Update – we are pleased to announce that a fifth speaker is able to join us: Mr Lim Chen Sian, an archaeologist who worked on the site of Fort Palmer!
Lying beyond the conservation zones, the streets and hills around Palmer Road and Tanjong Malang hold a unique and culturally diverse collection of sites and structures. This Seminar looks at the as-yet-unrealised ‘Palmer Road Area Conservation’ and its various historic legacies, including the Parsi Cemetery, Fort Palmer, Palmer House and the old Singapore Polytechnic, a very old Hakka temple, an important hilltop Muslim mausoleum (kramat), and a unique wakaf mosque.
Wednesday Mar 23, 2016
07:00 PM – 09:00 PM
Possibility Room (Level 5), National Library, Singapore
Seminar Seven presents five speakers. The program is as follows:
Program
7:00 – 7:10pm Opening and introduction by Dr Imran bin Tajudeen
7:10 – 7:30pm Historic Urban Landscape: the Palimpsests of Palmer Road Area. by A/P Johannes Widodo
7:30 – 7:50pm The architecture of Fook Tet Soo Hakka Temple in perspective, by Dr Yeo Kang Shua
7:50 – 8:00pm Archaeology of Mount Palmer, by Mr Lim Chen Sian
8:00 – 8:20pm The Kramat complex of Habib Nuh – origins, growth, and spatial characteristics, by Ms Syazwani Rauzan
8:20 – 8:30pm Haji Muhd Salleh Mosque, Kg Sambau, and the traces of a ‘Malay Town’, by Dr Imran bin Tajudeen
8:30 – 9:00pm Q&A
Talks and Speakers
Historic Urban Landscape: the Palimpsests of Palmer Road Area
A/P Johannes Widodo, Dept of Architecture, NUS
A/P Widodo revisits his initiative in 2005 that led to a collaborative documentation project for the study and case for conservation of Palmer Road area. This area can be regarded as a ‘Historic Urban Landscape,’ a category and designation adopted on 10 November 2011 by the 36th session of UNESCO’s General Conference. Its recommendations seek to increase the sustainability of planning and design interventions by taking into account the existing built environment, intangible heritage, cultural diversity, socio-economic and environmental factors along with local community values.
The architecture of Fook Tet Soo Hakka Temple in perspective
Dr Yeo Kang Shua, Architecture and Sustainable Design Pillar, SUTD
Dr Yeo will share his perspective on the architectural features of the Fook Tet Soo Hakka temple building within the larger framework of historic Chinese temple architecture in Singapore.
Archaeology of Mount Palmer
Mr Lim Chen Sian, Associate Fellow, Archaeology Unit NSC ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Mr Lim will provide the archaeological perspective of the Mount Palmer area.
The Kramat complex of Habib Nuh – origins, growth, and spatial characteristics
Ms Syazwani Rauzan, Architect
Ms Syazwani will provide a detailed account of her study into the hilltop kramat complex of the revered Habib Nuh.
Haji Muhd Salleh Mosque, Kg Sambau, and the traces of a ‘Malay Town’
Dr Imran bin Tajudeen, Dept of Architecture, NUS
Dr Imran will discuss clues about an elusive a 19th-century ‘Malay Town,’ the architecture and history of Haji Muhammad Saleh Mosque in the context of historical mosque architecture in Singapore, and the settlement of Kg Sambau and its neighbours.
This event is brought to you by Singapura Stories.
Supported by National Library, Singapore.
Free event. Please register for this Seminar via GoLibrary.
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