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Lau Liang Cheng Bryant

Tesseract: Time Based Home Ownership Incentivisation Model


Urban Commons and Wellness

Supervisor - Dr. Cho Im Sik


The emergence of an accelerated form of urban renewal in a country as small and dense as Singapore has led to deomolishment of perfectly habitable buildings - forcing residents to move out of their communities; sometimes with little to no compensation. In lieu of this, this thesis proposes the Tesseract typology: an alternative housing model that explores the possibility of developing more space within the same allocated volume through time, by re-examining the current 99 years housing leasehold model in Singapore.

The Tesseract typology focuses on redefining ownership at the individual, communal and urban levels through the commodification of time - by prioritizing renewal at the Micro and Meso scale over the Macro scale alone. Through this strategy, residents are empowered to determine their own units and community. A sentimental bond between housing and men results. This thesis also examines dichotomies across varying levels:

  • Private and public apartments,

  • Rich and poor demographics

  • Old and new buildings

  • Gap between bigger and smaller HDB flats

  • Decentralized and centralized regions.






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NUS Masters of Architecture

Graduation Show 2019

27 may - 2 jun

suntec city

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