, C. 2017. Reading the Accession Day Tilts in relation to Festival and the Elizabethan Notion of ‘Lost Sense of Sight’. Architecture, Festival and the City. Birmingham City University, UK 16 - 18 Nov 2017

Singapore Pte. Ltd. : A Question of Limits
Lau, C. 2017. Singapore Pte. Ltd. : A Question of Limits. Postcards from the Anthropocene . Edinburgh, Scotland 22 - 24 Jun 2017

Reading Architecture and Elizabethan Allegory in Portraiture
Lau, C. 2015. Reading Architecture and Elizabethan Allegory in Portraiture. Reading Architecture Across the Arts and Humanities (AHRC). Stirling, Scotland 05 - 06 Dec 2015

Design by means of archival research : exploring the notion of multiple interpretations and the proposal for another Ditchley Portrait
Lau, C. 2014. Design by means of archival research : exploring the notion of multiple interpretations and the proposal for another Ditchley Portrait. PhD thesis The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL Architecture

The Notion of Exchange and Redefining the Idea of ‘Polyport’
Lau, C. 2013. The Notion of Exchange and Redefining the Idea of ‘Polyport’. Rome Tre University, Rome 23 - 26 Oct 2013

The Reading of Landscape Narratives by means of Allegory and Elizabethan Vision
Lau, C. 2010. The Reading of Landscape Narratives by means of Allegory and Elizabethan Vision. Emerging Landscapes: Between Production and Representation: An International and Interdisciplinary Conference. School of Architecture and the Built Environment / School of Media, Arts and Design University of Westminster, London, UK 25 - 27 Jun 2010

The Tactile Window
Lau, C. 2008. The Tactile Window. Research Projects 2008. London 04 - 04 Mar 2008 The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL.

Archivist, Archaeologist, Author and the Tactile Window
Lau, C. 2007. Archivist, Archaeologist, Author and the Tactile Window. Telling Places: Narrative and Identity in Art and Architecture. London 04 - 05 Dec 2007

Permalink - https://westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk/item/9zy27/anticipating-the-unexpected-50-50-looking-forward-looking-back


Share this

Usage statistics

109 total views
46 total downloads
These values cover views and downloads from WestminsterResearch and are for the period from September 2nd 2018, when this repository was created.