Architect in a bottle
Possibility Room + Courtyard, National Library (level 5)
Sat 10 June 2006, 6pm
The role of architects in any society has to be constantly evaluated and re-evaluated, in the light of changing economies, technologies and political structures. Very often, the architect defies just the role of ‘designer of buildings’, and has to dabble with a myriad range of specialisations – engineering, art, archaeology – and would thus have to take on the role of a Renaissance Man of sorts. Is this the case for architects – and architecture – in Singapore? Are architects in Singapore confined to a field of expertise so specific that it becomes oblivious, if not irrelevant, to community? Does the Singapore architect place himself in a proverbial bottle, by commodifying design and selling it to only certain classes of society? Is his role so specialised that his profession becomes incomprehensible, or even ignored, by non-architects?
This forum will be held on Saturday 10 June 2006 at 6pm at the level 5 Possibility Room + Courtyard, National Library.
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