{"id":17018,"date":"2026-02-13T15:36:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T07:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/arch\/?post_type=ac-news&#038;p=17018"},"modified":"2026-03-13T15:08:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T07:08:35","slug":"constructive-conservation-reimagining-iconic-monument-jurong-town-hall","status":"publish","type":"ac-news","link":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/arch\/arclab\/news\/constructive-conservation-reimagining-iconic-monument-jurong-town-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Constructive Conservation \u2013 Reimagining Iconic Monument: Jurong Town Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>You are cordially invited to attend the opening of the exhibition:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Date: 23 January 2026<\/p>\n<p>Time:17:30\u201418:30<\/p>\n<p>Venue: JTC Summit, 8 Jurong Town Hall Road, Singapore 609434<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exhibition:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>23 January to 13 March 2026<\/p>\n<p>9:00 am to 6:00 pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Constructive Conservation\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reimagining Iconic Monument: Jurong Town Hall<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This exhibition presents a series of design models produced within the Design for Adaptive Reuse (AC5009) studio of the Master of Arts in Architectural Conservation (MAArC) programme at the National University of Singapore. Led by Dr Nikhil Joshi and Ar Sri Saravanan, the studio explore alternative futures for Jurong Town Hall (1974), a National Monument and a significant symbol of Singapore\u2019s post-independence modernist and industrial development.<\/p>\n<p>Through processes of site analysis, heritage assessment, and environmental evaluation, students translated research into spatial propositions that negotiate between retention, adaptation, and transformation. Presented at multiple scales, the models articulate design strategies addressing collective memory, material resilience, climate responsiveness, and contemporary programme insertion. Together, they demonstrate how physical modelling functions not only as a representational tool but also as a method of inquiry, testing how modern heritage can be reactivated through environmentally responsible and culturally grounded design.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/arch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/01\/Exhibition-Board-A1-Final.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":17020,"template":"","ac-news-category":[19],"class_list":["post-17018","ac-news","type-ac-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ac-news-category-exhibition","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/arch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ac-news\/17018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/arch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ac-news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/arch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ac-news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/arch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/arch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ac-news-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/arch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ac-news-category?post=17018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}