Connecting Time, Space, Art, Culture, And Ecology Through Landscape Design: A holistic learning environment at the International French School in the Asian context of Singapore

You are cordially invited to a lecture by Helen Smith-Yeo:

Date: 7^th October 2025

Time: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Venue: SDE4, Level 5 Forum, DOA, National University of Singapore, 8 Architecture Dr, Singapore 117564

SILA CPD Points: 2

Connecting Time, Space, Art, Culture, And Ecology Through Landscape Design: A holistic learning environment at the International French School in the Asian context of Singapore

The process of guiding education and individuals who will eventually form societies, is the way skills, knowledge, morals and values are transferred for formative effect. This lecture focuses on diverse facets layered, via the design expertise of landscape architecture, for a holistic pedagogic environment, through forging links to nature and ecology; to history and culture; to art, beauty and collective memory.

The International French School Singapore (IFS), Lycée Français, educates young minds from kindergarten to baccalaureate, and its multi-layered landscape and distinct French-Asian identity, distinguishes IFS from other international schools in Singapore.

As the principal landscape architect for IFS, Helen Smith-Yeo designed and guided the evolution of the entire landscape with singular vision, weaving connections at multiple stratums- physical, intellectual, artistic, cultural and spiritual- through the evocation of Time, Space, Art, Culture, and Ecology creating synergies to awaken young minds.

Speaker Bio

Helen Smith-Yeo founded STX LA (Sitetectonix) in 1995 and has practised landscape architecture for over 30 years in public and private sectors, with built projects in Singapore, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Maldives. With a love for history, culture and art, the fusion of European and American perspectives with her own Asian origins, she believes in transformative creativity as well as timeless designs.

Helen holds a BA (Architecture Studies) from the National University of Singapore in 1985 and an MLA with Distinction in 1991 from the Harvard Graduate School of Design. In 2019 she graduated from the CESP programme at the École Nationale Supérieure du Paysage at Versailles. She is an Accredited Landscape Architect and also a Corporate Member of the Singapore Institute of Landscape Architects (SILA).

This lecture is a part of the MLA Y2 Module LA5500: Proseminar in Landscape Architecture, led by Helen Smith-Yeo.