Church of the Blessed Sacrament by Jeremy San — Large Scale Print
Inauguration: 1965
Architect: Gordon Dowsett of Iversen Van Sitteren & Partners
The Church of the Blessed Sacrament was part of the original vision of Queenstown as a self-contained township with all the necessary amenities such as schools, hospitals, markets, and places of worship.
Purpose-built on a plot of land set aside by the Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT) planners, it was completed in phases and inaugurated in 1965. The church belongs to a handful of outstanding modern tropical church buildings in post-war Singapore and Malaya.
Designed by Gordon Dowsett of architecture firm Iversen Van Sitteren & Partners, the striking form — dominated by the steep plunging lines of a folded roof sheathed in cement shingles — was said to embody the imagery of the “tent of meeting” in the Old Testament. Clerestories integrated with the steel roof trusses introduce natural daylight to the interiors, where timber-clad gravity-defying roof planes span over the cruciform-shaped floor plan to dramatic spatial effect. The non-loadbearing enclosure walls are articulated in fairfaced brickwork, and precast ventilation blocks. The original character and materiality of the church have remained remarkably intact throughout the decades. This prominently sited landmark of Queenstown was gazetted as a conservation building by Urban Redevelopment Authority in 2005.
__________
Approximate Size: Large scale print 1 m x 3 m. Framed.
This is the original print that was exhibited at “Moderns in Our Midst: A Photographic Tribute to Singapore’s Modern Architectural Heritage” in 2015.
UV Printing on 3 mm white DIBOND with 10 mm square aluminium channel on 4 sides. Print does not feature the artist's signature. No other framing options available. No certificate of authenticity provided.
_________
Alternative payment
We also accept bank transfer or PayNow. Please contact us at admin@docomomo.sg to arrange for purchase directly with us.
Shipping
Free shipping within Singapore. Please email us at admin@docomomo.sg with any queries or to get a custom shipping quote if you live outside Singapore.
A portion proceeds from Jeremy San's work will go to Singapore Heritage Society and Jeremy San's estate.
About Jeremy San
The late Jeremy San Tzer Ning was an accomplished architectural photographer based in Singapore, who documented local as well as regional architectural works in Malaysia, Hong Kong and China. Schooled in RMIT, Melbourne, Australia as an interior designer, his graduation thesis was an ambitious photo-documentation project of modern heritage buildings, which also spawned his photography career.
Upon graduation, Jeremy practised as an interior designer in the architecture office KNTA, and also collaborated with experimental design studios HAM Architects, LingHao Architects and AT Lab on various competition and proposals. His design training and practice experience gave him an empathetic eye as a photographer capturing architecture – whether historic, newly completed, or even under construction – as well as urban landscapes. He has been engaged by leading design firms including Alsop, Foster + Partners, Atelier Liu Yu Yang, K2LD, Formwerkz, KUU, Farm Works, UOL, DPA and ipli. His works are widely published, including in journals such as ish, Cubes, and SA. He was also commissioned by Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) to work on the Singapore 1:1 exhibitions (2005, 2007), and has collaborated with Studio Lapis on conservation documentation projects such as Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall. In 2012, he was awarded the Discernment Prize for the ICON de Martell Cordon Bleu photography awards.