Conservation Area
Former Victoria School Conservation Area
Applicable Guidelines
Other Building Guidelines
Conservation Area
Former Victoria School Conservation Area
Find out more about Former Victoria School Conservation Area.
Important Information
All proposed works will need to comply with the Conservation Guidelines and the Specific Restoration Guidelines (SRG). Conservation Permission is required before all additions & alteration works and operations of new use can begin.
Owners, architects and engineers intending to carry out restoration works or development within conservation areas are required to comply with the conservation principles, planning parameters and restoration guidelines for conserved shophouse and bungalow building typologies, as well as planning parameters and envelope control guidelines for new buildings within conservation areas accordingly.
For other building types, which do not conform to the standard shophouse or bungalow typology, these will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis in accordance with conservation principles. [1]
About
The Former Victoria School at 9 King George’s Avenue is a prominent urban and community landmark built in 1933.
The Architecture
It features two school buildings from the pre- and post-war period on a single site and the prototype 1967 hall-cum-canteen building is the only known school hall left of this style and configuration in Singapore.
The Legacy
Now home to the People’s Association Headquarters, the buildings have been masterfully conserved and sensitively adapted for reuse. For its exemplary efforts in conservation, the project won a URA Architectural Heritage Award in 2009.
Guidelines and Procedures
Resources
[1] The conservation guidelines for shophouses and bungalows will generally be applied by URA in the consideration of a development application. However, if the circumstances or planning considerations relevant to a case warrant it, URA may in its discretion decide to depart from these general guidelines. The guidelines, principles and illustrations found in the guidelines are not exhaustive in covering all possible site conditions and variations in building type. Persons intending to carry out a development are advised to take this into consideration and check with URA through enquiries or development applications to confirm if their proposals can be allowed.