Singapore Architectural Festival “Archifest” is bringing together architects, planners, and public sharing future directions of architecture and urban design, which is playing an increasingly important role in the competition amongst global cities.
The topic for this year’s conferences, workshops, talks, architectural tours and exhibitions was “Craft”: “If the broadest definition of craft is about precision that demands laborious attention and skilled handwork, where would we locate it within the realm of architectural production or construction in an age where expediency and efficiency are privileged?”
We were invited with Mindful Spatial Experiencing (MSE) to hold a session at National Gallery Singapore. We took participants on a journey establishing active bodily engagement with the tactile architectural space of two Singapore’s most historic buildings (Supreme Court and City Hall) seamlessly merged into National Gallery by Studio Milou.
Just like craft, MSE is growing our embodied knowledge and spatial sense, both utterly important for the shaping of architecturally progressive environments: places that are not only made by humans, but for humans.
Introduction to Mindful Spatial ExperiencingI. Body ScanningI. Body ScanningII. Urban Scanning: 1. Spatial Sensing (forming pairs; the blindfolded and the seeing partner)II. Urban Scanning: 1. Spatial Sensing (Location: Staircase outside National Kitchen at former Supreme Court)II. Urban Scanning: 1. Spatial Sensing (Location: Staircase outside National Kitchen at former Supreme Court)II. Urban Scanning: 1. Spatial Sensing (Location: Staircase outside National Kitchen at former Supreme Court)II. Urban Scanning: 1. Spatial Sensing (Location: Staircase outside National Kitchen at former Supreme Court)Enquiry: feedback and discussionII. Urban Scanning: 1. Spatial Sensing (Location: KCAE Dayung Sampan: Be your own captain on deck by Zainudin Samsuri)II. Urban Scanning: 1. Spatial Sensing (Location: KCAE Dayung Sampan: Be your own captain on deck by Zainudin Samsuri)II. Urban Scanning: 1. Spatial Sensing (Location: KCAE Dayung Sampan: Be your own captain on deck by Zainudin Samsuri)II. Urban Scanning: 1. Spatial Sensing (Location: KCAE Dayung Sampan: Be your own captain on deck by Zainudin Samsuri)II. Urban Scanning: 1. Spatial Sensing (Location: KCAE Dayung Sampan: Be your own captain on deck by Zainudin Samsuri)II. Urban Scanning: 1. Spatial Sensing (Location: KCAE Dayung Sampan: Be your own captain on deck by Zainudin Samsuri)II. Urban Scanning: 1. Spatial Sensing (Location: KCAE Dayung Sampan: Be your own captain on deck by Zainudin Samsuri)Enquiry: feedback and discussionII. Urban Scanning: 2. Body & Space Interacting (Location: Holding Cells at former Supreme Court)II. Urban Scanning: 2. Body & Space Interacting (Location: Holding Cells at former Supreme Court)II. Urban Scanning: 2. Body & Space Interacting (Location: Holding Cells at former Supreme Court)Enquiry: feedback and discussionII. Urban Scanning: 3. Spatial Imitating (Location: KCAE Wandering in Black and White by Tang Ling Nah)II. Urban Scanning: 3. Spatial Imitating (Location: KCAE Wandering in Black and White by Tang Ling Nah)II. Urban Scanning: 3. Spatial Imitating (Location: KCAE Wandering in Black and White by Tang Ling Nah)II. Urban Scanning: 3. Spatial Imitating (Location: KCAE Wandering in Black and White by Tang Ling Nah)II. Urban Scanning: 3. Spatial Imitating (Location: KCAE Wandering in Black and White by Tang Ling Nah)II. Urban Scanning: 3. Spatial Imitating (Location: KCAE Wandering in Black and White by Tang Ling Nah)
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