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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
from FROM BEGINNING TO END Landscapes for the vulnerable as a catalyst for a better neighbourhood for all
Guest critics and guest lecturers;
Prof. Dorothy Tang (NUS Department of Architecture)
Prof. Ervine Lin (NUS Department of Architecture)
Ms. Janis Ho (Housing Development Board)
Prof. Jessica Diehl (NUS Department of Architecture)
Mr. Larry Yeong (Participate in Design)
Prof. Leng Leng Thang (NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
Mr. Leonard Cai (Housing Development Board)
Ms. Trecia Lim (WeCreate Studio)
Prof. Yun Hye Hwang (NUS Department of Architecture)
Collaborators for site visits and community workshops;
Lions Befrienders; Ms. Karen Wee, Mr. Yu Khoo, Ms. Tracy Tan Queenstown Public Library; Mr. Boon Poh Thian, Mr. Soon Huat Kweh St. Joseph Nursing Home; Ms. May Wong
We appreciate the support and seek future collaboration to elevate the discourse even further. Lastly but not least, we acknowledge NUS Department of Architecture for financially assisting the activities that took place during the semester.
SITE CONTEXT
STUDY TOURS
TRAILS OF CHOICE a quiet oasis in a busy world alyssa julianne tee xin yun kampong mei ling ling wei shuen benjamin attap house village | yeoh e ming walkability | chen hui lin tammy
THE SLOW CITY the new living @ mei ling vista | kaelyn yap sit kee any time, any day | nur qiyanah azmi re-street | chye qing yun mei ling gateway nicole foo jiaxuan
SENTIMENTAL SPACES the cultural park @ tanglin | brina choo sentimental scenery | magan lam edible neighbourhood | sherry cheong shao yin multi-park | allaine galapon
Community Engagement Workshops And Persona Analyses
DESIGN PROCESS
MOBI-FLEX community | amber yong ling queen’s stop | hia siew yi tanglin v | ho jing jing artists’ third place | zhang wen
BRIDGING NEIGHBOURHOODS manoeuvre tan jie min concentre | yulin teo people space | chester lee young lin the nexus | tan sok vin the viridian lobby | julia tong wai shan
FINAL REMARKS
Site Context
Queensway
Commonwealth Avenue
Queensway
Queenstown Health District
The Queenstown Health District, launched in October 2021, is an excellent location to test out the stated focus of this studio. “Queenstown has been selected as the pilot site for the Health District as its demographics closely mirror Singapore’s projected national demographics by year 2030. The town currently has one of the oldest populations in Singapore, with almost one out of every four Singaporeans aged 65 and above.”1
The site is at the HDB estates around Margaret Drive, Dawson Estate and Stirling Road, with new BTO (Built-to-Order) HDB flats (attracting young families) built adjacent to the oldest HDB town in Singapore (with a high proportion of elderly residents).
Margaret Drive / Dawson Estate
The area around Margaret Drive is currently relatively less built up, allowing a variety of landscape proposals, while the area around Dawson Road is already envisioned as housing in a park, with the various HDB estates connected by the existing Alexandra Canal Linear Park - a 1.3km stretch that is also part of the park connector system.
The presence of Queenstown Regional Library, rich in heritage with ambitious community-outreach programs, forms a strong nucleus for the spine of newly built BTO HDBs along Margaret Drive.
A host of other community-empowering organisations can also be found along Margaret Drive, including Rainbow Centre, St Andrew’s Nursing Home and Edible Garden City.
Stirling Road / Meiling Street
“Blocks 45, 48 & 49 Stirling Road were the first few blocks of flats completed in October 1960, just months after the Housing and Development Board (HDB) was formed in February 1960.”²
