This document provides information on Singapore, including: 1) Singapore is an island country with a population of over 5 million located in Southeast Asia. English is the primary language though Malay is the national language. 2) The architecture of Singapore has traditionally included shophouses, which are two to three story buildings with shops on the ground floor and residences above. Conservation guidelines aim to preserve features like roofs, party walls, and timber elements. 3) The proposed site for development lies on a historic street featuring a variety of shophouse styles, offering an opportunity to contribute to the culturally and architecturally rich area through a new project.

2. 1.COUNTRY PROFILE
2. ARCHITECTURAL STUDY
3. LAW
4. SITE
5. CONCEPT
SINGAPORE

3. 1.
COUNTRY PROFILE

4. Area: total: 697 sq km
land: 687 sq km
water: 10 sq km
1.MAP AND THE SIZE OF THE COUNTRY
Land boundaries: 0 km
Coastline: 193 km

5. THE CAPITAL OF
SINGAPORE IS THE CITY
OF SINGAPORE.
2. CAPITAL CITY
As a city-state, Singapore is both the country and its capital. Singapore Island is
the main island of Singapore, which is also called Pulau Ujong. This island is the
largest island of Singapore as well as the most populous, with a population of
over 5 million. Singapore Island has an area of about 710 square kilometers.

6. THE POPULATION OF SINGAPORE IS 5.8 MILLION
3. POPULATION AND ETHNIC
GROUP
Ethnic groups: Chinese 76.8%, Malay 13.9%, Indian 7.9%, other 1.4%
(2000 census)
As of 2011, the population of Singapore is 5.18 million people, of whom 3.25 million
(63%) are citizens while the rest (37%) are permanent residents or foreign workers.
Twenty-three percent of Singaporean citizens were born outside Singapore
i.e. foreign born citizens. There are half a million permanent residents in Singapore
in 2011. The resident population does not take into account the 11 million transient
visitors who visit Singapore annually

7. MALAY IS THE NATIONAL LANGAUGE OF SINGAPORE
4.OFFICIAL LANGAUGE
The national language of Singapore is Malay for historical reasons but the
official languages are English, Chinese (Mandarin), Malay and Tamil. Each
carries equal weight under our constitution. English is widely used as the
lingua franca amongst the different communities. It is also the language of
administration.

8. THE MAIN RELIGION OF
SINGAPORE IS BUDDHISM WITH
LITTLE MORE THAN 34 % OF
POPULATION FOLLOWING
5. RELIGION

9. THE TYPE OF GOVERNANT IN SINGAPORE IS THE
PERLIAMENTARY REPUBLIC
6.SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT
The politics of Singapore takes the form of
a parliamentary representative democratic republic whereby
the President of Singapore is the head of state, the Prime Minister of
Singapore is the head of government, and of a multi-party
system.Executive power is exercised by the cabinet. Cabinet has the
general direction and control of the Government and is collectively
responsible to Parliament.

10. THE CURRENCY OF SINGAPORE IS SINGAPOREAN
DOLLAR.
7.CURRENCY
Inflation: 5.2%
Nicknames: Sing
Coins Freq Used: $1, S¢5, S¢10, S¢20,
S¢50
Rarely Used: S¢1
Banknotes Freq Used: $2, $5, $10, $50
Rarely Used: $1, $20, $25, $100, $500,
$1000, $10000

11. LION HEAD IS THE NATIONAL SYMBOL OF
SINGAPORE
8.NATIONAL SYMBOL
The Lion Head symbolises courage, strength and excellence, as well as resilience in the face
of challenges. It is in solid red against a white background - the colours of the National Flag.
Its mane's five partings represent the same five ideals that are embodied in the five stars of
the National Flag, namely democracy, peace, progress, justice and equality. Its tenacious
mien symbolises resolve to face and overcome any challenges.

12. SINGAPURIA IS THE NATIONAL FLAG OF
SINGAPORE
9.NATIONAL FLAG
The red represents brotherhood and equality, while the
white shows purity and virtue. The moon, a waxing
crescent, is symbolic of the new nation, a young nation
just beginning to reach its peak. The stars represent
democracy, peace, progress, justice, and equality, each
ideals of the new Singapore nation

13. Singapore has a highly developed and successful free-market
economy. It has an open, pro-business environment, relatively
corruption-free and transparent, stable prices, low tax rates
(14.2% of GDP) compared to other developed economies, and
one of the highest per-capita gross domestic products (GDP)
in the world. Its innovative yet steadfast form of economics
that combines economic planning of Singapore Economic
Development Board with free-market has given it the
nickname the Singapore Model. Singapore's sovereign wealth
fund Temasek Holdings is a large investor in the economy,
holding majority stakes in several of the nation's largest
companies, such as Singapore Airlines, SingTel, ST
Engineering and MediaCorp.
10.ECONOMICS

14. 2.
ARCHITECTURE

16. Pre-colonization Architecture of Singapore largely includes the Malay
Style architecture originally from the neighboring country Malaysia
PRE-COLONIZATION

17. 1. BLACK AND WHITE BUNGALOWS
2. SHOPHOUSE ARCHITECTURE
• At the cutting-edge of contemporary architecture, there are
many trends, but three stand out: height, sustainability, and bio-
inspired designs
AFTER COLONIZATION
MODERN ARCHITECTURE TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE

18. SHOPHOUSE
A shophouse is
a vernacular architectural building typ
e that is commonly seen in areas
such as urban Southeast Asia.
Shophouses are mostly two or three
stories high, with a shop on the
ground floor for mercantile activity
and a residence above the
shop. This hybrid building form
characterises the historical centres of
most towns and cities in the
Southeast Asia region

19. SHOPHOUSE IN SINGAPORE

26. 3.
CONSERVATION
GUIDELINE

28. The Conservation guideline for the shophouse in Secondary Settlements can be largely
divided in to six different categories
• Roofs
• Party Walls
• Timber Structural Members
• Airwells
• Rear Court
• Timber windows
• Timber staircase
• Front Facade

29. ROOF

31. AIRWELLS

33. SHOP SIGNAGE

35. PILLAR SIGNAGE

36. AIR CONDITIONER

37. 4.
SITE

40. ADVANTAGE OF SITE
• It has a rich historical background.
• It has a rich variety of architectural style and design ranging from transitional, art deco
style to modern style.
• The site lies on the zone that constitutes the secondary settlement in the conservation
zone of Singapore.
• The The Site lies on the main street of Jalan Besar, Petain road which has a rich
architecture of Shophouse.
• The opposite of the Site lies a Beautiful Late Style Chinese Originated Shophouse.

44. 5.
CONCEPT

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