Irwell Hill住宅楼，新加坡 / MVRDV

在新加坡Irwell Bank Road，两座 36 层住宅塔楼已完成建设，外立面由MVRDV设计，呈现出活泼的像素化效果。以总部位于新加坡的ADDP Architects所开发的高效、预制模块化建筑设计为基础，MVRDV的多变立面为建筑的外观注入了生动感，并突出了位于 24 层和屋顶的绿色公共空间。该设计是MVRDV最新的作品之一，展示了效率与成本效益可以与建筑的个性和独特性和谐共存。

 

At Irwell Bank Road in Singapore, two 36-storey residential towers have completed construction, with a lively, pixelated facade design contributed by MVRDV. Taking as a base the highly efficient, prefabricated, modular building design by Singapore-based ADDP Architects, MVRDV’s variegated facade adds liveliness to the buildings’ external appearance and highlights the green communal spaces on the buildings’ 24th floor and roof. The design is the latest in MVRDV’s oeuvre to show that efficiency and cost-effectiveness can happily coexist with character and individuality.

 

▼项目概览，overview of the project

 

 

▼像素化效果的立面，pixelated facade

 

 

 

 

▼沿街立面视角，street view facade perspective

 

 

由新加坡上市领先房地产公司城市发展有限公司（CDL）开发的Irwell Hill Residences，是MVRDV首次参与新加坡城市核心区建筑的合作设计。该项目由新加坡建筑事务所ADDP Architects采用预制成品体积建造（PPVC）设计，这种技术在工厂内完成整个房间的建造，包括室内饰面和外立面，然后在现场整体堆叠。PPVC是新加坡广泛采用的建造方式，它减少了现场施工强度、所需施工人员数量和施工周期时长——这些都是在高密度城市环境中降低干扰的宝贵手段。同时，它通过减少运输、设备使用和现场操作来减少废弃物和降低施工相关的碳排放。基于这些优势，新加坡建设局制定了相应的法规、框架和认证体系，以提升行业在提高生产力的建筑方法上的能力。

 

▼设计策略，design strategy

 

 

Developed by leading Singapore-listed real estate company City Developments Limited (CDL), Irwell Hill Residences marks MVRDV’s debut in collaborating on a building in the urban core of Singapore. The development was designed by Singapore-based firm ADDP Architects using prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction (PPVC), a type of construction in which entire rooms, including their finished surfaces and facades, are built in a factory and stacked together on site. PPVC is a widely adopted construction technique in Singapore. It reduces the intensity of on-site construction, the number of construction workers required, and the length of the construction period—all valuable tools to reduce disruption in a dense urban environment. It also reduces waste and lowers construction-related carbon emissions by minimising transport, equipment usage, and site operations. Given these benefits, the country’s Building and Construction Authority has instituted targeted regulations, frameworks, and accreditation schemes to advance the industry’s capability in construction methods that improve productivity.

 

▼立面细部，facade detail

 

 

 

▼景观庭院，landscape courtyard

 

 

▼庭院泳池，swimming pool

 

 

 

然而，PPVC往往会造成建筑外观的重复与单调，因此MVRDV受邀加入，为塔楼增添设计变化，使其同时具备识别性与视觉吸引力，并在重复的楼层平面中营造变化的幻象。MVRDV的设计利用PPVC系统的特性，创造出“像素化”立面，每个预制单元对应一个像素。通过金属框架的内凹或外凸处理，形成多种类型的阳台，为建筑立面增添层次与视觉趣味。这种凹凸变化配合金色与深棕色的配色方案，在整个立面上形成抽象图案，其灵感来自攀缘植物的有机形态。

 

▼PPVC模块安装，composition of the PPVC modules

 

 

However, PPVC also tends to result in repetitive, monotonous building appearances, so MVRDV was brought on board to add a design twist that imbues the towers with both identity and visual appeal, creating the illusion of variation within a repeating floor plan. MVRDV’s design capitalises on the qualities of the PPVC system to create a”pixelated”facade, with each prefabricated unit creating one pixel. Units are recessed or extended using metal frames, creating balconies in a variety of types and adding depth and interest to the building’s appearance. This relief combines with a colour scheme of gold and deep brown to form an abstract pattern across the whole façade, inspired by the organic shapes of climbing plants.

 

▼多种类型的阳台，balconies in a variety of types

 

 

 

▼夹层的公共空间，mezzanine public space

 

 

 

“数十年来，新加坡一直展现出在建筑与城市主义方面令人惊叹的创新能力，”MVRDV创始合伙人Nathalie de Vries表示。“这座城市在模块化建造方面再次展现了领先地位，并看到了PPVC在减少废弃物、减少碳排放以及降低对城市生活干扰方面的优势。通过Irwell Hill Residences，我们与 ADDP Architects 共同瞄准了创新故事的下一步：打造一个以多样性与宜居性为优先的 PPVC 项目。”

 

“Over the decades, Singapore has shown itself to be a city of incredible innovation in architecture and urbanism“, says MVRDV founding partner Nathalie de Vries. “The city is once again showing leadership in modular construction, and is seeing the benefits of PPVC in reducing waste, carbon emissions, and disruption to city life. With Irwell Hill Residences, alongside ADDP Architects we took aim at the next step in that story of innovation: a PPVC project that prioritises variety and liveability.”

 

▼人视角立面，human-view perspective

 

 

▼单元楼入口空间，entrance of the unit

 

 

▼户外走廊，outside corridor

 

 

像素化图案也突出体现了建筑的公共空间，并呈现出新加坡典型的繁茂绿意。24 层设置约四层楼高的空中花园，而塔楼顶部设有Irwell Sky——一个适合社交聚会的半开放空间。在这些建筑的特定区域，原本严格的单元化像素网格变得更自由，以双倍或三倍尺度的框架展示内部的树木与植被。

 

▼立面设计概念，facade concept

 

 

The pixelated pattern also serves to highlight the building’s communal features, with their lush greenery characteristic of Singapore. On the 24th floor is a sky garden approximately four storeys tall, while at the top of the towers is Irwell Sky, an intimate space for social gatherings. In both of these sections of the building, the rigid grid of single-unit pixels loosens, with double- and triple-size frames showing off the trees and plants within.

 

▼空中花园，sky garden

 

 

 

▼户外休闲空间，rest space

 

 

得益于工厂制造实现的高质量、低废弃建造方式，PPVC本质上是一种更可持续的建筑技术，并与新加坡的 “2030 绿色计划” 相关联。然而，低废弃建造只有在建筑能为社区带来有价值的长期贡献并具备长久生命力时，才能真正实现可持续性。MVRDV为Irwell Hill Residences设计的立面证明了这一点：务实的设计方法同样可以是有趣的、多元的、充满活力的。

 

Thanks to the high-quality, low-waste construction enabled by factory production, PPVC is by its nature a more sustainable construction technique, and has been linked to Singapore’s Green Plan 2030. However, low-waste construction is only truly sustainable if a building makes a valued, long-term contribution to its neighbourhood and thus has longevity. MVRDV’s facade design for Irwell Hill Residences achieves this, demonstrating that a pragmatic design approach can also be an interesting, diverse, and lively one.

 

▼夜览，nightview

 

 

▼立面图，elevation

 

 

Project Name: Irwell Hill Residences

 

Location: Singapore

 

Year: 2020–2025

 

Client: City Developments Limited

 

Programme: Residential façade

 

Architect: MVRDV

 

Founding Partner in charge: Nathalie de Vries

 

Partner: Wenchian Shi

 

Design Team: Lorenzo Mattozzi, Marco Gazzola, Alberto Menozzi, Luca Beltrame, Fredy Fortich, Amanda Galiana Ortega, Andrea Ventura, Monika Wiecha, Chi Zhang

 

Visualisations: Antonio Luca Coco, Gianlorenzo Petrini

 

Copyright: MVRDV Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs, Nathalie de Vries

 

Co-architect (Building design, project coordination): ADDP Architects LLP

 

Landscape Architect: Ecoplan

 

Structural engineer: TW-Asia Consultants Pte Ltd.

 

MEP: United Project Consultants Pte Ltd.

 

Interior architect: Index Design Pte Ltd.

 

Photography: © Finbarr Fallon