Urbanism]]> Architecture]]> History]]> Lai Chee Kien]]> Southeast Asia]]> History]]> Architecture]]> 6 Jun 2015, Sat 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Lai Chee Kien researches on histories of art, architecture, settlements, urbanism, and landscapes in Southeast Asia. His publications include A Brief History of Malayan Art (1999), Building Merdeka: Independence Architecture in Kuala Lumpur, 1957-1966 (2007) and Cords to Histories (2013). He is also a registered architect in Singapore.

This Exhibition (de)Tour will take place off-site. A public programme of Simryn Gill: Hugging the Shore.]]>
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Architecture]]> History]]> 20 May 2015, Wed 7:00pm - 9:00pm
NTU CCA Singapore, The Lab, Block 43 Malan Road

This seminar takes two approaches on notions on place. The first will look at this through the work of Artist-in-Residence, Hamra Abbas whose past work has engaged with different facets of iconographic architecture. Simon Soon will share his research findings on the architectural and landscape history of Nanyang University (1955 and 1980) in relation to his larger project addressing how landscape and architecture facilitate a form of “social memory-practice” to Chinese modernity outside of China. Cheo Chai Hiang (artist) and Lai Chee Kien (architect) will act as respondents in this lively discussion.]]>
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