Beneath the shadows of rising towers, the Kallang River still clings to the memory of what once was
—an unspoken rhythm of fishing, gathering, and dwelling by the river now fading into history…

“Casting Connections” is a speculative yet grounded architectural response to the fading fishing heritage of the Kallang River—a place where livelihoods were once cast from the riverbank, where nets and boats threaded people together long before concrete took its place.

This project began with simple observations: Worn paths cut through fenced edges, where uncles step past railing gaps, dragging stools and bait in hand. Some perch on upturned pails, others squat along sloped embankments, their lines cast just beyond the official fishing deck—closer to the water. These spontaneous acts sparked a question:
Can fishing become the anchor for a new form of regenerative urbanism?

Set within the Whampoa-Kallang district, “Casting Connections” proposes a modular system of adaptive dwelling units, floating platforms, and communal fishing decks that reanimate the river as a living, participatory landscape. Inspired by the rhythms of water and tide, the architecture is deliberately light, flexible, and temporal—modules rise with floods, cluster based on use, and create in-between spaces for gathering, trading, or simply watching the river flow.