Plans for Marina One, a new high-rise mixed-use development in Singapore combine a lush public garden with waterfalls, reflecting pools, rooftop gardens, and a cloud garden designed by landscape architect firm Gustafson Porter. “Marina One is one of the first developments of its type to integrate soft landscape into the fabric of the building,” the London-based firm said in a statement.

Germany’s Ingenhoven Architects, known for its sustainable buildings, designed the lush complex, which comprises two 34-story residential towers and two 30-story commercial towers.

Marina One’s public vertical garden, called the Green Heart, is situated between the four towers. Rising from the Green Heart are the Strata Terraces, Cloud Garden, Green Screens, and Rooftop Gardens, which are meant to suggest the changing environments that a person would encounter when climbing a mountain.

“There is often a preconception that the climate is too hot and humid to make active use of outdoor space,” Gustafson Porter said. “But by breaking down the barriers between air-conditioned interior space and exterior shaded space, we can still create spaces to dwell which are softened by plants, with a light breeze and the sound of water movement.”

The towers have earned a Green Mark Platinum rating, which is a designation from the Singapore Building & Construction Authority to support environmentally friendly, sustainably built design.

The development is scheduled for completion in 2017.