Dhoby_Ghaut_Green

Dhoby Ghaut Green

Dhoby Ghaut Green

Park in Singapore

1°17′55″N 103°50′42″E

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Dhoby Ghaut Green is an urban park in Singapore located adjacent to Dhoby Ghaut MRT station, opposite the Park Mall.

History

On 18 September 2021, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced that a garden at Dhoby Ghaut Green could be chosen as a public space dedicated to the women of Singapore as part of a proposal by the Singapore Council of Women's Organisations that was accepted by the Government.[1]

Design

The park was designed by Soo K. Chan of SCDA Architects. Chan was commissioned by the Urban Redevelopment Authority to conceptualize and design the space after he won the Designer of the Year title in Architecture and Urban Design in 2006 at the inaugural President's Design Award, the nation's highest honor for excellence in design. Structural engineering was by Web Structures.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "PM Lee Hsien Loong's speech at the Closing Session of the Conversations on Singapore Women's Development". PMO. 18 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
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