Making clans hip again: Artists pair up with clan groups in Bukit Pasoh for Singapore Design Week

Artists and designers will pair up with clan association houses in Bukit Pasoh to display art installations

Dr Gan See Khem's niece, Ms Gan Guoyi, has been roped in to help out with the clan. Tung On Wui Kun (above) is among the clan houses in Bukit Pasoh Road which are part of Street of Clans in Singapore Design Week 2019. Tree Harp installations in Queen
Dr Gan See Khem's father founded the Gan clan, and she helped modernise it when she became its president in 2011. ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN
Dr Gan See Khem's niece, Ms Gan Guoyi, has been roped in to help out with the clan. Tung On Wui Kun (above) is among the clan houses in Bukit Pasoh Road which are part of Street of Clans in Singapore Design Week 2019. Tree Harp installations in Queen
Dr Gan See Khem's niece, Ms Gan Guoyi, has been roped in to help out with the clan. ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN
Dr Gan See Khem's niece, Ms Gan Guoyi, has been roped in to help out with the clan. Tung On Wui Kun (above) is among the clan houses in Bukit Pasoh Road which are part of Street of Clans in Singapore Design Week 2019. Tree Harp installations in Queen
Tung On Wui Kun is among the clan houses in Bukit Pasoh Road which are part of Street of Clans in Singapore Design Week 2019. ST PHOTO: TIMOTHY DAVID
Dr Gan See Khem's niece, Ms Gan Guoyi, has been roped in to help out with the clan. Tung On Wui Kun (above) is among the clan houses in Bukit Pasoh Road which are part of Street of Clans in Singapore Design Week 2019. Tree Harp installations in Queen
Tree Harp installations in Queen Street. PHOTO: URBAN INTERVENTIONS: BRAS BASAH.BUGIS
The long-standing International Furniture Fair Singapore will show furniture from designers around the region.
The long-standing International Furniture Fair Singapore will show furniture from designers around the region. PHOTO: INTERNATIONAL FURNITURE FAIR SINGAPORE
Michelle Ng
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Updated
Mar 02, 2019, 09:44 AM
Published
Mar 02, 2019, 05:00 AM
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On regular weekends, the trendy neighbourhood around Bukit Pasoh Road teems with cafe-hoppers and the occasional film buff seeking out a spot featured in hit film Crazy Rich Asians.

But next weekend, the neighbourhood will get even busier when an event called Street of Clans is held to draw focus to the heritage clan houses in the area.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on March 02, 2019, with the headline Making clans hip again: Artists pair up with clan groups in Bukit Pasoh for Singapore Design Week. Subscribe

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