In a great feat of design, coordination, and construction, PWP created the landscape at the Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort. PWP worked with Safdie Architects, the Singapore government, a team of local landscape architects and horticulturalists, as well as engineers, and business professionals to realize this unique and complex project at the entrance to the Singapore Bay.

Landscape occupies nearly 30 acres at Marina Bay Sands, 75 percent of which is public space and almost all of which is on structure.

Public areas of the project include a half-mile-long waterfront promenade, a rooftop promenade, a 1000-meter-long landscaped bridge, a 2.5-acre Skypark, a tropical garden at the base of the hotel, and the surrounding streetscapes that will inform all future streetscape design in the area.

The waterfront promenade features a triple allee of Roystonia palms interspersed with informal groupings of large canopy trees—Khaya, Peltophorum, and Alstonia—a design that provides both scale and much-needed shade in the Singapore heat. Permeable pavement systems collect surface drainage and reduce runoff.

One of the most remarkable spaces, the Skypark, spans the roofs of the three hotel towers at the 57th story and offers views of downtown Singapore and the Singapore Bay as well as the ports and the Singapore Strait. This surprising garden in the sky features an infinity edge swimming pool, lushly planted garden rooms featuring mature trees, a public viewing deck with 270 degree views, two restaurants, and a night club.

In order to achieve a landscape that complemented the scale of the architecture and had a presence on opening day, PWP conceived of an early tree-procurement strategy as well as a temporary-nursery plan that permitted plants to be sourced overseas from many locales, transported into Singapore, and grown near the site for over a year prior to installation. This strategy also facilitated a quick installation of the large quantities of mature trees with a high success rate.