Constructing a technical hegemony : the use and development of reinforced concrete in colonial Singapore from 1914-1956

• Main Author: Chia, Valerie Yue Min
• Other Authors: Hallam Stevens
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/69774
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Singapore is surrounded by concrete structures all around yet little has been written about the history of the material in Singapore. This paper argues that concrete had already existed since colonial times and was a substance of colonial culture by functioning as a key material in the building of a...