This project addresses declining liveability in Chinatown. Through resident interviews, our team identified a shared concern: the erosion of Singaporean identity and cultural values, as commercialisation has shifted Chinatown from a lived local district into a tourist-oriented showcase.

In response, we developed a combined infrastructural and legislative strategy to address this imbalance. As the sole architecture student, I contributed by proposing cost-efficient, easily deployable third spaces that activate underused areas and reintroduce everyday cultural life to the streets. These spatial interventions are supported by policy measures that prioritise local businesses and experience-based tourism designed to benefit Singaporean residents rather than transient visitors. Together, the proposals form a coordinated plan to reclaim Chinatown as a meaningful local space.