House EDEN is 104.5 meters high, but there are only 20 apartments, one per floor. Such dimensions are due to the fact that the very first residential floor is placed at a level of 27 m, so that residents there can also admire the views. These views were a special concern of the architects: the spectacular perspectives on each tier were studied in advance with the help of drones and, depending on this, the tower was oriented to the cardinal points. However, the residential floors still end at a height of about 90 m, and the remaining fifteen are “no filling” facades.
Heatherwick Studio found its inspiration in 19th-century Singaporean villas: these colonial buildings were surrounded by lush gardens, which in a multi-story building can only be achieved on the first few floors. Therefore, the architects "raised" the garden higher (which, it should be mentioned, has long been practicing local
bureau WOHA). For this, the workshop of Thomas Heatherwick used balconies-shells, from which tropical plants seem to spill out, and over time, their shoots will braid the facades even more strongly.
These landscaped balconies hide the glazing behind them, protecting it and the interior from sunlight and heat. And behind the glazing is the main space of each apartment-floor - a vast living area that each owner can furnish and use as he wishes. It is central to where the service core usually resides. In the case of EDEN, stairs, elevators, bathrooms, as well as bedrooms are located along the perimeter, behind concrete facades cut through only by narrow windows. This solution also protects the occupants from the heat. The textured concrete surface at EDEN is based on digital analysis of the relief of Singapore, and the color is chosen from hundreds of shades of dark red, purple and brown. The criterion was a natural look in the bright sun.
Naturalness is generally important for this project: the architects chose Jurassic limestone panels with fossils for the interiors, herringbone parquet in apartments with knots, slate lined with the same herringbone on the balconies - with an uneven organic surface. Chestnut wood entrance doors imitate the "topographic" texture of the facades.
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zooming 1/3 Residential complex EDEN Photo © Hufton + Crow
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Only the black granite of the entrance corridor-gorge (1.5 m wide, more than 15 m high), leading to the lobby with 18 m ceilings, and polished to the "precious" surface quality of the concrete of the balconies, cast according to the technology invented by the architects, can boast of smoothness.
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zooming 1/10 EDEN Residential Complex © Heatherwick Studio
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zooming 4/10 EDEN Residential Complex © Heatherwick Studio
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zooming 5/10 EDEN Residential Complex © Heatherwick Studio
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zooming 8/10 EDEN Residential Complex © Heatherwick Studio
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zooming 9/10 EDEN Residential Complex © Heatherwick Studio
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zooming 10/10 Colonial era villa in Singapore © Heatherwick Studio
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zooming 1/4 EDEN Residential Complex © Heatherwick Studio
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zooming 2/4 EDEN Residential Complex © Heatherwick Studio
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