Public Housing and the Singapore Improvement Trust | Peatixtag:peatix.com,2011:12020-07-03T16:20:16+08:00PeatixNUS Baba HousePublic Housing and the Singapore Improvement Trusttag:peatix.com,2018:event-4299352018-09-19T18:30:00SGT2018-09-19T18:30:00SGTPublic Housing and the Singapore Improvement Trust [SOLD OUT]Thank you for your support for this event! If you would like to be included in the waiting list, please email your request to babahouse@nus.edu.sgWednesday, 19 September 20186.30pm – 8.00pmNUS Baba HouseProgramme:6.30pm – 7.00pm: Refreshments7.00pm – 8.00pm: TalkLimited to 60 paxIn the neighbourhood surrounding the NUS Baba House sits a small cluster
of Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT) flats at Silat Avenue. Also known as
Kampung Silat, these flats were built between 1949 and 1952, and is considered
the second oldest surviving public housing estate in Singapore. It was recently
gazetted by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) for conservation.Set up in 1927, the Singapore Improvement Trust heralded the advent of
public housing in Singapore. Its major accomplishment in its first two decades
was the Tiong Bahru Estate, with two different areas built before and after the war
that marked changes in the use of materials from bricks to precast concrete
blocks for construction, spatial design of housing units, and ancillary
elements like staircases, walkways and green spaces.
This talk will briefly trace the development of
the public housing design undertaken by SIT from its early days to 1959, after
which responsibilities of public housing was shifted to the Housing Development
Board (HDB). It will also illustrate the typologies of public housing with
available materials, and trace it changes in height from three storeys to its
highest – Forfar House in Queenstown – with fourteen.About the SpeakerLai Chee Kien is Adjunct Associate Professor at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (Architecture and Sustainable Design pillar), and also a registered architect in Singapore. He graduated from the National University of Singapore with an M Arch. by research [1996], and a PhD in History of Architecture & Urban Design from the University of California, Berkeley [2005]. His publications include A Brief History of Malayan Art (1999), Building Merdeka: Independence Architecture in Kuala Lumpur (2007), Cords to Histories (2013), Through the Lens of Lee Kip Lin (2015) [Best Non-Fiction Title, 2016], Building Memories: People, Architecture, Independence (2016) [Book of the Year] and The Merdeka Interviews (2018). He researches on histories of art, architecture, settlements, urbanism and landscapes in Southeast Asia.Maintaining Heritage Series
The Maintaining Heritage series was developed as part of the NUS Baba
House’ interest in the varied dimensions and perspectives of heritage and the
heritage eco-system in Singapore. Talks presented as part of this series seek
to generate awareness of conservation, urban development, architectural
history, and evolving cultural practices and policies. The 2018 series of talks
focuses on the history and urban development of the Blair Plain Conservation
Area, of which the NUS Baba House is nestled within.
Upcoming programmes in October 2018 from the Maintaining Heritage Series:3 Oct – A Genealogy of Public Housing by Dr. Chang Jiat Hwee17 Oct - Baweanese Pondoks in Singapore by Mr. Hadi Osni24 Oct - Sepoy Lines and Traces by Ms. Vithya SubramaniamImage: SIT flats at Albert Court courtesy of Dr Lai Chee KienUpdatestag:peatix.com,2018-09-15 05:04:002018-09-15 05:04:00The event description was updated. Diff#370557Updatestag:peatix.com,2018-09-12 08:17:302018-09-12 08:17:30The event description was updated. Diff#369789Updatestag:peatix.com,2018-09-12 01:20:382018-09-12 01:20:38The event description was updated. Diff#369611