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CONTENTS Vision
2
Site Plan
3
The Building
4
Environment
6
Sustainability
8
Gallery
12
2 VISION
Pleasant and Harmonious Environment A significant portion of the site is dedicated to open space filled with trees, plants and paving – helping to create a pleasant external environment for the public.
Blend Inside and Outside Exits on all sides of the building along with a glass facade helps bring the external environment inside the building and blur the boundary between the structure itself and the landscaping surrounding it.
Integrate Commercial Businesses Bringing together retail stores, service businesses and office blocks along with a rich food court into one shared space.
Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Promoting sustainability and energy efficient solutions such as solar power, LED lighting and water collection to help preserve the environment as well as reduce the running costs of the building.
Modern Facade Introduce a contemporary external facade by using modern architectural elements in the building design and surrounding landscape
SITE PLAN 3
60%
FOOTPRINT
Since the building’s footprint only takes up 60% of the site area - the same as most residential estates, it allows the building and its environment to feel more open, habitable and pleasant.
4 THE BUILDING
Shopping District Two floors of countless retail stores and boutiques, all displaying a variety of products to suit the customer’s needs and wants. Spread across the retail section will be stores selling clothes, electronics, white goods, furniture and much, much more.
THE BUILDING 5 Commercial Space Above the retail precinct, lies 8 floors of customisable commercial space. Each floor has conference rooms, meeting halls and lounges with state of the art technology as well as dedicated spaces with partitioning systems which allow for custom sized office rooms and spaces.
Food Court At the back of the building, on the ground floor, is a food court offering a rich variety of cuisines from all around the world. This area opens up to the massive courtyard allowing patrons to enjoy their delicious meals outside under the shade.
6 ENVIRONMENT Surrounding the building is a spacious courtyard – accessible from all sides of the building, helping to integrate the solid materials of architecture with the softness of nature.
Seating Embedded within this peaceful environment are large square benches, each decorated with a tree, allowing people to sit and relax in the shade, during their busy workday. To help promote good waste management, each square bench has a brightly coloured recycling and general waste bin – making them more visible and easily accessible.
ENVIRONMENT 7
Fish Tanks At the back lies two large fish tanks - which were added for both visual entertainment as well as a symbol for the important role water and aquatic life plays for humans as well as Earth’s ecosystem.
Flooring Bricks laid out in a herringbone pattern line the floor of the courtyard to give it a relaxed, informal and natural appearance while maintaining a sense of modernism. This floor is intertwined with merbau wood decking, grass and hedges to add visual interest while embracing the use of natural sustainable materials.
SUSTAINABILITY To promote a green future and reduce the impacts of climate change caused by unsustainable practices, this building incorporates multiple sustainable equipment such as solar panels, water collection, efficient lighting and double glazed windows.
Most of the building’s energy needs are supplied through the solar panels on the roof. There are 6 sets of mobile solar panels which have the capability of automatically tracking the sun through the sky – allowing the solar panels to be as efficient as possible during the day time. If there is excess generation of energy – it is stored in a high-grade battery underneath the building for future use. Once the battery capacity is full, the excess energy generated is fed back into the power grid.
Rainwater is collected on the sloping roof and is stored in large underground water tanks through channels that runs through the building from the roof. The stored water is electronically distributed to plants, trees, grass and hedges as well as to the grey water supply system. Collected water is diverted to the public drainage system when the water tanks are full.
All lighting used in and around the building is powered by LED (light emitting diode) technology. To maximise the efficiency of outdoor lighting, all outdoor lights are controlled by multiple photodiode controllers to ensure that artificial lighting is on only when it is required. Internal lighting operates in a similar fashion – they are also controlled by several photodiode sensors and help increase and decrease the brightness of different lighting groups to ensure the optimal lighting conditions are maintained.
All external windows are tinted and double-glazed to help reduce thermal conductivity between the inside and outside environments. As a result, there is a reduction of heating and cooling costs and helps the climate control system maintain an optimal temperature throughout the day and into the night.
10 SUSTAINABILITY
W A T E R Water flows underneath the elevated solar panels down the inclined roof into the collecting bays.
S O L A R Solar panels are able to track the sun by pivoting fowards, backwards and side to side through independant hydraulic pumps. Red - solar panel movement Yellow - sunlight Green - electricity transfer
12 GALLERY
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