The Interlace, Singapore: Blending Mutual Interaction with Environmental Sustainabilit
Interactive, simple and grand are the only words which can define The Interlace . In the recently held World Architecture Festival 2015 which ran from November 4-6, The Interlace has won “World Building of the Year” award in the category of housing. Designed by German Architect Ole Scheeren with his partnership from Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), The interlace has built in the midst of green southern ridges of Singapore, located in circumscribed by Alexandra Road and the Ayer Rajah Expressway. The concept behind The Interlace is to create a structure which can adapt in tropical atmosphere with its contemporary and interdependent design. The Interlace is a 6 storey residential complex covers the area of 169600.0 sqm. The main material used in construction was concrete. Popularly known as “Vertical Village”, it contains thirty-one apartment block comprising 1,040 apartment units arranged in hexagonal pattern forming an eight large scale open and porous piazza...