One-North

One-north is an ongoing 200-hectare business park in Singapore, developed by JTC Corporation to house R&D and high technology activities in the biomedical sciences, infocomm technology (ICT) and media industries. Though the development was first conceptualised in the National Technology Plan 1991, it was only launched officially in 2001 by former Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan Keng Yam with the basis of creating a "global talent hub" and a knowledge-based economy, a move to complement the successful manufacturing and service economies of Singapore.

One-north, which was masterplanned by Zaha Hadid Architects, is located at Buona Vista and near educational and research institutes like National University of Singapore (NUS), INSEAD and the Singapore Science Parks. In 2012, world class business school ESSEC also decided to set up its Asian campus in one-north, for a total investment of S$40 million. Besides, the district also has easy access to social and recreational facilities due to the close proximity to Holland Village. All these factors are to help with the development of one-north in the future.

Besides being a “science hub” as Dr Tan described one-north at the launch, another aim is to create a socially integrated community where both expatriates and locals can gather to live, work and relax together in one-north. As such, one-north will not be a government project of a working district only, but also one where private sectors contribute to provide the social and recreational amenities for the people working and living there.