January 2015
it’s no house - it’s shophouse! A number of Roads is named after him Joo Chiat Lane Joo Chiat Road Joo Chiat Walk Joo Chiat Avenue Joo Chiat Square . . .
Upper Thomson Road Geylang Road Desker Road China Town Club Street Bukit Pasoh Road
Mr philip Chew
Serangoon Garden
early 1900s
1920s to 1930s
coconut plantations kampungs dirt track
communities bungalows shophouses places of worship multi-cultural
Joo Chiat Road Cirular Road
late 1950s
early 1990s
emergence of public housing
started conservation
I have a lot of friends here. We Go for Drinks, Coffee and Malay Food. I Feel it’s very traditional . . . Andrew
Telok Ayer Road Trading Goods Air Cargo Cargo Ship Truck Port of Singapore Changi Airport Warehouse Ulu Pandan Pasir Panjang Wholsale
Location of Shophouses in Singapore
Active Passive Dormant
10 km
Activity Mapping 9 am - 2 pm
6 pm - 12 am
World Map of Trading
We own this Buisness since 70 years Our Products come from all over the world !
Legend
0
100 200
Legend
500m
road network MRT shophouse bicycle lane node
Traffic activity map
Joo Chiat Road
potential bicycle lane bicycle lane pedestrian car park
MRT station bus station taxi stand
motorbike bicycle
0
100 200
500m
intense connection less intense connection weak connection
express way MRT transportation hub
Connectivity map
Traffic System: One Way
Two-wheeler on the Road
Public Semi Public Private
MRT station bus station taxi stand
Mr Chan
Fat-Bikes made in China
Nolli Plan Zones of Privacy
Fruits from all over the World
Road Verge in compressed Soil
1:500
1:500
Monday 11am
1:2000
Informal Street Furniture
Movement & activities
Place of Worship
Movement & activities Saturday 10pm
Daytime Activities
Nightlife
1:500
They are missing the Kampong Style !
Isometric View of Shophouse Typology
It’s no House It’s Shophouse !
Section A
MR sheng Qi
Ho
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Sho
Serv
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Park
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Key Plan
Gard
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Public Semi Public Private
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Fe
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FRENCH WINDOWS
EUROPEAN / COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE
Section B
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La
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Ro
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How to . . . . . . Retain Traditional Values . . . Enhance Infrastructure, Public Space and Architecture . . . Modernise Traffic flows and Improve the Connectivity . . . compete with the Contemporary shopping experience . . . Enhance the economic support . . . strengthen the cohesion of the community
PORTUGESE SHUTTERS CORINTHIAN PLASTERS TUSCAN & DORIC ORDERS
MRs Low
Elevation
BAROQUE ORNAMENTATION
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE
CHINESE
PORCELAIN TILES
Section D
DRAGON MOTIFS
BHUNGA FLOWER MOTIF
MALAY ARCHITECTURE
Sketches
TIMBER FRAMEWORK WOODEN BALUSTRADES
Street Pattern
5
25 m
10
Section E
5
10
25 m
Nora
Typology
Joo Chiat Road
Shophouse Windows
Walkway
Five Feet Walkway
ISD 5105
Service Lane Yard
Contrast between Old & New
Principles of Sustainable Urbanism
Aerial View of East Coast Neighbourhood
Prof Asma Khawatmi
Private Parking Space
The Urban Turbans
Lydia Weili, Lynn oqw, Rithika Thomas, Ram kumar, Bernd Schernau