LAUD Architects awarded design consultancy tender for New Funeral Parlour Complex in Bidadari Estate

Singapore, 9 November 2020 – Housing and Development Board (HDB), on behalf of the National Environment Agency (NEA), has awarded the design consultancy tender for the new Funeral Parlour Complex in Bidadari Estate to a multidisciplinary team led by LAUD Architects Pte Ltd.

In January 2018, NEA and HDB announced the redevelopment of the previous funeral parlours at the Mount Vernon Columbarium Complex into a new Funeral Parlour Complex, as part of the Government’s efforts to meet the anticipated demand for after-death facilities and services as the population in Singapore ages. The new Funeral Parlour Complex will occupy 1.1 hectares of the 7.1 hectares previously occupied by the Mount Vernon Columbarium Complex.

When completed, the new purpose-built Funeral Parlour Complex will offer a holistic range of services to the public. Apart from 12 funeral wake halls, there will also be shops to support the Funeral Parlour Complex with the sale of flowers, funerary goods and paraphernalia.  It will also feature a seminar room to facilitate events and a food and beverage outlet.

Entrances of the facilities, such as wake halls and funeral trade shops will be designed to face inwards toward the complex’s internal courtyards. Funerary activities and processions will be screened from public view where possible, through careful layout of the buildings and the use of design elements such as screens, to provide greater privacy to users of the complex.

NEA and HDB had consulted the funeral parlour industry in drawing up the design brief and design concept for the Funeral Parlour Complex in 2018, and will continue to consult the industry and incorporate suggestions where appropriate when the design is further developed by the consultants. The new complex is targeted to complete in 2025.

– Construction+ Online

Source: HDB