World Expo: Singapore pavilion
World Expo Competition: Honourable mention
Singapore is an island city state with large population of 5.6 million residing on mere 719.9 km2 footprint. It is also the second largest port in the world with a shipping volume of 31.65 million containers per year. Henceforth, the pavilion revolves around the themes of featuring the island-ness, hyper density as well as to portray Singapore as the port city of the future. These concepts are expressed in the design through the allocation of multiple “islands” widely spread throughout the water feature with a walkable depth for visitors. Shipping containers are tilted and stacked above one another in order to express the verticality and high-rise which is a prevalent sight in Singapore. Density is proliferated through the means of using the dimensions of a shipping container which leaves a small amount of footprint used. The programs along the perimeter island focuses on exhibiting the multi-ethnicity of Singapore with the four main ethnics (Chinese, Malay, Eurasian, Indian) living together in harmony. Local hawker stalls are allocated on the “main” island as an attractor point in a bid to flaunt the huge variety of Singapore’s local delicacies along with the famous image of the Merlion imprinted on the tallest vertical exhibition.
Collaborative effort with Jason Tan
