A key component of the 88,300m2 mixed use Guoco Midtown is the highly activated, highly green, fine grain, people-oriented ground plane. It seeks to re-envision traditional street life and urbanity in shaded and sheltered Privately Owned Public Spaces (POPS), creating a rich 3.8 hectares of accessible open space and new street space.
The development also achieves an impressive 94% Green Replacement (this is the percentage of the total site area given over to, URA approved, accessible green space). The open spaces are activated at ground level with 5,000m2 retail, and food and beverage in pavilions, the heritage Beach Road Police Station space and in the double storey Beach Road frontage, along with lobby spaces for the workplace buildings, and an MRT underground link.
The POPS are linked via covered walkways interspersed with lush green landscaping to create an exemplary network of people places. setting a new benchmark for green, biophilic, highly activated urban redevelopment.
It is also a highly sustainable design with Green Mark Platinum certification by the Building and Construction Authority.
In association with DP Architects.
2024 8th EdgePro Singapore Excellence Awards for Top Commercial Property
2021 Real Estate Asia Awards (Asia Pacific) for Mixed-use Development of the Year