by admin | Jan 30, 2020 | |
5 Science Park Drive, Cluster 1, Singapore 5 Science Park Drive is the latest building in Singapore’s Science Park, Asia’s leading R&D and technology location done in collaboration with Serie Architects, London. Officially opened by Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, 5SPD re-works the model for a technology building to reflect the needs of emerging e-commerce and research organisations. This flagship building will form the basis of the re-development of Science Park Cluster 1. The Science Park model of the 1990s, with buildings isolated from one another by under-utilized landscape is no longer adequate for today’s workspaces that are more social in nature. The first of more than five buildings in the cluster, 5SPD is designed to ensure that common spaces are visible, accessible and nourished with amenities. The building features a three-storey extended lobby or ‘city room’ that incorporates a series of cascading platforms incorporating a café, break-out spaces and a small auditorium. This space is focused on collaboration, discussion and networking. The floor plans are designed to maximise flexibility. A typical floorplate has over 4,000sqm in open plan space and column-free spans of 20 metres. Centralized circulation with highly efficient double-loaded corridors allows the building to be configured for single or multi-tenant use. The façade features high performance glazing set into an alternating ‘accordion’ design that is animated at night with a re-programmable LED light system. The design combines vision and spandrel glazing to maximise views while mitigating solar gain. The adjacent car park has been covered with extensive landscaping and amenities including exercise pavilions. This will eventually form a shared park for a cluster of...
by admin | Jun 15, 2018 | |
Oasis Terraces, Punggol Singapore The project, developed by Singapore’s Housing & Development Board (HDB), with Ministry of Health (MOH) as the joint stake holder, provides retail, dining and healthcare facilities for HDB’s residents in Punggol. The 27400 sqm project, dubbed ‘Oasis Terrace’ is an integrated development that brings together communal amenities and services in land scarce Singapore which includes communal gardens, play spaces, gyms, retail spaces, dining, learning spaces and 9400 sqm of healthcare facilities. The proposal is a demonstration in architectural form of one of the key visions for Punggol; the close integration of community and landscape. The design achieves this through the successive framing of community spaces with garden elements. For instance, the community plaza at the heart of the scheme is framed by a series of lush garden terraces sloping towards the waterway. This in turn is framed by a porous perimeter of platforms holding a variety of community functions and flora. The gardens will play more than just an aesthetic role in the community. They will be a horticultural project, bringing residents together to plant, maintain and enjoy them, nourishing community bonds. Ramps connect these gardens and terraces providing green and generous circulation routes up the building. Food courts, cafes and shops spill out onto the terraces where family activities also take place. Overlooking the communal gardens on the platforms are rooms and outdoor areas for communal dining, restaurants, education centres, and polyclinic rooms. The design is conceived as a light and open frame that captures and accommodates the diverse programmes for the community, allowing communal life to unfold in. Therefore, the architecture...
by admin | Feb 2, 2017 | |
Sun Tower, HCMC Workspaces are changing. Distinct work environments that encourage networking are now highly valued over generic office plates. The office space of yesterday, featuring repetitive and undifferentiated workspaces no longer supports the collaborative nature of work today. The office of tomorrow will increasingly feature the provision of third spaces, i.e., spaces that workers use between home and the office cubicle. These spaces are increasingly important as they make up the informal networking spaces, which includes meeting spaces, conference rooms, break-out areas, gyms, gardens, and F&B amenities. Furthermore, offices with ample light, ventilation and lush outdoor spaces are valued above all as they promote wellbeing and communication. Our design accommodates these amenities by simply shifting the floor plates of a generic tower. These shifts create large terraces for networking spaces. Together with outdoor seating and lush spill out areas, they form a unique meeting space with views across the city. The networking space is expressed by a cluster of varied floorplates, concentrated at the upper end of the tower. The various floorplates in this zone are pulled out and pushed in to create terraces, resulting in a tower with a unique silhouette. The contrast between the uniform and orthogonal floorplates and the large cantilevered terraces for the networking areas further enhances the distinctiveness of the tower design. The podium is also distinguished with shuffled floor plates and will hold restaurants, retail and cafes, gyms and auditoriums. The floorplates facing the river are shuffled to create large cantilevered floors for outdoor activities and planting. These generous terraces will be filled with activity and will be visible on...
by admin | Jan 28, 2017 | |
Sunny, HCMC Building Type: Mixed Used, Residential, Office, Service Apartment, Commercial Location: HCMC Client: CapitaLand Design Architect: Serie+Multiply Consultants ...
by admin | Jan 20, 2016 | |
496 North Bridge Road, Singapore Completed (2015) A carefully articulated conservation exercise to revive the British colonial charm of the shop-house built in the 20’s from its worn dilapidated state, 496 North Bridge Road sits strategically at a junction corner, which marks as an entry gateway into Liang Seah Street. Acting as an addition to the vibrancy of eating places, bars, shops and commercial units along Liang Seah Street, the project houses a mixture of restaurant, retail and commercial spaces . Sits calmly along side with simple old two and three-storey shop-houses on both side of the road, the project enhances the character of the street to be the reminiscent of early Singapore. 496 North Bridge Road shall be part of the Singapore urban fabric, reviving the quaint character of early Singapore charm, while allowing the users to continuously redefine the function, that keeps the spirit of place flowing in a venue where time stood still. Building Type: Commercial Location: 496 North Bridge Road, Singapore Client: Heap Seng Group Gross Floor Area: 665 sqm Site Area: 200 sqm Status: Completed (2015) ...
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