MATERIAL + COLOR RESEARCH SINGAPORE Singapore is home to some of the biggest companies who are innovating, testing and collaborating to develop and commercialize sustainable solutions for Asia. They are 2nd in the world for green buildings in 2016, as ranked by a white paper published by Solidiance. Singapore is striving to “greening” 80% of their buildings by 2030. They want a sustainable future that “merges architecture, nature, technology, and culture.” Singapore does not have many natural resources. They are the world’s 17th largest importer. They mainly import materials from Malaysia, Indonesia, and China.
RESOURCES Malaysia: tin, copper, timber Indonesia: tin, silver, timber, copper, nickel China: gold, zinc, rare earth materials
Red - represents happiness, joy, success, and is the color worn by brides Yellow - represents royalty, warmth, and clarity and has stabilizing energy Blue/Green - represents spring, healing, longevity, purity, and harmony Purple - represents love Black - represents knowledge, stability, authority, and winter/water but it can be unlucky
White - represents unknown and mourning, it is the color worn to funerals 36
