Stone Appreciation

at Pulau Ubin

Biophilic centre with a journey of senses

Pirkology

Pulau Bulan & Singapore

“It was a thing as tremendous as the universe—the laws and ways of its working no more than the universe to be questioned or understood.”

Upton Sinclair, The Jungle

The contract between humans and food; humans and animals; and Singapore and her hinterland is wrought with ethical, political, and spatial dimensions. This thesis uses architecture and spatial strategies as means for checks and balancestoincreasetheinteractionandvisualconnectionsbetweenpeopleand livestock animals so that the operations behind food provision and private enterprise are made accountable not only to the state but also to the public.

Published in SA Magazine #287

Design Intent: to get people to learn more about ubin’s industrial heritag through the celebration & appreciation of stones

Design Concept: to celebrate the appreciation of stones by engaing human’s 5 senses: touch, smell, sight, sound & taste

Design Strategy: to create an architecture that will act as a backdrop to bring out the beauty & essence of the stones

Inspiration: design for this biophilic centre is inspired by sculptor, pinuccio sciola’s, works, where he carved stones to create music, making something “dead” come “alive”

United Straits: A Journey