Five teams shortlisted to develop master plan for Jurong Lake District

SINGAPORE — Five out of 35 teams have been shortlisted for the next stage of the Request for Proposal (RFP) exercise to develop a master plan for the Jurong Lake District, said the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Tuesday (Sept 27).

In Stage 2 of the RFP, the five teams will have 10 weeks to develop and submit their conceptual master plan and proposals for the district by the end of this year.

A panel, comprising senior representatives and practitioners from government agencies, academia and industry, will then evaluate the proposals and select one of the teams as the appointed consultant by January next year. The selected team will work with the URA and other agencies to refine the plans, before submitting final detailed proposals for the Jurong Lake District.

The five shortlisted teams, consisting of tie-ups between local and international firms, “scored the highest for their track record and quality of their submitted statement of planning and design intent and approach”, said the URA.

“The statements set out the direction and strategies the teams intend to take in developing the Concept Master Plan for Jurong Lake District, as well as their analysis of key constraints and challenges for the area and how these could be overcome,” said the URA. “Through these statements, teams demonstrated their understanding of the requirements, master planning issues, challenges and opportunities in Jurong Lake District.”

Other factors considered were a team’s “collective experience and ability to master plan for a good quality, high-density mixed use urban district centred around a high-speed rail station, with a focus on transport planning and integration”, as well as innovation shown in past projects.

In July, the Government launched its RFP for transforming the Jurong Lake District into the Republic’s second Central Business District, which will be anchored by the upcoming Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail (HSR) terminus. It has six goals for the district, including offering “flexible and adaptable work spaces” in the core area around the HSR terminus, being a car-lite district and having innovative urban infrastructure to cater to the needs of different developments in the district.

The 5 shortlisted teams:

1) Allies and Morrison

Architects 61

Arup

Atelier Ten

Grant Associates

2) Grimshaw Architects

DP Architects

Arup

Gustafson Porter

Netatech

GreenhilLi

3) KCAP Architects & Planners

SAA Architects

Arup

S333

Lekker

4) Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei

RSP Architects Planners & Engineers

Arup

Tierra Design

Ohtori Consultants

Studio Lapis

teamLab

Nipek

Yashima Design

KPMG

Langdon & Seah

5) Nikken Sekkei

RSP Architects Planners & Engineers

Arup

DHI