Singapore Architect

The Jury recognises the Architect’s successful implementation of a Housing Development Board project that reflects the concept of living in a park. High-density public housing often comes with a slew of challenges which the architect deftly mitigated with effective strategies. These include the borrowing of long views and vistas, layered landscaping and the expression of the slim vertical unit stacks.

The centrally located semi-sunken Multi Storey Car Park, coupled with lushly landscaped cascading floor plates, forms a continuous ground plane through the cross-section of the site. The veranda linkway and overhead bridge seamlessly connect communal facilities and activity nodes. Ground floor units are introduced at the courtyards to activate the ground level.

The result is a very liveable quality housing estate that has a strong sense of identity.