Buildings and the built environment are designed and built according to measurable, quantifiable and gradable standards, yet a community’s interaction with their environment is not measured within these standards. The
need to redefine "innovation in design" to link these two realms of the architecture of the city is urgent. In building a lovable city, how do we measure the unmeasurable - agency, attachment, attraction, connection, freedom, inclusion? As we design cities to be more humane by making them more lovable, the Singapore Pavilion at the Biennale Architettura 2023 opens up dialogue about new ways of measuring and evaluating the intangibles we design to, and asks in particular: how much is enough?