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The Rangoli Movement
COLLABORATIVELY SPEAKING NO. 5
25 January 2022, Tuesday 7pm
Parklane Shopping Mall, L8 Carpark
Organised and moderated by Zarch Collaboratives.
Held in conjunction with Liminal Matters Exhibition @liminalmatters,
‘Collaboratively Speaking’ returns with the aim of breaking bread amongst individuals within and adjacent to the architectural industry. Featuring a mix of artist practitioners, young architects and students, this edition’s panel will share their creative processes and preoccupations within their own practices, to provide fresh insight on architecture and beyond.
Liminal Matters
15 January - 6 February 2022,
Parklane Shopping Mall, L8 Carpark
Organised by Studio Archipelago (@archipelago.sg), supported by Zarch Collaboratives,
Liminal Matters: The Architectural Model is an inaugural exhibition which gathers and draws from both distinguished industry professionals and students to exchange their views on the design process. It aims to increase the exposure and appreciation of architectural models both as a tool and artefact of beauty, bringing the exuberance and creativity of modelmaking to the fore for the public.
THE FOREST INSTITUTE
A Creative Ecology: Interview with Studio SML
Conversation: David Chew and Randy Chan on Shangri-La Art Podcast
When you curate for an institution, could you simultaneously do so with the headspace of an 'outsider'?
COLLABORATIVELY SPEAKING NO. 4: Thriller
COLLABORATIVELY SPEAKING NO. 3: Narrating Singapore
COLLABORATIVELY SPEAKING NO. 2: Once in a Blue Moon
BLUE GREEN in RED DOT
Singapore, the “Little Red Dot” –a term conferred by a foreign leader, arguably to frame the hard reality of Singapore’s size and precarious position amidst its giant neighbours. Red was not its chosen colour; it has since morphed along divergent visions of its future.
COLLABORATIVELY SPEAKING NO. 1
CONVERSATIONS IN EDEN 006: Recollection 50 Years Kumpulan Akitek
In this event hosted by Zarch, Wee Chwee Heng presented and discussed selected projects from a house to urban planning for Changi-Loyang DGP in the 50-year period of the iconic Kumpulan Akitek.
CONVERSATIONS IN EDEN 005: Tan Cheng Siong
Mr Tan Cheng Siong -- Pioneer Architect who works include the iconic and presently contested Pearl Bank Apartments and Pandan Valley, shared his insights on the topics of Creative Conservation, Enbloc and Preservation.
CONVERSATIONS IN EDEN 004: Mapping Frontiers
Mapping Frontiers angles the focus to the pertinent issues surrounding the environment and sustainability.
CONVERSATIONS IN EDEN 003: Show Suites
Show Suite’s seek to creatively examine the dialectic between real estate (re)development and the architectural imagination.
CONVERSATIONS IN EDEN 002: The Plot Thickens
The literary imagination and urban planning are not natural bedfellows. Yet, our national planners can do well to think- at the least- metaphorically, even lyrically, as they attempt to balance the obligation to preserve the built heritage with the imperatives of “progress”.
WORKSHOPS IN EDEN 001: Building with Bamboo
Primitive. Outdated, Vernacular. The Bamboo is often misconceived as a material of the past. In this workshop, we aim to break this stigma and explore the possibilities the humble Bamboo can present to building for the future.
CONVERSATIONS IN EDEN 001: Groundwork
The preservation of buildings serve as powerful reminders of a common past, a memory of where we came as a nation and a foundation from which we look to the future.
EDEN Series: “Without Architecture, we cannot remember”
Singapore is in a constant state of dementia. For a relatively young city state, we have seen the demise of many architecturally and culturally significant national landmarks.