Ascending To The Sky

“Charmingly Changi” Ideas Competition by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (Open Category Winner)

Location: Changi Point
Project Type: Ideas Competition
Role: Team Member
Date: May - June 2021
Collaborators: Bryan Lee, Foo Jing Xi, Hailey Su

Expanding on the building’s relationship with aviation both in history and physical elevation, the design is an ode to the sky. The proposal is a series of vertical experiences, whose links are made through components that slowly reveal themselves through the journey to the skies. Re-establishing links to the surrounding aerospace environment in a family friendly learning experience. This takes place in the form of viewing platforms, educational resources littered throughout the building and facilities such as the observatory. The design takes advantage of the neighbour-ing park connectors establishing the building as part of the network.

PLANETARY AND AVIATION: Bewitched by the brightness of our metropolis,we often forget the extraordinary vision from the vault of heaven. Further above the light,the thunder of planes soar into the skies;the birth of a new journey

THE FORTRESS AND NATURE: The building peeking ever so slightly above the tree canopy watches over the sleepy coastal area. The building’s relationship with day and night is inexplicable,the morning the east facing windows brings about wonderful sunrise from the coast,the day allows us to experience a rush of wanderlustat the crossing planes,the night the scarce artifical lightsallows us to marvel at the stars.