Projects
NUS Cities
Development of Singapore Household Archetyping Methodology & Town Geodemographic Model for Land Use Planning
Cities Foresight Lab (CFL)
Centre for Sustainable Asian Cities (CSAC)
Art and Culture Focused Community Spaces and Their Role in Promoting Community Building, Social Interaction and Encouraging Arts Participation
Cho Im Sik
Publications
NUS Cities
Changing public spaces and urban resilience in the City of Tshwane, South Africa
Karina Landman, Darren Nel
Landman, K., & Nel, D. (2022). Changing public spaces and urban resilience in the City of Tshwane, South Africa. Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability, 15(4), 442–469. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549175.2021.1936600.
Evaluating the quality of life in Hong Kong's new towns in relation to accessibility and the distribution of community and cultural facilities: A case study of Tung Chung
Inge Goudsmit, Darren Nel, Lin Shuiyang
Goudsmit, I., Nel, D. & Lin, S. (2023). Evaluating the quality of life in Hong Kong's new towns in relation to accessibility and the distribution of community and cultural facilities: A case study of Tung Chung. Journal of Urban Management, 12(3), 295-309, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jum.2023.06.002.
Reimagining the High-Density, Vertical 15-Minute City
Zan Chenyu, Ruchi Bhatia, Swinal Samant
Zan, C., Bhatia, R., & Samant, S. (2025). Reimagining the High-Density, Vertical 15-Minute City. Buildings, 15(10), 1629. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings15101629
Centre for Sustainable Asian Cities (CSAC)
Older Adults’ Out-of-Home Activities in a Super-Aged High-Rise, High-Density Neighbourhood: A Qualitative Study
Cao Yuxin, Heng Chye Kiang, Fung John Chye
Cao, Y., Heng, C. K., Fung, J. C. (2023). Older Adults’ Out-of-Home Activities in a Super-Aged High-Rise, High-Density Neighborhood: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Aging and Environment, 37(1): 100-125. https://doi.org/10.1080/26892618.2021.2001709.
Towards human-centric planning: Older people's everyday life in neighbourhood spaces in Singapore's public housing
Cao Yuxin, Heng Chye Kiang, Fung John Chye
Cao, Y., Heng, C. K., Fung, J. C. (2022). Towards human-centric planning: Older people's everyday life in neighbourhood spaces in Singapore's public housing. Habitat International, 127: 102649. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2022.102649.
Using Walk-Along Interviews to Identify Environmental Factors Influencing Older Adults’ Out-of-Home Behaviors in a High-Rise, High-Density Neighborhood
Cao Yuxin, Heng Chye Kiang, Fung John Chye
Cao, Y., Heng, C. K., Fung, J. C. (2019). Using Walk-Along Interviews to Identify Environmental Factors Influencing Older Adults’ Out-of-Home Behaviors in a High-Rise, High-Density Neighborhood. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 16(21): 4251. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph1621425.
Implementation of a Sense of Home in High-Density Multicultural Singapore Nursing Homes: Challenges and Opportunities
Lee Jung-Joo, Ng Tse Pei, Ivan Kurniawan Nasution, Eng Jia Yen, Renee Desneige Christensen, Fung John Chye
Lee, J. J., Ng, T. P., Nasution, I. K., Eng, J. Y., Christensen, R. D., & Fung, J. C. (2022). Implementation of a Sense of Home in High-Density Multicultural Singapore Nursing Homes: Challenges and Opportunities. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 19(11): 6557. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19116557.
Planning and design frameworks for future high density housing neighbourhoods
Fung John Chye, Heng Chye Kiang, Cho Im Sik, Lai Choo Malone-Lee
Fung, J. C., Heng, C. K., Cho, I. S., & Malone-Lee, L. C. (2020). Planning and design frameworks for future high density housing neighbourhoods. Planners, 21(36): 35-44.
Transformative urban planning of high-density neighbourhoods to support post-retirement work and ageing-in-place
Fung John Chye, Heng Chye Kiang, Mi Diao, Ivan Kurniawan Nasution
Fung, J. C., Heng, C. K., Diao, M., & Nasution, I. K. (2018). Transformative urban planning of high-density neighbourhoods to support post-retirement work and ageing-in-place. Asia Research Institute, Singapore.
Explorations in the planning and design of a street-based housing community of the future
Heng Chye Kiang, Fung John Chye, Cho Im Sik, Lai Choo Malone-Lee
Heng, C. K., Fung, J. C., Cho, I. S., & Malone-Lee, L. C. (2017). Explorations in the planning and design of a street-based housing community of the future. In Smart Urban Design Symposium. University of Cambridge.
Urban Analytics Lab (UAL)
Vertical 15-minute city: Modeling urban density and functional mix with multi-source geospatial data
Yang Chen, Xin Yang, Xin Li, Ling Yang, Sifan Cheng, Guoan Tang, Filip Biljecki
Chen Y, Yang X, Li X, Yang L, Cheng S, Tang G, Biljecki F (2026): Vertical 15-minute city: Modeling urban density and functional mix with multi-source geospatial data. Cities, 169: 106516. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2025.106516.
Formalising the urban pattern language: A morphological paradigm towards understanding the multi-scalar spatial structure of cities
Cai Wu, Jiong Wang, Mingshu Wang, Filip Biljecki, Menno-Jan Kraak
Wu, C., Wang, J., Wang, M., Biljecki, F. and Kraak, M. (2025). Formalising the urban pattern language: A morphological paradigm towards understanding the multi-scalar spatial structure of cities. Cities, 161: 105864. doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.105854.
Urban Climate Design Lab (UCDL)
The price of heat: Impacts of microclimate on household wealth
Changwei Zhan, Wenlan Qian, Liqing Zhang, Chao Yuan
Zhan, C., Qian, W., Zhang, L., & Yuan, C. (2026). The price of heat: Impacts of microclimate on household wealth. Cities, 174, 107064. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2026.107064