Potential Gillman Barracks housing would be sought after but must balance heritage, environment needs: Experts

SINGAPORE: Given Gillman Barracks’ central area and a shortage of original housing alternate strategies in the build, request is on the total tough if or now not it is certainly developed into a residential neighbourhood, consultants said.

But any redevelopment must in moderation design end into consideration the heritage and environmental value of the build, they added.

The Singapore authorities introduced this week that it is miles discovering out the prospective of introducing a combine of non-public and public housing at Gillman Barracks, a passe colonial protection force compound turned arts and everyday life enclave.

Situated off Alexandra Toll road, the build is now home to extra than 20 absorbing areas, cafes and art galleries.

It also contains the campus of the Academy of Singapore Academics, and a sizeable wooded area that separates it from public housing estates in Telok Blangah.

Environmental and heritage reports will birth up in the 2nd quarter of 2024, and are estimated to be done around the first half of of 2026, National Pattern Minister Desmond Lee said on Tuesday (Mar 5).

Findings from these reports will allow authorities to “thought sensitively” for the build’s pattern, he told parliament.