THE FUSE

Singapore doesn’t do anything by halves, not least its built environment. Its skyline – a bristling congregation of glass and steel towers – is one of the most recognisable in Asia, built at a pace that reflects a city-state in perpetual rush. For much of its modern architectural history, the default mode was the hermetically sealed curtain wall: tinted, reflective, climate-controlled from within. Nature, if it featured at all, was confined to a lobby atrium or a rooftop amenity deck.