NTU
Singapore, Singapore

Sitting at the centre of trade routes and connected to 600 ports in over 120 countries, Singapore is one of the busiest ports in the world. Goods that are shipped are often placed on a pallet for easy handling and storage. We decided on reconditioned wooden pallets as our core building material for several reasons: they are cheap, readily available and often discarded as trash. Using such pallets was therefore symbolic of our shipping history - a port city which brought our forefathers from different parts of the world together, and gave the pallets an alternative use. It’s hot & humid year round in the tropics and this led us to our interpretation of the Tower of Babylon, i.e. a structure that provides sufficient shade and ventilation where students could gather.

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Team Meeting

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Group Discussion

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Group Discussion

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Results from the brainstorming session

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Visiting Semakau landfill and understanding Singapore's waste management system

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Reconditioned wooden pallets that will be used for the project

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