HHOM @ Circuit Road – Nurse Co-Living Hostel

OWAA has been invited to participate in a land tender by MOHH, with a co-living consortium to bid for a design-build-operate contract for a nurse hostel. The consortium has been awarded the contract and OWAA has been commissioned to be the architectural, ID and landscape designer as well as to provide QP services for the project.

HHOM @ Circuit Road involves retrofitting an existing 4-storey school building into a 478-bed hostel building that comes complete with its own communal amenities like social pantry, dining hall, recreational lounges and multi-purpose rooms. An existing open field has also been converted into a landscape deck comprising of an open lawn, community garden, fitness park, outdoor dining, sports courts, running tracks and event square.

Using bold colours and lush landscaping, OWAA has given the school compound a complete makeover. The colours are taking reference from the multitude of colours found in the Macpherson estate.

This strategy of mixing bold colours with lush landscaping blends the compound with its surroundings and gives the local community a new icon while also giving the hostel its unique identity and turning the compound into a conducive “home” where the nurses find their personal abode and retreat to rest and socialize after work.