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EDEN Singapore Apartments
EDEN Singapore Apartments
Architects: Heatherwick Studio
Area: 33425 ft²
Year: 2020
Source: Archdaily
Area: 33425 ft²
Year: 2020
- Photographs: Hufton+Crow
- Client : Swire Properties Ltd/Celestial Fortune
- Interiors : Heatherwick Studio
- Local Interiors : Ensemble
- Local Architects : RSP Architects, Planners & Engineers
- Landscape Designer : COEN Design International
- Main Contractor: Unison
- Mechanical & Electrical Engineers: Squire Mec
- Civil & Structural Engineers: RSP Structures
Source: Archdaily
Located in the historic Orchard Road Neighbourhood of Singapore and commissioned by Swire Properties, the 104.5 metre building - the first residential project in Asia by the studio - offers a unique response to its location that entwines nature with city apartment living.
EDEN is designed to resemble a spine blade: simple vertical rectilinear plains with slim windows form the blade with generous garden balconies situated in between.This approach grants privacy for each of the twenty apartments and allows for a generous central living space that forms the heart of each residence.The unconventional concrete walls are moulded with a topographical map of Singapore’s terrain which has been abstracted to create a unique three-dimensional texture.
The focus on creating a garden for each apartment is a response to the disconnection between high rise apartments and the lush greenery at street level in Singapore. Responding to Lee Kuan Yew’s original vision of Singapore as a ‘city in a garden’, the design extends the landscape of Singapore upwards through the building with a series of hanging gardens, connecting the interior living space with the outdoors, providing views of Singapore’s green landscape.
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