This year marks the 13th Archifest (Singapore Architectural Festival) which began in 2007 as an annual festival for the city to celebrate architecture and the built environment. Organised by the Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA), it is a platform for people from all walks of life to discuss, debate and dream about possibilities surrounding architecture, our city and the built environment at large. This festival promotes the importance of sustainable architecture and urban design in creating a vibrant and delightful atmosphere. Architecture fosters a sense of community and a deeper sense of place by allowing us to shape common goals and visions in the making of a progressive Singapore. Our theme for Archifest 2019, Craft, expresses our ambition to reinforce this fundamental role of architecture.
27 September – 9 October |9am – 9pm daily |The URA Centre & various locations
ARCHICRAFT 2019 | Finding Stories in the City
Sunday, 29 September 2019 | 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM SGT | The URA Centre
The city is more than a concrete jungle. It is a place filled with stories. Join us for a fun drawing workshop where we will mine and find stories in the environment to inspire our creations. Participants will learn how to start drawing, develop their styles and how to approach ideas towards craft-making.
Pottery Hand-Building — By Archicraft
Saturday, 5 October |10am -12.30pm |The URA Centre
Clay forming is one of the earliest and most quintessential disciplines of craft in history. Join us for this workshop that introduces different techniques of pottery making to gain a deeper understanding of clay work.
Participants will be shown a demonstration of clay forming, followed by a hands-on making session. Come and explore hand-building pottery techniques up close and understand the properties of clay as a medium for form making.
Mason Jar Floral Arrangement — By Archicraft
Saturday, 5 October| 3pm – 5pm |Fleuriste Studio |S$50/pax
This 2-hour floral arrangement workshop will acquaint participants with the basics of how to care for flowers and arrange them beautifully.
Led by Fleuriste, a locally based boutique florist which believes in celebrating the everyday. No occasion is too small to show love and appreciation through a thoughtfully crafted flower arrangement. Fleuriste specializes in bespoke rustic everyday and bridal bouquets and wedding and event styling, and will share their tips and tricks on floral crafting.
Each participant will get to take home their own mason jar floral arrangements.
BEEP Craft-A-Toy: Craft | Share | Learn
Tuesday, 01 October : 2 Sessions (2pm & 4pm) | Beep studio
Saturday, 05 October| 10am – 1pm | The URA Centre |S$40/BEEP Kit
BEEP Craft-a-Toy encourages individuals to learn more about crafts through play. Imagine a future where children create toys for themselves instead of making a trip down to a toy store. It may sound fictional but as 3D printers become increasingly accessible, this may not be such a far-fetched idea. As we encourage our children to create their own toy, it hones their creative instincts, expands their imagination and instils in them a love for craft-making.
Kilnform Glass Plate
Saturday, 5 October |10am – 1pm |Synergraphic Design |$160/pax
Create your very own kiln-formed glass plate in a fully equipped glassmaking studio with a 33-year old heritage of glassmaking. Learn the basics of glassworking in this 3-hour workshop including how to cut and polish glass, prepare your mould using special kiln materials, and assemble your creation in the kiln for firing. Tour the gallery thereafter for some refreshments and pick up a gift or two.
Scriptography Calligraphy
Sunday, 6 October |12pm – 2pm |Antea Social |$79.50/pax
Unwind your soul by embracing the art of writing, where each stroke explores the beauty and meaning of words. In this workshop, learn and practice brush lettering with watercolour blending techniques. Participants will be introduced to the basics of letterforms and have the opportunity to create their own art piece before the end of the session. Materials and tools will be provided.
New Kintsugi
Sunday, 6 October| 3pm – 5.30pm |Antea Social |S$85/pax
This 2.5 hour workshop introduces participants to a modern interpretation of Kintsugi as a means of recycling. Kintsugi is a traditional Japanese technique that uses gold to repair broken ceramics, thus beautifying and emphasizing the mended cracks rather than disguising it. Through this workshop, participants are encouraged to look and bring along unwanted ceramics that are typically thought of as waste, as materials for making accessories such as brooches, clips, or earrings instead.
○ Introduction to kintsugi
○ Examining broken pieces
○ Design of wearables
○ Demonstration
○ Creating the pieces
Rejuvenating Modernist Sites Made Possible:
A RIBA-SIA Design Charette
Tuesday, 8 October |4pm – 6pm |The URA Centre | Free Admission
In the lead up to the upcoming mASEANa Conference “Progressive Once More: Rejuvenating Mid-Century Modern Architecture in Southeast Asia” at the URA Centre from 31 Oct to 2 Nov 2019, the organizing committee and the Singapore Institute of Architects is pleased to present a design charette and outreach programme.
Proudly supported by the Royal Institute of British Architects, this charette invites a panel of esteemed architects to discuss ideas and frameworks undergirding rehabilitation of postwar modern heritage buildings. Case studies will be shared from selected heritage rehabilitation projects in Singapore and the UK.
Come and join the panel as they dissect issues of heritage and modernity in this conversation teaser – raising issues that will extend into deeper conversations in the mASEANa Conference at the end of October.
The mASEANa Conference is jointly coordinated by Docomomo Japan and the University of Tokyo, and supported by Docomomo International and ICOMOS International Scientific Committee for 20th Century.
