Radial Layout Gives All Flats a View
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a relatively small and ir- regularly shaped site, how do you distribute a series of seven multi- storey blocks of flats in such a way that each flat is given a completely unobstructed outlook?
The answer to this problem is being convincingly demonstrated in Hill Tops, a development now under con- struction at Cairnhill Circle, Singa- pore. Designed by C.A.V. Chew and Partners for Town and City Proper- ties Ltd., it incorporates a radial layout seven interconnected 16- storey residential blocks radiating from an open octagonal central courtyard, the eighth side of the octagonal being used for a common lifts and services tower.
This type of design, probably the first of its kind in South East Asia. has a number of advantages. It al- lows a fairly small site on the crest of a hill to be fully utilised without overcrowding.
In this sort of private luxury development, the question of aspect is particularly important. In Hill Tops every aspect is pleasant. The seven residential blocks are SO ar- ranged that adjacent blocks are vir- tually invisible from each other's windows, almost all of which face outwards.
At the same time, by distributing the seven blocks around 270 degrees and using the remaining 90 degrees facing west for the lifts and services tower, the unpopular western outlook is eliminated altogether.
Second Phase
The Hill Tops development forms the second phase of a larger scheme. In the first phase, which was com- pleted about five years ago, a series of two-storey and split-level terrace houses was constructed around the periphery of the Hill Tops site.
These peripheral houses were de- signed with the idea of an eventual multi-storey development on the cen- tral site in mind. Their main living rooms and bedrooms face away from the central site. Nevertheless when precise plans for the central development came to be drawn, it was felt by both the developers and the planning authorities that this should not be allowed to impair the amenities of the peripheral properties by encroaching on them too closely. In this respect the radial design adopted is particularly suitable in
Model shows lift shaft serving all seven blocks
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