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Parkroyal on Pickering in Singapore by WOHA

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The Parkroyal on Pickering in Singapore was built with the aim to be the city’s greenest hotel, both visually and sustainably. The building in a garden concept features over 15,000 sqm of gardens, waterfalls and planter walls make up more than twice the hotel’s total land area. Let’s pause and ponder that statement for a minute! Aside from looking like a rainforest draped building, the greenery also helps to filter the city’s air pollutants and to cool down the surrounding area.

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The building was designed by WOHA and completed in 2013, so it’s not ultra-new, but it deserves a mention because it continues to pick up award after award, and has received 20 to date.

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Sustainability specs:
– Achieved BCA Green Mark Platinum (Singapore’s highest green rating)
– Received Solar Pioneer Award for innovative solar energy system
– 15,000 square meters of four-storey zero-energy sky gardens, reflecting pools, waterfalls, planter terraced and vertical greenery
– Rainwater harvesting used to water all gardens
– Recycling bins in guest rooms
– Air to water heat pumps
– Demand controlled ventilation systems to minimise energy use
– Hotel community garden used by the building’s restaurants
– Gravity driven irrigation
– Light and motion sensors in rooms to conserve energy
– Photovoltaic panels on the roof
– Use of natural materials
– Use of LED lighting

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From the architect:

Designed as a hotel and office in a garden, the project at Upper Pickering Street is a study of how we can not only conserve our greenery in a built-up high-rise city centre but multiply it in a manner that is architecturally striking, integrated and sustainable.

Images courtesy of WOHA. Photography by Patrick Bingham-Hall
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