WOHA

Located in the Woodlands neighbourhood in the North Region of Singapore, Kampung Admiralty epitomizes the idea of architecture as an agent and an advocate for social and environmental sustainability. On a very public yet modest 0.89-hectare site adjacent to Admiralty train station, WOHA’s design is both a community hub and an integrated public housing project. It is an important precedent that showcases the greater civic role and reach of architecture in society. Developed as a prototype to support ageing in place, Singapore’s Housing and Development Board (HDB) plans to replicate the model in other locations to address the country’s ageing population. By placing the elderly centrestage, Kampung Admiralty re-establishes dignity for this commonly marginalized