Pedestrians walk by, unfazed by a cacophony of power tools whirring and roaring. The noise feels deafening even with the towering sound barriers. Signs apologise for the inconvenience. It seems like you can’t go a block without spotting a construction site, workers sweating under glaring sun in the thick, wet Singaporean air. These plots of dirt and rubble littering the island will become modern, multi-storey buildings. Fresh. Clean. New.
According to 2023 research by Stacked Homes, most residential projects in Singapore are redeveloped after 19 to 24 years. This means new construction is torn down, on average, barely two decades after being finished.
With the omnipresent evidence of advancing infrastructure, thoughts turn to the short, squat properties of the past. The heritage buildings.
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