The intent is for the pavilion to be both a 1:10 scale model of the inhabitable palimpsest of the Paya Lebar Air Base (PLAB) masterplan runway which promotes restoration as one of the key design principles; as well as to engage participation from the public by allowing all to create their own unique 1:10 scale apartment models to enliven the pavilion structure utilizing timber off-cuts to create moments of habitation.

Paya Lebar Airbase Concept Masterplan

The proposal aims to create an environment that promotes Unity, Individuality and Continuity for Char Yong Association (CYA). An incubator for future leaders, thinkers, and entrepreneurs.

Sited between the “Serene Garden”, a horticultural garden inspired by Japanese Zen gardens, and The Meadow, a large-scale event space, the Mirai Garden Restaurant is designed after the traditional Japanese Tea House to offer a transitional stopover.

The mass is produced through a series of variables (sliders) that can affect the shape. The flexibility of this form, and the way in which variables are used to manipulate it, establishes the range of options that can be considered during the optimization. Individual architecture elements like the walls and floors for example are optimized for the purpose

Time and again, nothing more than the security of a basic resource such as water has brought awareness of Singapore’s existence to the national psyche. Indeed, the site is a testament to Singapore’s efforts to overcome this vulnerability; with the Marina Barrage the entire bay along with Singapore, Kallang, Geylang and Rochor Rivers had been turned into a freshwater reservoir through a process of natural desalination forming the largest reservoir in Singapore. Our strategy is to use the very element that threatens our survival, Water, as the primary “building material” for the Founder’s Memorial.

Lex Walsall Waterfront Regeneration project is part of a government directed program to rejuvenate the region – to transform the post industrial town of Walsall into a global city.