Research

1. Research Done by: Sarah Sulaiman 118328

2. Patterns • Geometrical | analyzing | Repetition | Similarity | Size

3. Research Maxwell food centre A throwback to the old days in the heart of Chinatown - noisy and chaotic, the Hawker Centre was refurbished in May 2001. One of Singapore's oldest Hawker Centres, snaking queues are a regular sight at lunch-time. It is home to some of the best Hawker Food in Singapore, particularly for its unique black-peppered Char Siew Rice, Hainanese Chicken Rice and Tapioca Pastries. Maxwell Road Food Centre, originally called Maxwell Market, located in TanjongPagar, along Maxwell Road, is a popular hawker centre within the Central Business District (CBD) area. It is known not only for its cheap dishes but also for unique Chinese meals seldom found in other hawker centres. Many of the original stall holders had served there for several generations.

4. History The Maxwell Road Food Centre began in the 1950s as a wet market for the Chinatown area. In the 1980s, the site was changed into a temporary hawker centre to house the hawkers from China Square along China Street. This structure remained for more than a decade. It was designed such that stalls shared a communal washing area which was located in the major thoroughfare where patrons consumed their food at fixed tables. While they were eating, they could see dirty dishes piling up and hawkers washing their plates at the washing area; meanwhile clogged drains lined the nearby stalls. Despite being notorious for its unhygienic conditions, it remained a popular food centre as it was home to many popular traditional Chinese delicacies such as turtle soup and pig's brain. Stalls One of its more popular stalls was the ham ChimPeng titbit, a doughnut stuffed with bean paste and deep fried. Queues would form early as the titbit cost only 10 cents each even as late as the 1990s. However, buyers needed to fry their own fritters. Another unique stall was the Rickshaw Noodles stall, so named because the particular style of noodles was popular with early rickshaw pullers.

5. South Bridge Road South Bridge Road, street, located in the Outram and Singapore River areas of the Central Region, in Singapore. One of the thriving centres of the city in the heart of Chinatown, South Bridge Road has been an important street, and one of the main thoroughfares linking the town and the New Harbour. The road stretches south from Elgin Bridge to Maxwell Road/TanjongPagar Road/Neil Road. HistorySouth Bridge, a major road of Chinatown, was known in the early 1820s by its name, long before a proper road was constructed. In early 1831 there were public complaints that South Bridge Road was overflowed knee-deep at high tides. Then in 1833, George Coleman, as the newly appointed Superintendent of Public Works, headed the construction of North and South Bridge Roads with help from Indian convict labourers.

6. A major road-link The road became more important when it linked Singapore town to the New Harbour, Keppel Harbour. As part of the "big town", import and export businesses including assorted wholesale and retail merchant traders, godowns/storage houses, goldsmith shops (today still around the South Bridge Road/Cross Street junction), and more, set up shop here. The first steam tramway ran the full length of South Bridge Road from 1885, but ceased operations in 1894, as it could not compete with the great numbers of jinrikshas after their introduction from Shanghai in 1880. Then came Electric Trams in 1905, these too ceased operations in 1927; and in 1929, Trolley Buses were introduced. Increase of commercial prospects and immigrant arrivals around the turn of the century, saw the rise of many 2 and 3-storey shophouses in the area. Some of the shophouses can still be seen today. Being the "main street" of Chinatown, many historic and important buildings have lined this stretch, and, from the early times these included the Sri Marriaman Temple (1843), Jamae Mosque (1830 - 1835), both now preserved monuments; the Central Police Station once stood on today's Pidemco Centre, and the Criminal District and Police Courts used to be on Hong Lim Green. Other new developments are FookHai Building (1975), and the Housing and Development Board's Hong Lim Complex of shophouses and high-rise apartments. Where Hong Lim complex stands, at the South Bridge Road/Cross Street corner was a site of the "SookChing" (to purge or eliminate) war atrocities committed by the Japanese during their occupation, in World War II. The Eu Yan Sang Pharmacy, a classical 1910, 3-storey building, famous for Chinese Herbal Medication from China, were in olden times also well-known for the transmission of funds to families in China.

7. How the area looks like?

8. 3 designs

9. Design one

10. Inspirations Contrast of the old building and new Red Chinese lantern Shop houses

11. Rationale • Dissection of the lantern: The U shape that is seen on the “dissect lantern” is also seen like a hand collecting water, in other words, it is representation of collecting more fortune and wealth through the customers. • The colour red: The colour red has a great association to the chinese culture. The colour red represents great fortune and wealth. • The high usage in red lantern: The area as seen on the inspiration picture, many of the area is secluded with red lanterns including the shophouses.

12. Design two

13. Inspiration Unique features of the columns Architecture Variety of columns

14. Rationale • Vibrant colours: Vibrant colours are used as to explain the area as a vibrant injected with many cultural elements, the area filled is also with entertainment, good food at the Max well market and Singapore award winning Chinese heritage centre. • Columns: The columns are representation of pillars of support for the building. It is to represent the strong affiliation of the brought from the past to the present. • Simplicity: The simple yet divine design of the columns is able to instill the old feel of the area. • Repetition: Many of Tumblr worthy designs are made with repetitive designs. Thus, the ability to pull off a an old design, yet able to put in the modern concept to reach out to the newer generation

15. Design three

16. Inspiration: Maxwell market ceiling

17. Rationale • Inspired: An abstract inspiration from the metal railings that can be found at the top of the Maxwell food Centre. • The condense and tangled lines: It represents the history behind Maxwell food centrewhich was found many years ago and it has a closely knitted history of good and cheap food. • Messy and cramped: The feel of “crowdedness” and packed in the Maxwell market as it is. • Whit spaces: Despite the crowdedness of Maxwell food centre, many would choose it and it is a convinient space for everyone especially the white collared workers from the CBD area.

18. THANK YOU.