The thesis aims at empowering Singapore\u2019s food security in continued contingencies caused by COVID-19 and fluctuations in food trades that we rely on for survival.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n
Thesis Statement<\/b><\/p>\r\n
In speculation of a near future where during a severe crisis event that, Singapore, as island city that relies heavily on imports for essentials, has to rely on domestic production to feed the nation completely. The proposed architectural vision of a new food infrastructure transforms conventional use of reservoir in urban area, from a venue for recreational activities and water retention, to become a space for food fish production.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n
Before Crisis\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\r\n
The pop-up fish farm complex is strategically located in Bedok Reservoir, and comprises of two parts, with main building, the vertical fish farm, functions as food production and storage space, and floating farm buoy, specifically designed for contingency production. Both parts function concurrently as a social infrastructure constantly preparing for crisis. The architecture becomes a place maker for skill transfer and knowledge sharing, and a catalyst for communal gathering to ground us mentally in times of challenges.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n
During Crisis\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\r\n
Once a contingency situation takes place, the vertical farm will release the low headroom bags attached at the fa\u00e7ade, to use them as the pop-up device to raise fish. The farm buoy will mobolise to allocated location, drop down arms to support water cleansing services for fish in the bags. The contingency production will operate at a scale that fulfills the protein needs for Bedok Newtown population.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n
Conclusion\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\r\n
The fully expanded building covers the entire Bedok Reservoir to form a new landscape of spectacle and a symbol of national resilience. In view of aggravating crisis around the world, self-sufficiency becomes an issue that requires immediate actions. This thesis imagines shared responsibility of production among state, enterprises and communities, and it best pictures my understanding of antifragile food system, that will give us more hope to survive and develop in a future full of uncertainties.<\/span><\/p>","grid_spacer":"0","grid_spacer_topbottom":"0","grid_spacer_width":"200","grid_spacer_height":"5","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/6thumbnail-for-webpage-pls-1.jpg","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/6thumbnail-for-webpage-pls-1.jpg",1241,877,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/6thumbnail-for-webpage-pls-1-400x283.jpg",400,283,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/6thumbnail-for-webpage-pls-1-1024x724.jpg",1024,724,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/6thumbnail-for-webpage-pls-1-768x543.jpg",640,453,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/6thumbnail-for-webpage-pls-1.jpg",640,452,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/6thumbnail-for-webpage-pls-1.jpg",1241,877,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/6thumbnail-for-webpage-pls-1.jpg",1241,877,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Nus MArch Gradshow","author_link":"https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/author\/nus-march-gradshow\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"[...]Read More...","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177"},{"taxonomy":"supervisor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nusmarchgradshow.com\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supervisor?post=177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}