Singapore
AF Forum
(Un)measurable Performance Indicators: Placemaking and Public Space Design
Placemaking amidst the City in Nature
16 May 2024
4.40pm—5.00pm
Marina Bay Sands, Hall 1, Heliconia Ballroom
Ticketed admission
Singapore has consistently proven to be a city-state filled with lush greenery and rich biodiversity regardless of the constraints of limited size and high urbanisation. Singapore is widely known as one of the greenest high-density cities in the world, as indicated by various indexes.
Singapore’s development vision has prioritised greenery in urban planning since the 1960s with the ‘Garden City’ campaign. To tackle the future challenges of climate change and increasing urbanisation, today Singapore is working to achieve a ‘City in Nature’. The ‘City in Nature’ vision is backed by scientific studies and is supported by the belief that everyone has a role to play.
In this session, we will explore how NParks infuses nature in the urban fabric with rewilding efforts by extending our natural capital, intensifying nature in our gardens and parks, restoring nature into the urban landscape, and by strengthening connectivity between our green spaces.
We will also highlight various initiatives by NParks to encourage and support urban planners, architects, and landscape professionals to achieve a common goal of ‘placemaking amidst the City in Nature’, where urban spaces are transformed into vibrant, sustainable ecosystems with the help of science, creativity, and community involvement.
Speakers
NParks
15 May 2024
NParks
NParks
Mayura, an architect with a Master’s in Landscape Architecture, is a senior Landscape Architect at the National Park Board’s Design department. She contributes to inter-agency landscape master plans, park designs, and landscape guidelines in Singapore, and international projects under ‘Singapore Garden City’. Recognised for her outstanding contributions, Mayura has received numerous academic and professional awards, including the ‘Minister’s Award’ by the Ministry of National Development and the ‘Young Landscape Architect of the Year’ by the Singapore Institute of Landscape Architects.
The National Parks Board (NParks) is responsible for enhancing and managing the urban ecosystems of our City in Nature. We are the lead agency for greenery, biodiversity conservation, and wildlife and animal health, welfare and management. We are also working closely with the community to enhance the quality of our living environment.
NParks manages some 400 parks, 3,347 hectares of nature reserves, the Singapore Botanic Gardens, Pulau Ubin and the Sisters’ Islands Marine Park. Adding to this is the extensive network of Nature Ways, and the over 380 km Park Connector Network that links major parks, nature areas and residential estates island-wide. Every year, we run about 3,000 educational and outreach programmes across our various green spaces.
NParks has developed an urban biodiversity conservation model, which aims to conserve representative ecosystems in land-scarce Singapore. NParks also monitors and coordinates measures to enhance the presence of biodiversity in our urban landscape.
NParks is working closely with partners in the landscape, horticulture, veterinary and animal sectors to increase productivity, and provide training for all levels of the workforce. Enhancing competencies of the industry will support Singapore’s vision of being a City in Nature.