Portfolio
Selected works •Overarching strategies• Urban scale
02 Second Lives
Architecture scale
Before:
After:
The initial Sungei Seletar that is flowing through Springleaf Nature Park is disconnected from the public due to the fencing along its banks that physically separate it from the PCN and forest reserve. The backyards of the Thong Soon Green housing estate are also mostly walled off from the field behind them, resulting in little interactions between the residents and the park.
The revamped Sungei Seletar adopts the concept of removing its fencing and transforming the river into a floodplain from its case study of Bishan Ang Mo Kio Park. An oxbow lake is also introduced to bring the river closer to the housing estate. Furthermore, the backyards of the housing estate are also opened up to physically connect residents to the park.
Restricted access to river
Walled-up backyards
Unrestricted access to floodplains
Oxbow lake
Porch extension
Back extension
Extension extends over pedestrian path & driveway
Opened backyards
The extension will comprise of additional bedrooms to facilitate multigenerational living in the seniors’ original home. The space below the extension will be transformed into different sheltered public spaces for the community’s benefit.
Combined coliving house
Year: 2023 Semester: Y4S2 Typology: A pilot adaptive reuse senior living project
Extension extends over field behind house The extension will comprise of additional bedrooms to facilitate multigenerational living in the seniors’ original home. The space below the extension will be transformed into a community urban farm that responds to the forest reserve.
Fragmented house House A +
House B By integrating resilient stormwater management infrastructure with public and residential spaces, more recreational spaces are created and value is added to the area by improving access, connectivity and aesthetics.
This housing option combines neighbouring houses together by connecting its internal living areas and forming communal spaces for seniors to be able to colive with neighbours and friends.
This housing option fragments a part of House A and internally connects it to House B for seniors who want to right-size their home and rent out their unused living spaces to their neighbours.
Second Lives is a pilot project for senior living that takes place in Thong Soon Green landed housing
•Architecture intentions & interventions•
estate, which is located adjacent to Springleaf Nature Park and Sungei Seletar. It aims to bring continuity to the lives of the existing landed houses
Sungei Seletar Springleaf Nature Park
Intergenerational bonding
to facilitate ageing-in-place.
Active-ageing & childcare centre
Community kitchen & eatery
Activating the riverbanks & bringing the river closer to homes
Back extension of house + community urban farm
Clinic Thong Soon Playground
The project revolves around 3 concepts: the infill and
Car-lite & walkable neighbourhood
Connecting with nature & the community
Extended Sungei Seletar
Clinic
remodelling of the landed houses and the shared public realm, the integration of nature within these spaces, and the infusion of shared amenities for intergenerational bonding. The
project
intervenes
on
an
urban
and
Shared street & placemaking plaza
Provision of medical Plaza with water channels
Transforming stormwater channels into spatial experiences
Interconnected rooftop garden
Porch extension of house + public spaces
Allowing seniors to age-in-place with multiple housing options
architectural scale. On an urban scale, the project creates a vibrant shared street for placemaking and to provide walkability and connectivity in the neighbourhood. The project also incorporates
•Sectional axonometric of streetscape•
stormwater management system and waterways into the precinct. On an architectural scale, a variety of housing options are designed for multigenerational, shared and reconfigured senior living, with the curation of social facilities as part of the aged-living ecosystem.
12
13
