2024-11-15T10:39:56-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150016506/soft-dome-by-atelier-yokyok-installed-in-the-national-museum-of-singapore Mackenzie Goldberg 2017-07-07T20:08:00-04:00 >2017-07-07T20:25:18-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/61/61n5pt6icl3fbxac.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>It seems to be common practice now for museums to bring in installations and works commissioned by architects during the summer months as a way of drawing in the crowds of people whom have a little bit of extra time on their hands and are looking for ways to escape the blazing heat. MoMA PS1's 2017 Young Architects Program kicked off a few weeks ago with <a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/150015107/jenny-sabin-discusses-lumen-as-moma-ps1-s-2017-young-architects-program-opens" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a pavilion designed by Jenny Sabin</a>, the National Building Museum's Summer Block Party installation, <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/150016305/see-jeanne-gang-s-hive-get-built-in-this-time-lapse-of-the-national-building-museum-s-newest-installation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">designed this year by Jeanne Gang</a>, opened over the weekend, and the prestigious Serpentine Gallery, started showing of their <a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/150013518/di-b-do-francis-k-r-s-tree-inspired-serpentine-pavilion-fuses-cultural-african-references-with-british-construction" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">summer pavilion designed by Di&eacute;b&eacute;do Francis K&eacute;r&eacute;</a> in late June.&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/1028x/z0/z03dc2w2w321gri0.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/1028x/z0/z03dc2w2w321gri0.jpg"></a></p></figure><figure><p>In <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/1881/singapore" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Singapore</a>, the National Museum runs a similar summer series during June and July, but their's is catered towards children. Their Children's Season Singapore, is an annual festival now in it's 10th edition, that aims to make heritage content more accessible to younger generations and to encourage inter-generational bonding. In the Rotunda space, a...</p></figure>