SINGAPORE’S GREEN BUILDINGS ON SHOW

The Times Weekend Magazine 2018 15-17 June: <<THE BUILDINGS ON these two pages may be familiar for their
eye-catching designs, but they are also shining examples of green
architecture in Singapore. Look closely at these high-rise structures
and you will see pockets of green by way of public spaces, extensive
sky terraces, sky bridges, vertical parks, roof gardens and more.
These are qualities that led Future Cities Laboratory (FCL) to
pick them to represent Singapore in its exhibition Dense and Green
Building Typologies: Architecture as Urban Ecosystem, currently
on show at the Venice Biennale for architecture.
FCL, together with the Singapore University of Design and Technology
(SUTD), helms a research project to develop design strategies
for high-density urban living. Much of its research therefore
takes into account how nature and greenery in the city landscape
have positive social and economic benefits.
Says the project’s principal investigator, Dr Thomas Schroepfer,
from SUTD. “This way, we can better develop strategies for the
built environment to enhance sustainability and make cities much
more liveable.”
Adds co-principal investigator, Prof Sacha Menz from ETH
Zurich, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich: “Green
buildings are very quickly becoming the new norm in densely-built
Singapore. The concerted effort and speed at which this is happening
is still unheard-of in other parts of the world and we think it is
important to bring these green buildings and the ideas behind them
to the world stage>>