BIG and Carlo Ratti Associati complete garden-filled CapitaSpring skyscraper in Singapore
Architecture studios BIG and Carlo Ratti Associati have completed a 280-metre-tall skyscraper in Singapore designed to offer visitors a "seamless transition between the garden and the city".
Located at the heart of Singapore's financial district, the 51-storey mixed-use CapitaSpring building incorporates large pockets of greenery that are framed by sculptural facade openings.
BIG and Carlo Ratti Associati have completed the CapitaSpring skyscraper in Singapore
It was designed by Danish studio BIG and Italian firm Carlo Ratti Associati on a site containing a public car park and hawker centre ? a type of open-air market that is commonly used to sell cooked food.
Inside there is a mix of restaurants and office spaces, alongside serviced apartments, a replacement hawker centre and a series of gardens that aim to bring nature to the city. The tower is 280 metres tall
"CapitaSpring is like a vision of a future in which city and countryside, culture and nature can coexist, and urban landscapes can expand unrestricted into the vertical dimension," said BIG's founder Bjarke Ingels.
"In our design, this manifests as a seamless transition between the garden and the city, articulated in the facades and a series of lush spiraling gardens connecting between various programs and filled with amenities representing a spectrum of use," added the studio's partner in charge Brian Yang.
Greenery inside is framed by facade openings
The 93,000-square-metre CapitaSpri...
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