Singapore,

Nature in a City

By Architect Nirit Ellenbogen,

Where is

Singapore?

Climate Comparison

1966

vegetation cover 35.7%

2007

46.5%

Massive Trees Planting since 1962 Launched by

Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew

Singapore Coastline 1950

Land Area 581 square

kilometers

Singapore Coastline 2002

Land Area 710 square

kilometers

1966

vegetation cover 35.7%

2007

46.5%

Population Growth Population at Independence 1965 – 1.9 Million

Population in 2012 – 5.3 Million

Land Area of the Island City State (2012)

710 square kilometers

Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area

Population (2009) 3,206,400

Land Area 1,516 square kilometers

With a total population

density of over 6300

people per square

kilometer, Singapore ranks

2nd in the world.

CITY- STATE Land Use Challenges:

To cater for:

Housing

Business

Recreational needs

Activities usually located outside the city:

Airports

Waste disposal

Power generation

Water catchments

Defence needs

Singapore strategy for housing growing population was to

create HDB compact New Towns (1971)

Self Sufficient towns

of Affordable High Rise public housing

82% of Singaporeans

live in HDB flats

95% of them own the

units.

HDB Estates

Self Sufficient Towns

Complete with

Schools

Markets

Shops

Coffee Shops

Medical clinics

Sports centres

Parks

Etc…

Population Growth Population at Independence 1965 – 1.9 Million

Population in 2012 – 5.3 Million

Concept Master Plan (2011) Population target –

6.5 Million

Land Area of the Island City State (2012)

710 square kilometers

URA Concept Plan 2011 Key Target •Land use and infrastructure development

•Vision for Singapore in the next 40 t0 50 years

•Improving life quality

•To cater for a bigger and older population, senior citizens to grow

older within the community.

•Land resources planning to support a growing and moving up

economy. •Bring jobs closer to homes, and reduce

commuting time.

•Provide affordable and good quality housing in popular areas.

•Increase housing density around MRT stations.

•Expand and develop leisure and water front places, with easy

and direct access.

The Park Connector Network (PCN) of Singapore is under the management of

National Parks Board (NParks).

NParks is also responsible for the management of over 300 parks and the streetscape (or roadside greenery).

There is a hierarchy and diversity of parks, ranging from

large regional parks to neighbourhood parks and playgrounds, where a

spectrum of natural ecosystems co-exists with horticultural gardens.

Nparks is also responsible for the design and implementation of

the PCN, the network that connects these green spaces together

To ensure that all residents will have direct and easy access to

green open spaces and water fronts.

The Park

Connector

Network

(PCN)

By National Parks

Board(Nparks)

This is where we live…

This is where we

live…

View from the balcony…

Does it look like the 2nd most

dense place in the world?

Alexandra Park

Alexandra Park

Alexandra Park,

Storm water is collected into a concrete canal and channeled into the

Singapore River.

Concrete canal devides the urban space.

Kallang River @ Bishan Ang Mo Kio Park

By Atelier Dreiseitl Asia,

Opened March 2012

Before After

After heavy rain

What kind of

place is

this?

CPG Consultants Singapore (HQ)

• China

• India

• Vietnam

• Philippines

• Macau

• UAE

Opened on June 2010

“Shangri- La” meaning:

An imaginary remote paradise on earth; utopia.

A distant and secluded hideaway, usually of great beauty and peacefulness.

Shangri La Singapore

The design is a competition winning scheme and show case a good holistic

architecture. The hospital replaced a park, without loosing the green lung qualities,

and successfully became a center for the whole community.

Hospital staff is happy too…

Hospital as a community centre which attracts healthy people from the neighborhood,

to jog, eat, study, or simply enjoy the tranquil atmosphere.

Hospital also promotes healthy life style.

Hospital as a community centre which takes

care of sick and healthy people as well.

Kindergarten for kids from the neighborhood.

Hospital as a community centre which invites hospital staff, patients and people from

the neighborhood, who don’t have a private garden, to do urban farming on it’s roofs.

Vision, Vision,

Vision…!

Targets should be

Validated and Redefined,

If necessary, And….

Mistakes can be rectified!

Hospital can become a

community centre for ALL,

and even a recreational place.

Thank You