Docomomo Singapore invites you for a rare opportunity to visit the house of Mr. Raymond Woo on August 26. Raymond Woo is an award-winning pioneer architect of Singapore behind iconic buildings like the Singapore Science Centre and Ngee Ann City. Among other accolades, Woo was awarded the President’s Design Award Designer of the Year in 2016. More information here.
Docomomo Singapore invites you to join us for a rare opportunity to visit the house of Mr. Raymond Woo.
Raymond Woo is an award-winning pioneer architect of Singapore behind iconic buildings like the Singapore Science Centre and Ngee Ann City. Among other accolades, Woo was awarded the President’s Design Award Designer of the Year in 2016.
Two tours will be held on 26 August 2023 (SOLD OUT)
At each tour, the visitors will get to interact with Mr. Raymond Woo and walk around the house. Dr. Chang Jiat Hwee (co-author of Everyday Modernism) will also provide a short introduction of the history of the neighbourhood and Mr. Woo’s career.
Tickets are S$40. The revenue from the event goes toward supporting Docomomo Singapore’s activities in documenting and advocating for the sensitive conservation of Singapore’s modernist built heritage.
Located in Sunset Avenue in Bukit Timah,* the Woo House was completed in 1993, the same year as Ngee Ann City. Sitting on an elevated ground, the house has a simple horseshoe plan with a double volume living space in the centre illuminated by stepped-back clerestory windows. Internally and externally, the house is finished primarily in white plastered surfaces and timber to differentiate between the solid planar elements and the porous frames. The elegant simplicity and clarity of this house is characteristic of the best works in Woo’s oeuvre.