Inspired by Singapore’s culture, colours, and flavours, Artyzen Singapore is a modern lifestyle hotel for luxury travellers. This landmark was once a sprawling tropical garden mansion named “Villa Marie”. Built in the 1940s, it had long been vacated in its original state, while the surrounding areas developed with high-rise structures.

Embracing its unique past, Artyzen Singapore replicates the feel of an expansive villa and a hotel experience deeply ingrained in tropical elements. Elements such as high ceiling space, verandas, courtyard gardens, vertical arches, and terra-cotta roof tiles, are reinterpreted in the new structure, exuding old-world charm.

The building massing is designed as villas stacked vertically, each with its garden as an extended space to the landscape. The sky gardens are connected to its adjacent guest rooms, allowing guests to walk out from their balconies and immerse themselves in a tropical garden even in a high-rise structure.

The hotel comprises five major parts. Sky gardens of 2-storey and 3-storey volumes are stacked at alternating floors, creating an interesting play on the façade.
• 1st / 2nd storey reception and lounge,
• 3rd storey back of house office,
• 4th /5th hotel amenities,
• 8th to 20th guest rooms and roof top amenities.

The hotel is designed with building fenestration orientated to avoid the East and West direction, minimising heat and solar glare. Through designing the building structure interspersed with sky terraces, the porosity created allows natural ventilation to most parts of the building.

Across the façade, guest room balconies are lined with steel mesh screens, reminiscent of the window screens from traditional shophouse typology.

These screens act as shades and provide privacy for the occupants. Together with double skin at the gable, steel mesh panels, and lush greenery provision, the internal spaces utilise less energy to achieve thermal comfort within the buildings.

Category:EnvironmentsYear:2024Designers: Steven Low, ONG&ONG Pte. Ltd., Singapore, Republic of Singapore and Nic Graham and Associates, Singapore, Republic of SingaporeManufacturer:Shun Tak Holdings, Hong Kong, SAR