Founders Memorial, Singapore Museum, South East Asia Large Building Development, Competition, Images
Founders Memorial in Singapore
South East Asia Museum Building Development – design by Cox Architecture
31 Oct 2019
Founders Memorial
Design: Cox Architecture
Location: Singapore

The Founders? Memorial Architectural Design Competition.
The Founders Memorial aims to create a world-renowned public building that embodies the democratic principles that Singapore has been built upon. It will do this by being a place for the Singaporean people and visitors to gather and celebrate the achievements of past, present and future Singaporeans.

The flag of Singapore is the inspiration for the site marked by five pathways – representing the five stars and the abstracted crescent moon – the Memorial. Each pathway is the physical celebration of one of the ideals that each star of the Singaporean flag represents – democracy, peace, progress, justice and equality.
The social history, trials, tribulations and victories of the Singaporean people act as the inspiration for the internal makeup of the Memorial. It is a place of internal and collective reflection whereby the act of procession through the building is a journey to understanding the rich and complex history of the nation.

COX Founder and Project Design Lead Philip Cox said ?the Founders Museum is an abstraction symbolising Singapore bridging the past and the future over water and land within a park environm...