Working from home may be the most dramatic change to our lifestyles recently, but Singapore’s planners, working on a 50-year horizon and beyond, are not taking it as a given that hybrid home-office arrangements are here to stay.

The uncertainty of its long-term impact on office space demand underscores the need for Singapore’s plans to be flexible, said the Urban Redevelopment Authority’s (URA) chief planner Hwang Yu-Ning.

In an interview with The Straits Times on Feb 21 on URA’s ongoing long-term plan review, Ms Hwang said: “(Work from home) will impact office space in the future and where to locate the office space.”

Read more at: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/spores-long-term-plans-will-accommodate-uncertain-future-of-trends-such-as-work-from-home-ura-chief-planner