Feel Singapore: Participatory Mapping of the Experienced Built Environment in Singapore

Project Summary

This project explores women’s experience of the city and is situated within the broader discourse of feminist interventions in the built environment. It uses the former Singapore Chinese Girls’ School campus at 37 Emerald Hill (37EH), and its surrounding vicinity, as a case study site. The campus, originally set for demolition, has been earmarked for conservation as a result of a powerful alumni campaign to save the campus in 2018. The pilot will engage these alumni, as well as other residents and users of the 37EH area, to document and explore the female experience of the space. This is a joint-project between the Civic Resilience Lab (CiRe) and the Social Design Lab (SoDL) at the NUS Department of Architecture. 

Objectives & Research Questions

Collect and visualise crowdsourced perceptions of environmental conditions in Singapore. Examine how perceived environmental stressors and positive place features relate to wellbeing and everyday urban life. Test participatory mapping as a method for integrating citizen perspectives into urban and environmental research.