Course Objectives
Projects with effective public participation and community engagement result in greater sense of ownership and identity of the community and build community bonds. This module introduces concepts and practices in participatory planning and design at various scales from masterplan to micro-placemaking scale, illustrated by case studies. Major topics include brief history of participation globally and in Singapore, why participation is needed, benefits, challenges and methods in participatory planning and design. Mode of instruction includes lectures, hands-on activities and field visit.
At the end of the course, participants will:
- Understand the theory and practice of participatory planning and design
- Understand the importance of participatory planning and design in community building
- Learn methods often used in participatory planning and design, learn tips and lessons from case studies that can help them in their community engagement work
Who Should Attend
Placemaking agents, place management professionals and urban planners/developers/consultants in both public agencies & private corporations.
Pre-Requisites
Degree or Advance Diploma in any discipline.
Mode of Training
Total of 35 contact hours on-campus.
The course consists of lectures, discussions, hands-on practice of methods, group work on applying to scenarios, peer learning, site visits and case study sharing from key local and international speakers.
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD) POINTS
Upon successful course completion, participants are eligible for CPD points from the following:
Board of Architects (BOA) – Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA) CPD Programme
|
3 |
| Professional Engineers Board (PEB) CPD programme |
35 |
Singapore Institute of Landscape Architects (SILA)
Accreditation Programme
|
20 |
| Singapore Institute of Planners (SIP) CPD programme |
15 |
Participants are required to meet the terms and conditions in order to qualify for the CPD points.
Associate Professor Tan Beng Kiang
Associate Professor Tan Beng Kiang is an educator and a registered architect in Singapore with rich practice experience in both the public and private sectors prior to joining academia. She is the former Deputy Head of the National University of Singapore, Department of Architecture and leader of Community and Housing Section. She served as a council member of the Singapore Institute of Architects and currently sits on various technical and advisory committees. She is a recipient of several design and teaching awards including the Pacific Rim Award for Excellence in Public Interest Design for Smile Village project in 2018, the inaugural Most Energy-Efficient Building in ASEAN Award for Revenue House in 2000. In recognition of her teaching contribution she was inducted as Fellow to the National University of Singapore Teaching Academy in 2021.
Her teaching and research interests are in Participatory Community Design & Planning, Service Learning, Social Housing, Design for Aging and Learning Environments. She conducts professional and continuing education courses on Participatory Community Design. As a strong advocate of participatory community design, she leads community centric Design Studio projects and service learning projects in Singapore and ASEAN. The projects have been exhibited in Archifest and Design for the Common Good International Exhibition at Denver, USA in 2022. She has been invited to speak at various conferences and her publications are in journals, books and conference proceedings.
She holds a Doctoral degree from Harvard University, Master of Architecture from UCLA and Bachelor of Architecture (Honours) from the National University of Singapore.
Larry Yeung
Larry is a
designer and community organiser who is a strong advocate for participatory and
community-centric design in Singapore. He is currently the Executive Director
of Participate in Design (P!D), a non-profit design organisation that helps
neighbourhoods and public institutions design community-owned spaces and
solutions. Since his graduation from the National University of Singapore with
a M. Arch, Larry’s portfolio of participatory-based projects include
neighbourhood planning, public space design, and community art installations.
Larry has also been recognised as a World Cities Summit Young Leader in 2021,
honouring him as one of the change-makers shaping the global urban agenda, and
also sits in the CSC-MCCY’s Partnerships and Engagement Experts Panel since
November 2022, consulting with public agencies in Singapore on their citizen
engagement projects.
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