Tan Kok Hiang (FORUM Architects)’s angular roof and facade treatment become traffic stoppers in a sea of traditional shophouses. A brief for a modern building has led to the creation of a modern day shophouse. Exposed concrete and steel are a stark contrast to her plastered, painted, timber counterparts. Yet a balance for views and quality of space become design features to enhance one’s experience of space.

Randy Chan’s “Bud” takes a more “artistic” approach. Looking at the installation as a design informer for his project, the spatial treatment for installation art brings to mind treatment for human existence. We live in poetry everyday. It is up to us to see the beauty.

“Part of an installation. Dark nights and white days. It sits on a forest of green bamboo, in a position of repose, symbolizes the beginning of a dream, like the anxiety of any dream, we are unable to capture the slow space, hence the attempt to quantify is as a solid object, to freeze the moment in time and space.”

The city is filled with gems to be uncovered, pockets of familiar places filled with familiar people, a vibe that makes the experience of your city so different from others and from itself if these did not exist.

20 under 45
Date: March 26th – April 30th, 2004
Place: The URA Centre
Address: 45 Maxwell Road, Singapore 069118
https://www.ura.gov.sg