RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS THE INTERLACE The Interlace, one of the largest and most ambitious residential developments in <strong>Singapore</strong>, presents a radically new approach to contemporary living in a tropical environment. The project was launched in September 2009 and <strong>its</strong> construction will begin in 2010. Design Instead of cre<strong>at</strong>ing a cluster of isol<strong>at</strong>ed, vertical towers – the default typology of residential developments in <strong>Singapore</strong> – the design proposes an intric<strong>at</strong>e network of living and social spaces integr<strong>at</strong>ed with the n<strong>at</strong>ural environment. Thirty-one apartment blocks, each six stories tall and identical in length, are stacked in a hexagonal arrangement around eight large-scale open and permeable courtyards. The interlocking blocks cre<strong>at</strong>e a vertical village of both shared and priv<strong>at</strong>e outdoor spaces on multiple levels. While maintaining the privacy of the individual apartments through the generous spacing of the building blocks, The Interlace cre<strong>at</strong>es an interactive network of outdoor spaces oriented around the focal points of the courtyards, reflecting and extending the n<strong>at</strong>ural surroundings. The project is loc<strong>at</strong>ed on an eight-hectare site in the verdant Southern Ridges and will complete a nine-kilometer green belt of parks and recre<strong>at</strong>ional facilities. Extensive residential amenities and facilities are interwoven into the lush veget<strong>at</strong>ion and offer opportunities for social interaction. With 170,000m 2 of built floor area, the development will provide over 1,000 residential un<strong>its</strong> of varying sizes, each with unobstructed and varying views over the parks, the city, and the sea. Basement Parking is available with 2600 spaces. Sustainability fe<strong>at</strong>ures are incorpor<strong>at</strong>ed throughout the project through careful environmental analysis of sun, wind, and micro-clim<strong>at</strong>e conditions and the integr<strong>at</strong>ion of low-impact passive energy str<strong>at</strong>egies. RnF SPECIAL FEATURE PROJECT CREDITS: Client: CapitaLand Residential <strong>Singapore</strong> Partner in charge: Ole Scheeren Associ<strong>at</strong>e: Eric Chang Project Architect: Andrew Lo Team: Lo, Toby Wong, Erik Amir with: Heidi Blais, David Brown, Andrew Bryant, Sean Hoo Ch’ng, Wynn Chandra, Steven Y.N. Chen, Dan Cheong, Ryan Choe, Ying Chee Chui, Benjamin Claeys, Ren<strong>at</strong>o Juarez Corso, Sascha Daum, Jasmin Delic, Nozomi Kanem<strong>its</strong>u, Winnie Lam, Samuel Liew, Rita Liu, Cora Lutz, Ryan Maliszewski, Luis Aguirre Manso, Sandra Mayr<strong>its</strong>ch, Karine Mellet, Michelle Miller, Eugene Oh, Gabriele Pitacco, Yijun Qian, Mimi Shen, Joseph Tang, Uri Verthime, Shuo Wang, Esther Yang, Ali Yildirim, Jing Zhang Executive Architect: RSP Architects, Planners & Engineers Pte. Ltd., <strong>Singapore</strong> Structure and Services: Arup, Beijing / RSP Architects, Planners & Engineers Pte. Ltd. and Squire Mech, <strong>Singapore</strong> Façade: Arup, <strong>Singapore</strong> Landscape Architect: ICN Design Intern<strong>at</strong>ional Pte. Ltd., <strong>Singapore</strong> Graphic Design: 2x4, New York Project Document<strong>at</strong>ion: OMA, Beijing; Crystal CG, Beijing (computer renderings); Frans Parthesius, Rotterdam (architectural model photography) 6 <strong>Roof</strong> & <strong>Facade</strong> Asia ASEAN Edition • Vol 7 No 70
<strong>Roof</strong> & <strong>Facade</strong> Asia ASEAN Edition • Vol 7 No 70 7 RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
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