PEOPLE’S PARK COMPLEX
YEAR BUILT: 1973
ARCHITECT: DESIGN PARTNERSHIP (TAY KHENG SOON, WILLIAM S.W. LIM, KOH SEOW CHUAN)
LOCATION: PARK ROAD/EU TONG SEN STREET
People’s Park Complex resulted from the Urban Renewal Department’s first Sale of Sites programme in 1967. Located within Precinct South 1, the area also housed landmarks such as Pearl Bank Apartments (1976), Outram Park Complex (1970), as well as the neighbouring People’s Park Market (1969), People’s Park Centre (1976) and Furama Hotel (1984). Completed in 1973, People’s Park Complex is a large mixed-use development of offices and residential apartments above a retail podium. The integrated podium-tower block aims to consolidate all the activities under one roof, while the internal “city room” of interlocking atriums was designed to encapsulate the bustling street life of Chinatown.
MARIS STELLA CHAPEL
YEAR BUILT: 1967
ARCHITECT: BEP AKITEK (SINGAPORE)
LOCATION: HOLLAND ROAD
Distinguished for their innovative architecture, tropical sensitivity and creative interpretation of liturgical requirements, post-war churches were a breed of their own. Notable examples include the Church of St. Bernadette (1959), Church of the Blessed Sacrament (1965) and Maris Stella Convent Chapel (1967) in Singapore. Established in 1953 by six sisters of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, the latter began as a kindergarten before growing into a vocational school for female primary school leavers. A new chapel was built in 1967, designed to be bold, modern, yet deeply engaging – all through the subtle play of tectonics, materiality and light.
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