The main terminal building of the old Kallang Airport, pictured on June 8. Among the conserved buildings on the site are two administrative blocks (left and right). The top of the old airport's terminal building, with the National Stadium's domed roof seen in the background.
The site that the Singapore Sports Hub occupies was once the airport's airfield. A former administrative block that was part of the old Kallang Airport. SINGAPORE – In the Dutch city of Tilburg, the bookshelves and tables in public library De Bibliotheek LocHal fill a vast shed where locomotives once sat.
Opened in 2019, the library sits in a former train depot that dates back to 1932. The library is one of two repurposed old buildings cited at an ongoing exhibition that seeks public feedback on future plans for the old Kallang Airport, among other current and future recreational facilities and amenities in Singapore’s central region. The other example, the London Transport Museum, opened in 1980 in the former Covent Garden Flower Market, which began operations in 1872.
Organised by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), the roving exhibition – currently at Kallang Wave Mall – is part of the agency’s public engagement for its upcoming recreation masterplan, which will be incorporated into the next draft masterplan to be launched in 2025. The latter masterplan will guide Singapore’s development over the next 10 to 15 years. Responding to queries from The Straits Times, URA and the Singapore L.
