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Planning A
Cityscape For A
Future Singapore
FROM AN EMPTY PLOT OF LAND, NG JIA YI – URA SCHOLAR
SEES POTENTIAL CITIES AND LIVING QUARTERS.
8 days and 7 nights of arduous work culminating in a 1:10 scaled project in Civil Engineering
Constructionarium course.
SCHOLAR’S PROFILE
We shape our cities; thereafter they shape
us. I distinctly remember looking out through
my window to an open patch of green when
I was young, in which Sengkang and Punggol
resides today. As I wondered why and how
such new towns were built, my fascination
with city planning and making tangible
change burgeoned.
Today, the world is undergoing its most
dynamic era of change. We are faced with
an increasingly connected world, climate
change and technology’s ever-expanding role.
Having applied for the Urban Redevelopment
Authority (URA) Scholarship, I am privileged
to be part of a team that shapes the future
of Singapore. I am thankful that I will have
a career where tangible outcome of work is
refl ected in every Singaporean’s daily lives.
In identifying a course to pursue in university,
I asked myself which course provides me
solutions and insights from transport planning
to pollution control, from freight logistics to
super and sub-structures, from urban planning
to project management, from creating to
future proofi ng. Civil Engineering was a clear
choice. My internship at URA and studies in
Imperial College London have cemented my
interest in urban planning.
Currently in my third year of studies in Imperial
College London, the Civil Engineering course
has equipped me with technical skills such
as 3D Modelling, Computational Analysis and
Geographic Information Systems (GIS).