18 May 2024STATUS
Ongoing
PI: Samuel Chng (LKYCIC, SUTD)
Co-PI: Chong Keng Hua (ASD, SUTD), Eugene Shum (SingHealth)
Team: Ethel Wee (LKYCIC, SUTD), Arisa Teriyapirom (DesignZ, SUTD), Ong Wuen Kee, Jean (DesignZ, SUTD)
VIASTA! is a unique viaduct fiesta that celebrates community, creativity, and going green! Using the Positive City Lab’s Positive Urbanism approach, we transform underutilized spaces under the Simei MRT’s viaduct into a vibrant Green Festival together with the Changi Simei community.
The first VIASTA was held on 18 May, 2024 after six months of dedicated research and stakeholder engagement led by the Positive City Lab, LKYCIC’s Urban Psychology Lab and SingHealth. Changi Simei residents had desired to see underutilised MRT viaducts transformed into inclusive spaces promoting sustainable and healthy living for their community.
After the success of the first VIASTA!, researchers from the Urban Psychology Lab and Positive City Lab continued working with the residents as part of an ongoing participatory action research on positive urbanism. VIASTA! 2, held on 30 November, 2024 saw even wider community mobilisation and brought together the collective impact of residents, grassroots organisations, agencies, and healthcare and education institutions in strengthening and bonding the community and ensuring a sustained contribution to issues close to residents’ hearts.
Read more about VIASTA! here: https://lkycic.sutd.edu.sg/blog/viasta-changi-simei-viaduct-fiesta/