This year’s light
up in Chinatown features the most number of zodiac lanterns ever made
for street decorations.
The precinct will be lit from 31 January to 19
March. Students from the Singapore University of Technology and Design
(SUTD) worked with the Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng Citizens’ Consultative
Committee and the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) to design this year’s
theme.
This year’s street light-up features 338 goat-shaped lanterns and 1,500 gold coin lanterns.
Placed along the centre divider
between New Bridge Road and Eu Tong Sen Street, 28 goat-shaped lanterns
will mimic the different movements of the animals, from grass- grazing
to sky-gazing
The centre piece of the Street
Light-Up has three big goats perched atop a cliff in the heart of
Chinatown, leading the herd of 335 goats grazing along the centre
divider.
A 10-metre high centerpiece of
three goats overlooking the intersection of Eu Tong Sen Street and Upper
Cross Street signifies the peak of a mountain, leading to prosperity
and wealth
Undergraduates from the
Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) designed this
year’s light-up. The students took reference from goats’ poses and
incorporated mechanical elements into the goat installations, making
them look more life-like.
Goats of different sizes and postures represent the family unit, as well as vibrancy, energy and curiosity
About 1,500 gold coin lanterns will hang above Eu Tong Sen Street, New Bridge Road and South Bridge Road
The lanterns are put up in a
staggered formation, mimicking the flow and movement of goats moving
forward as a herd and illuminating the precinct in different layers.
This year, KA-KS CCC will also
set up the first public adoption drive for the street lanterns, allowing
members of the public to adopt the goats after the Light-Up concludes
on 19 March 2015
