Marina Square will close next year for its biggest transformation in four decades, with new homes, offices, hotels and public spaces planned, but much of the existing complex will remain.

As ageing malls across Singapore face the need to evolve, how can these spaces be reinvented without starting from scratch?

On Industry Insight, Lynlee Foo speaks to Tina Qiu, Partner, PLP Architecture, about how ageing malls can be transformed into mixed-use precincts, while balancing the need for new uses, connectivity and experiences with the identity and structures of the past.