WET Design developed this water feature at Millenia Walk in Singapore
in collaboration with Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo & Associates.

The Millenia Walk is part of a comprehensive commercial development
in the Pontiac Marina District, a newly developed area that includes
Singapore's Convention Center, office complexes, commercial venues
and hotels. Among them is the Ritz-Carlton, designed by Kevin Roche
John Dinkeloo & Associates, for which WET Design developed the 
building's water expressions.

The Millenia Walk is an isolated promenade and plaza where visitors
can find tranquility away from the vehicular traffic and activity of the
urban scene. The water feature is designed to engage the surrounding
architecture and landscape of Millenia Walk. A ten meter high, canted
wall is composed of alternating panels of glass and deeply carved 
granite. As water cascades over the wall, the varying surfaces render
the water in dramatically different textures, from smooth and delicate
to robust and energetic. At the base of the wall the water cascade joins
an expanse of WaterSkin™, a treatment in which a thin membrane of
water covers an area of black granite that is flush with the surrounding
dry scape and pedestrian walkways. The result is a highly reflective 
mirror finish surface that emulates a pool.  Because there is no depth
in the WaterSkin™ area, there is no need for a barrier between the pool
and its surroundings. This treatment, along with the textures of the 
adjacent water wall, creates a work that engages its environment and
is in seamless rapport with the surrounding architectures and landscape.

To further enhance the quality of seamlessness, visitors can walk
behind the wall where the panels of granite and glass alternate to
create a pattern of opacity and shimmering translucence.