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OMA released the pictures of Ole Scheeren’s new design, The Interlace, a large-scale complex of thirty one blocks in stacked hexagonal configurations. Developed by CapitaLand and Hotel Properties Limited, The Interface claims to be a new residential typology for Singapore, through communal spaces and the feeling of interconnectedness.
The architecture of Singapore is marked by isolated vertical buildings. However, as Koolhaas says, Bigness generates its own logic. Ole Scheeren, partner of OMA, followed such a logic in The Interlace: “The design addresses concerns of shared space and social needs in a contemporary society and simultaneously responds to issues of shared living and individuality by offering a multiplicity of indoor/outdoor spaces specific to the tropical context.”
OMA, Office for Metropolitan Architecture, has a unique approach towards urban design. Instead of denial of complexity, lack of control, opposition, contradiction, and bigness, they declare them as the key to their projects. The tabula rasa, the void, the grid, and contingency are acknowledged as the new instruments of urban architecture, and are throughly conceptualized in The Interlace Residential Complex for Singapore.
The Interlace incorporates sustainability features through careful environmental analysis of sun, wind, and micro-climate conditions on site and the integration of low-impact passive energy strategies. Water bodies have been placed within wind corridors for evaporative cooling.OMA released the pictures of Ole Scheeren’s new design, The Interlace, a... more
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Urban architects in Madrid, Spain have created huge technological trees to battle the city's hot, dry summers. Armed with solar panels, water vaporizers and even seating for concerts, these 4 story-tall artificial trees could be a part of the future for cities worldwide.Urban architects in Madrid, Spain have created huge technological trees to battle the... more
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