Vivocity, Singapore
-designed by Toyo Ito, developed by MapleTree-
After being fed with endless recent architecture in Singapore that revolves around glazing and glass on facades, to be presented with Vivocity’s architecture is actually a pretty cool breath of fresh air. While the majority of the public cried concerns about maintaining the facades of the mall with Singapore being humid & in the tropics, somehow, since its’ inception in 2006, the concrete & rendered facade of Vivocity still maintained its vivacity, and obviously, still catches the eye.
The architecture of Vivocity is art. It appeals to the visual senses above everything else, and that is the whole point of this Ornamental Ants design studio isn’t it?
Vivocity is one of Singapore’s largest shopping mall, and has been a hit not only with the locals for its variety of tenants, but tourists as well, who takes the time to indulge in some of Singapore’s architecture.
As the photographer of the above picture said,
“After decades of architects trying to perfect the glass box it is great to see them experiment with more sensuously curved shape options …”
Agreed.
Another image of the facade.
The sky-park of Vivocity boasts a shallow public pool - huge hit with young families.
Another view of the sky-park of Vivocity.
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It is with great interest that the city lounge conceptual idea that I discussed during the last tutorial is actually reflected in the sky-park of Vivocity. Considering the space constraint that this mall was built on, I should be able to keep this development in mind, when applying sustainable concepts into my Project 1B, by possibly, building vertically. As our site is fronting the Brisbane River, like Southbank, it could be slated to be developed as yet another iconic landmark for work, live and play, while still being able to maintain the essence of the heritage of the wharves and natural cliff siting.
- Hana
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