Celia Choong
Senior Marketing Consultant,Singapore
Arup’s collaboration with Nikken Sekkei and Tierra Design helped the team win an international design competition for the redevelopment of the city state’s historic rail corridor.
Arup, as part of the multidisciplinary Nikken Sekkei led team, emerged winner out of 64 entries from around the world. The team has been appointed to develop the design for the first section of this high profile project based on their masterplan proposal, “Lines of Life”. Arup will be supporting all engineering disciplines.
The Rail Corridor is a 24km long disused railway line that stretches from the north to the south of Singapore. In March this year, the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore (URA) invited design professionals to develop a Concept Masterplan and Concept Proposals to transform the Rail Corridor into a social space that honours heritage, while fostering a strong sense of community ownership in a natural setting.
The winning design features a cycling path coursing through the full length of the corridor, as well as having 122 access points, 10 nodes and eight distinctive sections offering different experiences along the Rail Corridor. The 12-member evaluation panel has praised the design for providing an extensively detailed plan that addresses the needs and expectations of the design competition, while, above all, remaining committed to a holistic and clear vision of delivering a community-centred public space.