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President*s Design Award Recipients Create Impact with Innovative Designs

President*s Design Award (P*DA) 2018 recognised two Designers of the Year and nine Designs of the Year in July this year. Jointly handed out by the DesignSingapore Council (Dsg) and the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), it is Singapore’s highest accolade for design.

The Designers of the Year are Angelene Chan, Chief Executive Officer of DP Architects, for her work in architecture; and Hans Tan, Founder of Hans Tan Studio, for his work in product and industrial design. Both winners were chosen for their outstanding design philosophies, innovation, originality, and leadership in their respective design disciplines.

In addition, the portfolios of the two designers include works that have had an impact on contemporary life and the living environment, social and national significance, and iconic value.

Angelene Chan, Chief Executive Officer of DP Architects and P*DA Designer of the Year 2018.

Hans Tan, Founder of Hans Tan Studio and P*DA Designer of the Year 2018.

Designs of the Year

Four of the Designs of the Year are architectural projects:

Mediacorp Campus by Maki & Associates and DP Architects Pte Ltd;
Oasia Hotel Downtown by WOHA Architects Pte Ltd;
China Fuzhou Jin Niu Shan Trans-urban Connector (Fudao 福道) by LOOK Architects Pte Ltd; and
The Tembusu by ARC Studio Architecture + Urbanism Pte Ltd.

The Oasia Hotel Downtown by WOHA Architects Pte Ltd reinvents the typology of mixed-use towers in the city by introducing creeping plants over the building skin.

The China Fuzhou Jin Niu Shan Trans-urban Connector (Fudao 福道) by LOOK Architects Pte Ltd stretches 19km and activates a once inaccessible part of the city.

The other Designs of the Year are:

Changi Airport Terminal 4 by Changi Airport Group;
The Future of Us Pavilion by the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD);
The Warehouse Hotel by Asylum Creative Pte Ltd;
weatherHYDE by billionBricks; and
Who Cares? Transforming the Caregiving Experience in Singapore by fuelfor and the National Council of Social Service.

The Future of Us Pavilion by the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) was created using the parametric and algorithmic approach, pushing the boundaries of design, fabrication, and construction methods.

The recipients come from diverse fields: visual communication, product and industrial design, interior design, experience and service design, engineering design, design strategy, and architecture. As part of a revamp after a decade, the P*DA now places greater emphasis on outcome-based design impact, in addition to its longstanding criterion of excellence in design craftsmanship.

The winners were selected by the P*DA’s first-ever multi-disciplinary jury panel, made up of local and international leaders in design, business, and architecture.

Learn more about the 11 recipients in a multimedia exhibition of the P*DA, running till June 2019. For more information, visit http://bit.ly/pda_exhibition.