The skate holder of a housewife

       A void deck is an essential part of each an every HDB heart lander. For Singapore residents,living in this "pigeon-hole" configuration apartment blocks,void deck provided one more space to make a good use and benefit for residents greatly.
       As a housewife, i have to bring my children go to school everyday.Every time while I walk through void deck, I can't help myself to think about how to make this huge empty space becomes more functional instead of just setting up some tables and chairs then can be considered as a community mingling and functions are often attended by neighbours across the ethnic spectrum already.
        

         In my opinion, every void deck should have certain amount of small grocers such as medical and dental clinics, bakeries , food court. That would be promote our convenience.For my case,I will suggest to have a nursery at void deck. Besides, i hope void deck there have more big size table for children to do some hand craft thing. 

        Make a empty space into a multipurpose space will increase extra fees for sure. How the adminstrator control this space efficiency is a big problem.I believe that even we have a very nice place where meet residents convenience,but there will always have some people don't know how to cherish it.

         This is a video of the aftermath of a chinese funeral at void deck.

Void deck

As a Malaysian, i had never lived in a HDB,therefore, the actual usage of void deck catch my attention. The void deck of my apartment is as a mini car park. However, the car park is never fulfilled with car and yet sometimes when i back home at night, lots of cockroach appeared and i nearly step on them.

Void deck is typically found under apartment blocks in Singapore. The void deck occupied the ground floor, while apartments are on the second floor onward.After I do some research,I found that actually void deck stood as one of the primary requirements and characteristics of HDB in Singapore and apart of the pillars of community bonding.

However, in place of the large expanse of space in the common void deck with no facilities are left empty most of the day. Hence, this became the topic of our group discussion.

Void deck

My group members and I have listed out several usages for empty void decks and some challenges of outcome on a mind mapping. Here is some notes.

Usage:
1. Shop rental
2.Sheltered carpark
3. Wedding
4. Community Garden
5. Funeral wakes
6. Bicycle Bay
7. Fitness corner
8. Senior Citizens corner

Final Outcome= Multi-purpose Hall.
-mainly promote cohesion
-versatile /flexibility in maintaining the place.
-multi-functional
-possibly cost saving
-ability to change the area in a whim

Challenges of the outcome.
-maintenance
-may need redesigning of void decks
-first time implementation might cost a lot.

Negative aspect of the outcome can be remedied through planning and changing physical design.