HDB to develop new modelling tool
The Housing and Development Board (HDB) said Wednesday it is developing a new modelling tool aimed at improving its approach towards town planning.
SINGAPORE: The Housing and Development Board (HDB) said Wednesday it is developing a new modelling tool aimed at improving its approach towards town planning.
The board will be doing so in
collaboration with two leading European companies -- Electricite de
France (EDF) and Veolia Environnement Recherche et Innovation (VERI).
An agreement for this will be signed in Bilbao, Spain on Friday during the World Cities Summit Mayors Forum.
The board said the new tool will benefit future residents in new towns such as Punggol, Bidadari, Tampines North and Tengah.
The computer modelling tool has the ability to simulate various built environments and recommend an optimal scenario to meet the desired outcome of a living environment.
The board said this is particularly useful for town planners in land scarce Singapore.
"The tool will reduce the risk of physical trial and error by providing a virtual platform for testing a planned environment before developments are actually implemented," it said.
Besides simulating and modelling 'hardware' initiatives, the research collaboration will also look into understanding the behaviour of residents.
This is because residents' behaviour can have a significant impact on how towns are designed, said the board.
The WCS Mayors Forum, co-organised by Singapore's Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC) and the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) will be held from 13 to 15 June.
Source: Channel NewsAsia
An agreement for this will be signed in Bilbao, Spain on Friday during the World Cities Summit Mayors Forum.
The board said the new tool will benefit future residents in new towns such as Punggol, Bidadari, Tampines North and Tengah.
The computer modelling tool has the ability to simulate various built environments and recommend an optimal scenario to meet the desired outcome of a living environment.
The board said this is particularly useful for town planners in land scarce Singapore.
"The tool will reduce the risk of physical trial and error by providing a virtual platform for testing a planned environment before developments are actually implemented," it said.
Besides simulating and modelling 'hardware' initiatives, the research collaboration will also look into understanding the behaviour of residents.
This is because residents' behaviour can have a significant impact on how towns are designed, said the board.
The WCS Mayors Forum, co-organised by Singapore's Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC) and the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) will be held from 13 to 15 June.
Source: Channel NewsAsia
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