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dc.contributor.author | Siti Munirah Abdul Rashid | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-03-31T07:03:28Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-03-31T07:03:28Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Siti Munirah Abdul Rashid (2021). Tall, charming and sensible : the history of HDB design from 1960s-1980s. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/147311 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/147311 | - |
dc.description.abstract | By examining the rich and complex history of Singapore’s public housing and situating design thinking, processes and influences of the HDB flats between the 1960s and 1980s with a historical and global context, I argue that while every effort has been made to assure a distinctive design to HDB flats across various estates on the island, the homogeneity of the Singaporean public landscape is a testament to the rigorous standardisation that guarantees the quantitative and qualitative efficiency demanded of a nation emerging out of an acute housing shortage inherited from the British colonial government. I also argue that despite starting out as means of providing immediate shelter, designs of the HDB flats over the decades have become a fundamental driver in nurturing a sense of community among residents and it is this continuous emphasis on how the state, through the Board, has been central in confering a sense of nationhood through the building of modern new towns, that which is constantly made known to the public through state-sponsored publications like the ‘Our Home’ magazine for instance, in order to drive home feelings of pride, belonging and one-of-a-kind excellence. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Nanyang Technological University | en_US |
dc.subject | Humanities::History | en_US |
dc.title | Tall, charming and sensible : the history of HDB design from 1960s-1980s | en_US |
dc.type | Final Year Project (FYP) | en_US |
dc.contributor.supervisor | Koh Keng We | en_US |
dc.contributor.school | School of Humanities | en_US |
dc.description.degree | Bachelor of Arts in History | en_US |
dc.contributor.supervisoremail | kohkw@ntu.edu.sg | en_US |
item.fulltext | With Fulltext | - |
item.grantfulltext | restricted | - |
Appears in Collections: | SoH Student Reports (FYP/IA/PA/PI) |
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