Katherine Gustafson - Gustafson Porter and Bowman "Bay East"

 


Bay East is the sister project of garden by the bay (pictured in the lower left corner of the above image). Out of all their designs I chose to look at this one because I find the organic nature of the design very appealing. I especially enjoy the tropical leaf shaped gardens. So far on this course I have not had the chance to design for a mega project like this so looking at the way each element is pieced together really highlighted to me how important cohesive design across a site is. In the design proposal there is a strong affiliation between land and water. This site was reclaimed from the sea and chooses to use the water in both an aesthetic way, waterfalls, wave pools etc. and in a functional way, channelling wind to enhance overall cooling effect on the site. Given that the UK doesn’t seem to use the sea within design as much as places like Singapore, I haven’t seen a project so close to the water’s edge before. I found this project interesting to research as a result of this.  

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