7. since 1962
Massive Trees Planting
Launched by
Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew
1966 2007
vegetation cover 35.7% 46.5%
8. 1966 2007
vegetation cover 35.7% 46.5%
Singapore Coastline 1950 Singapore Coastline 2002
Land Area 581 square Land Area 710 square
kilometers kilometers
9. 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
10. Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area
3,206,400
Population (2009)
Land Area 1,516 square kilometers
11. With a total population
density of over 6300
people per square
kilometer, Singapore ranks
2 nd
in the world.
12. CITY- STATE Land Use Challenges:
To cater for:
Housing
Business
Recreational needs
Activities usually located outside the city:
Airports Power generation
Waste disposal Defence needs
Water catchments
13. 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.
14. Self Sufficient Towns
Complete with
Schools
Markets
Shops
Coffee Shops
Medical clinics
Sports centres
Parks
Etc…
HDB Estates
15.
16.
17.
18. 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
19. 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.
20. 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 anddiversity 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.
51. CPG Consultants
Singapore (HQ)
• China
• India
• Vietnam
• Philippines
• Macau
• UAE
Opened on June 2010
52. “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.
56. 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.
57. Hospital as a community centre which takes
care of sick and healthy people as well.
59. 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.
60. 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.
