DOCUMENTING IMPERMANENCE

Guo Lehana

EPHEMERAL LANDSCAPE studio is centred on the topic of change over time, with a focus on material exploration and landscape representation.

IN THE STUDIO described in this book , 16 undergraduate students in the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture programme from the National University of Singapore worked on 3 projects over the course of the semester. The project briefs can be found in the beginning of each of the respective chapters.

WELL DONE to all the students who had participated actively throughout the semester through providing criticial feedback to each other, collaborating on groupwork, and investing much creative energy into all the projects.

MANY THANKS to the following collaborators: Dr Tang Dorothy (NUS) who encouraged and inspired the development of this studio brief, Mr Choo Jeverss (Mao Sheng Construction) who offered valuable advice to the students when they were working on their land art, Dr Lin Ervine (NUS), Dr Tan Chun Liang (NUS), Mr Kang Shaun (NUS), Mr Charoenveingvechkit Varit, Mr Kongsub Thun (DPG), Ms Gopalakrishnan Srilalitha (FCL), Ms Yu Han (Salad Landscape) and Mr Pearson John (RIOS) who participated as guest critics and provided helpful design direction and case studies, Dr Hwang Yunhye (NUS), and Mr Endo Kenya (NUS) who participated as final reviewers at the end of the semester.

THIS BOOK is a compilation of selected works from the studio. The first portion of the book documents the studio process. Thereafter, the project briefs and selected works for each project are documented.