罗敏申大厦的设计结合当地独特的城市文化语境，创建一个标志性的精品商业和办公建筑。该大厦不仅改善公共环境，而且使其在城市肌理中脱颖而出。

The tower’s design synthesizes the unique conditions that define the city-state’s physical and cultural context, creating a signature boutique retail and office structure that improves the public realm and distinguishes itself within the urban fabric.

2014年通过的新加坡景观置换政策要求在新建筑中建设公共可利用绿地，并且绿地面积须与因开发而损失的绿化面积相等。KPF罗敏申大厦的设计方案基于该政策，同时兼顾市场街和罗宾街交汇形成的狭窄V型场地。大厦雕塑般的形态由两个主要体块组成：一个商业裙楼和悬于上方的办公塔楼，二者由外观上如修剪过一般的裙楼屋顶花园隔开。塔楼体量的立面设计将二十个办公楼层的滨海视野最大化，同时激活裙楼屋顶景观和封闭的屋顶花园。设计中核心筒的偏移再次扩大裙楼视野，同时避免立柱影响公共区域。从任意角度看，大厦多面体的外形以不同的方式反射日光和天空，外形与高度如同宝石般，立于城市天际线。

▼大厦外观，external view of the building

Passed in 2014, Singapore’s Landscape Replacement Policy requires that any greenery lost due to development must be replaced with publicly accessible greenery in equal area within the new building. This obligation, coupled with the constrained, V-shaped site defined by Market Street and Robinson Road, influenced KPF’s design solution for Robinson Tower.Its sculptural form comprises two primary volumes – an office tower elevated above a retail podium – separated by the podium’s manicured roof space. The elevation of the tower’s massing maximizes marina views for the twenty boutique office floors and activates the podium roof-scape and enclosed rooftop garden. Its offset core doubly maximizes views from the podium and avoids the issue of columns disrupting the public area. At each approach, the tower’s faceted volume dematerializesand reflects the sun and sky differently, gem-like in its shape and stature on the city’s skyline.

▼大厦位于城市街道交汇处，不规则的外形以不同方式反射天光，the building is located at the road intersection, whose shape reflects the sky in various directions

罗敏申大厦商业裙楼采用类似的晶体形态设计语言。设计中使用小尺度和带图案的材料，与新加坡中部历史建筑老巴刹食品市场有棱角的赤陶屋顶建立了一种语境联系。裙楼体量略高于街面，增强连接地面入口到中庭花园之间空间的宽敞感与连续性。该中庭成为办公大堂、商业和餐饮空间交汇的中心，面朝罗宾逊路的落地窗则促进室内与街景之间的对话。

▼大厦外观，塔楼立面采用晶体设计语言，tower facade in crystalline vocabulary

Robinson Tower’s retail podium features a similar, crystalline vocabulary. Its reduced scale and patterned materiality form a contextual relationship with the angular, terracotta roof of Lau Pa Sat, a historic building and food market in central Singapore. The podium’s massing hovers slightly above street level, enhancing its spaciousness and continuity from the ground entrance into the atrium garden. This atrium forms the nucleus where the office lobby, retail and food & beverage spaces meet, while floor-to-ceiling windows facing Robinson Road encourage dialogue between the interiors and the streetscape.

▼小尺度的立面材料图案与街道和周边建筑相呼应，small-scaled patterns of the facade corresponded with the street and its surroundings

▼底层面向街道的落地窗与城市发生对话，glass walls on the ground floor create conversation with the city

KPF设计总监Bruce Fisher指出：“本项目的核心在于挑战不规则场地形态与环境规范要求给甲级办公空间设计规划带来的双重限制。不过，这些条件实则最终推动了设计的成功，加之充分利用罗宾逊路宽阔的视觉廊道。这座充满活力的大厦将自己从坚固的立面中解放出来，在独特有利位置加入绿地，最终在创建一个精品综合体的同时，塑造卓越公共空间。”

Bruce Fisher, KPF Design Director, reflects on Robinson Tower’s design brief: “At its core, this project presented the overlapping challenges of planning Class-A office space on an irregular site with environmental checks. However, these conditions ultimately drove the design’s success, all the while capitalizing on the expanse of Robinson Road’s visual corridor. The dynamic tower frees itself from the canyon of stoic facades, integrating green space at unique vantage points and ultimately cultivating the public realm alongside a boutique, mixed-use program.”

▼形态生成图解，generation diagram

KPF设计负责人Robert Whitlock说道：“罗敏申大厦是KPF建筑事务所在完成了滨海湾金融中心（MBFC）项目之后开展的项目。滨海湾金融中心首次将多功能建筑模式引入新加坡。尽管那个项目规模更庞大，规划中还包含一个公园，但此次新项目这座独特的大楼同样体现了语境、文化与可持续性设计元素与建筑的融合。我们有效的设计方案与项目成功执行是基于KPF对标志性建筑设计的专业性，无论场地是在世界级城市，抑或在受限制的或紧凑密集的市区。”

Robert Whitlock, KPF Design Principal, relates the project to KPF’s overarching design philosophy: “Robinson Tower follows in the footsteps of KPF’s work at Marina Bay Financial Centre, which first introduced the mixed-use model to Singapore. Even though that project was massive in scale, with a park integrated in its plan, this distinctive tower similarly embodies the integration of context, culture, and sustainability with architecture. Our impactful scheme, and its successful execution, taps into KPF’s expertise designing iconic buildings for global cities, as well as for buildings on constrained or otherwise tight sites in dense, urban areas.”

▼从街道仰视建筑，view of the building from the street

▼立面细部，facade details

罗敏申大厦设计展示了巧妙的城市化手法，与KPF其他项目，如伦敦菩提街52号大厦以及纽约哈德逊城市广场55号大厦相类似。这些建筑均将历史保护街区与公共交通基础设施融入其形态设计中。这些设计均具有雕塑感和标志性，推进了事务所在保持高品质设计同时应对复杂要求的能力。

Robinson Tower’s demonstration of tactful urbanism parallels KPF projects like 52 Lime Street in London and 55 Hudson Yards in New York; respectively, these buildings integrate historic neighborhood preservation and public transit infrastructure into their forms. Their designs are also sculptural and iconic in nature, advancing the studio’s prowess for high quality design alongside complex requirements.

▼建筑中设有多个空中花园，multiple sky gardens in the building

▼屋顶花园为城市增添生气，roof garden introduces more greening to the city

▼从屋顶花园看城市，view to the city from the roof garden

▼室内花园，interior garden

KPF新加坡办事处于2019年7月1日入驻罗敏申大厦。该办事处成立于2018年，为KPF与赫斯维克建筑事务所合作设计的樟宜机场5号航站楼项目提供支持。该大厦充实了KPF新加坡标志性作品集，其中包括上述滨海湾金融中心和公寓、莱佛士码头一号、莱佛士连道、以及新加坡证券交易所所在地-SGX大厦。

As of July 1st, 2019, Robinson Tower houses KPF’s Singapore office, which was founded in 2018 to support the firm’s commission of Changi Airport Terminal 5, designed in partnership with Heatherwick Studio. The tower joins KPF’s portfolio of high-profile Singapore work, including the aforementioned Marina Bay Financial Centre and Suites, One Raffles Quay and One Raffles Link, and SGX, the home of the Singapore Stock Exchange.

▼大厅，lobby

▼室内空间，interior space

▼夜景效果图，night view rendering

▼总平面图，site plan

摄影：KPF+Tim Griffith