I walked in thinking it was an art gallery, but the Marina Bay City Gallery was more a urban planning gallery! It educates and explain the redevelopment around Marina Bay. I had seen similar things in China and Canada, and actually as community engagement tools I think these types of spaces, models, exhibitions and ‘storefronts’ are really clever and can be innovative in getting people to interact and understand urban design in new ways.
I’m really yet to see Australian cities do this, which is a shame.
I’m impressed they have a whole space like that for demonstrating the city planning.
The only thing in Brisbane that even came close was the scale model of the CBD that was in the old library. A damn shame that is no longer on public display anywhere.