Symmetry & Colour: The Meadows Wins HDB Design Award
May 30, 2005
The Meadows public housing development in Singapore receives the HDB Design Award in 2005 for its symmetrical masterplan and expressive façades.
The Meadows, a public housing development in Singapore, has won the HDB Design Award, from the Housing & Development Board, in 2005.
The scheme's 14 residential blocks are arranged symmetrically along the route connecting commercial facilities to a shared common green, forming two clusters linked directly to integrated multi-storey carparks topped with landscaped roof-top communal facilities. A centrally located inter-precinct open space ties both clusters together along a longitudinal axis.
The façades are marked by a clear architectural language, juxtaposing planar and framing elements with accents of colour, in a design intended to embrace greenery and bring vibrancy to residents' everyday experience at ground level.
