Harmonizing Illumination with Landscape and Waterfront
Harmonizing Illumination with Landscape and Waterfront
The Reef at King’s Dock is a waterfront luxury condominium situated along Keppel Bay and Harbourfront Avenue in Singapore. Building on the heritage of the former harbour site, the project offers three distinct building typologies embedded in lush vegetation and communal spaces with magnificent views on Mount Faber, Sentosa island and the Kings Dock.
The Reef At King’s Dock boasts 10 blocks and 429 residential units. Envisioned as an Urban Village, the design is a composition of three distinct building typologies embedded in lush vegetation and a variety of public spaces.
The three building types have varying building height and scale, providing an attractive skyline and unique atmosphere around each building, giving the project a luxurious and spacious atmosphere. They are placed linearly in juxtaposition with the lush landscape, creating sheltered yet intimate garden pockets with excellent views of King's Dock and its surroundings.
A 180m long sun-deck floating on the tide, integrating with King’s Dock itself. Followed by the ecologically sound design principles to encourage marine biodiversity and protect the waterscape. Through the Marine Viewing Hammock, residents get close to the rich marine life at their doorstep and enjoy views of Singapore’s coastal inhabitants in their natural habitat.
Various studies were done as the pools consisting of deeper lap pools, to shallower wading pool and kids’ pool to various depths and slopes. The detail was carefully considered and landscape architect has to make changes to the design to accommodate the datum of the concealed lighting detail to make it possible. The concealed detailed was carefully considered such that it was consistent across all the various pool configurations and depths to the sea.
The lighting intent for the floating deck involves illuminating the various pools of different sizes and polygonal shapes on the floating deck with concealed LED strip, facing downwards, instead of conventional wall-recessed swimming pool lights to consider the experience of being in the pools in a completely glareless environment and relating to the waterfront and connection to the sea.
The user will be able to experience the pool and looking across the sea without any light source aiming at them, which would often be the case with wall-recessed pool luminaires.
To continue the language of the concealed lighting, selected planters on the floating deck were also having similar language and detail to form the overall image without being excessive. Integrated handrail lighting also continues this language.
"A Journey to Enhance of Focus Public Engagement with Nature and Marine Environments"
The experience of walking around the grounds involved also controlling the lighting illumination of the corridors of the apartment units which are also courtyard facing. Ceiling coves at lift lobbies, and entrances of apartment units and strategic downlights along the corridors allows the user to look into the landscape in the courtyard.
