Marina One is a high-density, mixed-use building complex in the heart of Singapore's new Marina Bay financial district. The project supports Singapore's ambition to become a "City in a Garden." Designed by Ingenhoven architects to appear as a plant-covered mountain rising up into the Singapore skyline, the four-tower scheme will include the city's largest public plaza, lush plantings, green sky terraces and tree-covered public spaces on the rooftops.

In the center of the building, Gustafson Porter's design for the "Green Heart' creates a smooth transition between the sculptural and planted elements of the building's architecture. The firm's landscape design is based on the understanding how public space is used in Singapore. There is a perception that the climate is too hot and humid to design for active outdoor spaces. The landscape architects took the positive attitude that the right design would enhance the quality of experience and make better use of the public realm in this development and for the surrounding city.