Project Summary
Feel Singapore is a pilot part of a larger project on crowdsourcing public perceptions on the built environment, exploring how people experience Singapore’s urban spaces through sensory dimensions. Using an interactive online map and short anonymous surveys, the project gathers public perceptions on built environment indicators: temperature, soundscapes, and neighbourhood change in the city. By visualising these responses, the project aims to capture diverse lived experiences and identify spatial patterns of comfort and discomfort, understand how environmental stressors shape urban wellbeing, and experiment with participatory methods for mapping lived experiences in rapidly changing urban environments.
Objectives & Research Questions
Collect and visualise crowdsourced perceptions of environmental conditions in Singapore
Examine how perceived environmental stressors and positive place features relate to wellbeing and everyday urban life
Test participatory mapping as a method for integrating citizen perspectives into urban and environmental research.
Keywords: Sensory experience, lived experiences, the built environment, community mapping, crowdsourcing
Collaborators: Dr. Chaewon Ahn (Co-PI), Dr. Tan Shin Bin (Co-PI), Dr. Filip Biljecki (Co-PI), +29 (Partner), Pari Sen Biswas, Jia Yi Seah, Aung Khant Myat
Status: Ongoing