The idea here is to create a 1:1 scale fragment of a lost built structure, in the exact material that the original structure was created. The fragment is left to really deteriorate from natural weathering, and safely broken apart by conservators as the structure weakens slowly.
Some structures to consider: the red-brick National Library, National Theatre, Pearl Bank Apartment, Golden Mile Complex, Tanglin Mall, etc.
One day, we should add also the Esplanade, the former Westin Stamford, Bras Basah Complex, Wisma Atria, The Sands, and other still-building or currently functioning buildings that need to question their permanence in this "city... not a country":
‘This is where most people make a mistake…I have tried to explain that we are different. We are a city. We are not a country,’ he told 200 lawyers, many from America, at the New York State Bar Association International Section’s meeting here. ("Q&A with K. Shanmugam", 30 Oct 2009).
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