Aquapade

CurioCity - a System for Serendipity

Project Brief Design for an enhanced experience for innovative thinking in Jurong Eco-Garden

Serendipity provides a thrilling platform for innovation that allows for a typically pragmatic environment to experience the unexpected moments and discoveries that could question the ordinary and inspire them. The creation of an alternate reality simulates a space that triggers a memory, aiming to momentarily allow the user to escape the present and find themselves in a memory from their past. Interactions with nature and play improves our psychological state and reduces stress levels, creating space for us to accomplish more in our lives.

In collaboration with Quek Pin Yi; in Partnership with Mistletoe Inc., Vouse and JTC - Showcased in Jurong Innovation District Masterplan Exhibition 2019

"We are beginning to learn that our brains are hardwired to react positively to water and that being near it can calm and connect us, increase innovation and insight, and even heal what's broken"

- Wallace J. Nichols and Céline Cousteau

Concept

Aquapade (aqua + escapade) presents an opportunity for visitors to Jurong Eco Garden and users of the future Jurong Innovation District to experience an alternate reality and creates a space, where visitors are invited to engage with interactive elements and furnishings, creating a sensory experience designed around the reinterpretation of how we see, feel and hear bodies of water to bring about an explorative mindset.

Sensorial Experience: Explorations of the Sea