Y3S1: Traces of Pasir Panjang

Traces.

Unfolding memories of pasir panjang power station Mirrah Najihah YR3S1 NUS Architecture

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Unfolding memories of pasir panjang power station

U rban heat island ef f ect Its so ho t? Hello?

There Ęźs no natural builtd ups

N oisy cars Zooming past

Silent hill ??

Transitioning Int o nature br uv Lea ves r ustling & birds c hir ping

Legend How t o link t hese nodes?

Zen out Orc hestra in your ears Ho tness? ? N o shade

Cicada sounds Forest vibes m8 L ush t er rains and suc h

Happenings becomes a t hread of events t hat nar rat es a st or y.

This st or y def ine t he c haract er of t he place.

The key of the project is the creation of a "urban thread" - a single pedestrian pathway that unites all parts of this power station territory.

This thread is a landscape route - a continuous link , which, depending on the surrounding conditions, changes its position in space, interacting with the landscape and historical landmarks, creating different scenarios for users.

Here the intent of an ideal park or urban green is not just a space that is objective and real where spaces are defined by programmes but a space that goes beyond reality and chances for unknowns, imagination and unscripted uncounters.

Cicada sounds Forest vibes m8

Linocut deals with the space around and between the subject.

In translation to architecture, the nodes along the circulation path carved out from the ground. On plane level, these spaces are intended to be invisible and blends in with the surroundings.

time st am p “Programmatic sequences that suggest secret maps and impossible fictions, rambling collections of events all strung along a collection of spaces, frame after frame room after room, episode after episode�

Power Station stamps Linoluem cut 2019

what do you remember? pasir panjang power station

episodic memor y

semantic memor y

where/when context specific emotional experiential series of events

what general abstract facts about the power station

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sit e plan scale 1:1000

the linear path serves as circulation with placemaking spaces where unplanned encouters and activities takes place.

t he great est f oll y The building is stripped off its then programmatic functions to become and experiential park for visitors.

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semantic memor y “Mr Omar worked at the water tanks, at midnight, rain or shine. Accidents with acids for purifiation occured on a regular basis.”

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episodic memor y “And with every turn there’s a different view, a chance of a serendipitous encounter.”

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semantic memor y “There once stood two iconic 235 foot high chimneys producing clouds of soot.

Now coal-fired power plants are replaced with more advanced, higher capacity, and cleaner energy sources” Two chimneys emitted a deafning sound when steam was released. Blackouts were common.

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episodic memor y “The atmosphere resounds quite suddenly, with a responds, your own.

The sounds travels on, with distance it gets faint, but is never truly gone.”

-echo chamber

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semantic memor y Relieving childhood: The Kader family moved into the quarters in 1968 till 1985 in Blk B. All their children went to Labrador Primary School and Batu Berlayer Primary. The neighbour took care of them, as their parents were busy. Kids would also play at the large drain infront of the block.

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episodic memor y Far: “I can hear the children screaming, distant chatters and the wind wistling past my ear but where? The only connection between inside and out are the sounds.�

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semantic memor y “Mr Singh was a boiler operator from 1954 till 1983. His son followed his footsteps. Both father and son loves to catch the morning breeze by the beach at labrador during the weekends”

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episodic memor y “Rolling of the waves splashing on the rocks Seagulls flying over In the roaring sea.”

There was a wedding photoshoot taking place nearby.

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semantic memor y The Boniran family: “A ‘secret’ road near the power station that had hot air gushing out, was where children loved to play at.”

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episodic memor y “ Doing nothing was the doing...untill a random stranger approached me at the steps fronting the playing court: Have you seen a red bottle by any chance? My son left it here .”

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semantic memor y “Spending most of their life in the power district, the workers and their family share deep setiments with thesmall living quarters.

These recounts unravel a hidden past at the power station.”

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episodic memor y “These little recess niches are small but comforatble for private retreat. The courtyard is nicer when shared with people around”

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PASIR PANJANG SITE ANALYSIS B

BUILD UP AREAS OPEN SPACES A

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WEST COAST HIGHWAY

ALEXANDRA ROAD

HAW PAR VILLA MRT

SOUTHERN RIDGES

PADDY HILLS KENT RIDGE PARK JAMBOL PLACE PARK

HORTPARK

ALEXANDRA TECHNOPARK

VIADUCT

THESE 2 ROADS SERVE AS THE MAIN ARTERY FROM HIGHWAYS AND ESTATES AND AS SUCH ARE 6 LANES ( 3 FOR EACH SIDE) THE MAJOR BREAKS UP FLOW WITH AND THE HI CARS

GOLDEN AGRI-RESOURCES PASIR PANJANG MRT

ACADEMY OF SG TEACHERS MAPLETREE BUSINESS CITY

ARTERIAL ROAD THE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC LIGHTS GH VOLUME OF PASIR PANJANG POWER STATION

LABRADOR PARK MRT

WEST COAST HIGHWAY

THERE IS HIGH YTRAFFIC FLOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY ALONG PASIR PANJANG ROAD.

BERLAYER CREEK

LABRADOR NATURE RESERVE

SC ALE 1:10000 ON A3

PASIR PANJANG PORT

// LEGEND CAT 1- MAJOR EXPRESSWAY CAT 2- MAJOR ROADS CAT 3, 4 & 5 ROADS

VEHICULAR CIRCULATION

TELOK BLANGAH BUSINESS DISTRICT

RESIDENTIAL

TELOK BLANGAH ESTATE

HIGH DENSITY IT & BUSINESS CLUSTER, LARGE FOOTPRINT, OFFICE TOWERS, URPARKS WITHIN. IT IS THE NEWEST DISTRINCT IN THE AREA DEVELOPED FROM 2006.

TO THE EAST LIES PRIMARILY HDBs WITH BUILDINGS AVERAGING BET WEEN 15-40 STORIES. THE ESTATE HAS BEEN CONTINUOSLY UPGRADED SINCE 1970.

RESIDENTIAL AREAS CONSISTS MAINLY OF LOWRISE CONDOMINIUMS AND LANDED PROPERTIES BEARS A GRANULAR URBAN CLUSTER

PASIR PANJANG PORT EXIS TED SINCE 1900s BUT HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO BECOME SINGAPOREʼS MAIN PORT. IT ENCOMPASSES ALL OF THE LAND SOUTH OF THE WEST COAST HIGHWAY

NEAREST MRT NODE SITUATED AT THE MAIN CROSSROAD BETWEEN HIGHWAY AND ALEXANDRA ROAD SITE

FUTURE DEVELOPMENT (GSW) IT WILL BE HIGH RISE BUILDINGS CURRENT G

A SERIES OF RESIDENTIAL REPLACING THE OLF COURSE

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RESIDENTIAL RESERVE SITE PARK/ OPEN SPACE

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ZONING AND TYPOLOGY

SC ALE 1:10000 ON A3

CIVIC/COMMUNITY

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F FINE URBAN GRAIN BETWEEN PASIR PANJANG MRT AND HAW PAR VILLA MRT RESIDENTIAL AND SMALLER SCALE AREAS WITH HOUSING CLUSTERS T YPICALLY LANDED HOUSES

COARSE URBAN GRAIN INTERACTIONS BECOME LESS PERSONAL. SENSE OF SCALE IS LARGER

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REFER TO MICRO ZOOM IN FOR NOLLI MAP

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SC ALE 1:10000 ON A3

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// LEGEND BUILD UP AREAS OPEN SPACES A

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URBAN GRAIN ANALYSIS

WEST COAST HIGHWAY

ALEXANDRA ROAD

HAW PAR VILLA MRT 12

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19.83 SOUTHERN RIDGES

PADDY HILLS KENT RIDGE PARK

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JAMBOL PLACE PARK

HORTPARK

3040 ALEXANDRA TECHNOPARK GOLDEN AGRI-RESOURCES 61.16 PASIR PANJANG MRT

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ACADEMY OF SG TEACHERS MAPLETREE BUSINESS CITY

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PASIR PANJANG POWER STATION

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LABRADOR PARK MRT 7.17 19.25

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64.25

WEST COAST HIGHWAY

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7. 9 2 BERLAYER CREEK

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PASIR PANJANG PORT // AGE DISTRIBUTON

LABRADOR NATURE RESERVE 65.60

SENIOS (>65) ADULTS (25-64) YOUTHS (15-24)

// POPULATION IN SUBZONE PORT PLANNING PASIR PANJANG TELOK BELANGAH DRIVE

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MARITIME SQUARE

SUBZONE,DENSIT Y,DEMOGRAPHICS

SC ALE 1:10000 ON A3

CHILDREN (0-14)

WEST COAST HIGHWAY

ALEXANDRA ROAD

HAW PAR VILLA MRT

STREET & ELEVATED PEDESTRAIN LINKS

SOUTHERN RIDGES

PADDY HILLS KENT RIDGE PARK JAMBOL PLACE PARK

HORTPARK

THE BUSINESS DISTRICT CENTRE HAS ELEVATED& AIR CONDITIONED WALKWAYS THAT LINK DIFFERENT BUILDINGS, RENDERING THE STREET BELOW FOR VEHICULAR AND CARPARK USES.

ALEXANDRA TECHNOPARK GOLDEN AGRI-RESOURCES

MOST COMMUTERS TRAVEL TO AND FRO FROM LABRADOR MERT SATION WITH SOME COMING FROM THE MULTIPLE BUS STOPS

PASIR PANJANG MRT

ACADEMY OF SG TEACHERS MAPLETREE BUSINESS CITY

STREET & ELEVATED PEDESTRAIN LINKS LABRADOR PARK MRT

MOST COMMUTERS T R A V E L T O AP NA DS I RF RP OA N J A N G POWER FROM LABRADOR MERT STATION SATION WITH SOME COMING FROM THE MULTIPLE BUS STOPS

HIGH PEDESTRAIN FLOW

WEST COAST HIGHWAY

STREET & ELEVATED PEDESTRAIN LINKS

ALL STREETS PROVIDE PEDESTRIAN PATHS FOR PEOPLE TO COMMUTE HOWEVER DUE TO THE HEAT & WIDE ROADS MOST CONGREGATE AT INTERSECTIONS.

BERLAYER CREEK

PASIR PANJANG PORT

LABRADOR NATURE RESERVE

// LEGEND PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION

SC ALE 1:10000 ON A3

OVERHEAD LINKAGES

PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION +

VEHICULAR CIRCULATION

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HAW PAR VILLA MRT

KENT RIDGE PARK

GSW STRETCHED BETWEEN HARBOUR FRONT MRT & HAW PAR VILLA

HORT PARK SOUTHERN RIDGES.

PASIR PANJANG NURSERY

INTERCONNECTED GREEN TO THE NORTH OF TELOK BLANGAH & PASIR PANJANG LIES A VAST EXPANSE OF INTERCONNECTED PARKS AND LANDMARKS, THE MOST NOTABLE ARE; SOUTHERN RIDGES, HENDERSON WAVES, MOUNT FABER THESE MAJOR PARKS ARE LINKED VIA PARK CONNECTOR ROUTES YET ONE OBSERVATION IS THAT THESE PARKS (ESPECIALLY LABRADOR PARK) IS NOT EASILY ACCESIBLE .AT THE WEST COAST JUNCTION. A MENTAL DOR PARK PARKS UP ACTUALLY

BARRIER BETWEEN LABRAAND THE REST OF THE NORTH. AS A RESULT FEW USE THE CONNECTION

DEMOLISHED GREEN LAND

TO MAKE WAY FOR FUTURE GSW PROJECT WHERE HOUSING / OTHER TYPOLOGY WILL TAKE ITS PLACE PROPOSED GREEN CONNECTOR IN MASTERPLAN TO HARBOUR FRONT MRT

EXISTING SITE WILL BE TRANSFORMED INTO A LARGE URBAN PLAZA CONNECTING MRT NODES AND THE PORT AREA.

LABRADOR NATURE RESERVE

DEMOLISHED GREEN LAND FUTURE PARK PROPOSAL RESERVE SITE

PROTECTED RESERVE AREA. AND PARK FOR PUBLIC RECREATION USE. TO THE EAST A LINEAR STRETCH OF MANGROVE, BERLAYER CREEK WHICH CONNECTS THE COAST BEACH FRONT TO THE MRT STATION

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PRINTED ON TRANSPARENCY

GREENERY STUDY + ZONING AND TYPOLOGY

SC ALE 1:10000 ON A3

// GREEN SPACES

GSW STRETCHED BETWEEN HARBOUR FRONT MRT & HAW PAR VILLA

EXISTING KEPPEL CLUB

LEAST HUMAN TRAFFIC ADJACENT TO THE SITE . NO AREAS OF ACTIVATION OR NODES WHERE PUBLIC COULD CONCGREGATE

PUBLIC TRANSPORT AS PORTALS ADDING HUMAN SUBSTANCE INTO THE STREEST AND SUBSEQUENTLY INTO THE SITE AS WELL

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MAJOR ROADS BUS ROUTE+STOPS

DISTRICT ROADS PEDESTRIAN OPEN CARPARK

3.3%

THIS DATA COVERS PSA BUILDING BUSTOP ONLY

UNDERGROUND CARPARK BUS PORTALS MRT PORTALS

OVER 20 TYPES OF BUSES CIRCULATE AROUND THE AREA. CONNECTING HOUSES TO PARKS, OFFICES TO FACTORIES IN AND AROUND THE SITE.

HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS WITH PEDESTRIAN OVERHEAD BRIDGE CONNECTION NODES AND MRT STATIONS

MRT STATIONS

91.2%

THIS DATA COVERS LABRADOR MRT ONLY

BEING CORE OF INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DISTRICT THROUGHOUT HISTORY, 5 MRT STATIONS ARE LOCATED WITHIN 4 SUBZONES

PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION +

VEHICULAR CIRCULATION

MACRO / IMMEDIATE SITE CIRCULATION

HIGHWAY/VIADUCT

ALEXANDRA RETAIL CENTRE AND THE RETAIL SIDE OF MAPLETREE BUSINESS DISTRICT HAVE A MORE TRANSPARENT, INTERACTIVE FACADE, INVITING USERS TO ENTER AND USE THE SPACE.

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SHELTER IS PROVIDED ACROSS ROADS ON HIGHER LEVELS THROUGH OVERHEAD BRIDGES AND OTHER CONNECTORS. GENERALLY, THE AREA IS RATHER WELL CONNECTED AND CAN BE EASILY ACCESSED USING LABRADOR PARK MRT.

SPACES BESIDE PAVEMENTS OR TRAFFIC LIGHTS ARE GENERALLY ADORNED WITH GRASS AND TALL TREES, SEAMLESSLY CONNECTING TO THE NEARBY LABRADOR PARK AND GREEN CORRIDOR.

PAVEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ALONGSIDE DRAINS FOR EASY ACCESS, THOUGH FENCES, CANALS AND STEPS SEPERATE COMMUNAL PUBLIC SPACE FROM PRIVATE BUILDINGS.

MOST PRIVATE BUILDINGS SPORT AN OPAQUE FACADE

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BUILDINGS AROUND THE MAPLETREE BUSINESS DISTRICT ARE CLUSTERED, WHILE BUIDLINGS NEAR THE POWERSTATION ARE MORE SPACED APART AND QUIET.

// LEGEND PUBLIC SEMI PUBLIC PRIVATE

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MICRO NOLLI PLAN + URBAN GRAIN ANALYSIS

SCALE 1:5000 ON A3

NOT IN USE

WHAT WE UNDERSTAND OF PLACES ARE AFFECTED BY OLUR SENSES. PERCEPTION OF SIGHT HEARING AND SCENTS ARE RECORDED TO REVEAL INSIGHTS AND PROVIDED AN ALTERNATE WAYS OF REPRESENTATION

URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT ITS SO HOT? HELLO? THEREʼS NO NATURAL BUILTD UPS

NOISY CARS ZOOMING PAST

TRANSITIONING INTO NATURE BRUV LEAVES RUSTLING & BIRDS CHIRPING

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HOW TO LINK THESE NODES? ZEN OUT

CICADA SOUNDS FOREST VIBES M8

ORCHESTRA IN YOUR EARS HOTNESS?? NO SHADE

CICADA SOUNDS FOREST VIBES M8

LUSH TERRAINS AND SUCH

MENTAL EXPERIENTIAL MAP

MACRO/GET IN TOUCH WITH THE SENSES

SILENT HILL ??

RE:CIT Y Re:C i t y rec onc ep tua l i z e s th e way w e , as people , live i n hi gh- densi t y c i ti e s. As tech nology advance s at ac c el erati ng sp eeds in today ' s w orld, societ y at l a rge gravi tate s towards th em, adop ting th em and a p p rop ri ati ng them i nto th e ways th at w e live ou r l i ve s and bu ild ou r environments.

Re:C i t y sugge sts a m ore c onscientiou s approach to thi s engagem ent wi t h tech nology; to u se th em as tool s to i m p rove qualit y of life; to provide i nf rastruc ture that can adap t to th e w h ims of ou r prog re ssive societ y.

Up hol di ng a da p ti b i l i t y and c onnection as its c ore p ri nc i p l e s, Re:C i t y ri de s evaluate s modern c oncerns rega rdi ng the envi ronment and tech nology, and de si gns a n urb a n environement th at pl ace s th e people at th e fore .

TREES PLANTED ALONG THE HIGHWAY ARE USUALLY LESS THAN 3M TALL. THEY ARE PLANYED MAINLY TO ACT AS NOISE BUFFER.

TREES HERE ARE 18M TALL DEEP ROOTS- THEY ONLY PROVIDE SHADE AT THE CARPARK AREA

PLENTY O0F PLEASANT NUANCES, COLOURS, GRAINS, TEXTURES,MOODS CAN BE FOUND ON SITE _ AS A JUXTAPOSE TO THE MORE LIVELY NORTHERN PART OF PASIR PANJANG WHERE THE BUSINESS DISTRICTS ARE,THE SOUTHERN SIDE WHERE THE SITE RESIDES SURPRISINGLY AS A MORE MUTED AND VARIETY COLOUR PALATTE, TEXTURE AS WELL AS VIEWS. // LEGEND EXTERNAL TEXTURES

CHARTED TREES

NOT MUCH TREES PLANTED AT THE FRONTAGE OF LABRADOR PARK MRT- VERY HOT DURING MIDDAY DUE TO LACK OF SHADE

MACRO ANALYSIS OF GREENERY

INTERNAL TEXTIURES

SURROUNDING TEXTURES

IMMEDIATE TREES AND MOODS ON SITE

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I t s p l i n t e r s Pas i r Pa n j a n g into two distinct sites: a r o b o t i z e d , c a p i ta l i s t h av e n in the Mapletree Business City and the de-energized and f o r g o t t e n p o w e r d i s t r i c t.

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Missing from this p i c t u r e i s w h at a c i t y could be: a place for people.

The OPP proposes to reintroduce the human element to the both s i d e s o f Pas i r Pa n j a n g and to consider the city from a human scale.

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A s a n e l e vat e d g r e e n pa s s a g e encroaching upon the glass and steel of its neighbouring structures, the OPP s e r v e s a s a s ta r k r e m i n d e r o f t h e d i a m e t r i c a l ly o p p o s i n g p e r c e p t i o n s o f u r b a n i s m a n d n at u r e a n d perhaps pose a question: can a city have both?

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The OPP brings together the va r i o u s d i s pa r at e z o n e s i n Pa s i r Pa n j a n g : t h e n at u r e i n L a b r a d o r Pa r k ; t h e h i s to ry o f t h e p o w e r s tat i o n ; t h e movement in Mapletree B u s i n e s s C i t y; a n d t h e pat h o s o f t h e p r o p o s e d R E : C I T Y.

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transport nodes cars and self driven vehicles

pedestrian and bicycle networks are more organic and cuts through town pa r ks w h e r e c o m m u n e h u b s a r e l o c at e d .

the whole site is turned into a green pa r k f o r v i s ua l c o n n e c t i v i t y b e t w e e n t h e n o rt h a n d s o u t h o f pas r pa n j a n g .

D I A G R A M M AT I C m a s t e r p l a n c i t y c o n n e c t e d by c i r c u l at i o n n e t w o r k s