Velocity@Novena Square

A multilayered envelope plays aesthetic and functional roles in this unification both internally and externally. As visible from the street, a bold green, metal-clad architectural wrapping has been designed to reflect the dynamic energy of the health and fitness-focused addition. This undulating form generates unity among site elements, namely the mall, adjacent towers, and MRT station. It couples with an extensive outdoor canopy to merge the building with the plaza and landscape.

From below the wrapping protrudes a glazing block. This block performs dually as a skylight ceiling and as shop window frontage to achieve unity within the mall. The skylight serves to naturally illuminate the extended podium, to define two internal atria, and to highlight the main circulation spine which links with the office lobbies and main pedestrian nodes. The atria together with the outdoor plaza provide the site with a series of ‘active lifestyle’ spaces at the civic scale.