This cluster housing project was designed in 2001, placing 28 houses on a site that previously had 2 bungalows on it. The houses are compact terrace and semi-detached houses arranged around a central landscaped pool. The site was conceived as strips that slip and slide alongside each other, allowing the terrace houses to conform to the irregular site profile. This detailing developed the concept at various scales, such as the sun shading and fenestration.
WOHA explored strategies of high-density living in a high-rise tropical environment, and urban strategies unique to the site. A central issue to the design was what Singaporean public housing should be. WOHA proposed that for subsidised housing, a higher degree of community interaction would be encouraged, building of community spirit. The design facilitated several scales of interaction.
At city level, a strong image on the skyline of the cluster of towers with hanging gardens was proposed. At the neighbourhood level, a strong street edge was made based on the shophouse structural bay and form, with commercial activities, a five-foot way, and the public park extended under the towers the popular Duxton Plain Park. This form enhanced the Chinatown busy street edge, while providing recreational areas within the site for public use. Views down the historic streets were improved by the rhythm and scale of the street-edge.
At village level, the “sky villages” were created – homes are placed in a high-rise community, linked by “sky streets” and “sky parks”. The covered sky streets led from the local village to the high-speed lifts, which brought the inhabitants down to street level. Sky parks were provided as places for recreation and socialising. In these common areas, people would be brought into contact in a natural way, and social bonds formed.
The Enabling Village is a demonstration of heartland rejuvenation through adaptive reuse of the old Bukit Merah Vocational Institute / Employment & Employability Institute (e2i) in Redhill. The site was previously fenced-in, inward-looking and did not contribute to the neighbourhood. The Masterplan conceives the Village as a new community heart and opens up the space as a park to connect people with disabilities, residents and public.
The design removes all physical barriers, extends linkages and creates a variety of shared spaces, gardens and amenities, breathing life between and within buildings. A simple robust palette of finishes and motifs was adopted as a kit-of-parts system to stitch together surfaces and spaces of the new and existing.
The porous and accessible nature of the Enabling Village creates an inclusive environment, integrating people with disabilities as equal in the community.
Category D (Conservation Projects) category, awarded by Architects Regional Council Asia (ARCASIA)
Awarded by Hong Kong Design Centre
Awarded by DesignSingapore Council and Urban Redevelopment Authority
Special Categories, awarded by the Singapore Institute of Architects
Awarded by Building and Construction Authority, Singapore
地处中国西南部的四川省省会成都市正处在一个崛起的阶段，这里不仅拥有秀丽的山水和肥沃的平，也同时积载了丰厚的历史和文化底蕴，如今这座古老的城市正以飞快的速度发展成为一个现代化的大都市和金融中心。凯德天府商城正是坐落在这样一片复苏地域的西面，新南天地商圈的核心地带之中。这座拥有着一幢办公大楼，三栋公寓楼和一个八层楼高大型商场的一站式城市综合体紧邻着连接成都新行政中心和老城区的南北向交通枢纽天府大道，得天独厚的选址使得人们在经过此处的天府高架立交桥时能清楚的一览项目的全貌。商城无论是在白天还是在夜晚都是一处引入注目的地标建筑，彰显着自己独特的风采并吸引着南来北往的顾客。
商城的设计灵感来源于成都当地著名景点青城山独特的地理风貌，借喻于那里的山石将建筑与自然有机的结合了起来。整个建筑的造型犹如一簇巨石，经过开凿打磨后展露里面的水晶块面，像是从周围城市基础设施和混凝土大楼的灰暗基调里拔地而起的一攒光彩夺目的珠宝。而石块与石块之间的“岩缝”则成为了一条条有着茂密植被和错落水景的“山涧峡谷”。这样有趣的自然造型和景观以空中花园的形式一直垂直延续至了商城顶部的办公和公寓塔楼内，在为商城周围其他商业群落提供丰富景致的同时更为物业内的顾客，居民和办公人员带来了享受自然的体验。
花园绿化的主题也被带入了商场的内部设计里，特别是在位于商场四层的溜冰场四周，多种多样的室内植栽形成了一座茂密的温室花园让人们在购物的同时也能亲近和了解自然植物。溜冰场的上方则采用了有着枝叶纹理的穿孔铝板作为天花板，天花内部的灯光经铝板过滤后柔和的撒下来，让人感觉仿佛置身于一大片热带雨林内。此外，溜冰场底部的天花则是一块大型的电子显示屏，模拟着不断变化的天空。
凯德天府的建筑外表皮被赋予了独特而丰富的色彩和纹理，让建筑不至于在成都较为阴沉的气候环境里显得平乏无趣。设计通过铝制饰材，金属穿孔板和玻璃等轻快材料之间的几何组合制造出了对比强烈，丰富多彩的强有力建筑语言。底部群楼立面上犹如被抛光打磨过的块面变成了悬挂节庆横幅，展示品牌商标和零售商品的绝佳界面，而上方办公和居住塔楼上比例讲究的玻璃幕墙则映照着这片天府之国的风云变化。作为整个建筑的主要立面材料之一，经过特别设计的铝制穿孔板不仅是一种对传统中国隔栅的抽象演艺，也在功能上起到了提供隐私和过滤自然光的作用。嵌在这些铝板后的特制灯光会在晚上为商场换上又一层靓丽外衣，如同布满夜空的繁星一般。
这样一个大型的综合体项目就像是成都这座城市的缩影，将天府之国的活力浓缩进了自己的一方天地里。商城的定位旨在迎合社会的文化倾向，为人们提供一个有咖啡厅和公园的独特城市体验和新鲜的生活方式。为了更好的和顾客互动，群楼商场的屋顶部分被设计成了一系列拥有众多景观平台，花园和休闲空间的商业广场，为家庭，青少年，中老年和上班族等不同人群提供了观景，交流，用餐，溜冰以及参加各种活动的极佳场所。这样一个屋顶商业广场也是下方商场内各种商业活动的延伸，为顾客提供了更加全面和连续的购物娱乐体验。
The Church of St Mary of the Angels was designed for the Franciscan Friars and their parish church. The project includes the Church, the St Anthony Friary, the Poor Clare Monastery and an extensive columbarium. The focus of the design is community and expressing the church as an open and transparent institution.
The design is centred on an outdoor space that forms a forecourt to the various institutions, enabling community bonds to develop in this civic space. WOHA designed every element of the architecture, interiors, landscape and lighting for the complex, and incorporated several existing modernist buildings from the 1950s. The design took its direction from the particular focus of the Franciscan Friars on outreach and nature, to create a space for worship that is open and outward-looking – first to the garden and surroundings, and then to the wider community.
Mixed-Use (Completed) category, awarded by World Architecture Festival
Awarded by School of Architecture
Awarded by DesignSingapore Council and Urban Redevelopment Authority
Organised by ALA – Assoarchitetti, Vicenza Italy
Institutional Projects/Religious Buildings Category, awarded by the Singapore Institute of Architects
Interior Design/Commercial Category, awarded by the Singapore Institute of Architects
Architecture Category, awarded by the Singapore Institute of Architects
Interior Category, awarded by the Singapore Institute of Architects