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Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)

Everyday Play-ces

Discover how the Master Plan 2025 will bring everyday play‑ces closer to homes by enhancing parks, open spaces and community areas for sport, arts and wellbeing.

Last updated 22 May 2026

Multi-functional play-ces

Overhead view of an outdoor shopping mall with inflatable slide, ball pit, shops, and people.

POPs at One Holland Village

To promote active lifestyles and community bonding among residents, agencies will step up efforts to creatively incorporate sports, arts, wellness and heritage activities into everyday spaces.

Many commercial developments in Singapore provide Privately-Owned Public Spaces (POPS) that are always open and accessible to the public. Designed with shade, public seating and amenities, these spaces serve as delightful city ‘living rooms’ to hangout, enjoy a performance or simply chill.  

A digital rendering shows people gathered at an outdoor event space to welcome Rail Corridor.

Residents can look forward to a new community space along the Rail Corridor (under Queensway Viaduct, near to Tanglin Halt, Mei Chin and Queensway estates) by 2028. Photo Credit: Housing & Development Board

There are also opportunities to unlock the under-utilised spaces below flyovers and void decks for community uses in creative and innovative ways. 

Sports

Architectural rendering of an outdoor rooftop recreation area with table tennis, a running track, lawn bowling, and a playground.

Upcoming Sport-In-Precinct atop Multi-Storey Car Park at 19A Dover Crescent (estimated completion 2026) Photo Credit: Sport Singapore

Affordable and accessible sport facilities are provided at the national, regional, town and neighbourhood levels to meet a variety of sporting needs and to encourage everyone to get active through sport.

At the neighbourhood level, we are working to locate sport facilities within residential estates to better serve the communities. 

Arts

Street view of a crowded outdoor market in front of colorful buildings with red roofs.

Events at the pedestrianised Armenian Street

Whether it is catching a world-class exhibition at the National Gallery, or an intimate performance within the neighbourhood, there is something for everyone, in the city and the heartlands. The SG Arts Plan (2023-2027) envisions a connected community, anchored on shared arts and cultural experiences.

Beyond the established Bras Basah.Bugis and the Civic District with a concentration of art schools, galleries, cultural collectives as well as museums, monuments, arts is brought closer to home through festivals such as the Singapore Art Week.

Heritage

Street fair with people walking, shopping, and relaxing in hammocks and beanbag chairs. Shops and restaurants are visible in the background.

A car-free festival event at Serangoon Gardens, which is an Identity Node

Our built heritage conveys stories of neighbourhoods and communities across generations, and provides a sense of rootedness, identity and belonging.

Identity Nodes with special local character like Holland Village, Serangoon Gardens and Changi Village draw visitors with their lively and unique character and many food, retail and recreational offerings.

NHB’s Heritage Activation Nodes (HANs) provides opportunities for the community to participate in and develop projects aimed at celebrating the heritage of their neighbourhoods together with community partners. Two HANs - Katong-Joo Chiat and Clementi – will be launched in 2024 where NHB will work with the community to co-create heritage projects and organise regular activities that highlight the rich heritage of these neighbourhoods.

Wellness

A woman and two children play with wooden beads on log structures in a sunny, green park.

Sun Plaza Park – An activity area with a life-size beads maze creates opportunities for nature play that are enjoyed by both children and adults alike. Photo Credit: National Parks Board

We are introducing more wellness landscapes in our living environment, for people to take a break from our busy urban lifestyles.

Therapeutic gardens are developed with evidence-based design principles to facilitate interactions with nature and improve the well-being of visitors. Each area within the therapeutic garden is planned to provide visitors with a serene and tranquil environment.

Overhead view of a park adjacent to a multistory building and a highway.

Senja Woods, a HDB park in Bukit Panjang with amenities such as children’s playgrounds, adult and elderly fitness corners, jogging tracks, plazas and seating areas. Photo Credit: Housing & Development Board

Neighbourhood parks, community gardens and Community Plazas are also social spaces for all to enjoy. Residents come together to mingle and participate in recreational activities and relax and enjoy some peace and quiet.