Enabling Village

The Enabling Village is a demonstration of heartland rejuvenation through adaptive reuse of the old Bukit Merah Vocational Institute / Employment & Employability Institute (e2i) in Redhill. The site was previously fenced-in, inward-looking and did not contribute to the neighbourhood. The Masterplan conceives the Village as a new community heart and opens up the space as a park to connect people with disabilities, residents and public.

The design removes all physical barriers, extends linkages and creates a variety of shared spaces, gardens and amenities, breathing life between and within buildings. A simple robust palette of finishes and motifs was adopted as a kit-of-parts system to stitch together surfaces and spaces of the new and existing.

The porous and accessible nature of the Enabling Village creates an inclusive environment, integrating people with disabilities as equal in the community.

2019

  • ArcAsia Awards for Architecture - Mention

    Category D (Conservation Projects) category, awarded by Architects Regional Council Asia (ARCASIA)

2017

  • 2017 Design for Asia Award - Grand Award with Special Mention

    Awarded by Hong Kong Design Centre

2016

  • President's Design Award - Design of the Year

    Awarded by DesignSingapore Council and Urban Redevelopment Authority

  • 16th SIA Architectural Design Awards 2016 - Design Award

    Special Categories, awarded by the Singapore Institute of Architects

  • BCA Universal Design Award - Winner (Platinum)

    Awarded by Building and Construction Authority, Singapore

Church of St. Mary of the Angels

The Church of St Mary of the Angels was designed for the Franciscan Friars and their parish church. The project includes the Church, the St Anthony Friary, the Poor Clare Monastery and an extensive columbarium. The focus of the design is community and expressing the church as an open and transparent institution.

The design is centred on an outdoor space that forms a forecourt to the various institutions, enabling community bonds to develop in this civic space. WOHA designed every element of the architecture, interiors, landscape and lighting for the complex, and incorporated several existing modernist buildings from the 1950s. The design took its direction from the particular focus of the Franciscan Friars on outreach and nature, to create a space for worship that is open and outward-looking – first to the garden and surroundings, and then to the wider community.

2016

  • World Architecture Festival - Finalist

    Mixed-Use (Completed) category, awarded by World Architecture Festival

2007

  • The 2007 Kenneth F. Brown Asia Pacific Culture and Architecture Design Award - Honorable Mention

    Awarded by School of Architecture

2006

  • President's Design Award - Design of the Year

    Awarded by DesignSingapore Council and Urban Redevelopment Authority

2004

  • International Prize Dedalo Minosse for Commissioning a Building 2004, Italy - Highly Commended

    Organised by ALA – Assoarchitetti, Vicenza Italy

  • 7th SIA Architectural Design Awards 2004 - Award Winner

    Institutional Projects/Religious Buildings Category, awarded by the Singapore Institute of Architects

  • 7th SIA Architectural Design Awards 2004 - Award Winner

     Interior Design/Commercial Category, awarded by the Singapore Institute of Architects

  • 9th SIA-ICI Colour Awards 2004 - Gold Award

    Architecture Category, awarded by the Singapore Institute of Architects

  • 9th SIA-ICI Colour Awards 2004 - Gold Award

    Interior Category, awarded by the Singapore Institute of Architects