Design My Place

Group 4

School: Anglo-Chinese Junior College

Members: Chan Shi Ning Sharon, Chin Wei Liang Derrick, Kim Dongkyu,

Lim Cheng Hui, Yap Teik Lynn

Proposal: LH – The Future of Biogas Industry

2 Main Thrusts:

a) Resource Utilisation of Biogas from food waste

b) Work-Life Balance

3 Considerations:

a) Hougang Residents – Desire more sports facilities, which are also wheel bound friendly

b) Influx of expats/ specialists into the Biogas Industry

c) Characteristics of Lorong Halus: Height restrictions - Plot ratio of 2.5 & Paya Lebar Air Base

Project features:

a) Biogas industry

i) Research and Development Centre for Biogas

ii) Storage facilities for raw materials of Biogas such as food waste

iii) Refinement plants

iv) Storage facilities of refined Biogas

b) Work Life Balance – Recreational Parks within Biogas Industry

i) Skate Park ii) Paintball iii) Zorbing iv) Grass-sliding v) Outdoor gym vi) Hot springs

vii) Water Park viii) Campsites ix) Rock-climbing Wall x) Coffeeshop Houses

BIOGAS INDUSTRY

Food waste will be collected from Hougang and Tampines residential areas at collection points and sorted into biodegradable and non-biodegradable food materials and stored in dome shaped storage facilities. In the refinement plants, biodegradable food materials will be broken down further with the aid of fermentation bacteria. Biogas is released as a byproduct, used to turn the electrical turbine for the generation of electricity. The electricity will power the activities on the site of Lor Halus.

The residue from the food waste will be transformed into fertiliser pellets and powder, and be used as fertilisers for plant production on the site.

Excess biogas will be stored in dome shaped storage facilities for future usage while the Research and Development Centre for Biogas will develop technologies for cheaper and more effective production of biogas from food waste.

WORK LIFE BALANCE

Recreation such as the skate park is available on site, appealing to the younger generation. The spa facilities, supported by the heat from biogas, are equally relevant to the middle and older generation of Hougang estate.

The wide range of coffeeshop houses will offer delicious yet traditional Western and Chinese cuisine, which serves to satisfy the tantalizing taste buds of the workforce at the Biogas industry and Hougang residents.

CATERING TO THE NEEDS OF THE HOUGANG RESIDENTS

A feedback from the panel of judges was that the landscape of the biogas industry was intimidating to be situated near a residential estate. Hence, to incorporate the biogas industry with the lush greenery at Hougang Estate, the big cylindrical chimneys, storage and treatment facilities, were scaled down to dome-shaped infrastructures instead. The dome-shaped infrastructures give a hilly landscape, which blends in with the greenery present at the Hougang Estate, hence creating a more friendly appearance of the biogas industry.

Since Biogas industry is less pollutive and has negligible radioactive effects, recreational activities are incorporated with the dome shaped biogas facilities.