Muse @ National Museum Singapore
Converted from what used to be the Raffles Libary, it's now a bar and night chill out spot at the National Musuem of Singapore.
What say you?
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Muse @ National Museum Singapore
Muse @ National Museum Singapore
Converted from what used to be the Raffles Libary, it's now a bar and night chill out spot at the National Musuem of Singapore.
What say you?
Friday, October 26, 2007
Of Emerald Hill In The Night
“I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.” ~Vincent Van Gogh
Emerald Hill by night,
Long exposure shots on a tripod,
it really was very dark tonight despite the full moon.
So the lighting here is really artificial and very dim. Thus long over exposed photos reveal the building in a different way as compared to the day, painting and peeling different layers at the same time.
Proconservation is currently busy with final submissions and other end of semester projects but will try as hard as they can to post more things worth conserving.
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Thursday, October 11, 2007
Conservation?
“An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs.
You would never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign,
just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience.”
Mitch Hedberg
You would never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign,
just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience.”
Mitch Hedberg
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Of MICA (or the Old Hill Street Police Station)
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Of Golden Mile Complex #2
Check out the air vent for the toilets that follow the staggering of the building form.
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Of Golden Mile Complex
Pro Conservation visits Golden Mile Complex
Designed by architects; William Lim, Gan Eng Oon And Tay Kheng Soon of Design Partnership, Golden Mile Complex is a stepped slab building that housed apartments units on the upper floors and retail and office units below.
Linear City
Completed in 1973 on a strip of land between Nicoll Highway and Beach Road (that was once known as the Golden Mile, thus the name). In terms of public transport and accessibility, the building is serviced from the rear on Beach Road, instead of its frontage with Nicoll Highway, with a continuous pedestrian spine linking all buildings in the Golden Mile of Beach Road.
Vertical City
The lower floors contain offices and a retail mall, located within staggered atria to allow natural light into the heart of the building. Here's also where lots of people loiter around with the police often making rounds. A strong Thai community exist here with Thai eateries, dodgy Thai discos and a Thai supermarket. The smell of Thai food here is subjective, one half of proconservation loves the way it reminds him of Bangkok, the wonderous food and all, the other thinks otherwise. We all agree though that it makes one feel like a foreigner, much like Lucky Plaza on a Sunday.
The stepped design of the building gave each unit a balcony that offered panoramic views of the sea and enhanced natural ventilation. okay that's what the textbooks say, these days the views are sorta killed of by the expressway in front and natural ventilation lost out to air conditioning during the 80's. The way each homeowner has personalized their home does give the building a quirky look. Over the years it has become a unique entity, a sign of the individual's non-conformity to the status quo, or maybe in Singapore its all about telling your neighbor whose home is the coolest.
Apologies for the lack in pictures, the top floor (16th) views were amazing...and then we got caught by security, who were just plain stupid thinking that we at pro-conservation are terrorist. Hey man, your gonna lose your job when this baby goes en-bloc, were on your side here okay.
the Golden Mile Complex is an exemplary type of "megastructure" described by architectural historian, Reyner Banham
Designed by architects; William Lim, Gan Eng Oon And Tay Kheng Soon of Design Partnership, Golden Mile Complex is a stepped slab building that housed apartments units on the upper floors and retail and office units below.
Linear City
Completed in 1973 on a strip of land between Nicoll Highway and Beach Road (that was once known as the Golden Mile, thus the name). In terms of public transport and accessibility, the building is serviced from the rear on Beach Road, instead of its frontage with Nicoll Highway, with a continuous pedestrian spine linking all buildings in the Golden Mile of Beach Road.
Vertical City
The lower floors contain offices and a retail mall, located within staggered atria to allow natural light into the heart of the building. Here's also where lots of people loiter around with the police often making rounds. A strong Thai community exist here with Thai eateries, dodgy Thai discos and a Thai supermarket. The smell of Thai food here is subjective, one half of proconservation loves the way it reminds him of Bangkok, the wonderous food and all, the other thinks otherwise. We all agree though that it makes one feel like a foreigner, much like Lucky Plaza on a Sunday.
The stepped design of the building gave each unit a balcony that offered panoramic views of the sea and enhanced natural ventilation. okay that's what the textbooks say, these days the views are sorta killed of by the expressway in front and natural ventilation lost out to air conditioning during the 80's. The way each homeowner has personalized their home does give the building a quirky look. Over the years it has become a unique entity, a sign of the individual's non-conformity to the status quo, or maybe in Singapore its all about telling your neighbor whose home is the coolest.
Apologies for the lack in pictures, the top floor (16th) views were amazing...and then we got caught by security, who were just plain stupid thinking that we at pro-conservation are terrorist. Hey man, your gonna lose your job when this baby goes en-bloc, were on your side here okay.
the Golden Mile Complex is an exemplary type of "megastructure" described by architectural historian, Reyner Banham
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Of Pearl Bank Apartments
Pearl Bank Apartments By Tan Cheng Siong of Archurban Architects Planners.
Completed in 1976, Pearl Bank Apartments may have been the tallest residential building in Singapore and possibly Southeast Asia (113m). Located in Chinatown with its other prominent neighbor, the People's Park Complex. Sitting on Pearl's Hill, the elevated building just outside Outram MRT station bears a distinctive horseshoe shape which shields its internal stairwells and common corridors from the elements while its external face provides breath taking views of Singapore's urban landscape.
The 38 story high rise apartment has 272 units with three types of split level units. 48 two bedroom, 184 three bedroom and 40 four bedroom apartments with an additional 8 penthouses on the top floor. Its complex unit arrangement gives each occupant a unique experience. Some have different views of the city dependent on the floor and location on the 3/4 circle floor plan. Some have external stairwells that only run into their unit providing them with private "back entrances".
The mid level holds a large open corridor space. This 28th floor open floor once contained mid floor stores and even a common library. Currently its underused and the only time its open for the residents is for viewing fireworks during National Day. There were plans to convert them to more apartments given its generous double volume space but the idea didn't come through. The money raised from the sale of more units could have gone to maintaining the building, which it is in dire need of due to old age and wear and tear.
As of writing, Pearl Bank Apartments has been put on en-bloc and the results of the tender for this site will be out on 18 September 2007. Lets all hope this deal fails and residents will be able to see how much more its worth preserving and maintaining this jewel in Chinatown rather than tearing it down.
On a personal note if this building still stands in 30 years time I really would want to live in a unit (preferably a 38th floor penthouse like that of Mr Ed Poole's, whom i would like to extend my heartfelt thanks for showing me around the apartment and letting me in his beautiful home)
Do visit his practice's website at http://www.poole-associates.com/
(his 6 man firm is in his home, yes the penthouse is very big!)
and do support his efforts in stopping the en bloc sale of Pearl Bank Apartments at http://www.pearlbankapartments.com/
Completed in 1976, Pearl Bank Apartments may have been the tallest residential building in Singapore and possibly Southeast Asia (113m). Located in Chinatown with its other prominent neighbor, the People's Park Complex. Sitting on Pearl's Hill, the elevated building just outside Outram MRT station bears a distinctive horseshoe shape which shields its internal stairwells and common corridors from the elements while its external face provides breath taking views of Singapore's urban landscape.
The 38 story high rise apartment has 272 units with three types of split level units. 48 two bedroom, 184 three bedroom and 40 four bedroom apartments with an additional 8 penthouses on the top floor. Its complex unit arrangement gives each occupant a unique experience. Some have different views of the city dependent on the floor and location on the 3/4 circle floor plan. Some have external stairwells that only run into their unit providing them with private "back entrances".
The mid level holds a large open corridor space. This 28th floor open floor once contained mid floor stores and even a common library. Currently its underused and the only time its open for the residents is for viewing fireworks during National Day. There were plans to convert them to more apartments given its generous double volume space but the idea didn't come through. The money raised from the sale of more units could have gone to maintaining the building, which it is in dire need of due to old age and wear and tear.
As of writing, Pearl Bank Apartments has been put on en-bloc and the results of the tender for this site will be out on 18 September 2007. Lets all hope this deal fails and residents will be able to see how much more its worth preserving and maintaining this jewel in Chinatown rather than tearing it down.
On a personal note if this building still stands in 30 years time I really would want to live in a unit (preferably a 38th floor penthouse like that of Mr Ed Poole's, whom i would like to extend my heartfelt thanks for showing me around the apartment and letting me in his beautiful home)
Do visit his practice's website at http://www.poole-associates.com/
(his 6 man firm is in his home, yes the penthouse is very big!)
and do support his efforts in stopping the en bloc sale of Pearl Bank Apartments at http://www.pearlbankapartments.com/
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