Kampong Port Cities of the Pre-colonial Era

Firm LocationHong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Project locationFort Canning Centre (5 Cox Terrace, Singapore 179620)
CompanyThe Oval Partnership Ltd.
Lead DesignerChristopher Law, Nicole Teh
Design TeamChristopher Law, Olivier Lopion, Nicole Teh, Benjamin Lim, Gevin Timotius
ClientNational Heritage Board (NHB)

The Lost Cities Series: Kampong Port Cities of the Pre-colonial Era is an immersive exhibition that reinterprets 14th-century Southeast Asian kampong port cities through heritage, sustainability and community. Structured around Past, Present and Future, it combines spatial storytelling, exhibition graphics and participatory elements to turn research into an accessible public experience. Presented at Singapore Night Festival 2023, the project challenges reductive colonial narratives by foregrounding kampong urbanism as a complex model of environmental intelligence, trade and communal life.

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