Building Investment (November-December 2021)

a new, innovative residential product while preserving the
neighbourhood’s verdant nature and its green spaces.
Both skyscrapers will be built using Prefabricated Prefinished
Volumetric Construction (PPVC), which the studio believes will
make the 200-metre-high skyscrapers the tallest buildings built
using substantial amounts of prefabrication. The studio estimates
that around 80% of each housing module will be built off-site, with
waterproofing, tiling, painting, glazing, cabinetry, plumbing and
electrics completed before being delivered to be “stacked and
joined together on-site”. This will greatly reduce the construction
time required on-site and enable the project to reduce wastage
both on-site and off-site with better control of the production
processes through a central materials and logistics platform.
Large amounts of prefabrication had to be used for the
skyscraper as the government had determined that PPVC had
to be used on the site where the Avenue South Residence will
be built. “To raise construction productivity and fundamentally
change the design and construction processes, the industry is
encouraged to embrace the concept of Design for Manufacturing
and Assembly (DfMA), where construction is designed and
detailed for a substantial portion of work to be done off-site in a
controlled manufacturing environment,” said the studio.
“The site of the project was selected and set a minimum level
of use of PPVC, where this aligns with government's initiative
to improve construction productivity by up to 40% in terms of
manpower and time savings – depending on the complexity of the
projects.”
Artist impression: Avenue South Park intends to provide residents with
meaningful engagement to the surrounding environment by forming an
inclusive oasis-like community space surrounded by a majestic canopy of
conserved trees. (Source: addp.sg)
Artist impression. (Source: addp.sg)
Artist impression: Avenue South Residence features the two 56-story
towers sitting amidst five historically preserved buildings on one of
Singapore’s most verdant avenues.
(Source: addp.sg)
The architecture studio expects to see a variety of benefits for
using prefabrication to construct the skyscrapers over traditional
methods. This will encourage a better construction environment
as the bulk of the installation activities and manpower are moved
off-site, it minimises dust and noise pollution and improves site
safety. Additionally, it will enhance project quality control. Offsite
fabrication in a controlled factory environment can produce
higher quality end products.
The prefabricated units will contain 1,074 residences and
be broken up by a series of 16 “pocket sky terraces” and larger
communal terraces on the 19 th and 36 th storeys. The distinct
56-storey tall twin towers are characterized by their pristine
elegance and sharp lines coupled with rhythmically located
pockets of sky terraces.
Avenue South Residence will have full and unique facilities,
which includes a guardhouse, clubhouse, function room, indoor
gym, tennis court, 50m swimming pool, sun deck, BBQ pits &
children’s playground.
Upon its completion, the towers will overtake another pair of
residential buildings in Singapore – the 140-metre-high Clement
Canopy built by Construction company Bouygues Bâtiment
International as the world's tallest prefabricated towers.
(Source: dezeen.com)
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