Design Research
There is tremendous commitment by both faculty and students in researching the topics of ageing and healthcare for more than a decade. The outcome is the creation of a deep knowledge base of Design Research conducted at both Master’s level architecture thesis and undergraduate design programmes. Concurrently, the Industrial Design course conducts Service Design programmes to innovate creative solutions for ageing and healthcare.
Timeline Of Projects & Key Events
2016
Lapis – Designing for dementia
M.Arch. thesis by Don Eugene Long
Reclaiming Land–Examining the human-ground relationship in an existing HDB estate
M.Arch. thesis by Yeo Zheng Hang
Creating a lifetime living environment
M.Arch. thesis by Mandy Wong Shi Mei
Adaptable housing for a changing demography
M.Arch. thesis by Winnie Tan Jia Hui
The social catalyst–creation of symbiotic effect between the young and old
M.Arch. thesis by Tan Jia Mei
Pallative care: The sacred in living and dying
B.A. (Arch) Year 3 programme in collaboration with NUHS and Dover Park Hospice
Holland Close Commune: Rejuvenation and normalization of a mature HDB estate through intensification and intergenerational community bonding
M.Arch. thesis by Geneve Teo Wei Lin
2015
Seniors Living and Aged Care
Guest Lecture by Mr David Lane (Chairman, Thomson Adsett)
Layering Residents’ Experience–Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital & Nursing Home
M.Arch. thesis by Ng Si Han
Multigenerational communities: Integrated housing for aging-in-place
M.Arch. thesis by Sharry Wang Shuqi
The Collective: Integrated housing for the new elderly in the city
M.Arch. thesis by Theodore Goh Seow Chuang
Active aging: Housing integrating community bonding and farming
M.Arch. thesis by Yong Wai Kei
Deployable public health-screening station
B.A. (Arch) Year 3 programme
Integrated elder-cum-child care centre
B.A. (Arch) Year 3 programme
2014
Human Ecology and Built Environment – Space and Health
Guest Lecture by Prof Christine Nickl-Weller & Prof Hans Nickl
Overture to Aging in Place
M.Arch. thesis by Brandon Lim
1/3 Apartment: Housing for adapting demographics
M.Arch. thesis by Jonathan Toh
Prototypical network for Aging in Place
M.Arch. thesis by Huay Wen Jun
Ageing in Place: 2030 and beyond
B.A. (Arch) Year 3 programme
2013
Intergenerational hub - Social Integration and Active-Ageing
M.Arch. thesis by Ang Shifang
Integrated Elderly Housing - Adapting to Demographic Transitions and Lifestyle Needs
M.Arch. thesis by Ang Ronghui Louis
Lifelong Estates: Inclusive Ageing
M.Arch. thesis by Chang Li En
The Rehabilitation Cooperative
M.Arch. thesis by Tan Wen Xian Tracy
Occupy Redhill Close! - Revitalization of an ageing residential estate by activating the community
M.Arch. thesis by Tan Su-Lin Denise
Being Elderly, Being Human
M.Arch. thesis by Poh Hui Min
My Neighbourhood Link: Supporting Ageing-ln-Place
M.Arch. thesis by Ng Eng Fu
Usable Spaces or Inclusive Places: When Accessibility Codes Don’t Live Up to their Promise
Guest Lecture by Assoc Prof Jon A Sanford
Dementia Care Centre
B.A. (Arch) Year 3 programme
The Salutogenic Architecture – The Search for Healthy Society
Guest Lecture by Prof Alan Dilani
2012
Palliative Care - Dying in a Garden | Celebrating Life
M.Arch. thesis by Chew Jing Hui Vanessa
Active Ageing in Place Habitat though Ecotherapy: Evolving Sky Community Architecture for an Ageing Population within a Matured Estate
M.Arch. thesis by Chan Jun Jack
A new model of dementia care home
M.Arch. thesis by Koh Mingcang Clement
Empathy workshop on the physical challenges of ageing
Guest Lecture/Workshop by Dr Emi Kiyota (Ibasho)
Case studies of nursing homes in Singapore
B.A. (Arch) Year 3 programme
Re-imagining the Nursing Home in Singapore
B.A. (Arch) Year 3 prograsmme
2011
Care To Be Aware: A Community Care Centre In Dalongdong Area, Taipei
M.Arch. thesis by He Qun
Integrated Habitat And Community Living For The Elderly
M.Arch. thesis by Tan Tiang Soon
Ageing-In--Place In Kreta Ayer
M.Arch. thesis by Tran Tri Phuong Oanh
Active Ageing In The CBD
M.Arch. thesis by Cheam Xiao Feng Michelle
We Share, We Grow Old
M.Arch. thesis by Fong Kian Kwok
2004 - 2010
Hospital Design and Infection Control
Guest Lecture by Dr Brenda Ang
Ageing in Place: Social Housing in Chinatown
M.Arch. thesis by Tan Yu Ren
The East Slope: Retirement village at Pearl’s Hill
M.Arch. thesis by Justin Lau Yang Zheng
Eden: Rehabilitative Resort For Cancer Patients (A reinvention Of The Hospital Typology Through The Picturesque)
M.Arch. thesis by Wok Yuen-Lin Ruth
Peripatetic Architecure: A Holistic Rehabilitation Centre for The Physically-Disabled within the Community
M.Arch. thesis by Teo Ee Tien Erica
Hospice for the Living - Hospice and Cancer Center in the City
M.Arch. thesis by Wong Chuan Meng Joseph
Community city living: integrating the old
M.Arch. thesis by Ng San Son
