BYCHOO HUI ZHIJOSIAH TAN XIAN ZHE RETRACE allows users to integrate the past and present by providing a valuable immersive experience that can be passed on to future generation. It is inspired by the loss of heritage in Venice, the influx of modernization and urbanization has diluted the culture and heritage in Singapore. Fortunately, urban…
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BYCHUA MING HAO & ANG JEE KIAT VICTOR Since the dawn of the anthropocene, architecture has always been depicted as a struggle against the forces of gravity, from the likes of the classical Pantheon to modern megastructures like the Burj Al Arab. What is interesting for an architect then, would be to relook at the…
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BYMELISSA ONG KAI YIZHU SHENG BU WEI “Is Venice dying? Or is it already dead?” Venice, an Odyssey (Robbins, 2020) The answer to the question above determines how one should react to changes in Venice – changes that threaten Venice’s very existence. Either one position would also raise more questions which reveals different possible perspectives…
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BYELAINA ONG AND HU HUIYAO Inspired by the books the Invisible Cities and Venice, an Odyssey, Virtual Venice is a project meant to capture the essence of Venice in an immersive virtual experience. It encompasses a broad world that features a re-interpretation of Venice’s Piazza San Marco in a plethora of layers – aesthetic, cultural,…
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