C L I M AT E + T E R R I T O R Y R es o r t Si n gapura / Lim Chu Kang B .A . ( A rc h ) 3 / Sem est er 1 / AY 20 16 /17
FOREWORD by Chang Jiat Hwee
What does it mean to design a resort in one of the last few remaining rural sites in Singapore? How should the architecture respond to the natural conditions and processes of the site? How would it shape the visitors and users’ ex perience of these natural conditions and pro cesses? These are some of the questions that students in the three Climate + Territory studios have to grapple with in the past semester. Given a fairly open brief to design a resort – including framing what sort of resort it should be, and how it should address the site’s ecological and climatic conditions – in the Lim Chu Kang area, the students were first methodically guided through a series of site, typological and climatic studies. From these studies, the students came up with different approaches to designing the resort in Lim Chu Kang. The following pages give us a brief overview of the students’ approaches and the outcomes of their semester-long processes.
CONTENTS
Amanda Mo Akar Resort
Rachel Chan The Edge Effect
Joan Chua Reconnecting Urbanites
Iskandar Zulkarnain The Coastal Edge
Jiang Xue Project Title
Do Hee Lee Farm to the Table
Nur Syarafina Kamsani Mana Eco Village
Kangmin Shin Visitay Centre / Resort
Songyu Yang The Forest
Chao Qin Yong The Dawdle Resort
ECO L O G I CAL LOOP Studio CJH proposed a masterplan consisting of an Ecological Link and a Cycling Link. Prior to the relocation of agicultural land, the Ecological Link was introduced to Lim Chu Kang with the intention of forming a loop joining the green patches and nature reserves in order to conserve the existing green tissues and natural biodiversities on the site. After undergoing redevelopment, the Ecological Link will act as a boundary segregating the military zones from agricultural zones, while retaining the valuable biodiversity of Lim Chu Kang. Meanwhile, the C ycling Link aims to improve accessibility between Neo Tiew Road and Lim Chu Kang road to form a network branching out into farms and nearby attractions. This proposal ensures that the new cycling routes are linked with the public transportation networks, in conjunction with the future island routes from Singapore’s 2030 Masterplan.
A K A R R ES ORT The resort is designed as a space which allows nature to take back a man-altered space. by using the roots of indigenous trees planted around the resort, urban soil is revitalised over time, becoming forest soil and allowing vegetation to increase in density. over time, the man-made resort transforms into a small forest, where plants become the negotiator of space, boundaries and privacy. guests will be able to experience the quiet power of nature and learn its importance in our world today.
Resort Plan
Resort Render
Reception Perspective
Dining Perspective
Villa Perspective
Reception Plan
Dining Plan
Entrance View
Villa Plan
Villa Section
Reception Courtyard
Villa Front View
Villa Model
Resort over time
5 Years
10 Years
15 Years
T H E ED G E E FFE C T The Edge Effect is a resort cum education centre which is open to both the public and stay-in guests.The resort seeks to teach visitors about the principles of Ecological Literacy. The strategy is to reflect principles of Ecological Literacy by using permaculture design principles as a model of a sustainable ecological community which respects natural systems while being productive for human use. The central design principle adopted is that of mediating edges, a concept taken from permaculture design. Edges are created by winding the layout of the paths and main buildings through the existing nature.
Process Drawings
Process Models
Site Studies: Hydrology
Site Plan
Plan
Section
Section
Villa Plan
Villa Section
Section
R ECO N N ECTI NG URBANI T E S Located in the north-western region of Singapore, the proposed resort is designed to reconnect urbanites to the slow food movement through a therapeutic stay back in the suburban area of Lim Chu Kang. The linear program belt responds to the eco-link on site while surrounding the anerobic digestor located in the core of the resort. Designed to achieve a deep setting, the play of visual permeability links the spatial connection between farm to table with the use of shear walls, concrete louvres and glass; opening up views adjacently while lightening the space. Breathing spaces in the form of mini-courtyards are dispersed along the timber boardwalk, navigating users throughout the resort. Designed for the urbanites, this initiative seeks to incorporate the farm to table slow food process into the daily rituals of the urbanites.
Site Location
Gastronomy + Eco-Gastronomy + Eno-Gastronomy
Site @ Lim Chu Kang Lane 03
Site Response Strategies
Overall Plan
Sectional Perspective
Detail Drawing
Taste Workshop
Courtyard Terrace
Refectory
Aerial View
T H E CO A S TAL E DGE The project comprises a boutique resort in Lim Chu Kang; conse rving the existing Cashin house situated along the coast. The design philosophy is driven by site conditions – the dichotomy in spatial experience when transitioning from land to the sea; encountering the dense mangrove vegetation before receiving views of the sea from the Cashin house. These spaces are designed to be poetic in expressing the relationship between architecture as a static, man-made construct and the volatility of the sea tides, as they ebb and flow in recurrence. The resort encapsulates the transient nature of the coastline, while respecting the land and sea that flank this intermediate space.
SECTION EE’ / 1:200
SECTION BB’ / 1:200
S E C T I O N A A’ / 1 : 2 0 0
SECTION DD’ / 1:200
SECTION CC’ / 1:200
Interior View (Villa)
Exterior View (Villa)
Resort’s Public Spaces
Villa Section
Exterior View (Villa)
Structural Axonometric (Villa)
N O M A D L I VI NG On a site in Lim Chu Kang which is vast and primitive, my project is to design a resort in which the guests could experience a lifestyle different from the urban environment. The resort is divided into four clusters and each one is composed of small modular u nits. The four clusters scatter around the whole plot of the land and each one takes advantage of a nature condition. Corresponding to this, each cluster has a different way of arrangement for the modular units. The structure of the modular units is to touch the ground lightly.
Waterfront Condition
Waterfront Condition
Pure Vegetation Condition
Entry Condition
Entry Condition
Waterfront Condition
Entry Condition
Waterfront Condition
FA R M I N G T O T HE TABLE This resort is consisted of 12 villas, which can be used with 2 people each. It is located in Lim chu kang, where is rural area of Singapore. Design strategy for the resort is keeping plants close to visitors. Plant wall is surrouding villas and situated between public spaces, which is gym and communal dining area. The communal dining area provides people to stay and cook food by which they harvested from the farming wall. Likewise, this place provides visitors a experience to know thankfulness food by harvesting.
Concrete wall
Steel plate frame
Human dimensions
SCALE : 1/55
MA N A ECO VI LLAGE Lim Chu Kang has seen much changes over the years due to the mass-resettlement and land re-use development policies of the 1980’s. With current farm land leases expiring end 20 19, the marked reduction of farm lands in Lim Chu Kang will be keenly felt. Sungai Buloh, however, continues to remain a pocket of preserved wetland. Sungai Buloh Wetland Reserve boasts as Singapore’s first ASEAN Heritage Park. Rich in biodiversity, the park is recognised as internationally important for migratory birds. This project aims to address the changing genius loci of Lim Chu Kang from agriculture to wildlife conservation through the synergy of agriculture and biodiversity. Mana Eco Resort serves as an ecological stepping stone from the neighbouring Marsh lands towards the nature reserves for wildlife and a yoga retreat for urbanites.
Nature Reserves
Park Connectors
Ecotypes
Ecological Path
Conservation Strategy
Eco Link
Guests
Service
Approach Site Analysis and Design Strategies
Views
Landscape Transition
Activity Levels
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5
2
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1. Drop Off / Reception 2. Service Building 3. Communal Dining 4. Swimming Pool 5. 1 Bedroom Villa 6. 2 Bedroom Villa 7. Yoga Studio
Site Plan
Villa Typology - Typical 1 Bedroom Floor Plan
Design Translation Inspired by the elements of nature and their role in the regeneration of the human’s physical and psychological well-being through yoga. The resort’s architecture reflects the various characteristics of these elements through form and materiality.
PROFILED STAINLESS STEEL CLADDING
Individual villas express the lightness porosity translated by the element of air. A sequence of detached spaces are linked by a ‘breeze-way’ that visually leads the user towards Sungai Kangkar. Spaces are defined by a series of portals and frames to maximise the visual connection to the natural environment.
TEMPERED GLASS ROOF
The interplay of various types of materiality expresses the level of opacity for each of the spaces. Private spaces such as the toilet and the bedroom are defined with concrete screed finish walls to ensure privacy as well as sun shading. The light and porous structure allows for maximum natural ventilation through the villa from the prevailing winds.
TIMBER BATTENS
CEMENT SCREED FLOOR FINISH
PROFILED STAINLESS STEEL CLADDING
TIMBER DECKING BOARDS POWDER COATED ALUMINUM FRAME
TIMBER BATTEN SCREENS
TIMBER BATTEN SCREEN
HOMOGENOUS TILE FINISH
METAL MESH SHEET
REINFORCED WIRE MESH CONCRETE SCREED FINISH
CAST IN PLACE CONCRETE STEEL PROFILED SHEETING
Exploded Structural Diagram
Section of Natural Pool
V I S TAY CE NT RE / RE SORT By reason of restricted spaces and absence of visitor center and rest space, Many visitors don’t go Kranji marshes. So I hope that visitor can see variety of nature and view and stay in kranji marshes. As ‘Nature Reserve’, for protecting nature, I located buildings through locations of tree and designed lifted up buildings. By connecting buildings, visitors can experience restricted nature through trails.
Nature Reserve
Massing Process
SINGAPORE
Project Range - Trunk
LIM CHU KANG
Site Research
KRANJI MARSHES
WET FOREST
KANGKAR RIVER
Master Plan
Axonometric - Moving Line
Detail Construction - Cantilever
Kranji Marshes Plan Scale 1 / 400
Kangkar River Plans Scale 1 / 400
Wet Forest Plans Scale 1 / 400
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A’
Section A-A
Elevation
Rendering Image
Rendering Image - Bird’s Eye View
Model Photos
T H E F O R E ST The Forest provides a intermediate stop point along the long road of Kranji Marshes. The design uses strategies of camouflaging and layeings to connect the main road with water pipes inside the forest which allows visitors to experience another type of nature in Kranji Marshes. 3 layers are used to create a diagonal circulation into the central space. The manipulation of layers of vegetation, screen, glass and wall result in mul tiple visual stop points. All spaces are covered with vegetation to correspond with the free and random experience in a forest.
Site Plan
Kranji Marshes Ecology
Site Section
Central Space
Yoga Room
Birds Watch
Site Plan
Section A-A
Structur al Frame
North Elevation
South Elevation
Section B-B
T H E D AW D LE RE SORT Being one of the most modernised city in the world, Singapore moves at a rapid pace for one to rejuvenate. The resort located in Lim Chu Kang serves as Singapore’s very own country side, offering an exper ience away from the metropolitan city. The Design revolving around cycling sets as the main mode of transport that response to the issue of inaccessibility by public transport or by foot. With the bicycle becoming an alternative mode to travel into the farm sites and nature parks, it enhances the visitor’s experience as they venture around discovering hidden gems along their journey.
Final Model
Site Studies (Lim Chu Kang) Accessibility Cycling Route Green Tissue Wat e r Body
Ground Level Floor Plan
Pa rt S ection Detail Bicycl e Hub (Natural Ventilated Space)
Roof Plan
Basement Plan
Section A-A
Villa Plan (Type B)
Villa Section