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Urban Design and Adaptive Reuse in North Korea, Japan, and Singapore


An interview with Architect Calvin Chua

For those engaged in shaping future cities, this conversation reveals how the "spirit" of a place, its tangible feel and character, is intrinsically linked to its physical form, history, and the constraints under which it was built. Calvin Chua: But I think the main contextual difference for me in terms of practice between Europe and Asia is not the political or economic systems, but the regional blocs, the EU and ASEAN. Calvin Chua: We were working on the Paya Lebar Air Base master plan while also conducting a year-long research project on the future of strata malls in Singapore.

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