My first document by Gam Yin Gabe Wong

Informal Activities

Religious Activity

Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple at Chinatown is singapore’s oldest temple and allows tourist and locals to come and pray. The road along the temple is closed during deepavali for consecration ceremony

Masjid Jamae is one of Singapore's oldest mosques and a prominent landmark in Chinatown holds religious classes in Tamil, prayer, Ramadan vigils, funeral services, marriage and business agreements, alms collection and distribution, as well as homeless shelters.

Buddha Tooth Relic Temple & Museum at Chinatown exhibits on Buddhist art and history and allows tourist and locals to come and pray

Formal Activities

Community Centre

Tanjong Pagar CC specialises in arts and ceramic courses which are conducted in the CC’s Pottery Workshop and Arts Studios. The CC also has its own kiln so that participants are able to make and take home their creation. In addition, it is the only CC to offer “ﬁnger-painting” courses.

Kerta Ayer CC envisioned to be established as a Chinese culture heritage hub, Kreta Ayer CC organises interest groups such as Opera, Chinese Calligraphy, Wood Carving and Tea Art Appreciation. The CC manages the Kreta Ayer People’s Theatre (KAPT) and set up a new Kreta Ayer Heritage Gallery. To add vibrancy, the CC also offers popular ﬁtness courses such as Yoga, KpopX Fitness and Boogie Bounce Xtreme Trampoline Fitness.

Formal Activities

My Tanjong Pagar Heritage Tour

My Tanjong Pagar Heritage Tour takes participants down memory lane by exploring different sites that have brought Singapore from its humble beginnings as a ﬁshing village, to becoming one of the most developed countries in the world. As participants retrace the steps of immigrants who arrived here during colonial times, expect to discover how these key landmarks were essential pieces that contributed to Singapore’s success as a port and its growth to a ﬁrst world nation.

https://mycommunity.org.sg/guided-tours/my-tanjong-pagar-heritage-tour/

Seng Wong Beo Temple Hock Teck See Temple Masjid Haji Muhammad Salleh and Keramat Habib Noh Tanjong Pagar Docks Company Former Singapore Polytechnic MAS Building Singapore Conference Hall and Trade Union House Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre (SCCC) Former Customs Office Former Traffic Police Headquarters Murray Terrace Former Metropole Theatre Jinrikisha Station Tanjong Pagar Station Former Yan Kit Swimming Pool

Formal Activities

Singapore Art Museum

Singapore Art Museum (SAM) has a new home at Tanjong Pagar Distripark. Visitors to SAM @ Tanjong Pagar Distripark can look forward to a line-up of art experiences, kid-friendly craft workshops and photo opportunities.

SAM has opened its doors to a fresh space at Tanjong Pagar Distripark. Local aesthetes will be excited to know that SAM’s new outlet hosts a vibrant array of exhibitions curated by local and international artists. While the museum refreshes its art displays every now and then, some of these works will be here for a couple of months to come. From interactive exhibits to a cosy book cafe.

Formal Activities

Poon Yue Association 番禺会馆

The association was founded in 1879 at Upper Cross Street with ﬁnancial assistance from Hoo Ah Kay, a well-known community leader from Whampoa district in Guangdong province. The association relocated to New Bridge Road in 1917. The building is a hybrid of NeoClassical and Art Deco styles which were popular with Chinese developers in the past who wanted to project a modern image.

Clubs And Organisations

Ee Hoe Hean Club 怡和轩俱乐部

The club was founded in 1895 by a group of Hokkien community leaders for the wealthy Chinese elite. More than a social and business club, its members were actively involved in the political development of China and supported the 1911 Xinhai Revolution which overthrew the Qing Dynasty, leading to the establishment of the Republic of China. During World War II, it was the headquarters of the antiJapanese China Salvation.

Kong Chow Wui Koon 冈州会馆

This Cantonese clan association was established in 1839 at Upper Chin Chew Street and moved in 1924 to the present building, designed by Westerhout & Oman. During the Japanese Occupation, the custodians volunteered the building as a clinic and hence its antique interiors remained intact. The association is well known for its lion dance troupe and martial arts.

Chin Kang Huay Kuan 晋江会馆

This association was established in 1918 by immigrants from Jinjiang County in southern Fujian, China. The current building contrasts with its ornately decorated neighbours. The use of straight lines, concrete ledges and mild steel framed windows is typical of the Modern style.. During World War II, the building was used by the Overseas Chinese General Mobilisation Council which helped the British in supplying labourers and volunteers for the defence of Singapore.

Interview ﬁndings

Interviewees

Residents Business worker Visitors

Background

How long have you been working / living here?

Opinions

What is something you like / dislike about this place?

What do you think about the community here?

Where do you come from?

Why do you come here and what do you enjoy about this place?

What do you think about the community here?

Personal

Experience

Do you have any fond or special memories living or working here?

What are some of the changes you have seen to this area? How do you feel about them?

What activities or events have you seen held here? Have you participated in them before?

Do you have any fond or special memories living or working here?

What activities or events have you seen held here?

Have you participated in them before?

Interview ﬁndings

Interviewees

Volunteer worker, female, 24 years old

Background

Incharge of an event collaboration between an independent bookstore as well as the Singapore Arts Museum (SAM). SAM launched a few of the public artworks along Tanjong Pagar area along with roving children's bookstore during June holiday as a way to create more entry points for children to explore art books and nature.

Opinions

thinks that the area ties in with the artwork here as well, as SAM is situated at Tanjong Pagar distripark. For public art initiative to be an everyday museum, they are trying to put up public artworks around the neighbourhood which is around Tanjong Pagar as well. The charm about Duxton plain park is that it is a rather urban park situated between rather relatively new buildings, like the Pinnacle but also buildings that retained their old world charm, like the Tanjong Pagar plaza. Quite an interesting duality to look at also. Just like nature vs man-made, old vs new.

Personal

Experience

thinks it's quite eclectic. The thing about Tanjong Pagar also is that there are quite a lot of multi generation families living here. One thing about Pinnacle at Duxton is that they have newer younger families but then there are also have a group of seniors who have probably stayed here for decades here in Tanjong Pagar so it is quite diverse.

Interview ﬁndings

Interviewees

Foreign Business worker, male, 34 years old

Stays at Tanjong Pagar plaza with family and daughter. Stayed at other parts of Singapore before such as Jurong West and Choa Chu Kang.

Background

Opinions

He love how convenient the place is because he works around the CBD area and his daughter studies nearby plus the facilities such as hospitals, schools, and shopping are very accessible, so he love this place a lot.

Personal Experience

Tanjong Pagar itself is already very special as it was the ﬁrst neighbourhood he stayed in Singapore.And his kid grew up in Tanjong Pagar as well, so she knows this place very well. He also knows the neighbour here longer compared to other neighbours in the other neighbourhood so he feels closer.

Interview ﬁndings

Interviewees

Business worker, female , 25 years old

Stays and works at Guoco building and was born and grew up here.

Background

Opinions

Feels that it is quiet at night and vibrant in the day as there are many businesses and services around. At night, there are more recreational things like restaurants. So it’s a very good area.

It is also very central and the good thing about living in the city is that when people are going to work or eat, you are always going in the opposite direction of the traffic.

Personal

Experience

This place has changed a lot. When she ﬁrst moved in around 2008, it was very quiet and a bit dodgy. It is kind of close but not central, a bit sketchy. But now it has deﬁnitely gotten more vibrant, there are more families, a lot more desirable.

Last time the whole of Tanjong Pagar used to be have shady ktv and many bridal studio. But now People actually like being around here. So it has deﬁnitely gotten very centric and nice now.

Interview ﬁndings

Interviewees

Visitor, male, 32 years old

Came here with his girlfriend to dine at korean bbq restaurant after chilling at the park.

Background

Opinions

He previously stayed at the HDB at Tanjong Pagar Plaza and he came back here because the street there is full of Korean foods. Everytime he thinks about BBQ or Korean food, they will deﬁnitely come here and won’t be somewhere else.

Personal

Experience

only knows there are quite a lot of dogs, and their owners like to walk them here. He is quite a dog lover so he will just sit come here to Tanjong Pagar Green Park and talk to them.

User Analysis -Interview

“I love this place a lot.”

“I always come here when i think of korean food and I always visit this park after meal to watch the dogs here.”

“It is a bit inconvenient when it rains cause not a lot of shelter.”

Says Does

Work Stay with family

Come here to eat

area ties in with the artwork and installation well, as SAM is situated at Tanjong Pagar distripark.

The charm about Duxton plain park is that it is a rather urban park situated between rather relatively new buildings

area has newer younger families but then there are also have a group of seniors who have probably stayed here for decades here.

Thinks Feels

it is quiet at night and vibrant in the day as there are many businesses and services around.

love how convenient the place is because he works around the CBD area and his daughter studies nearby

“Tanjong Pagar itself is already very special as it was the ﬁrst neighbourhood I stayed in Singapore.”

Environmental Sustainability Green

Activities & Events

Discover Tanjong Pagar Community Green

is a 17,760 sqft (1,650 sqm) open space bounded by Tras Link, Wallich Street and Peck Seah Street (between Soﬁtel Singapore City Centre at Guoco Tower and Orchid Hotel). Facilitated by URA and Singapore Land Authority (SLA), and supported by NParks and National Environment Agency (NEA), the space has been adopted by DTP since November 2019 so that its members can continue to beautify the community green as well as create opportunities to build and give back to the community.

A space co-created with the community

An idea initiated from Discover Tanjong Pagar’s efforts and pillar to beautify the community green space and creating something meaningful and sustainable to involve and bring our Tanjong Pagar Community together.

Plant a Tree with DTP

Residents and businesses of Tanjong Pagar are welcome to contact DTP at contact@discovertanjongpagar. sg if they wish to donate a tree at a fee of $300 that goes to the Garden City Fund’s Plant a Tree Campaign, a not-for-proﬁt initiative of National Parks Board (NParks), so that a new tree will be planted in Duxton.

Earth’s Day 2021

Discover Tanjong Pagar launched a limited edition customised re-usable bubble tea sleeve on Earths Day, 22 April, as giveaways to community who gets full scores for sustainability quiz.

Environmental Sustainability Green

Green Marked Buildings

Park Royal Hotel

Inspired by Hong Lim Park, which is located next to the site, rice terraces and the topography of natural landscapes, the building brings 15,000 square metres of greenery – around double the area of the site – back into the city. The passive strategies such as naturally ventilated corridors, solar-powered irrigation, rain water retention and sun shading have helped this project to achieve Singapore’s Green Mark Platinum rating, the nation’s highest environmental certiﬁcation.

Oasia Hotel

Oasia Hotel Downtown combines innovative ways to intensify land use with a tropical approach that showcases a perforated, permeable, verdant tower of green in the heart of Singapore’s Central Business District. It reaches a green plot ratio of 1110% and has open-sided gardens, so there is no need for mechanical ventilation in the hotel's 314 rooms and 100 office units. Most of the water for the irrigation system is harvested from rainfall.

Anson: Streets & Squares

Locations

SituatedclosetomatureresidentialareasinEvertonand TanjongPagar.Thegovernmenthassetplanstomakethisarea thenewurbanneighbourhood

New Additions

- Streetscapestocreateamoreinviting, mobility-friendlyandgreenersetting

- LinkingtheRailCorridortotheCBDarea

- Shops,eateriesandamenitiestofrontthe keystreets.

- Courtyardsandpacketsofopenspacefor “livingrooms”areastohostevents,or hustles&bustles

Marina Bay: Test-Bed

Concept

Utilisingtheampleamountofunusedlandtocreate opportunityforinnovativeideasonshorterleases.

The Difference It Makes

Offeringuniquelifestylesconceptsandgenerous publicspaces,whileprovidingﬂexibilityand responsivenesstoevolvingneeds.

Transit Priority Corridor

Location

AlongRobinsonRoad,whichiscurrentlyakeybusroutethatconnectsRafflesPlaceandTanjongPagar

The Changes To Be Made

Creatingmorespaceforbusestomovealong.Additionofcyclingpathsandpedestrianwalkways(encouragehealthieroptions)

Potentialofcreatinggreensidewalks(planters)

Winderwalkwaysmakinghometoal-frescodiningfromthestreetsidestoresandrestaurants.

Stakeholder - NLB research

Their history of how Libraries were introduced into Singapore

Begunin1823,whenSirStamfordRafflesestablishedtheﬁrst majoreducationinstitution(aka.RafflesInstitution).He proposedcreatingalibrarythatwouldsupportthecollege’s educationalaims,andthusraisedtheNationalLibrary.

Aspopularitygrew,theSingaporeLibrarywasformedand openedon22January1845.Theirdifferencesweretheopening hours(NLonlyopenedduringschoolhours),andtheir subscriptionprice(SLwaspricedat$2.50permonth).

theexposed red-brickepochof Britisharchitecture inthe1950s.During thattime,the aestheticsofthe buildingcontrasted theVictorianstyle architectureofthe NationalMuseum.

transformationsandevolutionsoftheservices

1. ShoppingMallLibraries-supportedbyaSGD$1Billionfundbythe governmenttoovercomethepublic’sperceptionsoflibrariesasa boringplacewithshelvesofoldbooks(Sim,2015).Thiswassupported bytheconceptof“bringthelibrarytothepeople”.Through introducingcafesintolibrariestoreinventreadingexperiences,adding programmeszones,redevelopingtheinteriorspaces,reducingshelf-life conceptsandstockinguponbestsellersandaward-winners.

2. Bookdropservices-broughtin1996.Itsideawastoprovideconvenienceforavidreadertoreturn theirbooks.Andsince1998,alllibrarieshaveadoptedtheideaofbookdrops.Additionally,the “BookReturn@AnyLibrary’servicebroughtevenmoreconvenience.

3. Self-serviceBorrowingMachines-broughtin1998,toreducequeuetimeatcounters

4. Mobile/DigitalLibrary-2008

Gate Count

Observation

- Roads and pathways near residential have low gate count

- Roads and pathways near commercial buildings have higher gate count

Activity Mapping & People Tracing

Starting points

Observations

- Most residents leaves residential to transport or food area

- Many from the shophouse area are mostly visiting shops or cafes, some are just walking pass to get to MRT stations

- Park near the CBD actually has quite a variety of people walking pass, some stays at the park while others are just visiting the area

1. Shake Shack @ neil road 2. Start of cantonment road 3. Food Court @ Everton Park HDB 4. Cantoment Tower Outpost Playground 5. Essen @Pinnacle 6. Tanjong Pagar Green Park

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