- 2West Masterplan: A New Paradigm in Urban Planning   814 kb by    Borja, Bij | bij.borja@jtc.gov.sg    Short Outline The 2west Masterplan, an integrated mixed-use development, was conceptualized in response to the issue of land scarcity in the small island state of Singapore. One key feature of this development is the Integrated e-deck (Environmental Deck), an innovative system of multiple functions that redefines the concept of urban infrastructure. Abstract With just approximately 730 square kilometres of land area, the competition for land and labour in the small island state of Singapore has increasingly heightened. To tackle such issue, new urban planning approaches and innovative strategies have been developed to further optimize and intensify land and increase productivity in Singapore. As the nation’s leading industrial developer and master planner, JTC Corporation has progressively positioned itself as a key driver of land intensification by constantly innovating and thinking of out of the box solutions while staying true to its vision of creating a dynamic integrated industrial landscape. This paper will share one of JTC’s newest developments, the 2West Master Plan and will discuss the future ready and innovative planning concepts in structuring and strategizing the master plan’s overall framework. It will also talk about the planning approaches adopted in addressing the concerns over land scarcity, better distribution of good jobs and urban liveability in a compact urbanity through a mixed-use integration and new urban infrastructure so as to create inclusive and vibrant Work-Live-Play-Learn- Make communities. One of the key planning strategies for this development is to create a seamless connectivity and integration between the elements of 2West and their surrounding communities to promote a utopian lifestyle in a car free environment supported by the cutting edge economy and technology. The enabler of such strategy is the Integrated e-Deck (Environmental Deck), an innovative urban infrastructure envisaged to link up the various elements in 2West and span approximately 5 kilometres across the entire development. The e-Deck at 2West is a super efficient form of an integrated and a synergistic relationship between public facilities such as public open spaces, amenities and hub parking, the environmental and micro climatic medium such as urban greeneries, storm water management and a state-of-the- art logistics such as the Estate-wide Goods Mover System (eGMS). As a green artery, it will first and foremost serve as an elevated ground space that will provide car-free, walkable and green environment for the communities to foster interaction and enhance liveability. This deck level will also be integrated with a People Mover System that provides efficient public transportation and strengthens the development’s accessibility with its smart and green technology. Housed underneath the deck are two other major components that make up the shared infrastructure system. First is the Hub Parking, a network of 3-Storey car parking facilities catering to the various vertical mixed used developments along the stretch accessed via the local road below the E-deck. The other is the e-GMS, an automated smart logistic system for the distribution of goods to various industrial developments within the estate connected to the Centralized Distribution Centre which is eventually linked up to the sea port, the centralized underground warehouse facilities and other industrial estates along its corridor. These 2 innovative infrastructures will further optimize the land use, minimize the traffic and road infrastructure and at the same time increase productivity. The paper will further explain the details of the 2West master plan concept and will highlight how the synthesis of the components of 2West and its innovative infrastructure could bring forth shared multiple benefits in the urban planning milieu. Moreover, the paper will be concluded with a discussion on the next steps to be taken that will ensure JTC’s visions are implemented and turned into reality. Keywords Case Study presented on the ISOCARP Congress 2013: Frontiers of Planning - Evolving and declining models of city planning practice   Click to open the full paper as pdf document   Click to send an email to the author(s) of this paper