Hierarchy Towers | Gennadiy Kraev

However, humans as a social species will still need communication, and digital communication cannot fully replace the real one. It is possible that people will prefer to work and live in communities of like-minded people, which will contribute to socialization. Considering how much time an average person spends at work weekly, it makes sense to consider the office not only as a place to work, but also as a place for everyday activities. As we observe a change in people’s

lifestyle, the idea of a home and how we live in it evolves from personal to a more general one and radically changes our understanding of future real estate formats.

Site analysis

The designed facility is located in Singapore, which consists of several islands in Southeast Asia, not far from the Malacca Peninsula. The area of Singapore is 581 km2, about 40% of the territory is occupied by park areas, reserves, plantations and forests. The relief of the island is flat with terrain height fluctuation not exceeding 180 m.

Singapore is a global tropical financial center with a multi-cultural population. Almost 50% of buildings are occupied by offices. The city center is the main commercial area, with the exception of reclaimed land. The plot is strategically selected in the business district of the city, surrounded by office buildings.

This is Singapore’s main commercial area, with the exception of resorts’ territories such as Marina Bay Sands. The project site represents an almost square flat area of 175 x 168 meters with no relief.

The site is accessible from all four sides. On the northwest, it borders with the multifunctional complex Marina Bay Financial Center (MBFC), on the north-east side – with Marina Bay Sands Hotel and the Science Museum of Singapore, on the south-west – with the multifunctional complex Marina One, and the southern part of the site neighbors with a free area intended for development of an office business center. The site of the projects has no development on it.

Environmental analysis
The idea and description of the project

The idea of the project is that the volumetric structure of the complex supports the hierarchical system of public places visually and functionally. The creation of a hierarchical system of public zones at various levels facilitates the transition from small to large groups and from private to semi-public and public places, allowing for dynamics and a sense of belonging to the place. The area that one perceives as belonging to his or her home can extend far beyond the boundaries of the actual housing, which leads to greater use of public places.

The arrangement of blocks on the principle of gradation of open areas with semi-public and public places allows residents to both expand their social habits and meet new people and have a fairly narrow social circle. The main function of the public space is to provide an arena for an active life, daily unplanned actions – walks on terraces, games and casual social activity, from which additional forms of social interaction can develop if desired.

Life in the building has the opportunity for communication at various levels, which will strengthen and support a variety of social processes. When planning the internal space, the basic rules for the design of various functional zones were based on spatial connections, technological solutions and engineering support.

Social and psychological aspects were also taken into account. This was especially important for a thoughtful division of the area into private and public spaces, so that residents can feel comfortable in different conditions.

The planning solutions envision a rigid cellular structure that provides each resident with their own personal space as well as open multifunctional spaces that allow for creation of mobile zones for current needs and tasks.

Such solutions create not a static living environment, but rather flexible mobile spaces with the possibility of transformation, thereby providing different scenarios and impressions that positively affect the psychological wellbeing and productiveness.

The designed facility represents a complex of three 48-story towers connected by 4 public floors at the ground level and connected by a two-level public block at + 50.200. Each of the three towers includes a combination of four residential and two office blocks, rotating around its axis in increments of 15 degrees due to the frame-barrel supporting system with a deep beam in each block on which the columns lean.

The central core of the towers is divided into two compartments: one serves the office blocks and includes an elevator hall with three elevators, the other one is accessible only to residents of towers with access to all blocks and includes an elevator hall with six elevators and two evacuation stairs. Each unit has a technical floor and an open exploited roof. Functionally, the complex is designed so that the person living in it can freely use any services and spaces necessary for life, work and recreation without leaving the complex itself.