CapitaSpring

CapitaSpring is a 280-meter-tall high-riseoasis that continues the city s pioneering vertical urbanism with a diverseneighborhood of restaurants, office space, a Citadines serviced residence andsky gardens from the ground all the way up to the 51st floor. In2018, thebuilding was accorded Green Mark Platinum & Universal Design GoldPLUScertifications by the Building and Construction Authority of Singapore. Located at the heart of Singapore sfinancial district on the site of a former public car park and a hawker center,the 93,000 m2mixed-use high-rise is defined by a dynamic interplay oforthogonal lines, lush greenery, and contrasting textures. At multiple elevations, the verticalelements comprising the building s exterior are pulled apart to allow glimpsesinto thegreen oases blooming from the base, core, and rooftop skygarden. The tower reinforces Singapore s reputation as a gardencity, housingover 80,000 plants, with a Green Plot Ratio of more than 1:1. 4 translating toa total landscaped area of morethan 8,300 square meters (90,000 squarefeet), equivalent to 140% of its site area. On street level, CapitaSpring restores aportion of the historically significant Market Street to the public realm bypedestrianizing the stretch and creating an expanded landscaped area whichcreates new green breathing space in the high-density CBD for the neighboringtenants and passersby. Meandering garden paths create naturalentryways into the City Room, an 18-meter-high generous open space at the footofthe tower that creates shelter from the tropical sunlight and showersand welcomes tenants into separate lobbies for the offices and residences, aswell as shoppers and diners into the food center within the tower s podium. Theiconic Market Street Hawker Center is recreated at the building s second andthird floors with 56 food stalls solidifying the location as the beatingheart of the city s culinary experience, and the role it plays in maintaininglocal culture and community. The first eight floors of the tower arededicated to the serviced residence including a wide range of facilities suchas a swimming pool, jacuzzi, jogging track, gymnasium, social kitchen,resident s lounge, and barbecue pits. The top 29 floors offer premium officespaces with panoramic views of the Singapore River and Marina Bay. At the core of the building between thehardscapes of the offices and residences are four connected levels of organicsoftscapedubbed the Green Oasis a 35m open-air garden for work,casual strolls, relaxation, exercise, and events. The GreenOasisseamlessly weaves nature vertically into the architecture andsatisfies the spatial limitations of the locale while granting tenants andresidents abundant access to green spaces animating the elegant smoothness ofmodern architecture with the ubiquitous tropical nature of the region. The overall vertical softscape of the GreenOasis mimics the plant hierarchy of tropical rainforests; the hierarchical leafgrowth of the plants is in direct proportional relationship to lightavailability within the vegetation layers. Shade-tolerant plants with largeleaves are found on the rainforest floor, requiring the least amount ofdirect light. Moving towards the canopy layer the roof of the rainforest trees are defined by their smaller leaf structure. CapitaSpring s rooftop garden, with viewsof the city, is home to 1-Arden Food Forest. Currently, over 150 species offruits,vegetables, herbs, and flowers, are grown across five thematicplots to supply the building s restaurants with fresh greens. The building also has amenities in supportof the sustainable transport vision in the Singapore Green Plan 2030, including165 bicycle lots, fully equipped end-of-trip facilities and a 600-meter cyclingpatharound the building s perimeter along Malacca Street and alongPhillip Street, which forms part of the Central Area cyclingnetwork connectingto Singapore s larger cycling network.