Qua x Jessica Wong Studio present the Shophouse Blessings Series. We have included the characters in Chinese that are used to wish blessings upon the receiver, which can also be found on windows and doors of shophouses in Singapore. These elements of the facade together with the blessings are intricately painted with gold foil.
Shophouses were first constructed in the 1800s, when Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles drew the initial Town Plan that subdivided land into smaller, more regular lots — a vision which evolved...