Beauty World evolved through numerous layers of function and programs, eventually culminating in its life as an open- air market before being demolished. Today, the original Beauty World can be described as a place that has ceased to exist physically but has persisted in various forms such as social, resident, and architectural. This study mainly focuses on the formation of the Beauty World, examining the urban, social, and cultural contexts that molded the Beauty World Market in unique ways throughout the age. However, in this 21th century, the malls on the site (Beauty World Centre, Bukit Timah Shopping Mall and Beauty World Plaza) are in limbo, with the prospect of demolition or em-bloc. Hence, I was seeking for strategies to retrofit the existing building as new uses without dismantling or reconstructing it during my thesis research. It was intended to reintroduce the vibrancy of the previous Beauty World Market to the site in order to evoke and sustain the Beauty World Market’s ethos by restoring the site’s historical, social, and communal significance. Adaptive reuse tactics provide a few of the original building’s features a second chance at life.