New Collaborations Safdie Architects and Studio Gang Architects
Bishan Residential Project Design Is Unveiled
Coen + Partners has been working closely with the Boston and Singapore Offices of Safdie Architects on a new Residential Tower in Singapore. Located in the centrally located Bishan residential neighborhood, the project provides a number of amenities for residents, including lap, leisure, kids and roof top pools, a water wall, reflection gardens, as well as three bridging ‘sky gardens’ connecting the two towers.
Many of the towers’ residents will have good views of lush Bishan Park below. At ground level, 75 percent of the site’s area will be developed into gardens, outdoor “garden rooms,” swimming pools, and walking paths.
“While providing great quality of life, mitigating a sense of density, and maximizing contact with nature, the complex also results in a village-like clustering of residential units, echoing hillside developments and the integration of architecture and plant life into a singular experience,” said Moshe Safdie, whose firm, Safdie Architects, is based in Boston and also has offices in Jerusalem, Toronto, Singapore, and Shanghai.
Design of the project is in progress, as is development. Sales are targeted for the first half of 2012, and first occupancy is expected in 2015.
View the YouTube video of the design here.
Bishan Residential Development – Images Courtesy of Safdie Architects/Capitaland
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Additionally, Coen + Partners recently kicked off the Conceptual Design Phase for a new Writers’ Theatre building on their current site in downtown Glencoe, Illinois, a North Shore Suburb of Chicago, with award winning Studio Gang Architects.
