Nuka-World
BY Tan Zhong Yang
SUPERVISED BY Assoc. Prof. Thomas Kong
STUDIO THEME TEN MODEST SUGGESTIONS FOR A NEW ATHENS CHARTER (IN SINGAPORE)
Abstract
The thesis examines the issues of corporatism, politics of representation, and their architectural expressions through the future scenario of a nuclear-powered Singapore. It seeks to expose architecture as a tool exacerbating the aforementioned issues in a neoliberal economy. The dystopian scenario depicted in the project awakens us to the dire social consequences if architecture becomes complicit with forces that are antithetical to its mission to improve lives.
Supervisor Comments
The thesis examines the issues of corporatism, politics of representation, and their architectural expressions through the future scenario of a nuclear-powered Singapore. It seeks to expose architecture as a tool exacerbating the aforementioned issues in a neoliberal economy. The dystopian scenario depicted in the project awakens us to the dire social consequences if architecture becomes complicit with forces that are antithetical to its mission to improve lives.
- Assoc. Prof. Thomas Kong