About ReallyArchitecture
ReallyArchitecture (re:act) is a Singapore-registered society, established in 2006 by a group of visionary architecture enthusiasts who are interested in promoting architecture with a social conscience. We believe that architects have to stay relevant to the society by taking on additional roles and new approaches to make a positive impact in the communities. Through promoting interdisciplinary exploration by collaborating closely with government bodies, the community, educational institutions and various professions, we endeavour to raise public awareness about place, identity and creativity, which would in turn instil an appreciation toward good, responsive, and relevant architectural designs.
The organisation passionately believes in pushing boundaries and encouraging exploratory thinking. It hopes to achieve these objectives through activities like exhibitions, workshops, conferences, talks, films, publications, academic papers and actual built projects. It recently organised the Challenge for the Urban and Built Environment (CUBE), an urban planning and design competition for pre-university students initiated by the Architecture and Urban Design Excellence (A.UDE) Programme, URA as part of their efforts to reach out to the community. It was also one of the three teams commissioned to design and curate the Singapore pavilion, SUPERGARDEN, at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2008. Other past projects include Seletar Film Project (2006), Small Eyes, Big Picture Photo-Travelogue Exhibition (2005), Asian Research Film (2005), Akha Way Expedition + Exhibition (2004-05).
VisionREAL Architecture for the Community
MissionTaking on holistic approaches to make the architectural profession relevant to the society’s development
ApproachesXchange: Promoting real understanding
Interaction between architectural profession and public, promotion of design appreciation
Exhibition, workshop, seminar, talk, media, publication
Xploration: Defining real issues
Insights that inform new directions in architectural practice and aid in policy making
Research, experiment, travel, observation, issue, analysis
Xecution: Directing real movement
Sustainable design executions through social projects and international co-operations
Project, commission, expedition, experience
We just finished the Design My Place (Urban Creativity Workshop) over the weekend. It was nothing short of an amazing experience for the students, the facilitators, the organisers, and our supporters. It was very encouraging to see at the end how well received...
“A group of junior college and polytechnic students, together with the assistance of aspiring architects and designers, were on a mission to ‘save’ Queenstown estate from its desolate present! Unpredictability is probably the best word to describe the workshop, as we were immersed in the company of wacky teenagers...
CUBE or Challenge for the Urban and Built Environment was a competition that re:ACT organised for the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) under its Architecture and Urban Design Excellence programme (A.UDE) as part of its 35th anniversary celebrations. We took our usual DMP workshop...
Fun, great, cool, creative, interesting, crazy, scary, brain wrecking, spectacular, challenging, the best, excellent, shiok, record breaking, oh my gosh… This was how the primary 5 students had described the pilot YUP workshop yesterday. Held at URA Centre...
