Tai Kwun Conversations: The Making of National Gallery Singapore

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Tai Kwun — Centre for Heritage and Arts is pleased to announce that this spring, Tai Kwun Conversations will present an all-new series of online talks to discuss worldwide conservation work and the complexities of each individual project. Making its debut as a series of three thematic talks, World Heritage: International Series on Architectural Conservation will be available to the public beginning in March through Tai Kwun’s online channel and carrying on until May 2022, free of charge.

The talks are part of the ongoing effort by Tai Kwun to showcase professionals, industry practitioners, advocates, and participants in the field of heritage conservation, architecture, arts, design, and culture, and connect them to the city’s public to create long-term and meaningful relationships.

To kick-off the spring season, Tai Kwun Conversations will present three international case studies of built heritage conservation: the renovation of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Berlin State Opera), the adaptive reuse of the former Supreme Court Building and City Hall in Singapore as the new National Gallery Singapore, and the rebuilding of the medieval cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris after the April 2019 fire. Join Tai Kwun to explore the protection and continuity of world heritage that embraces transformation, resilience, and adaptation to changing global conditions.

World Heritage: International Series on Architectural Conservation (2): The Making of National Gallery Singapore

In April, Sushma Goh will lead the conversations online about the National Gallery Singapore, which opened its doors to the public in 2015 after being merged from two national monuments of Singapore, the former Supreme Court Building and City Hall. As the Director of Project from the outset to its completion, Sushma Goh’s talk will touch on stories of innovation, preservation, and the challenges encountered in transforming these historic buildings into the iconic National Gallery Singapore.

Speaker biography: Sushma Goh is the Director of Architecture for the Land Transport Authority (LTA) in Singapore. She has more than 30 years’ experience working in Australia and Singapore on a number of architectural projects. Goh was project director for the National Gallery Singapore for a period of ten years.