From model to project

When we were designing the Sibu Heritage Centre, we divided the project up into several design packages: entry courtyard, the entrance 'funnel' structure, the ramp leading to the first floor, the interior exhibition, etc for several team members to undertake its design and execution. 

We had some difficulty starting the exhibition design, until someone remarked that the circular floor plan reminded her of a board game. This was especially apt as we are keen to conduct the movement of the museum visitors and sequence the display of the exhibits. We merged this idea with another which depicts the movement through Sibu's alleyways and lanes; ducking under canvas canopies and weaving in between street stalls and furniture.

The completed 'project' allowed the casual visitor to walk on the outside to gain cursory knowledge about the exhibition - reading the headlines so to speak. The interested parties such as these students would delve into 'alley-ways and lanes' to discover a more in-depth experience of Sibu's history. 

This project was completed in 2011

 

The Layers Unseen by Iain S. Thomas

 

There is magic even here, in gridlock, in loneliness, in too much work, in late nights gone on too long, in shopping trolleys with broken wheels, in boredom, in tax returns, the same magic that made a man write about a princess that slept until she was kissed, long golden hair draped over a balcony and fingers pricked with needles. There is magic even here, in potholes along back-country roads, in not having the right change (you pat your pockets), arriving late and missing the last train home, the same magic that caused a woman in France to think that God spoke to her, that made another sit down at the front of a bus and refuse to move, that lead a man to think that maybe the world wasn’t flat and the moon could be walked upon by human feet. There is magic. Even here. In office cubicles.