Comments on: Reminiscences on a HDB Point Block

By: damon

damon — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 06:27:24 +0000

hi, i’ll be very glad if you reply this, and even more glad if you know the answer to this: why was the design considerations made to have lifts in early HDB flats not stop at every floor? is it because it was expensive? or having it stop every floor make the average time lift usage increase? thank you!!

By: SH

SH — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:51:29 +0000

I am 17 this year, and have lived in an ‘old’ type of slab block HDB all my life – that is, until my family moved to the first DBSS point block type this year. Facilities and a beautiful home aside, it pains me that my neighbours – other than the kindly old lady opposite us – do not bother to even smile when taking the same lift. My old HDB estate was one big friendly clump of people, even if it was a little inconvenient and dirty sometimes – why is it that the cleaner and more modernized we are, the more unfriendly we become?

By: TIA

TIA — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:44:59 +0000

Thank you for the article. One of my favaourite HDB building is Rochor Center. In my view, it is a clever mix of commercial and residential with beautiful space inside and outside.

By: kuu world » LIVELY STORIES

kuu world » LIVELY STORIES — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:08:04 +0000

[...] the narating of architecture other than from how it is ordered, how it is conceived, has many precedents even before koolhaas’ ‘post-occupation’. a+p smithson’s famous story of how their own house changed through time in relation to the hedges in the garden; some of the stories in the website story of houses; the quirky accounts in the old Nest magazine. here are two recent ones: tales from a+p smithson’s robin hood gardens and anecdotes from an architect who grew up in singapore’s ubiquitous HDB public housing. [...]

By: Howard

Howard — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:22:58 +0000

Perhaps it’s the idealistic foreigner in me, but HDB housing seems to be one of the great successes of the Singapore government. I’m also fascinated by some of the conditions and pricing involved with HDBs – such as a subsidy or cheaper price if you stay near your parents.