Urban Planing / Design / Landscape Design / Architecture Jobs in Singapore - Page 2

***y2koh*** · September 25th, 2012, 04:06 PM

1) No not at all!!
2) Well, there are architects, graduates who majored in geography, and civil/transport/environmental engineers who made the switch to planning too.
3) I have never thought of that. My only concern is that whether urban planning/design will become a sunset industry. But I guess jumping to the developer side may be one option.

frozenzeus · October 1st, 2012, 04:57 AM

Hi I'm a former Urban Planner who has worked in Australia.

The planning we do in Aus is very different from Asia, where we focus more on red tape and reports etc and in Asia is more on urban design etc.

I had an interview with the URA (Singapore) a couple of years ago, but i found my skills in writing about design codes in Australia to be more or less useless in the Asian market. Of course I still think there is a chance, but its tough as they don't tend to have much private sector stuff and the jobs are confined to a few government agencies. The Australian planning field has far more roles due to pretty much the fact our system is over bloated and full of red tape where as Singapore, HK etc are more clear cut.

For the record - I ended up abandoning the profession and going into finance to make my career more "international" as I found Australian planning skills are only relevent for Aus, New Zealand and UK. If you're keen on the expat life, my opinion is planning is not the job (though I still think its an interesting job).

I reckon apply for a job when you graduate, if no luck and you're really keen on working overseas long term, go do a post-grad in a different field.

Happy to give more advice, so fire questions away or PM me.

desafinado74 · November 25th, 2012, 08:52 AM

Hi everyone,

I am from Australia, and i am thinking of applying for an internship with
URA Singapore.

Has anyone here done an internship with them before ?
If so, how did you find the experience and what tasks did
you do ?
And did they ask for your academic results as part of the application process ?

Thank you.

desafinado74 · November 25th, 2012, 08:55 AM

Thank you Redstone for your list of Singaporean companies that i can apply for.

Thank you very much to Frozenzeus for sharing your experiences.
I tried to PM you but not sure if the message went through.
Please let me know if you got it. Thanks a lot again.

joshww81 · January 31st, 2013, 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by desafinado74

Hi everyone,

I am from Australia, and i am thinking of applying for an internship with
URA Singapore.

Has anyone here done an internship with them before ?
If so, how did you find the experience and what tasks did
you do ?
And did they ask for your academic results as part of the application process ?

Thank you.

Sorry for the late reply.

I would suggest that you apply. It depends on which department/group you're posted to, as different groups do different things. I'm not sure if they ask for your academic results as part of the application process, but just give it a shot.

November 25th, 2012, 08:52 AM	#23
desafinado74 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 13 Likes (Received): 0	Internship with URA Singapore Hi everyone, I am from Australia, and i am thinking of applying for an internship with URA Singapore. Has anyone here done an internship with them before ? If so, how did you find the experience and what tasks did you do ? And did they ask for your academic results as part of the application process ? Thank you.

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September 25th, 2012, 04:06 PM	#21
*y2koh* Moderator Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,898 Likes (Received): 16	1) No not at all!! 2) Well, there are architects, graduates who majored in geography, and civil/transport/environmental engineers who made the switch to planning too. 3) I have never thought of that. My only concern is that whether urban planning/design will become a sunset industry. But I guess jumping to the developer side may be one option.

October 1st, 2012, 04:57 AM	#22
frozenzeus Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 91 Likes (Received): 2	Hi I'm a former Urban Planner who has worked in Australia. The planning we do in Aus is very different from Asia, where we focus more on red tape and reports etc and in Asia is more on urban design etc. I had an interview with the URA (Singapore) a couple of years ago, but i found my skills in writing about design codes in Australia to be more or less useless in the Asian market. Of course I still think there is a chance, but its tough as they don't tend to have much private sector stuff and the jobs are confined to a few government agencies. The Australian planning field has far more roles due to pretty much the fact our system is over bloated and full of red tape where as Singapore, HK etc are more clear cut. For the record - I ended up abandoning the profession and going into finance to make my career more "international" as I found Australian planning skills are only relevent for Aus, New Zealand and UK. If you're keen on the expat life, my opinion is planning is not the job (though I still think its an interesting job). I reckon apply for a job when you graduate, if no luck and you're really keen on working overseas long term, go do a post-grad in a different field. Happy to give more advice, so fire questions away or PM me.

November 25th, 2012, 08:55 AM	#24
desafinado74 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 13 Likes (Received): 0	Thank you Redstone for your list of Singaporean companies that i can apply for. Thank you very much to Frozenzeus for sharing your experiences. I tried to PM you but not sure if the message went through. Please let me know if you got it. Thanks a lot again.