Future of Making: material matters

ORGANISED BY

DATES

18 Sep 2025

OPENING HOURS

5.00pm – 7.00pm

VENUE

Frasers Tower
182 Cecil Street
#06-01
S069547

ADMISSION

Free with Registration (Registration link will be available soon)

ORGANISED BY

DATES

18 Sep 2025

OPENING HOURS

5.00pm – 7.00pm

VENUE

Frasers Tower
182 Cecil Street
#06-01
S069547

ADMISSION

Free with Registration (Registration link will be available soon)

ABOUT

How might we radically reduce waste while reimagining our systems to be restorative, inclusive, and resilient?

In a city where land scarcity, resource efficiency, and sustainability are national imperatives, the Future of Making invites audiences to reimagine Singapore’s relationship with materials as a catalyst for transformation – locally attuned, culturally grounded, and materially intelligent.

Hosted at Arup’s office in Singapore, this panel discussion and interactive exhibition bring together global expertise and local insight to envision futures where materials are continuously revalued, and where creativity and care shape the systems we design, build, and inhabit.

From bio-based inks to closed-loop glazing systems, this session will showcase pioneering practices and challenge us to rethink how we make, unmake, and remake our built environment.

About Future of Making

Future of Making is Arup’s global initiative exploring how we design and build in ways that are regenerative, inclusive, and materially intelligent. Through design and storytelling, it provokes new questions about the systems that shape our built environment.

ORGANISER

Arup

Arup is a global built environment consultancy with over 16,000 designers, advisors, and technical experts working across 150 disciplines. Bringing a Total Design approach to their work, they guide, plan and design the future of the built environment. Their local projects include Marina Bay Sands, CapitaSpring, and the upcoming Changi Airport T5.

CONTACT

Name: Bree Trevena
Email Address: [email protected]

Top image: Photo courtesy of Arup

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