Glass act at Archifest

Get ideas on how architecture can save the world via films, workshops and pop-ups at this year's month-long Archifest

Reclaiming Connectivity, this year's pavilion, is a virtual installation that uses light emitting surface glass, which offers a uniform diffusion of light yet is transparent. PHOTOS: ADDP ARCHITECTS, OWIU DESIGN
PHYSICAL EXHIBITS: The Pod mobile recording booth (above) by Shophouse & Co; and coop by Do Agency - a system of kit-of-parts - for The Theatre Practice, which is set up at its Waterloo Street premises. PHOTOS: SHOPHOUSE & CO, LOW C.J.
PHYSICAL EXHIBITS: The Pod mobile recording booth by Shophouse & Co; and coop (above) by Do Agency - a system of kit-of-parts - for The Theatre Practice, which is set up at its Waterloo Street premises. PHOTOS: SHOPHOUSE & CO, LOW C.J.
Chantal Sajan
Senior Correspondent
Updated
Sep 26, 2020, 05:00 AM
Published
Sep 26, 2020, 05:00 AM
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Archifest 2020 is looking beyond giving the world grand designs or magnificent edifices.

The 14th edition of the annual festival organised by the Singapore Institute of Architects is hinged on the theme, Architecture Saving Our World, through a process of "creative activism".

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on September 26, 2020, with the headline Glass act at Archifest. Subscribe

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