Eden Singapore Apartments

Eden is a residential development on Orchard Road in Singapore's historic district, developed by Swire Properties. Rising 104.5 metres, it is Heatherwick Studio's first residential tower in Asia and is conceived as a building that brings urban apartment life into close contact with nature. The project is named Eden. Slender vertical windows give the tower a blade-like linear rhythm, while generous garden balconies are inserted between the vertical ribs. The design gives residents privacy while surrounding them with lush planting. The building's distinctive concrete walls are derived from abstracted contours of Singapore's topography, producing a three-dimensional texture across the facade. The garden balconies are intended to establish a dialogue between the high-rise and the natural environment, allowing the tower to blend with the tree-lined streets of the city. The project also responds to the vision of the late Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, who set out to transform Singapore into a garden city. Cantilevered balconies connect the interior living spaces of each home to the outdoors while offering sweeping views over the city greenery. The result is a residential tower that treats planting not as an accessory but as a structural and visual element, softening the density of central Singapore and translating the garden-city ideal into the vertical section of a contemporary apartment building.