In Singapore, the state plays a big role as ‘provider’ and ‘social engineer’ in the field of public housing. By combining all such housing efforts under one single authority – the so-called Housing Development Board (HDB) – the highest possible degree of authority over all the dimensions of the social housing sector was attained. Historically, social housing was
‘the prime mover in the formulation of a national identity’, a phenomenon that can be readily observed by traveling across the Singaporean terri- tory, which is laced with HDB settlements.
The evolution HDB building types presents an array of public housing adapted to tropical climate conditions, demonstrating the interplay between economic, sociocultural and construction parameters.
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