Documentation Project: PULAU UBIN LIVES: THE DOCUMENTATION OF WOODEN VERNACULAR HOUSES AND SETTLEMENT HISTORIES Located off the northeastern coast of Singapore, Pulau Ubin is the second largest offshore island within the city-state’s territorial waters and is the last remaining one with a sizeable rural resident population. The vicissitudes of its cultural landscape reflect Singapore’s changing […]
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Pulau Ubin Lives – Venice Architectural Biennale 2020
The following describes the content and conceptual framework for the installation “Pulau Ubin Lives” by Studio DO for The Singapore Pavilion at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia. The theme of the Singapore Pavilion 2020 in Venice is TO GATHER: The Architecture of Relationships. The proposed restoration of four wooden Malay houses […]
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Studio DO was set up by Dr Imran bin Tajudeen with two of his former students, Iqbal bin Roslan and Lee Kah Hui in May 2018. Its first project was an extension of the research initiated under the General Programme (Heritage focus) of the Department of Architecture at NUS. Studio DO: PULAU documents the findings […]
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This is a compilation of various mapping exercises. Looking at expunged streets: Mapping Kampung Gelam and Kampung Rochor districts Visit the page here: Kampung Gelam & Kampung Rochor – morphological changes. http://singapurastories.com/kampung-gelam-rochor-kallang/kampung-gelam-kampung-rochor/ Mapping Geylang Serai, Kg Eunos, and Kaki Bukit Pages: Note: these old webpages from 2012 were expunged for some reason, and will be restored. […]
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by Imran bin Tajudeen On 29 June 2019, The Straits Times published a wonderful way to present one aspect of the urban morphological history of Singapore – its linguistic dimension. Through the mapping of the language used on Singapore street names and colour coding them, we get a sense of their distribution. The graphic article […]
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The foundation of Kampung Melaka and the context of trade and settlement in early colonial “Farquhar-era” Singapore Kampung Melaka, found on both the north and south banks of the upper reaches of Singapore River. was one of two Malay settlements to have developed in Singapore as an outcome of inducements by the two early British […]
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