Conserved Building
292 Joo Chiat Road
Applicable Guidelines
Secondary Settlement Guidelines
Conservation Area
Joo Chiat Conservation Area
Historic address: 292 Joo Chiat Road
The Building
The Art Deco street block features front open balconies, rear service blocks, and spiral staircases that serve as meaningful visual cues at the prominent junction. The mild-steel windows and doors, glass blocks, and fair-faced brickwork have been refurbished, or reinstated where missing, to restore the building's aesthetics and recall a sense of nostalgia.
The Legacy
Despite other development options being available, the owners took a commendable step to refresh the simple elegance of the Art Deco street block with a light touch, keeping the integrity of the original building typology and low-rise envelope. Adopting a minimalist intervention approach, the project team kept the familiar physical fabric largely intact. Also commendable is the effort to put in place a building management plan for the maintenance of the building and the care of its restored architectural features. In its current use as a co-working space, the property has found new relevance and could possibly become a delightful community space in the heritage neighbourhood.
Guidelines and Procedures
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.
Residential Fronts are characterised by timber casement windows flanking a double-leafed timber door. All buildings with residential front which is existing and/or identified in the 'Specific Restoration Guidelines', regardless of land use zoning, shall be retained and restored.
Explore Street View
The building can be found at this street.
Awards
URA Architectural Heritage Awards (Special Mention)
2022