How can youth help save historic buildings? Share your ideas at The Foundry with ST Podcasts
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SINGAPORE - The former Elections Department (ELD) building in Prinsep Link will be the setting for a pertinent discussion on Feb 12.
The dialogue, on the role millennials can play in the revitalisation of historic buildings, will kick off the first in a series of ST Podcasts Live! events in 2025. It will start at 6.30pm.
Correspondent Natasha Ann Zachariah, host of The Straits Times’ first video podcast The Usual Place, will delve into the topic of historic buildings along with Mr Ng Wee Liang, who creates content on Singapore heritage, arts and culture; and Mr Colin Low, chief executive of the Singapore Land Authority.
The Usual Place podcast host Natasha Zachariah (middle, seated) with the ST Podcast Team.
ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
They will look specifically at how youth can help in the remaking of these buildings or spaces to give them a new buzz and life.
The Prinsep Link building is fitting given it has been transformed into a social impact hub known as The Foundry.
The Foundry provides organisations such as non-profits with a collaborative space to come up with ideas for solutions to social issues such as social isolation and mental health. It was launched by President Tharman Shanmugaratnam on Nov 28.
The three-storey building served as the ELD office building between 1994 and 2021. There, the Returning Officer, whose duties include overseeing the conduct of polls and directing election officials, would announce the results of each general election.
The Foundry provides organisations such as non-profits with a collaborative space to come up with ideas for solutions to social issues such as social isolation and mental health.
ST PHOTO: TEO TONG KAI
Following the discussion on youth and historic buildings, a second podcast recording will take place.
ST assistant podcast editor Lynda Hong and reporter Christie Chiu, co-hosts of the In Your Opinion podcast, will speak with Mr Johnson Soh, founder of eldercare company SanCare Asia, and Ms Amanda Soon, programme executive at Fei Yue Community Services, about how music moves the mind, and its transformative impact on dementia care.
Find out how youth volunteers have been able to get involved in inter-generational volunteering to make a difference in this area of need in Singapore.
After each podcast discussion, there will be a 15-minute Q&A session for the audience to pose questions to the panellists. link
Those who are interested can sign up to attend the discussions via this
What: ST Podcasts Live! at the Foundry
Where: The Foundry, 11 Prinsep Link Singapore 187949
When: Feb 12, 2025, 6.30pm-9pm
