I forged some of my fondest childhood memories at the void deck. As an adventurous child, I spent many late afternoons there chasing the community cat around. It was a space I associated with freedom and safety, as it was close to home yet so very open for anyone to use. However as I grew older, playtime at the void deck slowly slipped into oblivion as other forms of entertainment took reign. As with how fast things change in Singapore – it was something oh so easy to forget. That was until the Stacked team and I visited a relatively new BTO project last week. As we traversed the different blocks, it became apparent to us how difficult it was to do so. In older estates, void decks were open and spacious. Now, the void decks, if present at all, are constricted, at times illogical, and barely user-friendly. So it is out of personal interest that I decided to look deeper into this issue, to unravel the possible reasons behind this change in our void decks. Here’s what I learnt....