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The Golden Mile Complex is a commercial and residential development, providing [[office]]s, [[shopping]], [[entertainment]] services and [[apartment]] living within its [[podium]] and [[Step (footing)|step]]ped [[Terrace (agriculture)|terrace]] [[Architectural structure|structure]]. |
The Golden Mile Complex is a commercial and residential development, providing [[office]]s, [[shopping]], [[entertainment]] services and [[apartment]] living within its [[podium]] and [[Step (footing)|step]]ped [[Terrace (agriculture)|terrace]] [[Architectural structure|structure]]. |
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With a [[height]] of 89 [[metre]]s (292 [[Foot (unit of length)|feet]]), the Golden Mile Complex is an exemplary type of "[[megastructure]]" described by [[architectural]] [[historian]], [[Reyner Banham]]. It is one of the few that have been actually realised in the world. [[Pritzker Architecture Prize]] [[laureate]] [[Fumihiko Maki]] had called the Golden Mile Complex a "collective form". It successfully propagates high-[[density]] usage and [[diversity]] under a broad range of [[idea]]s advanced by the [[Japan]]ese [[Metabolist Movement]] of the [[1960s]]. |
With a [[height]] of 89 [[metre]]s (292 [[Foot (unit of length)|feet]]), the Golden Mile Complex is an exemplary type of "[[megastructure]]" described by [[architectural]] [[historian]], [[Reyner Banham]]. It is one of the few that have been actually realised in the world. [[Pritzker Architecture Prize]] [[laureate]] [[Fumihiko Maki]] had called the Golden Mile Complex a "collective form". It successfully propagates high-[[density]] usage and [[diversity]] under a broad range of [[idea]]s advanced by the [[Japan]]ese [[Metabolist Movement]] of the [[1960s]]. The complex was designed as a "vertical city", which stands in contrast to homogenised cities where [[functional]] [[zoning]] restains all signs of the latter's [[vitality]]. |
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Template:Singapore building infobox Golden Mile Complex (Chinese: 黄金坊; pinyin: Huángjīn fāng) is a high-rise commercial and residential building on Beach Road in Kallang, Singapore. The building was formerly known as Woh Hup Complex.
History
In 1966, the Urban Renewal Department of the Housing and Development Board was formed to facilitate greater flexibility and autonomy in comprehensive redevelopment of Singapore's Central Area. The Golden Mile Complex was the result of the department's first Sales of Sites programme in 1967.
The "Golden Mile" refers to the strip of land between Nicoll Highway and Beach Road. It was planned by the Singapore Government as a high-rise spine fronting Kallang Basin. The area used to be occupied by squatters and small marine industries.
Built at a cost of S$18 million and completed in 1973, the 16-storey Golden Mile Complex is one of the early pioneers of integrating mulitple operations into a single mixed-use development in Singapore.
Architecture
The Golden Mile Complex is a commercial and residential development, providing offices, shopping, entertainment services and apartment living within its podium and stepped terrace structure.
With a height of 89 metres (292 feet), the Golden Mile Complex is an exemplary type of "megastructure" described by architectural historian, Reyner Banham. It is one of the few that have been actually realised in the world. Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate Fumihiko Maki had called the Golden Mile Complex a "collective form". It successfully propagates high-density usage and diversity under a broad range of ideas advanced by the Japanese Metabolist Movement of the 1960s. The complex was designed as a "vertical city", which stands in contrast to homogenised cities where functional zoning restains all signs of the latter's vitality.