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Local Competition: BCA-CDL Greensparks Competition 2015-2016
Team AUSIEtecture: Atheerah Kamal, U Jin Seah, Samuel Tan, Isaac Tan, Emily Lai
1st Runner Up
Typology: Addition & Alteration, Pavilion
Location: City Square Mall, Singapore
Year: 2016
Fusion Square | a place of Discovery
Fusion Square takes influence from the long-standing local heritage around the site, redefining and transfiguring the essence of it unorthodoxly - Fusion Square is the keystone where adults, youth and children alike can aquire and exchange new knowledge and ideas. Where the vision for tomorrow’s future begins with the innovation of today.
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THE NIGHT LIFE FOR FAMILIES
Office workers from the adjacent buildings are able to head to the node after work with their children to engage in family centric activities like movie screenings. Thus creating versatile spaces that allow for the coexistence of work in the day and enjoyment at night promotes a healthy lifestyle of a work-life balance.
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HISTORY FOR ALL
The deep rooted tradition that surrounds City Square Mall is just waiting to be explored, only if we take steps to make it accessible to the public. Here, they are able to access the history of not only Jalan Besar Road but also the buildings which make it unique. Not only will they be able to gain immediate knowledge via stationed computers, they can also see all of the adjacent buildings from the vantage point on top of City Square Mall in the beautifully crafted spaces that Fusion Square has.
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BRINGING BACK YOUTHS THROUGH EVENTS
Being at the heart of a site with deep rooted tradition, art exhibitions held here will blend seamless into the rich existing context. With the many traditional shophouses located at the adjacent streets, Farrer Park is in many ways similar to bugis. The only entity that is missing is the intangible energy inherent in areas with large crowds of youths. Modern day art exhibits held within the flexible second floor layout creates help to draw back the younger crowd, with the intention of injecting the area with the bustle it formerly once had.
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NOSTALGIA AMIDST A CONTEMPORARY SETTING
Places of learning, especially those in a fixed environment, can get mundane very quickly over time. By creating a conducive space that allows for full height panoramic views on both sides, scholars are able to take a visual break through resting their eyes upon the city skyline in the distance. Intricate shadows casted by the sun through the Orientally inspired frames invoke sense of nostalgia inherent in the once dominant shophouses. A contemporary setting that taps on both the tangible aspects of human comfort, as well as the intangible aspect of human emotions makes Fusion Square a destination one would constantly desire to return to.
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COMPETITION JOINT MEDIA RELEASE:
https://www.bca.gov.sg/newsroom/others/BCA-CDL_Green_Sparks_Competition_2015-16.pdf
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