The two important key words here are agricultural intensification, which is
and that we need to participate in. Secondly, the term post rural, which is often overlooked focused on what people do when they stop cultivation and relatedly, the dilapidation but persistence of the settled rural landscape in periurban Kolkata and the settling of new colonies.
In sum, the studio looks at periurban through the lens of the settling urban, the post-rural and the intensifying agrarian landscapes, livelihoods, and economies.
Join us at Studio in SDE 3 for a final review and presentation hosted by NUS Architecture and Landscape Architecture students where they will display their learnings. of Kolkata, India. Typically, the edges of cities are thought of as not much more than “becoming urban”. In this studio you will look anew at that assumption by asking the following questions. What can be learnt from thinking about the future from areas where the challenges of urbanisation and agricultural intensification are entangled? What if architects, landscape architects, and urban designers’ practices and projects anticipated the hybrid, urban-rural future? If so, what forms might it take here? Furthermore, can you critique the notion of the urban edge, for processes of urbanisation and are now everywhere?
Re-envisioning the China-Singapore
The theory of an urban-industrial complex suggests that modern cities were developed primarily based on their original industrial functions, mobilising large populations in service of well-organised factories. Through such a reorganisation of labour, raw materials and built assets, the goals of industrial production often end up devising and governing many urban amenities, including housing, educational and social institutions, healthcare and food, recreational and cultural amenities, greenery and parks, transportation and various forms of infrastructure.
Conventional economic wisdom mandates that developing nations have to shed their agrarian economy and industrialise in order to catch up with the developed world.
Curiously enough, once developed, many cities of these nations would rapidly deindustrialised, in order to take on more high-yield service-oriented functions.
This studio adopts the Suzhou Industrial Park as a site of inquiry, after 30 years of a successful government-to-government (G2G) experiment.
Join us at Studio in SDE 3 for a final review and presentation hosted by NUS Architecture, Urban Design, Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture students where they will display their learnings.
Singapore is often understood as an island, when it actually comprises of many islands and islets. Over the years, as a result of land reclamation, aggregation of small islands to become a larger ones, and resistance to natural forces, Singapore’s coastline and islands have morphed to become the image that we recognise today.
etymology of these sites, creating their own perspective of historical narrative vs the curated, common narratives that are the current histories.
The goal is to translate this understanding into a narrative that addresses their chosen focus while addressing present and future needs. By understanding the past and the decisions behind intervention that led/leads to change and development, students will be better equipped to create landscapes that resonate with memory, identity, and sustainability.
This design studio explores the concept of lost and/or disappearing physical and memory sites of Singapore’s south-western shores, focusing on the historical, cultural, literature and ecological narratives of the Southern and Western Islands of Singapore, and its relation to the “Main land” and each other. Students will investigate place identity and the All Welcome
Join us at the Barrel Room (BARM) in SDE3 for a final review and presentation hosted by NUS Landscape Architecture students where they will display their learnings.
Post Mega Games: Tokyo Studio
Hosting the Olympic Games is one of the most ambitious undertakings for a city. The event brings global recognition, economic stimulation, and a chance to showcase urban development. However, while the Games themselves might be successful, the aftermath often reveals challenges that are difficult to address. The inability to effectively reprogram and repurpose Olympic sites post-event has led to financial burdens, urban decay, and wasted resources in many host cities. The studio re-estimates post-Olympic urban plan in notable cases, with exploration of the future strategy for the Tokyo’s 2020 Olympics site.
The studio takes the previous Olympic village, the reclaimed waterfront “Harumi
distric” as the research site, to evaluate the current post-game plan, and explore potential alternatives for sustainable operations in the long run.
The legacy site of the Olympics presents a pivotal opportunity for reimagining its future, with two contrasting approaches: retaining its mega-scale planning framework or downsizing to address localized urban needs. Each approach carries potential implications for landscape architecture, urban development, and economic operation.
Join us at the Barrel Room (BARM) in SDE3 for a final review and presentation hosted by NUS Landscape Architecture students where they will display their learnings.
