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 Information

Architects: Woha
Location: Singapore
Stories: 47 
Height: 152 m / 499 ft 
Gross Floor Area: 113,960 m2 / 1,226,655 ft2 
Plot Area: 29,392 m2 / 316,373 ft2 
Residential Density: 1,633 persons per hectare /
661 persons per acre (based on 5 persons per dwelling
unit) 
  

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 Location
Site

Dawson
Road

85, Dawson Road, Singapore

View from
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Context

The project, located in a

high-rise area of mixed
private and public
housing, demonstrates that
high density can be high
amenity. Community
living, variety and
sustainability are central
themes. All common areas
are fully open to the
public.

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Community
Living

• 80 homes which share a

naturally ventilated
community terrace and
garden.
• The block is composed of 3
villages, stacked 4 high, for
a total of 12 villages.
• Community Living Rooms
at ground level
• The Landscaped Park,
provides two community
pavilions for weddings and
funerals, play and fitness
areas, courts and lawns; the
Rooftop Park, which houses
a 400m jogging track and
rooftop pavilions
• public linear park and
provides supermarket,
coffee shop and retail
spaces.

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Variety

• The design gives variety by

offering buyers flexible floor
plans with a column free, beam
free main space
• Eliminating waste and allowing
diverse lifestyles, such as home
office or loft living as well as
future flexibility
• 3 versions of each type were
offered.

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Sustainability

• The project uses passive means

• Every unit is fully naturally ventilated,
with every room having windows.
• The common areas, lift lobbies and access
walkways are all naturally ventilated and
lit.
• The apartments are cross ventilated
• All walls have vertical and horizontal sun
breakers, all windows have overhangs and
special mid-height top hung panels that
direct breeze
• The units face north and south and have
openings on all sides.
• The design has been awarded Singapore’s
Platinum rating.

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 Plan

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 Plan

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P l a n s

Plan

16th- 24th Floor

38th- 46th Floor

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P l a n s

Plan

47th storey roof garden plan

14th storey plan

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 Green

PV cells at the rooftop power the common

areas, and a swale which is a major landscape
feature treats storm water before discharging it
to the storm water system. The project uses
landscaping throughout the tower in the sky
villages, additionally it covers 50% of all roof
surfaces. Two major landscaped external spaces
totaling 1.5Ha are provided and open to the
wider community.

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 Pros

• The history of the site is maintained in the community

artwork project
• The units were sold for less than half the price
• All areas, whether common or private are naturally
ventilated and lit.
• The design is north south facing, and fully shaded. All
units are cross ventilated.
• The design is highly repetitive, and is fully precast and
prefabricated
• Only 5 window types are used in the entire
development.
• Over 1.5Ha of public gardens are provided.
• The roof landscape, vertical creepers to the car park
and sky gardens provide 100% green plot ratio.
• PV panels are provided on the rooftop pavilions,
enough to power the common area lighting.
• The design gives an urban plaza with shops and cafes
to the surrounding neighborhood, and landscaped park
with community facilities.

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 Pros

The design was exhibited to the public

for feedback and comments, and then
redesigned based on the feedback. The
Sky Village concept gives a greater
sense of community and identity within
the large precinct and is designed to be
a social space to enhance cohesiveness.

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 Cons

• No Medical Facilities

• No School Facilities

• Not for poor people

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What are The People Thinks?