Ingenhoven Architects
Ingenhoven Architects http://www.ingenhovenarchitects.com/projects/more-projects/marina-one-singapore/description "Marina One", a high density, mixed-use building complex in the heart of Singapore's new Marina Bay financial district, complements the Urban Redevelopment Authority 's (URA) vision of making Singapore a "City in a Garden". Marina One is green in both a literal and performative sense. Flanked by two large urban Parks, it comprises two office towers, two residential towers and a retail podium set around lush greenery. While the outer face of the four towers strictly follows the city grid, the maximised inner space is a free-formed three-dimensional biodiversity garden. This "Green Heart" will be the largest public Plaza in The Central Business District. Openings between the high rises, sky gardens in-between the podium, the elevated towers, as well as the shape itself, improve the air flow and create a comfortable microcli...