Newton Suites Residential Tower

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1 Newton Suites Residential Tower 60 Newton Road Singapore Architects WOHA Architects Pte Ltd / R Hassell, W M Summ Singapore Clients UOL Development Singapore Commission 2003 Design Construction Occupancy 2007 Site 3,842 m 2 Ground floor n.a. Total floor 3842 m 2 Costs 17,029,000 USD Programme This 36-storey apartment block offers a new paradigm for high-rise development in South-East Asia. With cantilevered communal sky gardens, creepers climbing the full height of the stairwell, and planted common areas on the roof of the adjacent car park, there is now more planting than if the site had been left vacant. There are many simple, lowcost energy-saving solutions: projecting sun shades animate the facades, generous balconies provide outdoor rooms, and, with openings on three of their four sides, the apartments are naturally ventilated. The result counters the smooth-skinned Western high-rise with a permeable three-dimensional interface between interior and exterior. Building Type Housing 2010 Award Cycle 3504.SIN

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40 Document G 3504.SIN IMAGE IDENTIFICATION FORM / IMAGE CAPTIONS NEWTON SUITES, SINGAPORE IMAGES CAPTION Building in Context The tower sits at the edge of a highrise zone, looking over a heightcontrolled area towards distant nature reserves. Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall Date: September PBH104 Building in Urban Context The tower is thrust towards the front of the site to avoid high-rise buildings in its vacinity. Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall Date: September PBH071

41 Document G 3504.SIN View from North The building is oriented to maximize views of the city and distant nature reserves with service areas buffering the sun along its East-West axis. Photographer: Albert Lim Date: October AL056 View from North The building rises above the lush street side greenery. Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall Date: September PBH108

42 Document G 3504.SIN South Façade Detail Cantilevered outdoor sky gardens and shaded balconies extend the indoor-outdoor potential of living in the tropics into the sky. Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall Date: September PBH102 South facade Juxtaposition of greenery, protruding balconies, sky gardens and sunshade fins. Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall Date: September PBH103 South Façade Detail Vertical greening of the façade via sky gardens and a 100m high planted wall. Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall 111PBH093 Date: September 2008

43 Document G 3504.SIN Green Shadows Shadows of flora projected on the soffit of protruding sky gardens reinforce green imagery at night. Photographer: Tim Griffith Date: December TG031 View of South Elevation Green textures and surfaces extend along the entire height of the building. Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall Date: September PBH075 Landscaped Surfaces 111PBH044 Viewed from above, the vertical walls, elevated gardens, environmental deck and ground level gardens form layered green surfaces. Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall

44 Document G 3504.SIN Date: October 2007 Sky Garden 111TG047 Elevated gardens create delight at lift lobbies, turning the wait for the lift in the rush to work into a brief contact with fresh air, trees and sky. Photographer: Tim Griffith Date: December 2007 Sky Garden 111PBH092 Elevated gardens create delight at lift lobbies, turning the wait for the lift in the rush to work into a brief contact with fresh air, trees and sky. Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall Date: September 2008 Green Wall Creeper screens on a100m high wall create visual delight, absorb sunlight and carbon and create oxygen in a dense environment. 111PBH074 Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall Date: September 2008

45 Document G 3504.SIN Sky Garden 111PBH100 Elevated relief space brings greenery closer to high-rise occupant and allows for chance communal interaction between residents. Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall Date: September 2008 Cantilevered Sky Garden 111PBH099 Protruding gardens afford expansive views of the city foregrounded by greenery. Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall Date: September 2008 Façade Detail An enveloping pattern of textured panels sheaths the building planes. Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall 111PBH091 Date: September 2008

46 Document G 3504.SIN Entrance Drop-off An enveloping pattern of textured panels sheaths the building planes. Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall 111PBH077 Date: September 2008 Entrance Drop-off An enveloping pattern of textured panels sheaths the building planes. Photographer: Tim Griffith Date: December TG049 Entrance Forecourt 111PBH105 Lush greenery along site perimeter dissolves the building boundary and affords a green introduction to the development. Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall Date: September 2008

47 Document G 3504.SIN Car Park Podium Staggered walls that mimic the wall patterns ventilate the car park block. Photographer: Tim Griffith Date: December TG022 Environmental Deck The 25m swimming pool is set amidst lush greenery and elevated above street level bustle. Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall 111PBH097 Date: September 2008 Elevated Communal Facilities 111TG028 Facilities are elevated above the busy ground level with borrowed greenery from mature raintrees at the site periphery. Photographer: Tim Griffith Date: December 2007

48 Document G 3504.SIN Sunshade Detail Repetitive sunshading screens of angled mesh prevents insolation while permitting visual connection to ground. Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall Date: January PBH109 Apartment Interior 111TG038 The indoor living area extends onto a shaded outdoor balcony with views of distant nature reserves. Photographer: Tim Griffith Date: December 2007 Apartment Interior NEWTON The indoor living area extends onto a shaded outdoor balcony with views of distant nature reserves. Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall Date: June 2009

49 Document G 3504.SIN Unit Interior NEWTON Living areas spill out to a generous outdoor balcony that blurs the indoor-outdoor boundary and promotes high-rise living with less dependence on artificial cooling. Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall Date: June 2009 Penthouse Pool Deck Lifestyle facilities with a 12m lap pool, landscaping and daybeds crown the highest residential unit of the development where panoramic views of the nature reserves of Singapore can be enjoyed. Photographer: Patrick Bingham-Hall NEWTON PENTHOUSE 9-09 PBH 028 Date: September 2009