Singapore, 19 April 2021 – The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) and Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) recently launched Charmingly Changi, an ideas competition calling for creative ideas from the public to enhance the rustic charm of Changi Point.
Changi Point is an established recreational coastal district with its holiday bungalows, sea-facing chalets, sports clubs and coastal boardwalk, and it is also the gateway to Pulau Ubin. The area is well known for its cluster of buildings constructed by the British as a military base from the 1920s. Changi Point is also part of the Greater Rustic Coast, which comprises a 50-kilometre continuous and accessible belt of greenery, rich heritage and recreational spaces along Singapore’s northern coast.
Building on this distinctive identity, the ideas competition aims to engage the community for creative ideas to enhance the tranquillity of Changi Point as a heritage and recreational node along the Greater Rustic Coast, and to create inclusive community spaces. The area for the ideas competition is approximately 42 hectares within Changi Point, bounded by Loyang Avenue and Changi Air Base (West) to the south and Changi Golf Club to the east.
The agencies are also calling for ideas to strengthen connectivity to the coastline to improve public access to the beachfronts, and suggestions for the adaptive reuse of State properties such as the Old Changi Hospital and the former barrack buildings along Hendon Road.
CEO of SLA, Colin Low, said, “There are a number of state properties built from the late 1920s, located in Changi Point, which have been tenanted for F&B, recreation, hotel and residential use. Through this ideas competition, we are hoping to get fresh proposals and concepts for the adaptive use of the State properties, and capture public aspirations to enhance the recreational offerings in the area.”
Individuals or teams can participate in this competition. There are two topics. The first is a Concept Master Plan for Changi Point, which challenges participants to formulate a concept master plan to guide the enhancement of Changi Point.
The second topic is Repurposing of Old Changi Hospital, which seeks innovative ideas for the adaptive reuse of Old Changi Hospital, to give it a new lease of life while retaining the architectural features of the buildings.
Suitable ideas and concepts from the competition will be distilled into the design principles and planning parameters for the site. Participants will be grouped into two categories. The tertiary category, which is open to students from tertiary institutions in design-related disciplines; and the open category, which is open to participants from all other backgrounds.
Interested participants can find out more and sign up for the competition at https://www.ideas.gov.sg/public/Charmingly_Changi. The closing date for submissions is 9 June 2021.
– Construction+ Online
