Comments on: EDITT Tower – Singapore Goes Eco-Friendly

By: bock

bock — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:05:54 +0000

I’ve got to be honest…it looks like it’s all overgrown and unintentional with foliage growing all over it. Nice idea though. I can image all the bugs that would make their way indoors too.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:43:34 +0000

I stand corrected!

I think it looks amazing, but am still cautious about introducing that level of “nature” into a build. The ecosystem it’ll create will be beyond the architects control. Hopefully that’ll lead to positive consequences that enrich the design, but it may not. I don’t think you can just use living matter as insulation/decoration and expect it to behave.

I sound like Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park…

By: Isaak Kwok

Isaak Kwok — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:32:53 +0000

Hi Daniel and Michael,
In Singapore, we have perpetual summer. So, there shouldn’t be any issues with the plants.

BTW, the National Library building is also designed by the very same architects.

By: dsadsa

dsadsa — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:39:50 +0000

nope in tropical countries the season are not as marked as in templates countries, there is not snow nor trees going out of leaf,etc. Juts more or less hot or rain.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:55:04 +0000

Daniel good question, but I’m pretty sure that someone who builds something like this will also solve this problem.