Shared spaces & identity, culture and meaning: a study on the role of integrated community hubs on social interaction, meaning-making & identity creation in neighbourhoods
Integrated Community Hubs (ICHs) have increasingly been a notable infrastructure project that seeks to maximise social impact with minimal land use. Given its central role in neighbourhoods, this paper seeks to explore the role of ICHs as shared spaces in promoting social interaction, meaning-making...
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| author | Haikal Afiq Bin Mohd Rizal Ng, Patrick Wei Sheng |
| author2 | Premchand Dommaraju |
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| description | Integrated Community Hubs (ICHs) have increasingly been a notable infrastructure project that seeks to maximise social impact with minimal land use. Given its central role in neighbourhoods, this paper seeks to explore the role of ICHs as shared spaces in promoting social interaction, meaning-making as well as identity formation among residents within these respective neighbourhoods. This paper focuses on the four existing ICHs: Our Tampines Hub, Heartbeat@Bedok, Wisma Geylang Serai, and One Punggol. Using a qualitative approach, this study explores the interplay between space and people, drawing upon sociological concepts such as the social production of space. The study reveals that architectural design and organised programmes play a key role in promoting low- and high-level interactions respectively, with both being crucial in facilitating social mixing and creating the necessary conditions for placemaking and spatial attachment to form. ICHs also serve both functional and emotional needs, fostering pride, identity, and community connections. Overall, this study highlights the significance of ICHs in the everyday life of residents and provide insights into the factors important in fostering vibrant and inclusive communities. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1757212024-05-12T15:32:43Z Shared spaces & identity, culture and meaning: a study on the role of integrated community hubs on social interaction, meaning-making & identity creation in neighbourhoods Haikal Afiq Bin Mohd Rizal Ng, Patrick Wei Sheng Premchand Dommaraju School of Social Sciences premchand@ntu.edu.sg Social Sciences Integrated community hub Social interaction Placemaking Place attachment Everyday life Integrated Community Hubs (ICHs) have increasingly been a notable infrastructure project that seeks to maximise social impact with minimal land use. Given its central role in neighbourhoods, this paper seeks to explore the role of ICHs as shared spaces in promoting social interaction, meaning-making as well as identity formation among residents within these respective neighbourhoods. This paper focuses on the four existing ICHs: Our Tampines Hub, Heartbeat@Bedok, Wisma Geylang Serai, and One Punggol. Using a qualitative approach, this study explores the interplay between space and people, drawing upon sociological concepts such as the social production of space. The study reveals that architectural design and organised programmes play a key role in promoting low- and high-level interactions respectively, with both being crucial in facilitating social mixing and creating the necessary conditions for placemaking and spatial attachment to form. ICHs also serve both functional and emotional needs, fostering pride, identity, and community connections. Overall, this study highlights the significance of ICHs in the everyday life of residents and provide insights into the factors important in fostering vibrant and inclusive communities. Bachelor's degree 2024-05-06T00:28:10Z 2024-05-06T00:28:10Z 2024 Final Year Project (FYP) Haikal Afiq Bin Mohd Rizal & Ng, P. W. S. (2024). Shared spaces & identity, culture and meaning: a study on the role of integrated community hubs on social interaction, meaning-making & identity creation in neighbourhoods. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/175721 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/175721 en SSS/SOC/2023/S1/043 application/pdf Nanyang Technological University |
| spellingShingle | Social Sciences Integrated community hub Social interaction Placemaking Place attachment Everyday life Haikal Afiq Bin Mohd Rizal Ng, Patrick Wei Sheng Shared spaces & identity, culture and meaning: a study on the role of integrated community hubs on social interaction, meaning-making & identity creation in neighbourhoods |
| title | Shared spaces & identity, culture and meaning: a study on the role of integrated community hubs on social interaction, meaning-making & identity creation in neighbourhoods |
| title_full | Shared spaces & identity, culture and meaning: a study on the role of integrated community hubs on social interaction, meaning-making & identity creation in neighbourhoods |
| title_fullStr | Shared spaces & identity, culture and meaning: a study on the role of integrated community hubs on social interaction, meaning-making & identity creation in neighbourhoods |
| title_full_unstemmed | Shared spaces & identity, culture and meaning: a study on the role of integrated community hubs on social interaction, meaning-making & identity creation in neighbourhoods |
| title_short | Shared spaces & identity, culture and meaning: a study on the role of integrated community hubs on social interaction, meaning-making & identity creation in neighbourhoods |
| title_sort | shared spaces identity culture and meaning a study on the role of integrated community hubs on social interaction meaning making identity creation in neighbourhoods |
| topic | Social Sciences Integrated community hub Social interaction Placemaking Place attachment Everyday life |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/175721 |
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