Singapore
新加坡

A Model for Designing and Building Future Citiesn
设计打造未来城市的典范

Abstract

Singapore, the 'Equatorial City of Wisdom' at the Strait of Malacca, is a global pioneer in implementing 'design as national strategy'. In 2015, it became the first Southeast Asian city to be named a design capital by UNESCO's Creative Cities Network. Despite land scarcity, its 5.64 - million population has built a design - driven city - state, with 17.6 creative enterprises per square kilometer, using design innovation to break spatial limits and balance ecology and development, offering a model for high - density cities.

Singapore's design story began with survival - focused innovation. After independence in 1965, the Housing Development Board (HDB) introduced the 'Prefabricated design System'. Standardized modules solved 80% of housing issues in a decade, and HDB's public space guidelines remain influential. In 2000, the 'Renaissance City Project' turned Kra Quay's old warehouse into a design park, attracting companies like Philips and Muji. These efforts led to the 'Design 2025' white paper in 2013, setting the ‘Building a Nation by Design' strategy and helping win the Design City title in 2015.

After becoming a design capital, Singapore built a 'policy - industry - citizen' design ecosystem. The Urban Renewal Authority (URA)'s guidelines drive green building, achieving an 82% certification rate. The Marina Bay Sands Art Science Museum's lotus - shaped roof generates 1.2 GWH of electricity annually. The 'Our Singapore Design' program engages citizens, with 1,400 workshops a year. Through VR, citizens co - design neighborhood centers, resulting in 91% public space satisfaction.

Now, Singapore is leading a design revolution with the 'tropical smart City' plan. The 'Digital Twin Country Platform' processes 500 trillion data points per second to optimize traffic and grid loads, increasing energy efficiency by 23%. The ecological floating island in Jurong Lake Gardens purifies water and absorbs 3,800 tonnes of CO₂ annually. Singapore Design Week, along with Milan and Tokyo, created the 'Design United Nations' platform, and the 'Virtual Tropical' meta - universe project has over 270 million annual visits.

Named the 'world's smartest city' by The Economist, Singapore, with 0.5% land development intensity, 94% public transport sharing, and 48 design patents per 10,000 people, shows that integrating design thinking into the national DNA can turn spatial limits into limitless possibilities.

摘要

新加坡，这座坐落于马六甲海峡咽喉的 "赤道智慧之城"，在全球率先实践 "设计即国家战略" 的发展哲学。作为东南亚首个在 2015 年入选联合国教科文组织创意城市网络的设计之都，其 564 万人口在土地资源稀缺的极限条件下，以每平方公里 17.6 个创意企业的密度，构建起设计驱动型城市国家的典范，使设计创新成为破解空间约束、平衡生态与发展的核心算法，为全球高密度城市提供可持续发展样本。

新加坡的设计觉醒始于建国初期的生存型创新。1965 年独立伊始，建屋发展局（HDB）即推行 " 预制设计系统 "，通过标准化模块在十年内解决 80% 公民住房问题，其组屋社区的公共空间设计准则至今影响深远；2000 年启动的 "文艺复兴城市计划"，将克拉码头旧仓库改造为设计创意园，吸引飞利浦、无印良品等设立亚太研发中心，催生 "热带现代主义 "设计流派。这些实践促成 2013 年《设计 2025》白皮书的出台，确立 "设计立国" 战略，为2015 年斩获设计之都奠定基础。

成为设计之都后，新加坡构建起 " 政策 - 产业 - 公民 " 三位一体的设计生态系统。在制度维度，市区重建局（URA）的《可持续发展设计指南》要求所有新建项目必须集成垂直绿化、太阳能光伏与雨水回收系统，推动绿色建筑认证率达 82%；在产业维度，滨海湾金沙艺术科学博物馆的莲花造型屋面实现年发电量 1.2 吉瓦时；在公民参与维度，" 我们的新加坡设计 "计划每年举办 1400 场社区工作坊，市民通过虚拟现实技术共同设计邻里中心，使公共空间满意度达 91%。

当前，新加坡正以 " 热带智慧城市 " 为蓝图推进设计革命。其 " 数字孪生国家平台 " 通过每秒处理 500 万亿数据点的能力，实时优化全岛交通信号与电网负荷，使能源效率提升23%；裕廊湖花园的生态浮岛系统，利用红树林根系净化水质，每年吸收二氧化碳 3800 吨。文化设计深度赋能国家品牌，新加坡设计周联合米兰、东京打造 " 设计联合国 " 平台，其 "虚拟热带 " 项目在元宇宙复刻娘惹文化景观，年访问量突破 2.7 亿次。

这座被《经济学人》评为 " 全球最智慧城市 " 的城邦国家，以 0.5% 的国土开发强度、94%的公共交通分担率、以及每万人 48 项设计专利的创新能力，重塑着城市国家的生存法则——从填海造地的几何美学到垂直森林的生态智慧，从组屋社区的多元共生到元宇宙城市的超前实验，新加坡证明：当设计思维融入国家基因，空间局限终将催生无限可能。在这里，每寸土地都是精密计算的创新载体，每项政策都是设计驱动的未来宣言。