Tengah Is Singapore’s First Smart, Pedestrian-Friendly City 3 Feb 2021, 14:30 UTC ·
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But Tengah’s merits go beyond the decision to remove vehicular traffic in favor of a more pedestrian and cyclist-free urban environment. For starters, it will only be car-free at the surface, because the traffic and parking and other road structures will be below ground. Secondly, it will be the first smart city and, hopefully, the blueprint for all future communities.
Tengah was first announced in 2016 and is currently under construction, with the first apartments set for turnkey delivery in 2023. It’s built by the state, so most of the 42,000 new homes will be available as long-term leases. It’s designed around the idea of bringing man and nature together again, in the hope that this would change behavioral patterns that would lead to a decrease in emissions.
Singapore is building a 42,000-home eco smart city
Updated 2nd February 2021
Singapore is building a 42,000-home eco smart city
Written by Oscar Holland, CNN
In a country where over 80% of residents live in public housing, a government commitment to sustainable urban design could have huge implications. And when it s a tropical country where convenience and air conditioning are a way of life, the impact could be greater still.
Promising 42,000 new homes across five residential districts, the eco-town of Tengah the Malay word for middle, though it s in the island s western region will be the 24th new settlement built by Singapore s government since World War II. It is, however, the first with centralized cooling, automated trash collection and a car-free town center, which conservationists hope offers a roadmap for slashing carbon emissions in the Southeast Asian city-state.