Themes and Modes of Production of Singapore Public Space
This chapter summarizes and abstracts from the themes brought up in the case studies of Chapter 3 , in order to propose a theoretical framework of the dynamic modes and methods of production of public space and spatial practice in Singapore. The framewor
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Limin Hee
Constructing Singapore Public Space
Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements Series editor Bharat Dahiya, Bangkok, Thailand
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Constructing Singapore Public Space
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Limin Hee Centre for Liveable Cities Singapore Singapore
ISSN 2198-2546 ISSN 2198-2554 (electronic) Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements ISBN 978-981-10-2385-9 ISBN 978-981-10-2387-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-2387-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016949630 © Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. The registered company address is: 152 Beach Road, #22-06/08 Gateway East, Singapore 189721, Singapore
Foreword
Some years ago, I was taken aback by discussion about redevelopment of China Square, a venerable area of Singapore, with authorities from the nation’s Urban Redevelopment Authority. According to them, the very idea of a square, plaza or similar spatial device was immediately dismissed as being inappropriate. Why? I asked, naively. The area is called a ‘square’ after all. From this more than momentary befuddlement on my part, it became clear that real understanding of public space in Singapore, despite appearances often to the contrary mostly from colonial days, would require work and interpretative practices outside the way I, as a westerner, normally regarded urban circumstances. This occasion also made me reflect upon similar experiences with public space in Tokyo which had also remained largely incomprehensible to me until I read Augustin Berque’s brilliant account of fundamental differences in spatial appreciation in the Japanese ecumen from those in the West. What the author, Limin Hee, does in this volume is to admirably perform a similar service for the more subtly differentiated case of
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