Far East Plaza as Heritage? Conserving Singapore’s Malls

Dr Liew Kai Khiun, Nanyang Technological University

http://www.fareastplaza.com.sg/about_us.php

https://stateofmotion.sg/locations/

http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/look-through-stranger-eyes

Far East Plaza and David Bowie in Gerry Troyna’s Ricochet (1983) and Asian Film Archives State of the Motion Location Tours

http://sporeana.blogspot.sg/2010/10/the-up-escalator-forever-bowie-in.html

https://stateofmotion.sg/locations/http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/look-through-stranger-eyeshttp://sporeana.blogspot.sg/2010/10/the-up-escalator-forever-bowie-in.html

https://thelongnwindingroad.wordpress.com/2009/07/05/impressions-of-orchard-road-in-the-1970s/#jp-carousel-632

https://thelongnwindingroad.wordpress.com/2009/07/05/impressions-of-orchard-road-in-the-1970s/#jp-carousel-632

TowerBlock

Slides from Co-PI Lai Chee Kien

Typologies of Malls in Singapore I

Atrium

Basements

Slides from Co-PI Lai Chee Kien

Typologies of Malls in Singapore II

https://elvan164.wixsite.com/wisma/wisma-atria

http://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/photographs/record-details/611a89bf-1162-11e3-83d5-0050568939ad

Former Indonesian Embassy (image from Lai Chee Kien

Changing Sites of Memories

https://elvan164.wixsite.com/wisma/wisma-atriahttp://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/photographs/record-details/611a89bf-1162-11e3-83d5-0050568939ad

Should we and how do we conserve shopping centre buildings as heritage?

• Physical architecture

• Cultural Significance

• Social relevance

• Datedness vs timelessness of shops

• Maximizing Gross Floor Areas

• Mall proliferation, REITs and E-commerce in Changing Retail Cultures

• Benchmarking mall history and documentation

https://mothership.sg/2018/09/thomson-plaza-history-dbs/

Pioneering pet shops in Singapore from Thomson Plaza Conserving Malls or/and mall cultures

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