PLQ and our Community at People. Places. Planet.

To call an urban environment a “Place”, something more than a mere space, implies the successful creation of an emotional attachment between a created environment and its users. Our interpretation of a “Place” involves the art of creating environments where people consciously choose to dwell, by being sensitive to a community’s needs and the elements that draw its members to one urban location over another.

“Placemaking” views the building of successful and activated public spaces as the starting block for designing a space. It refers to the adoption of a people-centric approach in designing urban spaces and focuses on creating engaging and memorable user experiences. Effective place design requires active engagement with partners who provide input as co-creators and is informed by an early understanding of their vision and aspirations for the urban space that they will inhabit. That very placemaking thought steered the team to be creating a positive and sustainable outcome for the Urban Redevelopment Authority’s broader Paya Lebar Central Masterplan; underscore the site’s significance as a new sub-regional commercial hub for Singapore; and showcase an intimate understanding of the community we are creating a place for.