The “Green” Rail Corridor



Re-examining Green Spaces in Singapore


Location: Green Rail Corridor, SG
Project Type: Group Academic Work
Date: May - July 2021
Supervisor: Ar Tham Wai Hon

The Green Rail Corridor (GRC), which was formerly the Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM) Railway, runs from Woodlands in the north to Tanjong Pagar in the south of Singapore. When the stretch of land was abruptly returned by Malaysia to Singapore there were no plans on the redevelopment of the land. After multiple rounds of ideation between the government statuary boards, activist conservation groups and the public, the long and narrow piece of land is conserved as a nature thoroughfare for public use.

The project explores the landscape firstly through film, reexamining the treatment of this unique urban plan. Debating its status as “nature” and engages in critique by observing the life in this space. The mock-exhibition at the end of the project serves as a extension of this critique, taking up the persona of archaeologists to












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