EVENTS & OTHER HAPPENINGS
Uncovering the art of city making
Mr Charles Landry, the man behind the concept of the 'Creative City', recently presented a guest lecture at CDE as part of the NUS Cities Lecture series.
He came up with the concept in the late 1980s, focusing on how cities can create the conditions for people and organisations to think, plan and act with imagination to solve problems and develop opportunities.
Regarded as an international authority on the use of imagination and creativity in urban change, Mr Landry’s evaluation tool – the Creative City Index, conceived with the Basque Country and its main city, Bilbao, has been implemented in 25 cities in Europe and beyond.
In his lecture, Where Next with the Art of City Making?, Mr Landry took his audience through the issues faced by cities and the need to reframe past concepts to usher in a new era of cities, in what he termed “the City and Culture 3.0”.
Read more and view the lecture at: https://cde.nus.edu.sg/news-detail/uncovering-the-art-of-city-making/
CDE's Industrial Design faculty join other Singapore creatives at Milan Design Week
Assistant Professor Clement Zheng's Reciproco, and Adjunct Lecturer Tiffany Loy's Mosaic Membrane, were exhibited at Future Impact 2 from 16 to 21 April 2024.
The DesignSingapore Council's Future Impact 2, presented newly commissioned works by Singapore’s designers that demonstrate how design can evolve to create a more sustainable future. Future Impact 2 looks to a new era of design, where technology empowers designers to create a better tomorrow. Participating designers pushed the boundaries of their creative practices and created forward-thinking designs that address pressing global challenges, minimise environmental impact, and reimagine production methods.
The exhibition was part of the Milan Design Week during the Salone del Mobile.Milano, the world’s biggest design event.
Read more about the creatives of Future Impact 2 at: https://www.straitstimes.com/life/home-design/singapore-creatives-stake-new-turf-at-milan-design-week
About Reciproco:
Asst Prof Zheng, who heads the Interactive Materials Lab, collaborated with independent designer Genevieve Ang on Reciproco, a pair of interactive ceramic installations designed to spread warmth and conviviality. The design sets out to push the limits of digital communication by imagining a new way to connect and sense another person remotely. The ceramic pieces are coated in glaze formulated with glass waste and enhanced with thermochromic paint that changes colour when the surface is activated. It is heated with circuits embedded into the ceramic body that are triggered when touched.
About Mosaic Membrane:
Tiffany Loy collaborated with Italian mosaic experts Friul Mosaic on Mosaic Membrane a project transforming mosaic tiles into skin-like, three-dimensional forma that can function as furniture pieces. Inspired by Milan's La Rotonda del Pellegrini's vaulted ceiling, the project celebrates the fluidity of textile and mosaic materials.
Students present their final year projects at iDP Project Showcase 2024
The Innovation and Design Programme (iDP), a unique undergraduate experiential programme offered by the Engineering Design and Innovation Centre in the NUS College of Design and Engineering (CDE), brings together students from different majors to tackle real-world challenges.
Held on 19 April 2024 at block EA Atrium, the iDP Project Showcase 2024 featured over 30 innovative projects spanning healthcare, mobility, sustainable cities, smart living, intelligent systems and immersive reality. Students presented their respective projects to visitors and how the programme has impacted them.
The award winners for this Showcase were:
- Most Investable Start-up: Caviato
- Most Innovative Project: Innolax: Innovative Natural Laxative
- Most Challenging Project: NUS Formula SAE Race Car
- Most Fun Project: Blended Wing Body Aircraft with Distributed Propulsion
- Most Useful Project: Mobile Workstation Solution for Healthcare Professionals
- Most Inspiring Project: Abdomentor: Abdominal Examination Trainer
- Best Poster Award: Sustainable Monitoring of Flora and Fauna
Read more at: https://cde.nus.edu.sg/news-detail/students-present-their-final-year-projects-at-idp-project-showcase-2024/
CDE kicks-off Innovus@CDE
Innovus@CDE is a series of events and challenges organised by the CDE Office of Research and Industry to promote innovation and entrepreneurship among research staff, students and alumni. Over the next six months, participants will take part in a variety of talks and workshops, covering topics such as idea generation, product development, and market strategy. These sessions aim to help take their ideas from concepts to working products.
The series kicked off with InnoAWARE@CDE, where participants heard from the founders of CDE start-up Cityscapes. The founders shared the challenges they faced in getting their start-up off the ground and advised the participants on how to avoid the pitfalls they may encounter in their start-up journey.
Mr Chew Chi Ying, co-founder and head of marketing for Cityscapes said “Having an interdisciplinary team has definitely been advantageous for our start-up as we are able to leverage on each other’s expertise to fill in any knowledge gaps or blind spots that we may have when developing our decentralised urban farming solutions .”
Find out more at: https://cde.nus.edu.sg/industry-enterprise/innovus/
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering hosts Visiting Committee
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) hosted the Visiting Committee chaired by Professor Yafeng Yin from the University of Michigan, alongside members Professor Claudia K. Gunsch from Duke University and Professor Miroslaw Jan Skibniewski from the University of Maryland. The Committee's visit which took place from 15-17 April 2024, provided an opportunity for engagement and dialogue with various stakeholders. CEE welcomed diverse stakeholders, including students, faculty, alumni, and industry partners, who actively participated in discussions with the committee. Their contributions have greatly enriched our evaluation process and set a strong foundation for future endeavours.