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Mika on re:ACT at 7th mAAN Conference, New Delhi (23-25 Feb)
I don’t know if this is a coincidence, in fact there is a tribe in India called Maan.
They belong to the Majha belt in Punjab and generally around Amritsar
Sernhong on re:ACT at 7th mAAN Conference, New Delhi (23-25 Feb)
There were a total of about 80-100 people at the whole conference. Very interesting meeting eveyone.
France on re:ACT at 7th mAAN Conference, New Delhi (23-25 Feb)
Looks very interesting. How many people were there?
Operation Void Deck
Joshua Teo on Thu, October 22, 2009
Ask anyone living in Singapore what they remember about their high rise mass housing apartment blocks and they are sure to tell you, the VOID DECKs. The Singapore housing landscape is filled with acres of these and it is also here that a rainbow of activities like chess, afternoon chats, beer-drinking sessions, impromptu soccer, skateboarding, funeral wakes, Malay weddings etc. can also be found. Given that the void deck has such intimate connections to our way life in Singapore, how would you re-design it given a chance to?
The Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA) presents Operation Void Deck – an open competition to design an architectural intervention at the void decks of public housing estates. The competition aims to generate unique, exciting ideas that could improve the quality of life for the residents, and show how architecture and design can impact society in meaningful ways. The site is at Block 51 Marine Terrace and ideas can range from a furniture installation to the remodeling of an area within or surrounding the void deck, all factoring in mind a construction budget of SGD 30,000. Entries should present a vision of how to encourage community interaction and improve the quality of life of the residents across generations, especially the elderly.
If you feel your creative juices starting to boil, download the competition brief today and start creating! You stand to win the top prize of SGD 3,000 and the chance to further develop your proposal with support from SIA, to be potentially built in early 2010!
The closing date for submissions is 12 noon, Monday 16 November 2009. You can download the competition brief here.