Proposals from a competition organised by the URA will inform future plans for the redevelopment of the site.
A community lawn in front of the main building of the Tanjong Pagar Railway Station is an idea that URA is studying for the site’s redevelopment.
URA said on Sept 17 that Mr Chiang’s proposal for the former station “breathes new life into the site by innovatively integrating heritage and modern architectural elements to introduce a variety of gathering spaces for the community”.– the second such competition for the former station in nine years – with the intention of canvassing proposals that will guide the development of detailed plans to turn the station into a community hub.
Opened in 1932, the station was the southern terminus for the Keretapi Tanah Melayu railway line within Singapore that stretched from Kranji to Tanjong Pagar, and was gazetted a national monument in 2011 – the year that the line was decommissioned. A basketball court and a volleyball court, for instance, can appeal to fitness buffs, while the arts and culture programming, which he suggested could be sited in the main station building, would include a heritage gallery and a handicraft workshop.
Movable platform bridges link the existing station’s narrow platforms, creating a continuous space for events. PHOTO: KENNETH CHIANG
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