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Humanizing the Giants 摩天大楼的人性化

Swinal Samant, Senior Lecturer, National University of Singapore Swinal Samant，高级讲师，新加坡国立大学建筑学院

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Mixed use skyscrapers where people live, work, learn, play and make is recognized with many cities' infrastructures and key structures, nature and ecology now extending upwards.

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The appalling ratio of 0.03 acres of open space for every 1,000 persons in Mumbai is a far cry from London's 12 acres, New York's four acres & Singapore's six acres per 1,000 people.


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PARK ROYAL ON PICKERING, SINGAPORE http://cdn.freshome.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/architetcure-parkroyal-sky-garden-hotel.jpg

KANYON SHOPPING MALL, ISTANBUL https://s-media-cache

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Atria, sky-courts and sky gardens have proliferated worldwide due to their potential to create attractive, people-centered environments, provide sheltered public spaces and visual relief in dense settings, assimilate contextual influences of

geometry, street pattern and building mass; integrate old and new buildings; facilitate historic preservation, and enrich the urban pedestrian experience.


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THE FORD FOUNDATION ATRIUM, MANHATTAN http://untappedcities.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Ford-Foundation-tropical-garden-Untapped-Cities.jpg

Top 10 Indoor Public Spaces in Manhattan for Your Very Own Urban Oasis listed in 2013 in an article by Attila Sary – 9 out of 10 were atrium spaces


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THE IBM PLAZA ATRIUM, MANHATTAN http://untappedcities.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-

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Birds flying around you, singing and chirping in the IBM Plaza to hydroponics and heliostats to grow plants around the periphery of the building at all levels in One Central Park


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THE SOARING LONDON BRIDGE TOWER BY RENZO PIANO Terri Boake, The Skyscraper Center

Where large-scale multi-tenanted office and mixed-use buildings can be plagued by anonymity, atria help break down the scale and lend structure, spatial and visual coherence, character, identity, and present

opportunities for self-sufficiency and localized management.


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THE SKYGARDEN AT PINNACLE @ DUXTON IN SINGAPORE Heng Cheng Sin, NUS Department of Architecture Year 5 Student

A noteworthy example of high density, high rise residential project defined and characterized by varied and delightful elevated public green spaces in the form of sky-bridges and skygardens for social encounter.


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THE VERTICAL GREENERY AT NEWTON SUITES IN SINGAPORE Dr. Swinal Samant, NUS Department of Architecture

The next generation of tall towers needs to push the boundaries further whereby the towers essentially form the backdrop to what would be elevated and accessible common public green spaces for the

benefit of all rather than a few.


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VERTICAL LANDSCAPING OF BOSCO VERTICALE IN MILAN Eleonora Lucchese, The Skyscraper Center

Green spaces could be reimagined as sheltered meadows that form part of the network of public spaces of a city and offer the much sought after respite from the severities of weather, urban life and concrete

jungles.


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LOTTE SUPERTOWER BY KOHN PEDERSEN FOX ASSOCIATES IN SEOUL

Atria are essentially intermediate, interpersonal (familiar/communal) spaces that form part of our neighborhoods, communities, institutions, workplaces and public buildings. Oldenburg (1999) refers to them

as the ‘third place’ – “…great variety of public places that host the regular, voluntary, informal, and happily anticipated gatherings of individuals beyond the realms of home and work”.


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GREEN SPACES OF THE SKYVILLE @ DAWSON IN SINGAPORE Heng Cheng Sin, NUS Department of Architecture Year 5 Student

‘Human scale’ stacked communities characterized by strategically located transitional breathing lungs/green spaces encompassing various functions may alleviate the pressures of living in dense

vertical environments and offer opportunities for new experiences and interactions.


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PINNACLE @ DUXTON, SINGAPORE https://mummyed.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/img_9015.jpg

Pomeroy (2007) advocates complimenting the traditional streets and squares on ground with recreational and civic spaces at height in the form of sky courts and sky gardens.


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THE TAPERING AND TWISTED SHANGHAI TOWER BY GENSLER The Skyscraper Center

The Shanghai Tower incorporates 12 to 15 stories high atria between its inner and outer skin. The inner circular tower effectively reduces in diameter as the building soars upwards while the outer skin forms a

triangular plan with rounded corners and it twists and tapers as it rises creating 9 stacked neighbourhoods, comprising dynamic public spaces in the form of atria and sky gardens enveloping the

building all the way to the top.


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Marshall Gerometta, CTBUH Terri Boake, The Skyscraper Center

THE INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE CENTRE (ICC) IN HONG KONG

Integrating the vertical environments with transport is key to the success of tall buildings and that of the cities. The increasing use of atria to link mixed-use buildings

with mass transit, infrastructure and public realm on ground in cities such as Singapore and Hong Kong demonstrates their growing impact on urban morphology.


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BLUE CROSS-BLUE SHIELD TOWER BY GOETTSCH PARTNERS AND LOHAN ASSOCIATES

IN CHICAGO Marshall Gerometta, CTBUH

300 NEW JERSEY AVENUE IN WASHINGTON DC BY ROGER STIRK HARBOUR + PARTNERS

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Atrium as an urban intervention or public space between buildings can form evocative links with the past whilst lending

renewed interest and life to forgotten elements of a city.


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THE SEOUL LITE DIGITAL MEDIA CITY (DMC) TOWER IN SEOUL http://www.som.com/FILE/18237/seoullightdmc_sustainable_1400x800_som_02.jpg

Contemporary atrium is being reconsidered, often with the rationale of climate modification and energy-efficiency, achieved mainly through passive heating, cooling and daylighting. The Seoul Lite Digital Media City incorporates along with the two perimeter voids, a tall central atrium in the top half of the building

that aids stack effect ventilation and brings in ample daylight without excessive solar gains. Furthermore, "innovative materials and a phytoremedian greenwall within the atrium enhance daylighting and clean

the air" (Merrill and Gray, 2012).


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FOUR BUILDINGS OF THE PARKVIEW GREEN IN BEIJING HELD TOGETHER BY A GIANT ATRIUM http://www.vector-foiltec.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1146_502_CN-Peking-Green-Plaza02-©-Zhou-Ruogu1.jpg

The functions of accommodation, six-star hotel, retail facilities and A-grade office spaces housed in the four buildings are pulled together by a giant atrium and glazed and ETFE envelope. This efficient envelope and buffer improves light penetration, reduces solar heat gains in the summer and offers

insulation in the harsh winters.


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Presentation Notes

FOUR BUILDINGS OF THE PARKVIEW GREEN IN BEIJING HELD TOGETHER BY A GIANT ATRIUM http://www.e-architect.co.uk/images/jpgs/beijing/parkview_green_s161209_1.jpg

It enables stack effect ventilation, allowing warm air to escape from the top and side while cool air is drawn from the bottom of the building, aided also by a supplementary

earth and radiant cooling system in summer.


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CONCLUDING REMARKS

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PARKVIEW GREEN IN BEIJING Terri Boake, The Skyscraper Center


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More than just green wash – and one man’s garden is the other’s visual green, garden or forest

SKYVILLE @ DAWSON IN SINGAPORE http://luxelinesdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/03-SkyVille.jpg


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THANK YOU

Atria, sky-courts and sky-gardens may have an important role to play in creating people-

centric sustainable towers of the future and humanizing the so called ‘giant’ urban

habitats.

Heng Cheng Sin, NUS Department of Architecture Year 5 Student


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