Free Your Space

Traffic jams; overcrowding on buses and the MRT; homes built too close together. Such is the norm in a Singapore of tiny land size and growing population. Is there truly no more free space in Singapore? That is the question the Singapore Pavilion from the 16th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia asks.

No More Free Space? was first shown in Venice and returns to Singapore with 12 projects that show the resourcefulness of the architects in bringing free spaces to the city's everyday life.

The centrepiece of the Singapore Pavilion is an ethereal cloud made of skilfully handcrafted acrylic knots gently suspended in mid-air. It invites you to immerse yourself in this cloud, with its multi-sensory projection of lights, sounds, images, and even scents - in itself an example of a resourceful, unexpected free space.