Cure Penabad-Singapore Entertainment Building

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Singapore Entertainment Building
Cure-Penabad, Adib-Cure, Carie-Penabad,
Architecture-Miami, Latinamerican-Architecture,
Vernacularology, Architecture-University-Miami-sch
ool, AIA-MIAMI, Singapore-Entertainment-Building
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Singapore, as in the case of many modern Asian
cities, seems to attract and absorb models which
have been generated elsewhere in an attempt to
rebuild itself for the future.
Cure-Penabad, Adib-Cure, Carie-Penabad,
Architecture-Miami, Latinamerican-Architecture,
Vernacularology, Architecture-University-Miami-sch
ool, AIA-MIAMI, Singapore-Entertainment-Building
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In the case of Singapore, the implementation of
foreign models has produced an urban scenario in
which much of the existing colonial fabric has
been systematically replaced by multitudes of
high rise developments. Currently, one may even
argue that there is no longer any real context in
Singapore it has been torn down, rebuilt,
reinvented.
Cure-Penabad, Adib-Cure, Carie-Penabad,
Architecture-Miami, Latinamerican-Architecture,
Vernacularology, Architecture-University-Miami-sch
ool, AIA-MIAMI, Singapore-Entertainment-Building
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This tabula rasa development strategy has created
an artificial environment, devoid of scalar
relationships where the coexistence of
contrasting types (both in scale and in function)
dominates.
Cure-Penabad, Adib-Cure, Carie-Penabad,
Architecture-Miami, Latinamerican-Architecture,
Vernacularology, Architecture-University-Miami-sch
ool, AIA-MIAMI, Singapore-Entertainment-Building
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Set within this particular urban environment, the
project seeks to rethink the Notion of an
entertainment district in Singapore and instead
proposes a building for entertainment in which
various functions of the district are
internalized. The building is comprised of two
elements- a large covered hall and a cube.
Cure-Penabad, Adib-Cure, Carie-Penabad,
Architecture-Miami, Latinamerican-Architecture,
Vernacularology, Architecture-University-Miami-sch
ool, AIA-MIAMI, Singapore-Entertainment-Building
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The basilica-like hall attempts to address the
question of how one may design a contemporary
urban space in the tropics. The cubic volume, set
atop the covered hall, contains a variety of
programs typically associated with entertainment.
By night, the taut, scale less, glowing surface
of the cube serves as an icon for the district as
well as a billboard onto which ever-changing
images can be projected. Through the imposition
of a strong urban form, the building seeks to
generate a sense of district with an instantly
recognizable identity.
Cure-Penabad, Adib-Cure, Carie-Penabad,
Architecture-Miami, Latinamerican-Architecture,
Vernacularology, Architecture-University-Miami-sch
ool, AIA-MIAMI, Singapore-Entertainment-Building