SKY HAB I TA T , Singapore
About: Concept: Sky Bridges:
-Architects: Safdie Architects
-Area: 1,30,000 sq.ft
-Location: Singapore
-Year: 2015
-Property type: Residential
-Number of units: 509
-Height: 131M (two 38 storey towers)
-Landscape Architects: COEN + Partners, USA
-Client: Capital Land Step 1: Defining two vertical towers. Step 2: Perforated in large openings
for cross ventilation and light.
-Three bridges connect the two towers at different levels
that also create comuunity interactive spaces.
-They support communal gardens and swimming pools.
-They help maintain porosity and openness of the Sky
Habitat.
Step 3: Creating a staircase like exte- Step 4: Connected the towers using -They contain gardens and terraces to aid public recre-
rior form to create open balconies. bridges that act as community spaces. ation and congregation for interactions.
Planning: Landscape:
-The site was organised to place two 38-story, 140 meter twin towers, arranged diagonally and staggered from one another to maximize unobstructed north-south
views for all the units.
Sky-habitat is a thirty-eight storied residential complex that towers high from Bis-
han, a residential area of suburban Singapore. Though this residential develop- -The building landscape design features a variety of tropical planting.
ment probes the expressions and socialism of the neighborhood as a society with- -The two pools are beautifully with palm trees.
in a high-density living, It dramatizes green pockets of landscape and gardens to -The spaces are designed to interweave interior and exterior spaces.
help warm sun-rays play with light.
Facade Design:
Site Plan Section
-The core principles of the
project are generic: to pro-
vide air and light, to provide
windows that do not over-
look neighbors, and to pro-
vide spaces for both indoor
and outdoor living.
-The 20 sq.m terraces are
more like outdoor rooms,
Objectives: fully furnishable
enough to fit a tree.
large
-The design breif requested true family living, designed not for the luxury market, -The complex has swimming
but for middle and upper middle income families. pools, playgrounds, gardens
-The objectives of the design were: and conjoint spaces for pub-
1. Maximize exterior space for unit owners. lic parties and events. These
2. Maximize indoor and outdoor spaces for community use. steps supply light and air to
3. Maximize cross ventilation and natural daylight. every level, making the spac-
4. Maximize multiple exposures and unblocked views to the exterior. es lively. -The facade design of the building is with the play of balconies.
-A wide range of unit sizes was requested, ranging from 63 sq.m to 279 sq.m, and -The strongest visual feature Stepped Terrace exterior 1bhk unit 3bhk unit -The balconies are alternatively placed creating a double height space.
with a target unit count of 500-550 apartments. The total gross floor area is 58,786 of the building is the stepped -The custom made railing is an aluminium egg-crate, providing privacy while allowing
sq.m. elevation of the towers. air to flow through.
