Changing Landscape of Singapore Tutorial 3

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Conservation of Built Heritage Motivation Consider who is leading the initiative for conservation of heritage landscapes and what the objectives are.

Motivation

Consider who is leading the initiative for conservation of heritage landscapes and what the objectives are.

The Process Consider how conservation efforts are being carried out Identify the parties taking charge What are the social, economic and cultural outcomes?

Consider how conservation efforts are being carried out

Identify the parties taking charge

What are the social, economic and cultural outcomes?

What are the difficulties? Can they be resolved?

What are the difficulties?

Can they be resolved?

Things to think about What is heritage? Whose value? Scales & Time Frame Conservative versus Radical Demolish and Rebuild Preserving Asian Values & Rootedness Environmental determinism? Effective? Tourism, Investment, Nation-Building Nostalgia

What is heritage?

Whose value? Scales & Time Frame

Conservative versus Radical

Demolish and Rebuild

Preserving Asian Values & Rootedness

Environmental determinism? Effective?

Tourism, Investment, Nation-Building

Nostalgia

Nostalgia? Recreated for who? Adaptive Reuse Who has access now? Heritage Landscape or Theme Park? Gentrification? What is authentic?

Recreated for who?

Adaptive Reuse

Who has access now?

Heritage Landscape or Theme Park?

Gentrification?

What is authentic?

Last Kampong in Singapore

Where is it?

Radical Heritage?

Debate “The public housing system in Singapore is a successful nation-building tool.”

“The public housing system in Singapore is a successful nation-building tool.”

Would you want to live here?

Readings Chapter 7 – Heritage Conservation Chapter 6 – Public Housing

Chapter 7 – Heritage Conservation

Chapter 6 – Public Housing

Reminder Group projects are due! 5pm on Tuesday, 1 April 2008

Group projects are due!

5pm on Tuesday, 1 April 2008