Housing Projects: Two Contexts, One Architect: Daniel Libeskind

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Via Spinola, City Life Milano, Italy Vs Reflections, Keppel Bay, Singapore

…Context determines, the language of Architecture…

 is the seemingly the best way to quote the essence of Architectural Vocabulary Captured in these works of Daniel Libeskind. 
One is a housing project in the Context of the Historic, City of Milan and the Other Waterfront Architecture, in the vibrant City of Singapore.
Libeskind: Housing of Via Spinola, City Life of Milan, Italy
…Look Inside, while enjoying the beauty of Life Outside…
Is Seemingly the best way to quote its essence.
Milan has been the laboratory of Architectural styles in Construction. The City of Milan, has been choosy and conservative about the kind of Architecture, that it allows to partake its skyline.
 The Site of the project ‘City Life Milano’ is an upbeat project aimed at exploring the ‘landscaped parkland’ with ‘bicycle and pedestrian walkways’ around the ‘piazza delle tre torri’ The project by Architect Daniel Libeskind is in the neighbourhood of the prime towers of Milan and Housing by Ar.Zaha Hadid.

The Libeskind Housing of Via Spinola, is strategically located at the South west portion of the City Life Area, it enjoys the view of the park and the new formed City Centre with spiraling towers (II Dritto (The straight tower of Allianz), Lo Stroto(The twisted one-Generali Tower) & II Curvo (The Curved One). 
The strong context in the project is within the confines of the Site and thus, Libeskind, conveniently curls up the arrangement of the five Residential blocks towards the Court. It acts as a reminiscence of the Courtyard palazzos of Milanese Architecture. 

The project is a clever utilization of the pedestrian plaza generated as an elevated mound over parking and driveways offering unobstructed pathways and views of the panoramic Site. The spiraling builtform meanders on the site as a sculptural mass, that turns, twists and skews the geometry of balconies to create variety of patterns and sciography. The projecting balconies, offer transitional sun decks offering perched views of the landscape, while maintaining the privacy of the apartments.
Libeskind, carefully chooses the material finishes of the building, as he clads the structure with finely textured, light grey tiles (naturalistic, central to traditional houses in Milan) and combines them with brise soleil of composite wood trails.
The project, is immersed in the glory of Self-indulgence with the Site, intro-ward, serene and meditatively quiet.


Libeskind, Reflections, Keppel Bay, Singapore
… To See and Be Seen, Silently… is the beauty Iconic Serenity…
Is seemingly the most befitting way to express the language of its Architecture.
Singapore, believes in optimal utilization of its resources, creating opportunity through every project as an investment, not only to satiate the purpose of the project but also creating a fertile ground for exploring limitless possibilities. Singapore chooses to protect its heritage values, customs, traditions and practices, while undergoing the process of renewal.
The strategic Site of Keppel Bay is a waterfront location, offering panoramic views of the mount faber and Sentosa. In the context of the site, Libeskind carefully chooses to combine high-rise and mid-rise apartments as a befitting strategy to response the beauty of the site, gifted with natural banks. The amazing 6 Iconic dancing glass towers, and 11 villa apartment blocks spread over the Site, gape to capture astounding views of the landscape around.

A project that takes telescopic breathtaking views of the City Skyline as well as the Coastway. The intriguing reference with the coastline with possibility to indulge in the feel of living by the Sea is optimally captured through towers soaring the sky while appearing as natural, as the tree trunk rising and swaying to the breezes by the coast. The project can be viewed from various vantage points such as the Bay, Faber Hill and as an aerial view from the Cable car to Sentosa. The picturesque 250 Meters long cable suspended Keppel Bay Bridge across the straits, adds to the panoramic beauty of the project along the coast.
The project is immersed in the essence of the site, and prepared to view as well as be viewed… majestically…
The article urges its readers to take a peek at both the projects, as Daniel Libeskind finds befitting vocabulary to meet the context of the site while addressing the innate function of the form… 
The Interior planning of spaces are notably functionally efficient, while being extravagant in form…

The team of students from TSAP, at the neighbouring housing by Zaha Hadid at the city life Milano, Italy.



-by Prof. Dhiraj Salhotra
TSAP 

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