The topographical and contextual surrounding gives rise to the scale;Photography: Iwan Baan

text by Erik L’Heureux

The Interlace in Singapore sits at that unwieldy scale, too large to be judged as a piece of singular architecture, and yet not quite sizeable to constitute an area claimed as urban design. Erik L’Heureux reviews the unique project for AR136 Super-.

The Interlace, completed in 2013, is a large, gated condominium located alongside two lush jungle settings in Singapore – Telok Blangah Hill Park and HortPark. It is flanked by an expressway and Hewlett-Packard’s headquarters; a short drive west from Singapore’s central business district.

It was designed by Off ice for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) and later claimed as a product of Ole Scheeren’s independent talents as he sought to establish his own practice, Bu¨ro Ole Scheeren, out from the long shadow of the OMA empire.....Continue Reading

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