ARC 3113 TALES OF THREE CITIES PROJECT 2B

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ARC 3113 TALES OF THREE CITIES

MAPPING THE

TOWNSCAPEAN ANALYSIS OF ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE


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SIGNIFICANCE & POETICS

ILLUSTRATION OF

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COLLAGE CITY

CITY OF MULTILAYERS

INDIVIDUAL SELECTION OF

TALES OF

WISH

COMPARISON OF THREE CITITES

INDIVIDUAL STATEMENT


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AREA OF INTEREST

ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE


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URBAN GRID

SURROUNDING SITE

// shows no distinct pattern or uniformity due to the rapidgrowth of the city

ORCHARD ROAD

// features a herringbone pattern with some exceptions

due to addition at different periods


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SOLID & VOID

SOLIDS

// Indicative of positive, dwelling spaces

VOIDS

// Indicative of negative, transitional spaces


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SCALE

HUMANIZING

// Buildings on the right hand side relate well to the humanscale

INTIMIDATING

// Buildings on the left are massive in scale and intimidate

the pedestrian


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CONTINUITY OF

BUILT SPACES

COMPACTNESS

// Built forms are generally compact, especially on thelower part of the figure ground

PERMEABILITY

// Yet despite the compactness there is a strong sense of

permeability with connecting walkways


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TYPOLOGY

LINEAR

// The street acts as the spine, resulting in a strong senseof linearity

ENCLOSED SPACES

// Building footprints show enclosed spaces, particularly

those with large building footprints


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GREENSCAPE

SMALL SCALE

// These are mostly node points that provide shading andsome visual break from the cityscape

LARGE SCALE

// Large scale green spaces act as event spaces, hosting

a multitude of activities of the city


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ACTIVITY

- Orchard Road is known as the

shopping street

- Presence of a large number of

retail outlets and shopping malls

- In larger open spaces, public

gathers


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FORM- General language of Orchard Road is

modern

- Buildings are iconic

- Verticality is emphasized

- Somewhat intimidating


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MOVEMENT

PATTERN- Covered, underground andelevated pedestrian walkways

- Highly accessible as stops are

placed near each other

- Overlapping of multiple transport

networks


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MOVEMENT

PATTERN

- Connectivity is a main feature

- Highly accessible due to

established web of public

transport systems

- Connectivity at vertical levels


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SERIAL

VISION 1

SERIAL

VISION 2


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SOCIAL DIMENSION

SERIAL VISION 1

SOCIAL DIMENSION //


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SOLID TO VOIDTHE EFFECTS ON FAADE ON HUMAN BEHAVIOUR

The density of buildings gradually decrease from

the Koek Rd junction to Cairnhill junction. In thefirst half of the journey, the buildings were dense

and the facades were in close proximity to the

street and walkways. This results in a strong

perception of linearity in the user.

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SOCIAL DIMENSION // SERIAL VISION 1


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Paragon back entrance 313 Somerset

NODES// PEDESTRIANORIENTED ACTIVITY

The street is such that it

encourages the public to spend time

outdoors. With the addition of

activities, the streets become

nodes.



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SHIFT IN MOVEMENT PATTERNFROM LINEAR TO PRESENCE OF MORE NODES AS A RESULT OF

FAADE AND FORMS

In the first half of the serial vision, the reflectiveglass facades and solid structures also creates in

the user a sense of intimidation. As the journey

progresses, more nodes are present, breaking

the monotony of the linear movement that shows

a shift in pedestrian behavior.

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NODES// OPEN SPACES

Places with shelter, be it buildings

or foliage act as nodes as it

becomes a shading device from rain

and shine.



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DISCONNECTIVITY TO CONNECTIVITYHOW LINEARITY AND NODES AFFECT THE LEVELS OF

ENGAGEMENT

It is seen that linearity promotes movement at a

pace that is unsuitable for engagement with the

surroundings, and this pace is observed by the

vast majority. With node points however, dwelling

is encouraged and these nodes act as collection

points, enhancing the relationship between the

pedestrian and their surroundings.

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CONNECTIVITY

The large open spaces are nodes

as they act as event spaces that

attract a crowd. This creates arelationship between the public and

the site, resulting in successful

placemaking.

DISCONNECTIVITY

The proximity of the faade

planes to the pedestrian

walkway promotes linearity,resulting in a disengagement

with the the pedestrian and

the site.


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VISUAL DIMENSION

SERIAL VISION 2

VISUAL DIMENSION // SERIAL VISION 2


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CHANGE IN GEOMETRYLEAVES STRONGER MEMORY

RESULTS IN A STATE OF CALM

Heading towards the direction of Ngee Ann City

and Starhill, the element of symmetry becomesmore and more apparent. The language of

symmetry registers in the mind a vision of

wholeness and balance, resulting in a feeling of

ease in the viewer.

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IRREGULAR GEOMETRY

Extreme forms were noted on some of

the buildings. The intentional use of

irregular geometries make the buildingstand out as it seems to defy all site

context. The lack of symmetry while

slighting disorienting, is nonetheless

an attraction point.

SYMMETRICAL

Symmetry in form was prominent

especially in the older buildings.

The formal, orderly layout of these

buildings lend a sense of harmony

to the perceiver.



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CONTRAST IN FACADEEVOKES DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ENGAGEMENT WITH

SURROUNDINGS

Along Orchard Road, there is a play of opaque

and reflective surfaces that cause differentlevels of engagement with the surroundings. On

one hand there are the solid structures, bulky

and cold. On the other, there are the glass

curtain walls that reflect both the buildings and

the pedestrian movements on the streets.

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NGEE ANN CITY

Solid & bulky structure

ATRIA TOWER

Opaque &

Reflective structureWISMA ATRIA

Organic & Irregularity Pattern



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MULTIPLICITY TO SINGULAR POINTFROM CLUTTERED VISION TO A SINGLE FOCAL POINT

As we progress down the street, the most

evident is the shift in vision. The user

experiences a distracted mind in the beginningof the journey, the distractions are gradually

reduced by a strong finishing element ION

Orchard, in this scenario, that pulls all attention

on itself such that the surrounding noise is no

longer relevant.

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TRANSITIONTURN

90 deg turn

documents the

transition point of the

serial vision as it endswith the dominant

figure of ION Orchard.

OPEN SPACE

The large open space in front of the building act as

a buffer as well as a node. The empty space also

frames the building, creating focus. This is where

the multiplicity of views is removed of clutter.

C C O O S O O


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SOCIAL DIMENSIONSERIAL VISION 1

VISUAL DIMENSIONSERIAL VISION 2

DISCONNECTIVITY

CONNECTIVITY

MULTIPLICITY

FOCAL POINT

CHARACTERIZATION OF ILLUSTRATION OF


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SOLID & VOID

OPEN SPACE

FRAMED HORIZONTALITYFLEXIBLE FACADE

NODES OF FOCUS

FIVE-FOOT WAY

SCALEMOVEMENT PATTERN

BUILDING FOOTPRINT

CONNECTIVITY

COLLAGESOF THE CITY

AT A GLIMPSE


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SOLID & VOIDThe voids between the solids enhance

permeability, creating an alternative path for the

user to weave around the buildings

Causes free flowing movement/ flexibility

SOLID

VOID


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MOVEMENT

PATTERNS

// Coarse grain buildings limit the variety of

angles for users when exploring the area

// Fine grain buildings forces the pedestrian to

circulate in an orderly manner

From Orchard Central to ION there are a range

of multiple to limited choices.

All these are accessible

VEHICLE CIRCULATION

PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION


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SCALE

URBAN

// Large buildings, grand in nature

(Eg: ION Orchard, Sommerset)

INTERMEDIATE

// Smaller building types (Eg: Courts)

INTIMATE

// Smaller building types (Eg: shophouses etc)

INTIMATE SCALE

INTERMEDIATE SCALE

URBAN SCALE


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NODES OF FOCUS

FACTORS :

(1) Quantities and size of public realm

(2) Presence of underpass across street

Coarse grain// singular entity to attract users,

distorting fine grain

Fine grain // Organic pockets of attraction

NODES


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FIVE-FOOT WALKWAY

ADAPTABILITY

// Increases from east to west

FUNCTION

// provides shading for pedestrians

SIZE

// varies according to building

5-FOOT WALKWAY


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BUILDING FOOTPRINTFRAGMENTED

// Built form consists of tiny massing

SINGULAR

// Built form consists of one unit of massing

SINGULAR MASSING

FRAGMENTED MASSING

HIGH DENSITY


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FLEXIBLE FAADE

HIGH DENSITY

// Built forms are packed together, increasing the

gross floor area along the road

MEDIUM DENSITY

// Built form are less packed

LOW DENSITY

// Built form located away from each other, visualizing

greater accessibility and permeability to the users

All constitutes visual density

HIGH DENSITY

MEDIUM DENSITY

LOW DENSITY

INTIMATE SCALE


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FRAMED HORIZONTALITY

INTIMATE SCALE

// East end of street. Line of horizontality does not vary

much and remains on the same scale.

URBAN SCALE

// West end of street. Line of horizontality varies and

are on a larger scale

INTIMATE SCALE

INTERMEDIATE SCALE

URBAN SCALE

OPEN SPACES


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OPEN SPACES

EASTERN END

// Buildings are dynamic; circulation (pedestrian)

become static

WESTERN END

// Circulation (pedestrian) become dynamic; buildings

become static

OPEN SPACES

UNDERPASSES


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CONNECTIVITY

UNDERGROUND

// Underpasses connect buildings to MRT stations

STREET LEVEL

// Network of covered pedestrian walkways

ELEVATED LEVEL

// Sky bridges connect the buildings at multiple levels

ontributes to multilayering of the city

UNDERPASSES

SKY BRIDGES


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ADAPTABILITY

PERCEPTIBILITY

LEGIBILITY

CONNECTIVITY

ACCESIBILITY



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L YER DESCRIPTION T NGIBLE INT NGIBLE


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TYPOLOGIE

S

INFLUENCE INFLUENCE

SOLID & VOID CAUSES FLEXIBLE

MOVEMENT

- SOLIDS : EXISTS ON

VARIOUS SCALES

- VOIDS : MOVEMENTINDUCED BY PATHWAYS

- BIGGER FORMS

INTIMIDATE

- VOIDS PROMOTE FEELINGOF EXPLORATION

MOVEMENT

PATTERN

HIGHLIY

ACCESSIBLE

ESTABLISHED NETWORK

OF MOVEMENT

- EASE OF TRAVELLING

- PROMOTES A SENSE OF

EASE

SCALE MIX OF URBAN,INTERMEDIATE

AND INTIMATE

SCALES

SIZE, FAADE AND USEOF GEOMETRY - URBAN SCALEINTIMIDATES BUT ATTRACT

- INTIMATE SCALE HUMBLE

AND UNDERSTATED

NODES OF

FOCUS

AFFECTED BY

PRESENCE OF

PUBLIC REALM

- PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED

ACTIVITIES

- OPEN SPACES

- POA NODES PROMOTES

ENGAGEMENT WITH

BUILDINGS- OPEN SPACE NODES

WITH SURROUNDINGS

FIVE-FOOT WAY INCREASES IN SIZE

AND ADAPTABILITY

ACROSS STREET

BUILDING SETBACK

INFLUENCES

PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS

- NARROW WALKWAYS

CAUSE PURE MOVEMENT

- WIDER WALKWAY

PROMOTE DWELLING

L YER DESCRIPTION T NGIBLE INT NGIBLE


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TYPOLOGIE

S

INFLUENCE INFLUENCE

BUILDING

FOOTPRINT

VARIES FROM

SINGULAR UNIT OF

MASSING TOFRAGMENTED

- SINGLE UNITS ARE

MASSIVE BLOCKS

- FRAGMENTED ARESMALLER CLUSTERS

STATELY AND GRAND BUT

INTIMIDATING

ENGAGING ANDAPPROACHABLE

FLEXIBLE

FACADE

VISUAL DENSITY

RESULTING FROM

MULTIPLE

ELEMENTS

- FACADES VARY IN

PROXIMITY TO EACH

OTHER

- OPEN SPACES

AFFECTED

ACCORDINGLY

FACADES CLOSE TOGETHER

RESULT IN FEELING OF

TIGHTNESS

GENERALLY CAUSES

DISENGAGEMENT WITH

SURROUNDINGS

FRAMED

HORIZONTALITY

CHANGE FROM

INTIMATE TO

INTIMIDATING

LINE OF HORIZONTALITY

RESULTING FROM

BUILDING HEIGHT AND

SIZE

FEELING OF EAST WITH

INTIMATE SCALES

THE LATTER LEAVES A

STRONG IMPRESSIONGREEN SPACE DYNAMIC

GROWTH FROM

EAST TO WEST OF

STREET

- EAST: BUILDINGS ARE

DYNAMIC

- WEST: OPEN SPACES

ARE DYNAMIC

DISCONNECTIVITY TO

SURROUNDINGS

OPEN SPACE PROMOTE

ENGAGEMENT

CONNECTIVITY MULTILEVEL

CONNECTION

- SEAMLESS

CONNECTIVITY AT ALL

- PROVIDES SENSE OF

CALMNESS AND EASE


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ORCHARD ROAD showcases a city that is

a combination of multiple layers, each

overlaying on the previous, forming a

complex entity of social, visual and

functional dimensions.

The multiple layers serve not to highlight

the similarities or differences, rather, offer a

glimpse into the complex body of a city. It

aims to show the linkage between all thelayers, how one is linked to the next, all

contributing to a greater whole.

CITY OF MULTILAYERSCOLLAGE CITY



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FORMSFIGURE GROUND

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SINGAPORE

HONG KONG

MANHATTAN


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Tangible Singapore Hong Kong Manhattan

Built Form - A garden city which

emphasizes on large

open spaces,

landscapes and

greeneries

- Concentrated city

without street grid

- Buildings shaped like

tower blocks

-Building blocks

arranged according to

the grid system

- Grid lines are

perpendicular to one

another

Activity - Informal trading

- Diversity

Movement

Pattern

- Easy to move from

one place to another

- Large and wide

pedestrian walkway

- Narrow pedestrian

walkway

- Division between the

vehicle circulation and

pedestrian walk with

flyovers etc

I t ibl Si H K M h tt


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Intangible Singapore Hong Kong Manhattan

Social Dimension - Limited public

expression and

personal freedom

- Organized planning

in terms politics,

economy and social

- Mix use of the

space for different

activities to display

the city

characteristics

- Combining work

and living spaces

- Quick changing and

adapting to new

demands and

environments

- Competing among

each other

Visual Dimension - The blending

between the nature

and the built

environment

-Compact in nature.

Streets are tight with

buildings built to the

edge of their

boundaries.

-Lack of open public

spaces

- Orientation of the

street is related to

focus on certain

views

- Iconic skyline and

architecture is

displayed at

different point of

junction


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Intangible Singapore Hong Kong Manhattan

Morphological

Dimension

- Blocks built on grid

line to follow the city

planning

- Compact living due

to continuous

vertical building

- High rise and

vertical built form

- No existing grid

system

- Horizontal and

vertical grid system

enhances the

circulation

- Highly accessible

from one point to

another

Temporal Dimension - History and culture

are still preserved

well and classified as

part of the heritage

- Mixture betweentraditional and

modernity

- Lost of heritage

buildings due to the

rapid construction of

high rise buildings

- Onate building

detail and grand

boulevard

- Public spaces and

plaza at the middleof the city



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DAVID

My favorite city will be Manhattan. I am so fascinated by the buildings in Manhattan. The

colors, the forms and the design of the buildings are like celebrating the life of the city and

injecting energies to the city and make the whole city comes alive. The skyscrapers inManhattan has shaped the city skyline. I believe every city has its own distinctive skyline

but the Manhattan will be the one which will not be forgotten by anyone. As the Manhattans

skyline is show the life of the city and it is like a dream place that everyone wants to go and

a place where a dream start from. It is place where everyone will remember and eventually

in love with it.

GEORGIUS

Singapore has succesfully express her love and servitude to its people in its

own way. Though singapore is known for being a small country, it doesn't

stop serving its people which consisted users from different enthnic andcultural backgrounds, at its best without comprimising any small details of

architectural element in its design. Yet from it, singapore has came out with

a very unique style architecture that celebrated every particular elements in

it. When they say architecture is the canvas or a media that control people's

behaviour. Singapore architecture has shown itself as a true masterpiece

that influence those who experience it.


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ALEX

I consider Singapore as the best example due to various experience the city

preserve could gave to its user. The combination between various cultures,

ethnic and religion background create a very unique heritage that stands outon its own, added with the rapid development that is influence by

the western. Singapore has transformed from straits times architecture to

international and modern developed entity or Singapore is ready to welcome

users from all over the world. The transportation system is designed in a way

that it prioritize s pedestrian users.

KAH WENG

My favorite city will be Hong Kong as there is always an overlapping of old and new. You

can always see the traces of the old building when you are walking down a street in HongKong. Recently, I can see how the Hong Kong government trying so hard to reshape and

recreate new faces of the city by discovering the different possibilities of the form, usage

and design of a building and how the building create an impact to the public or become an

attraction that able to pull people together. However, it is a must to preserve the old and

allowing the old coexist with the new within a same street. Then the old and new, the

interesting modern building and the old traditional building, will form a really unique image

of the street that embedded in the people mind.


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ALEXIS

Hong Kong is my preferred city due to its survival instincts and ability to adapt. Life in the

city is rough and cut throat, people are constantly in a rush and days are packed to the brim

with activities and deadlines. Hong Kong, as a city, is a mirror image of its people. The

compact buildings, tight spaces and vibrant streets are constantly morphing to adapt to the

challenges faced. The city grows and adapts to the function and flow of the streets as

opposed to being form driven. Instead, the city is a derivation of its people. It is a raw city,

unfinished and honest.

WEI KEAT

In overall, I prefer Singapore as the city to live in due to the rich engagement of green

spaces into the urban context. Wide greeneries are planted all over the street to enhancing

the visual dimension and as natural shading device. The multi-layering of the city whichinterconnects the spaces from underground to each floor level which provide multiple routes

for people to access. I also enjoyed indulging in the beautiful landmark of the city especially

in Marina Bay which full with modernity faade double up my interest of living in the city.


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0312617 CHONG KAH WENG

0316922 CHUNG KA SENG (ALEX)

0311181 DAVID KOO MEI DA

0300000 GEORGIUS INDRA PUTRA

0312501 OH KENG YEE (ALEXIS)

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