THE INTERLACE
SINGAPORE
concept
+ The Interlace breaks away from Singapore's standard typology of isolated, vertical
apartment towers and instead explores a dramatically different approach to tropical living.
+ An expansive interconnected network of living and communal spaces integrated with the
natural environment.
+ Thirty-one apartment blocks, each six-stories tall and identical in length, are stacked in a
hexagonal arrangement to form eight large-scale open and permeable courtyards.
+ The interlocking blocks form a vertical village with cascading sky gardens and both private
and public roof terraces.
+ The design capitalizes on the generous size of the site and further maximizes the presence
of nature by introducing extensive roof gardens, landscaped sky terraces and cascading
balconies.
* Above- ground vehicular circulation is minimized, liberating large green areas within the
development.
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Bounded by Alexandra Road athe Ayer Rajah Expressray,
amidst the verdant Souther Ridges of Sneapoe Total no. of units :
1,040 resident units +8 eta shops
IMMEDIATE SITE SURROUNDINGS:
1 Schools
2. MRT.
3. Business Hubs.
4. Parks.
+ Gardens are located over the
rooftops, while staircases are
positioned at the overlaps between
blocks.
+Other communal features include a
Jotus pond, a waterfall, an open-air
theatre and a rack garden.
+ Social interaction is integrated with
the natural environment in a
synthesis of tropical nature and
habitable urban space.
+A Central Square, Theatre Plaza and Water Park occupy
the more public and central courtyards and contain,
numerous shared amenity areas such as a clubhouse,
function and games rooms; theatre, karaoke, gyms, and
reading rooms; and a 50m lap pool and sun deck,
family and children’s pools.*Good daylight performance all year around.
«Minimal western solar penetration to mast
Of the development.
FLOOR PLANS :
BLK /BLK
‘Super level 1 iow sone f 182/180Lift & Staircase :
BLK /BLK
5 BeleMaterials used Construction methods
+ Homogeneous/ Ceramic tiles with matching tle skirting or timber f
parquet with timber skirting are used for kitchen room, bedroom,
powder room, study room, balcony and courtyards. :
Tile & Timber skirting
+ Homogeneous tiles/ Ceramic tiles with matching tile skirting or
part turfing for PES.
+ Cement screed with waterproofing are used for planter.
‘Town gas supply to Kitchen. Wardrobes provided for all Cement screed Turfing
Bedrooms.
+ Private Enclosed Space (PES), Balcony/Terrace, Planter (PL) Private Roof Garden - Metal railing
(or RC parapet wall or brick wall
+ Card access control system at lft car and pedestrian gate,
+ Audio inter communictaion in all apartment units
‘Transponder system to car park barrier
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‘Super level 2: aoa
* The highest block was constructed at 60 m above
ground, with a total of 20 transfer deck structures.
+A ‘balanced cantilever’ methodology, commonly used
for construction of bridges was adopted for this heavy
=* transfer deck structure
Balanced cantileverRecreational Fat
Tennis courts.
Multi purpose courts.
Play zone,
‘Outdoor Exercise station,
Gardening Zone.
Lotus pond,
Clubhouse on 1* storey.
BBQ promenade,
Pet zone,
Jogging track.
Party pavilion.
Lap poo! ( 50m j
Kids pool,
Theatre plaza,
Bamboo garden,
Waterfall terrace.
‘Sky Terraces,
Spa valley,
BLK /BLK
arking : ‘Super level 3: 2
Parki ‘Super level 3 / a
* traffic and parking is
‘ccommodated in a single layer
‘below the lancseaped ground 3,
+A large number of open-air
void allow light and ar tothe
Semisunken parking deck
Landscape:
‘The Interlace landscaping takes up eight-hectares, with the arrangement of the buildings
maximizing the presence of the surrounding tropical floral by introducing extensive roof
gardens, landscaped sky terraces, cascading balconies and lush green areas.
+ By stacking the apartment blocks, the design generates @ multiplication of horizontal
surfaces populated by extensive roof gardens and landscaped terraces that in aggregate
provide 112% green area ~ more than the size of the inbuilt site.
+ The continuous landscape is also projected vertically, from the planting of green
areas in open-air basement voids through balconies and rooftop gardens.
+ The private balconies give apartments large outdoor space and personal
planting areas.
+ Water bodies have been strategically placed within defined wind corridors, which allow
‘evaporative cooling to happen along wind paths, reducing local air temperatures and
improving the thermal comfort of outdoor recreation spaces in strategic micro-climateSuper level 4: BLK /BLK
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188/186
ANAWSIS: 2 BHK