Platform for Urban Investigation Singapore - PUI_SIN
This is a Sandberg Institute Interior Architecture project coordinated by Henri Snel (head of department) and Allard van Hoorn. The project is based on a week long series of interventions, performances and other activities in the public space of Singapore taking place 5 - 10 February 2012. The fourteen students will work on their projects through the theme of re-introduction of myth in contemporary Singaporean society.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Monday, January 30, 2012
1ΓΈ healthcare myths
http://www.moh.gov.sg/content/moh_web/home/pressRoom/highlights/2011/10_top_common_myths_of_singapore_health_care.html
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Long list of books about Singapore
- Brenda Yeoh 'Over Singapore 50 years ago' (2007).
- J. Davison 'History of Singapore' (2007).
- Thomas Keneally 'The widow and her hero' (2007).
- Chee Kiong Tong 'Rationalizing religion' (2007).
- Yoji Akashi (ed), British Malaya and Singapore during the Japanese occuptation (2007).
- Peter Preston 'Singapore in the global system' (2007).
- Wijeysingha 'Social Engineering in Singapore' (2007).
- Yao 'Singapore (Asia’s transformations)' (2007).
- Aun Koh 'Singapore Chic' (2007).
- Angela Milligan 'Singapore, culture Smart!' (2006).
- Peter Neville 'The rose of Singapore' (2006).
- Colin Smith 'Singapore burning' (2005).
- J.G. Farell 'The Singapore grip' (2005).
- Dawn Mok 'Singapore cityscoops' (2005).
- Peter Thompson 'The battle for Singapore' (2005).
- Yoji Akashi 'British Malaya and Singapore during the Japanese occupation' (2005)
- Brenda Yeoh 'Contesting space in colonial Singapore' (2003).
- Chew Yen Fook and Iola Lenzi 'The magic of Singapore' (2003).
- Neil Humphrey 'Notes from an even smaller island' (2001).
- Julian Davison 'One for the road' (2001).
- Joann Meriwether Craig, 'Culture Shock! Singapore' (2001).
- Catherine Lim 'Following the wrong god home' (2001).
- Lee Kuan Yew 'From third world to first' (2000).
- Gretchen Liu 'Singapore, a pictorial history' (1999).
- Joseph Garber 'In a perfect state (1999).
- Francis T. Seow 'The media enthralled' (1998).
- Suchen Christine Lim 'A fistful of colours' (1993).
- C.M. Turnbull 'A history of Singapore' (1989).
- Louis l’Amour 'West from Singapore' (1987 reissue).
- Alex Josey 'Lee Kuan Yew' (1974).
- Paul Theroux 'Saint Jack' (1973). In 1979 verfilmd.
- J.G. Farell, the Singapore Grip (1978/2005).
- Paul Theroux 'Sinning with Annie and other stories' (1972)
- Gwenn R. Boardman 'Living in Singapore' (1971).
- Masanobu Tsuji 'Singapore – the Japanese version' (1960).