Instead of following the default typology of housing in dense urban environments - clusters of isolated towers - the design turns vertical isolation into horizontal connectivity, generating an extensive network of private and shared social spaces in a radical reinterpretation of contemporary life in a community.

The 1,040 residential units of varying sizes - 170,000 m² in total - are distributed among 31 apartment blocks, each six stories tall, which are stacked in a hexagonal arrangement around eight courtyards. The blocks are arranged on four main ‘superlevels’ with three ‘peaks’ of 24 stories; other superlevel stacks range from 6 to18 stories to form a stepped geometry, resembling the topography of a landscape more than a typical building.

A system of three core types for 6, 18, and 24 stories is located at the overlap of the stacked apartment blocks. Cores typically serve 3 to 4 different units per floor, providing efficient circulation without long corridors. Core lobbies are naturally lit and ventilated, bringing daylight and fresh air into common areas. Circular ‘megacolumns’ arranged around the vertical circulation in an optimized hexagonal configuration generate the 3-way rotation of the blocks and enable a standard solution for all conditions.

By stacking the apartment blocks, the design generates a multiplication of horizontal surfaces populated by extensive roof gardens and landscaped terraces that in aggregate provide 112% green area - more than the size of the unbuilt site. Water bodies have been strategically placed within defined wind corridors, which allow evaporative cooling to happen along wind-paths, reducing local air temperatures and improving the thermal comfort of outdoor recreation spaces in strategic micro-climate zones. All apartments receive ample levels of daylight throughout the day while the unique massing of the project provides a sufficient level of self-shading in the courtyards, which helps maintain comfortable tropical outdoor spaces year-round and continuous usage of the courtyards and their communal functions. Extensive balconies and protruding terraces form a cascading vertical landscape across the facades and further connect the green roofs and shared public terraces between the building volumes. Overall, the project appears not only surrounded by the tropical vegetation but embedded within it.

The unusual geometry of the hexagonally stacked building blocks creates a spatial structure populated by a diverse array of activity areas. Partly resting, partly floating, the blocks hover on top of each other to form an expressive ‘interlaced’ space that connects the individual apartments.

An extensive network of communal gardens and spaces emphasizes the notion of community life within a contemporary village. The primary pedestrian route through the project leads residents from the main entrance through and to the courtyards as primary points of orientation and identification - you live in a courtyard (a space) rather than a building (an object). In this way, eight expansive courtyards and their individual landscapes are defined as the heart of the project and form distinct spatial identities. Each courtyard possesses a specific character that serves as a place-maker and spatial identifier.

A variety of public amenities are interwoven into the landscape, offering numerous opportunities for social interaction and shared activities. A Central Square, Theatre Plaza, and Water Park occupy the more public and central courtyards. Surrounding courtyards such as The Hills and Bamboo Garden provide shaded outdoor play and picnic areas with lower blocks around its perimeter. The Waterfall, Lotus Pond, and Rainforest Spa complete the eight main courtyards. Multiple barbeque areas, tennis and multicourts, organic garden, pet zone, and ‘the rock’ line the perimeter of the project and offer a wide selection of communal activities for residents. A continuous loop around the site provides a 1 km running track and connects the ‘internal’ courtyards to the activities around the edge of the site. Thus, the project generates a multiplicity of qualities and choices for its inhabitants and gives a sense of multi-layered richness and freedom of possibilities for living.