V on Shenton Singapore Tower, Former UIC Building, South East Asian Skyscraper Images
V on Shenton Building Singapore
Central Business District Development – design by Ben van Berkel / UNStudio
28 Nov 2018
V on Shenton Building Singapore by UNStudio
Completion of V on Shenton and the Scotts Tower marks four completed projects by UNStudio in the city

Developer: UIC Investments (Properties) Pte Ltd.
Photos: Darren Soh
V on Shenton
The first, and most recently completed project is V on Shenton.

V on Shenton is located at 5 Shenton Way in the heart of Singapore’s Central Business District and occupies the space of the former UIC Building.

Singapore is currently one of the most densely populated countries in the world. Although land reclamation has boosted the island?s size over the years, Singapore still faces significant density challenges.
Vertical expansion has for some time proved to be a solution for the efficient use of valuable urban land. However, it has recently become clear that such expansion can be further maximised through the introduction of large scale, holistic, mixed-use developments that offer round-the-clock programmes. In these developments working, living and leisure activities are catered for within single plots, ensuring maximal use of scarce land. V on Shenton is just such a development.

The dual programming of the building (office and residential) is a unique situation in this area and thus the massing of the towers is differentiated to...