Asian Architecture and Urbanism 2013 - Singapore

Bugis Junction Orchard

Somerset

Dhoby Ghaut

City Hall

Bugis

[Semi Open Air Shopping Mall / Lane]

Marina Bay

Fragmented Programs

Singular Program

-Retail and Accommodation

- Garden park and College

Iluma [Indoor Shopping Mall]

Bugis Street Redhill

[Shopping Street]

Tiong Bahru

Expressway Network

Train Station Network

Singapore CBD Congestion Study

Building Typology Study - Bugis Shopping Precinct

Orchard Station

Somerset Station

Dhoby Ghaut Station 0

0.25km

Orchard Shopping Precinct Fragmentation Study

Asian Architecture

and

Urbanism 2013 Singapore

Š2013 B y V ivian J ohnny Vivian.Johnny26@gmail.com

Asian Architecture

and

Urbanism 2013

“Maps lie, according to the land artists Hermann de Vries and Robert Smithson, when compared with the reality of being in the sites they chose to work.

Maps are, by necessity, an abstraction. They reflect the bias of the mapmaker, what they observes, or determines is important or relevant or useful. “ This publication demonstrates different suites of mapping techniques such as Emergent Architecture, Expanded Field and Urban Environment.

All maps are to forensically reveal and expose specific identity, issue and typology of an Asian City - Singapore.

Singapore. Efficiency. Compact Identity Singapore is a dense country that has high level of efficiency and system especially in public transport and infrastructure as well as transitions between spaces.

Emergent Architecture This mapping technique is used to index significant points in each network. All the networks are then overlayed with each other in order to reindex the intersecting points between each network. This technique allows gathered data to be put in an abstract representation and generated through a series of rules in order to obtain the precise behaviour of the data.

This study is to determine the central point of Singapore in term of urban density and congestion of people by mapping the overlapping between train network, expressway network and electronic road pricing system.

Projected Radial Shaded Region

Train Station Network

Projected Radial Axis

Train Station Network Expressway Network

Intersection Point

Reservoir Area

Singapore Train Station Network Study

Projected Radial Shaded Region

Expressway Network

Projected Radial Axis

Train Station Network Expressway Network

Electronic Road Pricing Point

Reservoir Area

Singapore Expressway Network Study

Orchard

Redhill

Somerset

Dhoby Ghaut

City Hall

Bugis

Marina Bay

Tiong Bahru

Expressway Network

Train Station Network

Singapore CBD Congestion Study

Expanded Field Architecture Technique This study is situated in Orchard Shopping Precinct. By studying the fragments of the precinct allows me to understand that the programs and spaces on the site is so fragmented and break down to almost a human scale. This has encouraged pedestrian to walk from the start to the end of the shopping precinct. In a larger scale, there are multi-layer of networks happen simultaneously which are the bus service, train service, pedestrian and expressway. Again, this shows the efficient transportation network of Singapore.

This mapping technique is used to study the ephemeral qualities that lie on the precinct such as fragments, materiality and layering.

Fragmented Programs -Retail and Accommodation

Orchard Station

Somerset Station

Singular Program - Garden park and College

Dhoby Ghaut Station 0

0.25km

Orchard Shopping Precinct Fragmentation Study

Orchard Station

001

002

003

004

005

006

Concrete Pavement

Tree Plantation

Public Seating Area

Street Plantation

Bus Stop

Grass

Somerset Station

Dhoby Ghaut Station

0

0.25km

Orchard Shopping Precinct Pedestrian Path Material and Texture Study

Orchard Station

Somerset Station

Bus Service and Bus Lane

10m

Underground Central Expressway

28m

Main Road

Dhoby Ghaut Station

Underground Train Station Line

Orchard Shopping Precinct Multi - Transportation Network Layering Study

Urban Environment This study analyses building typologies at Bugis Shopping Precicnt. This precinct consists of three different building typologies from shopping street, semi-indoor shopping centre, to indoor shopping mall which all of them serve the same program as shopping precinct. Each new building is a new translation of the old one.

This mapping technique is used to study and differentiate the quality of spaces and components in depth that make up particular space and typology.

Iluma Shopping Mall

Bugis Street

Queen Street

Victoria Street

Bugis Junction

North Bridge Road

0

0.25km

Building Typology Study - Bugis Shopping Precinct

Bugis Junction [Semi Open Air Shopping Mall / Lane]

Iluma [Indoor Shopping Mall]

Bugis Street [Shopping Street]

Building Typology Study - Bugis Shopping Precinct

1:50 Bugis Street Section

1:50 Bugis Junction

1:100 Iluma Shopping Mall

Market Stall Litter

Advertisement

Display Stand Signage and Mannequin Kiosk

Bugis Street Spatial Component Study

Signage

Display Counter

Mobile Kiosk Boutique

Mannequin

Bugis Junction Spatial Component Study

Signage

Seating Area

Dining Space

Wide Corridor Space

Indoor Plantation

Atrium

Iluma Shopping Mall Spatial Component Study

Presented by Š2013 By Vivian Johnny | vivian.johnny26@gmail.com