RETRACING PARADISE
urban analysis: SIGLAP CANAL
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50 years = 24% land
190% people
1965 2015 2030
HISTORY AND LAND RECLAMATION
Before the reclamation of the East Coast area, Siglap at the southern coast of Bedok was a vast coconut plantation owned by the Frankel Brothers. During 1920s, increased accessibility and the rising desire to seek respite away from the hustle and bustle of town life, many of the plantation landlords and other wealthy individuals from the city started to build holiday bungalows and resorts, displacing the existing kampongs by the sea.
MACRO ANALYSIS
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PARK CONNECTOR
Frankel Detached House Expressway
BUILT-UP
Major Arterial Road
MOBILITY PRIVATE VEHICLE
Conserved Bunglows
GREEN AND BLUE NETWORKS
LOCATION OF DETACHED HOUSES
Low-rise, low density typology is one of the most elitest form of housing in Singapore. With sky-rocketing land values, detached houses come at a premium buying, living and maintainance costs. Detached house land use typology has been preserved in the above marked locations since history. X
Siglap park connector runs along the siglap canal and various housing estates connecting interlinking several parks of the region. It connects Bedok Reservoir Park, Bedok Town park, Telok Kurau Park and East coast Park.
MOBILITY PUBLIC TRANSPORT
MOBILITY PRIVATE TRANSPORT
This map showsthe travel coverage of public transport in Frankel drive.
The map identifies the regions that can be accessed in a relative distance/time scale by private vehicles from Frankel drive which generates a high influx of cars into the urban fabric.
KEMBANGAN 16,084pp/km2 GEYLANG EAST
FRANKEL
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SIGLAP
6,417pp/km2
MARINE PARADE 24,922pp/km2
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8,907pp/km2
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Source: Dept. of Statisics, Singapore (www.singstat.gov.sg, published June 2015)
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Map of Singapore’s East Coast (1885) showing East coast road before World War II a dominance of coconut plantation
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Land reclamation along East coast road in early 1970’s
Seaside Bungalows along Marine Parade Road (mid 1900s’)
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A typical bunglow along East Coast road, built in the early 1900s
Houses facing Siglap canal (late 1900s’)
400 Meter (Walkable Zone of a Midly Porous Area)
400 Meter (Walkable Zone of a Highly Porous Area)
400 Meter (Walkable Zone of a Lowly Porous Area)
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EXISTING MRT
SHELTER FOOTPATH
FUTURE MRT (2030)
UNSHELTER FOOTPATH
BUS
TRAFFIC JUNCTION
LEARN PLAY
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AMENITIES AND WALKABLE ZONE
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¯ VISUAL STREETSCAPE
ASPHALT MAP East Coast Road
HISTORY AND TRANSFORMATION
Residential fabric along east coast road
SECTION
Telok Kurau park acts as a lung space, between the 2 housing typologies, across the canal. Landed developments with a concentric pattern evolves in the region, around a garden The Siglap canal breaks the rigidity of the grid. Apart from being a physical barrier, an underlying racial demarcation can be sensed at this node.
ORIGINAL TYPOLOGY Landed developments with Siglap canal frontage had access from a wider road abutting that side Wider roads, lesser ground coverage and emphasis on pedestrian movement Increased physical and visual access to the canal was part of the communal identity of the space
MICRO ANALYSIS
MORPHOLOGY OF BUILT CHARACTER
EVOLVED TYPOLOGY Landed developments restricted frontage towards the canal with reduced pedestrian pathway Road width is just adequate to cater to two way vehicular traffic. Albeit narrow, they have defined pedestrian and landscape provisions. Poor visual and physical connection with the canal, ignorant of the potential that the Siglap canal holds in the region.
DRAINAGE
INTERACTION
POCKET TEXTURE
ACTIVITY MAPPING
BUILT FORM
STREET CHARACTER
BUILDING PROGRAM
NOLLI MAP
PRIVATE SEMI-PRIVATE SEMI-PUBLIC PUBLIC
ASPHALT MAP AAKANKSHA, ABHIMANYU, DELON, JULIE, LAKSHMI, NAINA, SUKANYA