The role of culture in being a liveable and distinctive city
There’s growing international convergence on wider definitions of liveability
IN MAY this year, I was invited to the Singapore Archifest 2024 for the return show of the Singapore Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. I had the privilege in May last year of launching this Singapore exhibit in Venice titled When is Enough, Enough? The Performance of Measurement. It was a pleasure to re-visit the exhibition now brought home.
Commissioned by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and DesignCouncil Singapore (DSg), the Singapore pavilion was curated by three architects – Melvin Tan, Adrian Lai and Wong Ker How – from the Singapore Institute of Architects. Close to 100,000 international and local respondents had reflected on what people want from their cities and how “measuring the unmeasurable” can contribute to their loveability.
What the respondents shared was that culture, history, identity and memory are intangible factors that contribute to what makes a city special.
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