Singapore: The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has revealed plans to focus on “more inclusive housing” and hybrid work models.
As part of its long-term plan review charting Singapore’s developments in the next 50 years and beyond, the URA emphasised the need for a mix of public and privates homes in residential estates at Bayshore and Upper Changi.
A public exhibition for the long-term plan review was launched on June 6 following a year-long engagement with 15,000 members of the public to gather Singaporeans’ ideas and feedback on their future urban environment.
“Our planning strategies also took into consideration the need to enhance flexibility and optionality of our land use given the increasingly complex and uncertain environment,” said minister for national development Desmond Lee. “We must also find ways to better optimise the use of our limited land to balance more acute trade-offs for various land use needs.”
As part of the plan, URA and agencies will explore planning for a wider variety of internal layouts for homes that support demographic and lifestyle changes, as well as unforeseen needs, such as the shift to hybrid modes of working that have emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The planned relocation of the Paya Lebar Air Base in the 2030s will free up around 800 hectares of land which can be transformed into “a new generation town with homes, jobs and lifestyle amenities”. One of the proposals by the Singapore Institute of Architects and Singapore Institute of Planners is to develop a heritage district which conserves existing infrastructure, such as the old airport runway, terminal building, bunkers and airport hangars.
