--- title: Building A New Home --- # Building A New Home ## Name A Room | **Room (updated November 2019)** | **SGD** | | --- | --- | | Community Hall *(donated)* | 1,500,000 | | **Community Roof Garden** | **1,500,000** | | **Level Three (12 Apartments)** | **720,000** | | **Level Four (12 Apartments)** | **720,000** | | **Level Five (9 Apartments and Staff Accommodation)** | **720,000** | | **Dining Hall** | **1,000,000** | | **Main Garden with St. John's Statue (Outside Community Hall)** | **750,000** | | **Physiotherapy Lounge** | **500,000** | | **Activity Lounge** | **500,000** | | **Apartment for four residents with ensuite toilet and bathroom (per unit)** | **60,000** | | **Personal Cozy Corner of 1 bed and 1 cabinet (per unit)** | **10,000** | | Open Terrace (2nd Level) *(donated)* | 200,000 | | Clinic *(donated)* | 200,000 | | Social Room *(donated)* | 100,000 | | Conference Room *(donated)* | 100,000 | | Administrative Office *(donated)* | 100,000 | | Counselling Room 1 *(donated)* | 50,000 | | Counselling Room 2 *(donated)* | 50,000 | | Volunteers Room *(donated)* | 50,000 |   ## Equipment Sponsor | **Equipment (updated November 2019)** | **SGD** | | --- | --- | | **Outdoor Bench (per unit)** | **8,000** | | **Exercise Physiotherapy Equipment** | **225,000** | | **Hospital Beds (150 units)** | **300,000** | | **Laundromat** | **100,000** | | **Furniture (Dining Hall and Administrative Office)** | **100,000** |   [![Pictures: Project Progress](https://hubspot-no-cache-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/290491/548208dd-b438-4cb5-9674-81e30cbfd97f.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/290491/548208dd-b438-4cb5-9674-81e30cbfd97f)   To find out more, please contact: Monica Chia at +65-62854446 or [cp.frm@stjohneldershome.org.sg](mailto:CP.FRM@stjohneldershome.org.sg) - Your donation qualifies for tax relief at 250% - The amount can be paid in full, or in three annual installments - A plaque will be displayed at the entrance of the donated room - The room can be named after a deceased person, or an organisation (e.g. church), or a corporate identity, with the name of the donor inscribed on the plaque - Subject to availability - Persons giving $10,000 or more (cumulative amount from 2017 to 2020) will be eligible to have their names inscribed on a Donors Wall displayed at the entrance to the building [![LOGO-AAMER-ARCHITECT](https://www.stjohneldershome.org.sg/hs-fs/hubfs/St%20Johns%202018/Our%20Services/LOGO-AAMER-ARCHITECT.jpg?width=307&name=LOGO-AAMER-ARCHITECT.jpg "LOGO-AAMER-ARCHITECT")](http://www.aamertaher.com/) ## [About The Winner](http://www.aamertaher.com/) Aamer Taher’s designs are well known for their ‘flair and curves’. He views every carefully sculptured project as a work of Art, conceived through thorough appreciation of site, context and brief. Aamer Architects’ design for our new Home was selected as one of the finalists in the Health Future Projects category, at the World Architecture Festival held in Amsterdam from 28th to 30th November 2018. ## Help Us Complete This Building For Our Elderly #### View from Entrance #### Roof Top Garden #### Front View #### Community Hall #### Lobby ## Background We have occupied 69 Wan Tho Avenue since the Home’s inception in 1958.  The lease on the land expired on 31 December 2015. We were granted a fresh 30-year lease beginning on 1 January 2016 for 3,300sqm, a part of the 12,000sqm of land we have long occupied.  We are now embarking on the construction of a new building to maximise the stipulated plot ratio of 1.4 and increase our licensed capacity to 150 elderly persons. ## Architectural Design Competition Aamer Architects, reputed for their contemporary equatorial architectural designs, has emerged as winner of the Architectural Design Competition jointly organised by the Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA) and the St. John’s Home for Elderly Persons between April and July 2016. The winning design is set apart by its distinctive facade character and efficient-compact building mass. The Design Competition seeks to generate new and fresh ideas and secure the best design for its new five-storey building, providing facilities and services not only to its present Residents but to the elderly living in the surrounding precincts i.e. Sennett Estate, Potong Pasir, Joo Seng and Bidadari Town. The Home is envisaged to be an integrated service facility centre serving the needs of the elderly in the community as a Sheltered Home. This two-staged competition saw 52 entries, where seven were shortlisted.  Aamer Architects' serrated profile plan and well-thought-out design was selected as the winning entry. - [Transforming St. John's Home for Elderly Persons](https://www.stjohneldershome.org.sg/hubfs/St%20Johns%202018/Building/News_Release_2016-08-014StJohnsHome_New_Building_Design_Competition.pdf) - [St. John's Home for Elderly Persons New Building Design Competition 2016](https://www.stjohneldershome.org.sg/hubfs/St%20Johns%202018/Building/News_Release_St_Johns_Home_For_Elderly_Persons_New_Building_Design_Competition_2016_v4.pdf) ## We Need Your Generous Support The building will cost $15 million. As at August 2019, we have raised $10.5 million.  We depend on the community to raise the remaining $4.5 million. As every drop of water makes a mighty ocean, you can help our Residents realise their new Home at [Giving.sg](https://www.giving.sg/stjohnshomesg/love). [![Donate here](https://www.stjohneldershome.org.sg/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%20(260).png?width=150&name=Screenshot%20(260).png "Donate here")](https://www.giving.sg/stjohnshomesg/love) ## Frequently Asked Questions [Why do we need to build a new Home?](https://www.stjohneldershome.org.sg/building-a-new-home-old#faq-1) It is necessary because with urbanisation and the need to maximise land use, the Home is required to hand back to the Government in 2021 about two-thirds of the land it is presently occupying. The Home has successfully secured a fresh 30-year land lease from January 2016 from the Government but this is on a smaller land area of 3,300 sqm (about one-third of its present land area) at its present site at 69 Wan Tho Avenue. It therefore has to build a new Home on this smaller plot to accommodate its elderly Residents.   [When did the construction of the new Home begin?](https://www.stjohneldershome.org.sg/building-a-new-home-old#faq-2) November 2018. [When is the targeted completion date?](https://www.stjohneldershome.org.sg/building-a-new-home-old#faq-3) December 2020. [Where will the Home operate from during the construction period?](https://www.stjohneldershome.org.sg/building-a-new-home-old#faq-4) The site of the new Home will be on about one third of the existing land area. During the construction period, the Home will still be able to continue operations on the other two thirds of the land area rented from the Government.  Once the new building has been completed, the land and buildings on this two third land area will be handed back to the Government. [How was the architectural design of the new Home chosen?](https://www.stjohneldershome.org.sg/building-a-new-home-old#faq-5) The Home and the Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA) jointly organised a two-stage Architectural Design Competition between April and July 2016. The Design Competition was open to all SIA Fellow and Corporate Member Firms. Fifty-two architectural firms submitted their designs under Stage One of the Competition. From these, seven entries were shortlisted by the Judging Panel for Stage Two of the Competition. The seven shortlisted firms further developed their designs and presented them to the Judging Panel, which then selected one winning entry in July 2016. To ensure fair play, the participating firms submitted their designs bearing only an Identification Number, thus ensuring anonymity of entry when their designs were judged. The Judging Panel comprised : - 1) Mr Theodore Chan, Immediate Past President of SIA and Panel Chairman; - 2) Ms Rita Soh, Director of RDC Architects Pte Ltd; - 3) Dr Wong Sweet Fun, Deputy Chairperson, Medical Board of Yishun Community Hospital - 4) Mr Woon Wee Yim, Chairman of St. John’s Home for Elderly Persons - 5) Mr Andrew Lioe, Vice-Chairman of St. John’s Home for Elderly Persons [What will be the capacity of the new Home?](https://www.stjohneldershome.org.sg/building-a-new-home-old#faq-6) Besides having better facilities for our elderly Residents, the new Home will be able to accommodate 144 elderly persons. [What is the cost of building the new Home?](https://www.stjohneldershome.org.sg/building-a-new-home-old#faq-7) $15 million. This excludes the furniture and fittings that will be required before the Home is operationally ready. As of August 2019, our Home has raised $10.5 million. We depend on the generous support of donors and well-wishers to raise the remaining $4.5 million. ##### Why do we need to build a new Home? It is necessary to build a new Home because with urbanisation and the need to maximise land use, the Home is required to hand back to the Government in a few years’ time about two-thirds of the land it is presently occupying. The Home has successfully secured a fresh 30-year land lease with effect from January 2016 from the Government but this is on a smaller land area of 3,300 sqm (about one-third of its present land area) at its present site at 69 Wan Tho Avenue. It therefore has to build a new Home on this smaller plot of land to accommodate its elderly residents. The present cottage-styled, single-storey buildings have served the Home well for more than 50 years. However, times have changed. The allotment of a smaller land area to the Home means that it has to build upwards to meet a plot ratio of 1.4 as required by the land authorities. ##### When is the targeted construction date? The Groundbreaking Ceremony was held on 1st September 2018. ##### When is the targeted completion date? We target to complete the construction by December 2020. ##### When construction begins, where will the Home operate from? The site of the new Home will be on about one third of the existing land area. This area houses four dormitories and the chapel, which will have to be demolished to make way for the construction of the new building. During the construction period, however, the Home will still be able to continue operations on the other two thirds of the land area where there are 11 dormitories, the kitchen, dining hall, physiotherapy area and office which will not be affected by the construction of the new building. (Once the new building has been completed, the land and buildings on this two third land area will be handed back to the Government.) We do, however, have to make plans to progressively shift the residents staying in the four affected dormitories to the other 11 dormitories before construction begins. ##### How was the architectural design of the new Home chosen? St. John’s Home for Elderly Persons and the Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA) jointly organised a two-stage Architectural Design Competition between April and July 2016. The Design Competition was open to all SIA Fellow and Corporate Member Firms. Fifty-two architectural firms submitted their designs under Stage One of the Competition. From these, seven entries were shortlisted by the Judging Panel for Stage Two of the Competition. The seven shortlisted firms further developed their designs and presented them to the Judging Panel, which then selected one winning entry in July 2016. To ensure fair play, the participating firms submitted their designs bearing only an Identification Number, thus ensuring anonymity of entry when their designs were judged. The Judging Panel comprised the following: - 1) Mr Theodore Chan, Immediate Past President of SIA and Panel Chairman; - 2) Ms Rita Soh, Director of RDC Architects Pte Ltd; - 3) Dr Wong Sweet Fun, Deputy Chairperson, Medical Board of Yishun Community Hospital - 4) Mr Woon Wee Yim, Chairman of St. John’s Home for Elderly Persons - 5) Mr Andrew Lioe, Vice-Chairman of St. John’s Home for Elderly Persons ##### What will be the capacity of the new Home? Besides having better facilities for our elderly residents, the new Home will be able to accommodate 150 elderly persons. ##### What is the estimated cost of building the new Home? The estimated cost to build the new Home is $15 million. This excludes the furniture and fittings that will be required before the Home is operationally ready. As of June 2018, our Home has a reserve of $10 million. We depend on the generous support of donors and well-wishers to raise the remaining $5 million. [![](https://www.stjohneldershome.org.sg/hubfs/2019-st-john/Donate%20Now/Husqvarna-Logo-New.png) ](https://www.giving.sg/stjohnshomesg)