MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN!
Dear students, alumni, colleagues, and partners of CDE,
I have often referred to the CDE community, including in its scope, our students, staff, and the broader community of alumni and partners. Shared experiences and values bind us, and these ties deepen as we grow as a college and community.
This August, several events took place, reminding me of the richness of our connections.
On 14 August, we had the pleasure of welcoming over 80 donors and guests to the launch of the Donor Wall - “Our Circle of Patrons” - a tribute to their invaluable support. Their desire and actions to deliver meaningful impact inspire us. What made this event even more special and further underscored our interconnectedness was that the wall was designed by CDE alum Ms Valeska Tan, Industrial Design, Class of 2023.
NUS Cities held a successful event on 26 August - Towards a Healthy Singapore: Green Building Impact on Public Health. The theme focuses on public hygiene, with activities and programmes encouraging the community to do their part for a cleaner and greener Singapore. It is good to know that this event reached out to school kids and members of the public, connecting all towards a greener and healthier future.
This month was capped by the launch of ENgAGE - the Centre for Environment and Ageing Well on 27 August. ENgAGE, helmed by faculty from the Department of Architecture, is a pivotal step in our commitment to improving the quality of life and well-being of all. By deepening our understanding of how ageing impacts communities across Asia, ENgAGE will lead the way in creating environments that promote health, independence, and dignity throughout all stages of life.
ENgAGE is founded on the belief that we can unlock the tremendous potential to enhance lives through connections and collaboration. A message that resonates with the values we uphold in our CDE community.
Professor Teo Kie Leong
Dean
College of Design and Engineering (CDE)
HIGHLIGHTS
EVENTS
Reflections and Experiments in Contemporary Korean Housing
This talk examines collective housing in contemporary Korea against an ethical vacuum produced in the process of modernisation in East Asia. This condition arises from the destabilisation of family-based ethics and the incomplete formation of civic ethics. Within this condition, the talk reframes the prevalence of apartment housing in Korea—often developed as large, semi-gated communities—not […]
Unscripted Mask(ing) Tape
“Unscripted Mask(ing) Tape” is a collective performance experiment composed of text, voice, and body. This is not an open mic nor an individual presentation; it is a space for participants to anonymously share their feelings, repressions, observations, and unexpressed words with one another.
Guest lecture by Karla Saldaña Ochoa on AI + Digital Twins
Karla Saldaña Ochoa is an Assistant Professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Florida and a faculty affiliate at the AI2 Centre, the Centre of Latin American Studies, and FIBER. She directs the AI in Architecture Graduate Certificate program and oversees the SHARE Lab, a research group focused on developing projects that […]
Running And Weaving: Social Design Education In Hong Kong
The talk will examine the Capstone course for final-year students in the Social Design programme at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design. Over the past three years, Kam Fai and Charis Poon have designed, re-designed, and re-redesigned successive rounds of curricular changes in response to Hong Kong’s contemporary conditions. Informed by shifts in […]
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