Through dissection of emblematic historical enactments, this paper hopes to depict relevancy from Padang District in the forging of a nation’s identity. The discoursing of its civic nature, will act as a decipherer to ...

In the context of Singapore, scarcity of land poses a challenge for a rapidly expanding population. Despite planned solutions to meet societal demands, the physical constraints of land resources in Singapore is so dire ...

Unlike preservation, urban conservation faces the pressure to change and adapt to new economic and socio-cultural conditions. There exists paradigm shifts in urban heritage conservation to emphasise increasingly on intangible ...

The thesis project demonstrates the architectural form as a derivative of its structural performance. Meanwhile, architectural components are mass customized for cost effective fabrication. Both tasks could only be done ...

In Singapore, the recent COVID-19 pandemic has brought the nation’s attention to the foreign worker community when the number of infection cases spiked in April 2020. At the start of April 2020, the foreign worker dormitory ...

The effect of glare has become an issue of concern in the recent years due to the trend of adopting sleek façade design using reflective material for buildings to look aesthetically pleasing. In response to this concern, ...

Under the guidelines of the concept plan, Singapore has embarked on a path to build an island wide park connector network to provide more greenery to the island. Most of these park connectors are situated within public ...

The growing participation of Chinese developers in Singapore’s residential property market in recent years has garnered much attention and precipitated both anticipation and concern. Since 2010, Chinese developers have ...

In 1999, the Malaysian seat of government shifted from Kuala Lumpur to Putrajaya, the new Federal Government Administrative Centre of Malaysia. As a city with state-of-the-art facilities and infrastructures, many formal ...

In tropical Singapore, the use of mechanical ventilation has always been a norm to achieve thermal comfort in shopping malls. However, the excessive use of these mechanical systems give rise to an increase in energy ...