#gardencitymegacity #designstrategies #layeringcities 2/7
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In our book Garden City Mega City we share how layering cities can create highly liveable, vibrant and sociable neighbourhoods.
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When a city reaches a certain density, the streets, footpaths, and public space at ground level become too crowded and constrained to perform their various roles effectively.
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A way to approach this problem is to layer new ground levels within high-rise building aggregations away from the traffic and congestion below.
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Multiple ground levels are inserted at strategic heights as distinct intermediate floors and re-create “street life” in new aerial neighbourhoods which take on the roles of public plazas, community spaces, recreational areas, parks, gardens and emergency evacuation areas.
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Occupants and visitors can relax and enjoy city life with great views, more privacy, away from hectic traffic and pollution.
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At the #schoolofthearts in Singapore, the upper-floor circulation areas function as sheltered, yet breezy, outdoor spaces. The common areas and sports grounds where the students can spend their time outside of class are layered into the high-density structure well above the street level.
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The section shows that the further up in the building, the more “private” the common spaces: at ground level there is the publicly accessible theatre complex, the top of which acts as the new ground level for the school.
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School of the Arts
Design inception: 2005
Completion: 2010
Client: Singapore Ministry of Information, Communication and the Arts
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Images by Patrick Bingham-Hall
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#gcmc #verticalcities #multiplegroundlevels #sota #windmachine #singapore #architecture #greendesign #breezeways #happycity #woha #wohaarchitects ...

#gardencitymegacity #designstrategies #layeringcities 1/7
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In our book Garden City Mega City we share our strategies for designing sociable, liveable and sustainable cities for the 21st century.
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Cities are growing at an accelerated pace and consuming the land they require to support the lives of their residents.
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In order to stop horizontal expansion of cities that takes away land from natural systems, we need to move away from 2-dimensional urban planning.
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Instead we can design buildings and cities as integrated 3-dimensional structures and layer urban environments (residential, recreational, commercial, infrastructural and agricultural) vertically- above and below the existing ground level of the city.
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This frees up space for nature to take its own course again. Ecosystems can be revitalised and serve to remediate exploited landscapes.
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Layering cities can create highly liveable, vibrant and sociable neighbourhoods.
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The residents and neighbours of #kampungadmiralty enjoy the community, activity, convenience and green public spaces that the integrated development offers.
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The various components of the development are stacked and layered within a single building on a small site.
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Markets, shops, plazas, healthcare, senior- and childcare, residences and rooftop park are integrated, not segregated.
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Kampung Admiralty
Design inception: 2013
Completion: 2017
Client: Singapore Housing & Development Board
Landscape Consultant: @ramboll_studio_dreiseitl
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Images by Lim Weixiang and Patrick Bingham-Hall
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#gcmc #verticalcities #multiplegroundlevels #integrated #seniorhousing #kampungadmiralty #biodiversity #verticalkampung #communityfarm #happycity #singapore #woha #wohaarchitects ...

We are saddened to hear of the passing of Sir Richard Rogers. Our community has not just lost an incredible architect who has helped to shape the skylines of many cities, but also an extremely friendly, open and charming man.

We met him several times over the last decade and these pictures were taken when he visited Newton Suites to experience the sky gardens of the project. ...

@blackmobil captured the back of the @parkroyalpickering beautifully.
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The naturally ventilated corridors lead to the guest rooms and give guests a tropical, biophilic experience while also reducing the hotel’s need for airconditioning.
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#passivecooling #biophilia #biophilicdesign #biophilicarchitecture #greencorridor #hoteldesign #singapore #parkroyalcollection #parkroyalpickering #architecture #design #woha #wohaarchitects ...