Log Status

Documenting

Domain

🎓 Academia

Domain Detail

BCAA

Acknowledgements

Matthew TanLoo Hui JingLee Hui LianLer Han QiangJason Lee

Role

Author

Project Stage

Conceptual DesignSchematic DesignDetailed Design

Specialisation

FacadeSpace PlanningComplianceWELL

Tools Utilised

RevitRhinoGrasshopperFormItLadybugInsightReviztoCorona RendererVRayIllustratorPhotoshopMorpholio Trace

Linear treatment Vignette

Per CDL’s announcement, the existing Fuji Xerox towers located along Anson Road is scheduled to be demolished and redeveloped into a 51-storey mixed-use development. As a firm believer that the lifecycle of full redevelopment is always contentious, the A&A proposal attempts to revitalise the existing development. Arup is the selected tenant for this proposal. Already having a primary regional office a distance away along Cecil Street, the proposal references Arup’s research perspective on the importance of satellite offices and 15-minute neighbourhoods; a timber-led intervention of numerous biophilic touchpoints being a new node for the consultancy and its immediate public community. The most evident, but more than just an opportunity to demonstrate the technical prowess of the consultancy, the cantilevering central staircase connecting the Arup offices from the 3rd to the 5th Storey is also an opportunity to incorporate one of the many features of the WELL Building Standard — in particular, Feature 64 for Interior Fitness Circulation.

1 / Site Investigation and Planning Parameters

1.1 / Overview and Developmental Control

Commercial land use with a GPR of 5.6 with a requirement for Urban Design Guidelines for the Downtown Core Planning Area

Total GFA: 40,382.3896m2

Road Buffers: 5m (3m GB) all around

1.2 / Circulation

Private Transport

Public Transport

1.3 / Context

Neighbouring Context

Anson House

M Hotel Singapore

Shenton Way Office

ABI Plaza

Sight Lines from the site

Towards Bernam Street

Towards Anson Road

Towards Keppel Road

Towards Tanjong Pagar Road

1.4 / Environmental Factors

East-West Solar Movement

Sunlight Hours and Shadow Encroachment

North-South Prevailing Winds

2 / Proposal

2.1 / Parti

A new node for the community / “Designing the 15-minute neighbourhood” — Arup

A timber-led intervention

42% Retail (L1 to L2); 58% Office (L3 to L5)

2.2 / Overall

A “natural” facade of planted vegetation; and a linear treatment to break perceived levels

Planting of site-specific species as part of the environmental buffer strategy

A demonstration of technical prowess — a suspended and cantileveing central staircase connecting Arup’s offices across 3 storeys

2.3 / 1st Storey to 2nd Storey

2.3.1 / Concept

Exploratory Sketches

As a community node, the 1st Storey of the proposal is designated to be a public thoroughfare, imagined as the high-energy “buzz” of the development with predominantly activity-as-a-service tenants.