Fake Hills

Most development in new cities takes the form of standardised, cheap housing for quick returns. This project asks whether high-density, economical housing can also be architecturally inventive.

On a narrow oceanfront site 800 metres long, the scheme combines two opposite types, the high-rise and the groundscraper, into an undulating building shaped like a range of hills. The geometry maximises views for residents, and the continuous roof becomes a public landscape with gardens, tennis courts and pools on top of the man-made hills, while large openings let sea breezes pass through and frame views of the ocean.