The Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) Advanced Architecture Laboratory (AAL) was commissioned to design this large-scale building envelope for The Future of Us exhibition in late 2014. The visitors of the exhibition experience a stunning play of light and shade cast by an intricate metal lattice, like a ‘walk in an imaginary forest’. It is the capstone event to round up Singapore’s Golden Jubilee (SG50) year of celebrations.

Advanced Architecture Laboratory investigates the increasingly complex relationship between design and technology in architecture. Its research and design projects relate to advances in environmental strategies, building structure and form, performance and energy, computer simulation and modelling, digital fabrication and building processes. AAL’s projects have been exhibited at important international venues including the Venice Biennale and the National Design Centre Singapore and have been covered by a variety of media including Channel News Asia, The Straits Times, Lianhe Zaobao, Singapore Architect, The Singapore Engineer, ArchDaily, designboom and Indesignlive.