History of the Site

A fellow resident Jason has seen how Upper Thomson Road has grown from a race track and now into a national park

However, once they moved in the Ministry of Culture declared that Upper Thomson road was going to be used as a race track. The family were furious beyond belief as the annual Grand Prix brought countless inconveniences. The setting up of the spectator’s stands, demolition of the said stands, the hoards of crowds that would swarm the area causing major trafficjams etc

As years went by, due to the unsafe nature of the road, the government stopped any race from being held at Thomson circuit.The family were celebrating but at the same time felt a little uneasy as the crowd died down and it Thomson road was never the same again

In the late 2010s, N’Parks decided to reclaim the land and turn it into the PCN. Now the Thomson circuit is one of the more favoured PCNs for the cycling enthusiast. As Jason cycled down the old race track he still could hear the crowd of people lining up to buy Kachangputeh from the food cart, the screeching tires of the race cars zooming down the road, the hoards of fans cheering their favourite.

In the early days when he and his family bought the house atThomson Road, it was a quiet, quiet, almost Zen-like region of Singapore. Away from the bustling city, they were trying to escape from

Despite despising the Grand Prix at first, with all their heart, Jason and his family would eventally cave. years went by and they were converted into racing finatics, they would be the first in line to get the best view that were free.

As time passed Thomson road was slowly forgotten and nature slowly reclaimed the road. Occasionally some brave souls would try to reenact the races and would end up in the obituary column. The race track gained a reputation for being haunted and entering the circuit become a taboo. Jason’s parents constantly remind him not to venture into the circuit.

Old upper Thomson Road is well known for its cycling route, and it connections to nature/ Moreover, Thomson nature park is connected to Spring leaf Park Connector and Bishan Angmokio Park

Dure to the high demand of cyclists using th road to avoid heavy duty vehicles present at Targore lanf and it famous connection to upper Perice Resevoir, N’parks has decided to refurbish the 2 lane road to a one way road with a PCN Trail

Thomson Road is infomously known for its traffic conjestions. The illustration shoes the average traffic conditions around the site on the weekdays. Green orange and red illustrates the traffic condition form free flowing traffic, slow moving traffic to a total traffic congestion respectivly.

The site is surrounded by a myraid of different activity zoning. From industrial to residential and places of worship only a kilometer away.

Singapore’s prevailing wind direction is from northeastly during the north moonsoon season and southerly during the southwest moonsoon season

Racing Refuge

In this node, i wanted to afford for riders to rest and shelter from the sun After conquring the steep up hill slope that they had just passed.

The louvers that the architecture has was inspired by the bark of the trees that were on site. Moreover, the louvers doubles as a bicycle rack hoisting the bicycle. Telling other cyclist that there are people present, acting as an invitation.

Synthesizing Pitstop

This node, was a space where both hiking the and cycling path merged, a space where both their needs were to be accounted for.

The form of the arhcitecture was was inspired by the site contours and the columns holding the architecture up was inspired by the ngative spaces of the forest, creating space.

Trailside Oasis

In this node, i wanted to allow both the hikers and cyclist to feel a sense of excitment and thrill when visting the site. Hence a cantilevered structure was ercted where the hikers could walk on and look at the scenery at greater hights off the cliff

The form of this architecture was inspired by the contour of the site.

The Kampong Farm Competition by City nite our kampong Spirit in Seeking new ideologies that emphasize inclusion

Acknowledgment

My heartfelt gratitude goes to my wonderful friend, Lim Guan Liang, for their exceptional contributions simply outstanding. It was a delight to collaborate with them, and their inventiveness

City Sprouts aims to challange us to reigin todays urban Context.

emphasize community engagement as well as inclusion contributions to our design competiti on. Their ability, passion, and continuous support were inventiveness took our idea to new heights. I apprecia te their friendship and collaboration.