Opened in 1992, this sports and recreation centre was the first stadium in Asia designed with a roof suspended by cables. In the early 1990s, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) began designing high-technology buildings in housing towns. This centre was one of them.
The architects considered the surroundings of the site when designing the stadium. With the residential blocks and the MRT viaduct nearby, it would feel like a concrete jungle if the centre was entirely solid. The use of cables to suspend the roof gave the building a sense of lightness. Its unique design also added on to Yishun’s identity as a new town.