新加坡榜鹅广场景观设计.doc

新加坡榜鹅广场景观设计 Punggol Promenade by Landscape Architecture: LOOK Architects Pte LtdLocation: Punggol, SingaporeArea: 78,000 sqmCompletion: 2012Client: Urban Redevelopment Authority, SingaporePrincipal designer: Look Boon GeeDesign team: Ng Sor Hiang, Anton Siura, Lee Liting, Friska SiswantoCSL engineer: SM1 Consulting EngineersME engineer: HY ME Consultancy Services Pte LtdQuantity surveyor: OTN Building Cost Consultants Pte LtdMain contractor : Horti-Flora Services Pte LtdText photos: Look Architects Pte Ltd Punggol Promenade as a waterfront landscape insertion within the surrounding urban setting allows visitors to revel in a poetic interlude intertwining shifting planes of time and space – memories of a bygone era are evoked through embodiment of signifiers and reality melds with processes of re-familiarization to yield new layers of meaning. The experience becomes so immerse and personal that a comforting sense of reconciliation with nature is inspired. The expansiveness of water and sky seen from Punggol Point beach seems to stretch infinitely, obliterating the nearby towering neighborhood of public housing, as the linearity of the safety railing sitting on black pigmented concrete plinths coaxes the eyes to be led towards the horizon. The severity of this bold color treatment carries undertones of sobriety in tribute to Punggol Point beach as a World War II memorial site, a sliver of history that is otherwise little known. One may see the viewing deck overlooking Punggol Point beach bearing resemblance to the hull of oil tankers dotting the surrounding waters, but its piercingly sharp silhouette may echo the scathing wounds of war for another. Composition of materials applied throughout the 4.9km long promenade make up a rich palette recalling the rustic character of old Punggol, a district which used to be populated with rural ‘kampong’ communities keeping farms and pl