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  Challenge Area, Inspiration, Link to Little India, Who are the Chetti. The Indian Heritage Centre highlights the importance of heritage and documentation in a recent exhibition, ‘Chetti Melaka of the Straits – Rediscovering Peranakan Indian Communities’ (07 Sept 2018 – 05 May 2019). The Chetti Melaka are descendants of Tamil traders who settled in …

Post A: Urban Planning in Singapore

Urban planning in Singapore features infrastructure planning with the following points in mind— sustainability and possible constant upgrading, designing for density, retaining as much natural vegetation as possible and integration of all races. The Department of Statistics Singapore has stated the population of Singapore to be 5.83 million at the end of June 2018, with …

Post C: Mahjong As A Clash Of Cultures

The development of mahjong as a pivotal part of Chinese and Singaporean everyday culture, becoming a symbol to represent the clash between east and west. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_CJXuMxc8U The study of popularised games has long provided researchers with invaluable insight into the differences between everyday life and culture of civilisations. Mahjong, a game brought to Singapore during …

Post B: Context is the Main Ingredient

Hawker Lane in Singapore [Ghetto Singapore n.d.] Context plays a vital role when creating a design as it lays the conceptual foundation and therefore affects the end result . By carefully considering the context, good designs can become incredible designs as they seamlessly integrate into their chosen environment. With Singapore’s extremely unique food culture this …

Post C: The Foundation of Culture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3z3S-cCnJ4 Saving Singapore’s Architectural History, One Building at a Time [Great Big Story 2018] Despite its small size, Singapore has a large population with a diverse range of cultures and ethnic beliefs. This multiculturalism can be attributed to its historic roots as a vital trading port for many Asian and European countries. Hence, Singapore’s architectural …

Post A: Maintaining Heritage with Design

Singapore has a long and rich history, dating as far back as 1298 AD. Although it was originally known as Temasek meaning ‘Sea Town’ in English, it soon became a famous trading port called Singapura meaning ‘Lion City’ in Sanskrit [About Singapore 2018]. The increase in traffic to the country due to trade drastically changed …

Post B: Peranakan Design in Singapore

Design is not something that can be captured in a singularity. The context of the design shapes the form of the design. The motivation of the design is an important thinking factor that we as designers need to be able to relay to the intended recipients of the design. To discuss and understand this topic …

Post C: Public Transportation in Singapore — Media vs Citizens

Singapore is known for being composed of citizens from many different backgrounds and cultures. What makes them uniquely Singaporean is their lifestyle and habits that are tied to the country. According to a government survey done in 2015, at least 6 out of 10 Singaporeans take the public transport to work. The current statistics by …

Post B: Street Art In Singapore And Its Divergence Of Purpose

Design can refer to the arrangement of the features of an artefact, an object made by a human being often with a cultural or historical interest. Street art is one such type of design, its origins in New York in the late 1960s. In many cultures globally, street art is a form of freedom of …

Post A: People and Plants, How The Heritage Gardens Bring Cultures Together

As a multicultural nation, Singapore faces the difficult challenge of bringing together communities of different ethnicities, beliefs, cultures and languages. One solution to this challenge is to produce shared public spaces that celebrate the four nationally recognised cultures and their heritages. Gardens by the Bay, opened in June 2012, has since become an icon of …