ARCHITECTURAL FOCUS
CIRCULAR CAMPUS AND COOKING CLUB
A DINING AND COOKING SPACE FOR AIR IN SINGAPORE
How do we transform fine dining from an exclusive , passive consumption experience into an active and shared journey ? Can fine dining go beyond pleasure and inspire broader thinking about food and the environment , on topics such as responsible ingredient sourcing and food waste ? OMA was tasked to design the dining and cooking space for AIR in Singapore – where these questions are addressed .
AIR is located on Dempsey Hill . Now a frequented art and lifestyle quarter , it was a nutmeg plantation in the mid-nineteenth century and a barrack complex between the 1860s and 1990s . The site of AIR is defined by its 4,000 sqm green space , and the modernist CSC Dempsey Clubhouse – built in the
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