Singapore Founders' Memorial

Location

Singapore

Type

Institutional

Status

Competition

Size

12,000 sq. m.

Team

Natta Sawetwanachoti, Ermanno Cirillo, Naphapon Ponyiam, Numpohn Nilavajara

Collaborators

Angela Scott (Aurecon), Kanyalak Kupadakvinij 

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Our proposal for the celebration of Singapore's founding generation was conceived as a series of linked pavilions along the river, immersed in a lush and organic landscape.

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We strive to define an architectural language that could represent the modesty, integrity and ingenuity of a brave group of women and men that against all odds was able to pave the way for what the city state has become.

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A series of floating roofs is supported by a multitude of columns, as a metaphor of the contribution of the individual within a collective effort to reach a greater good. 

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The complex is a public space where collective memory and the individual projection of desires to a yet-to-be future meet, exploring the very meaning of civic values and participation.