Vertical Urban Habitat in Marina Bay, Singapore
This study aims to design a contemporary building that would be able to satisfy the needs of a rapidly developing, highly technological city, with its’ main focus on the younger generation. The affordability of the new housing is an important aspect for the newest generation, and is also one of the goals to reach in this design. Even when being restricted to a very small, valuable plot of land, surrounded by equally tall buildings, it aims to free up that land to the public.It also contributes to the official urban design direction of today of creating greener connections within the city by providing a pleasant passage through its own territory.
Structurally, the building uses a known, but rarely used arrangement – it reverts the direction of loads by adopting a suspended system. This allows it to have clear, free openings in the common areas of the buildings, which would let the lights to shine through and decrease the perceived density of the building as seen from the outside.