Ultra Hard Resort

Thorough development and urbanisation can be observed throughout Singapore. Yet, Lim Chu Kang seems to remain as an area for miscellaneous uses. The area houses a range of diverse activities that have little to no relation to each other, unified only by the fact that they do not fit within Singapore’s urbanised clusters. They are hidden out of the sight and mind of the general public.

Homosexuality, for the longest time, have been at war with traditional thought; this is no exception in Singapore where recognition and protection against discrimination for same-sex relationships are absent. Architects and designers are not the sole creators of spaces, communities as well as cultures that inhabit such spaces also contribute to its uses; by delving deeper into the aspects of the latter, notably the gay community itself; we can start to observe the emergence and existence of gay spaces, be it sexual or not, in our everyday spaces.

The project seeks to investigate as well as mitigate the relationship and influences of boundaries, from social to physical, from the spaces created within the design to its place in relation to a larger context of Singapore;