The project stems from the idea of interdisciplinary investigation of the urban public space of Singapore, particularly in the area of Bras Basah.Bugis, to develop recommendations for a sustainable transformation / revitalization process and for new models of collaborative, temporary interventions in public space.

The project will contribute towards promoting good public space and urban design in Singapore, as well as contribute to the City State's international profile.

So far, less attention has been given to the impacts of interdisciplinary collaborations and the re-conceptualization of underutilized and/or reclaimed urban space.

This project is significant because of the increasing demand for sustainable place-making in urban and social contexts and the lack of guidelines or recommendations for sound cultural procurement of liveable public spaces.

The exhibition project will be followed by a research to deliver a better understanding of the factors that stimulate liveable urban space of transforming existing city districts, through an investigation of the revitalization process currently underway in Singapore.

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Steffen Lehmann

Professor Steffen Lehmann, PhD. Chair, Professor of Sustainable Design and Behaviour The University of South Australia, School of Art, Architecture and Design, Adelaide (Australia).

Chong Keng Hua

Assistant Professor Chong Keng Hua, PhD. Architecture and Sustainable Design, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). Co-founder and Exectutive Secretary, ReallyArchitecture [re:ACT]

Wynn Cam

Dr Wynn Chi Nguyen Cam. Associate, RSP Architects Planners & Engineers (Pte) Ltd. Board Member, International Initiative for a Sustainable Built Environment.

The aim of the project is to investigate contemporary and relevant crossovers between various disciplines, as well as to test and experiment with new forms of collaboration in public space design, focusing on the effect of climate change on the city state of Singapore. Harnessing the po tential of such collaborative working methods, there are great opportunities for innovative outcomes of this programme, to publicly demonstrate the benefits of collaborative work.

Our public spaces are under threat from a loss of cultural identity triggered by globalization, consumption and hyper-commercialization. Instruments for good urban governance are crucial, as even more complex urban challenges emerge.

Interdisciplinary collaboration and interventions that reflect upon climate change are the main elements of this exhibition project. We invite artists, architects, landscape architects, writers, sound and performance artists, engineers, etc. to team-up and form interdisciplinary teams for submission of project proposals, exploring one or several of the following 4 main topics. These curatorial topics deal mainly with low-carbon lifestyle changes and work/life balance, demographical and social shifts, and immigration, identity and cultural diversity.

Climate Change and Urban Transformation

• Installations relating to sustainable development and the possible future of the post-industrial 21st-century city centre in the tropics.
• Revitalizing the existing City Centre and using renewable energy.
• Renewing Public Space Connectivity: A city for walking, reducing car dependency
• The artists' interest in the revitalization of abandoned places.
• Private / public intersections: How to increase public space vitality?

Interdisciplinary Crossovers and Collaborations

• Developing models of collaborative multidisciplinary practice.
• Art today is more activity-based, rather than object- based.
• Interdisciplinary + Collaborative: Changing models of Art Practice.
• Benefits and Risks of Collaboration: The need for agreements.
• Transdisciplinarity: What are these new emerging Models of Collaboration?

Public Domain and Urban Regeneration

• Interrogating public space, its changing nature and transformation; building community, exploring the unique character of Singapore's public space: Connectivity and memory of forgotten spaces; the urban fabric.

• Urban Renewal of the Post-Industrial City.
• The changing requirements for Public space in the 21st-Century.
• Building community: Local, not global, e.g. urban food production.
• The problem of development of Public Space into privatized, controlled zones.

Recycling of the Installation VS Site-Specific Responses

• Re-use for post-exhibition event. Renewing the city for walking. Zero Waste concepts.
• Critique of Consumption and Hyper-Consumption, throw-away society.
• Place Memory – Urban Decay – Renewal: The particular response to site.
• Revealing the Hidden – Challenging and activating Public Space.
• Is there a post-life of the installation or parts of the installation after the event?
• What is it made of? Recyclable? Modular prefabrication for assembly and disassembly.

The Hub-to-Hub public space project is designed to breathe new life into the city's network of often ordinary spaces transforming them into an enlivening part of Singapore's public domain, adding to the conceptual debate about ephemeral urban interventions in Singapore's public space.

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