SPATIAL INVESTIGATIONS

Spatial meaning is often best experienced rather than imagined from photographs or images from books. Hence, in addition to media related references, students will be required to investigate real spaces which reflect understanding from the readings and discussions. The mapping of spatial experiences with textual understanding is an important progression where cognitive processes are matched with physical experiences. Students should question the ‘meaning of space’ , as described in texts, could indeed be quantified by similar spatial manifestations found in lived spaces both past and present. If there are such unique spaces, how then does the physical configuration contribute to the special quality. Investigations may take in the form of field trips or visits to interesting edifices & spaces around the region. The sites of visit will be jointly suggested by the students and the lecturer. This collaborative web report documents spatial investigations conducted by the present cohort of MA(SP).

Contemporary Interiors

Hotel 1929 and the New Majestic Hotel in Chinatown*

Ocean Front at Sentosa Cove by LAUD Architects
Icon showflats by Ong and Ong Limited, Far East Organization & Superpotato

City Square at Farrer Park by City Developments Limited
Designer houses by SCDA, K2LD & Kerry Hill Architects

Toy museum by Chan Soo Kian

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Zaha Hadid at the Singapore Art Museum

National Museum Extension by Mok Wei Wei

Church of St Mary of the Angels by WOHA Architects

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Colonial architecture

Former French Embassy at Gallop Road

Last Kampong in Singapore at Lorong Buangkok

A Qing Period Chinese House in Singapore*

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Malaysian Field Trip

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Exhibitions

Daniel Liebskind at SAM , CNN video interview

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