Prof. Pomeroy has been engaged in research over the years that has predominantly covered alternative social spaces, the socio-spatial role of skycourts and sky gardens, and the environmental benefits of urban greenery. These have culminated in a number of academic papers published in international journals, and chapter contributions of books that have been frequently cited and used as source material for both undergraduate, post-graduate and doctoral researchers. We are also happy to collaborate with researchers on papers within our fields of specialism.
The Monocle Travel Guide Series
Singapore (2016)
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Green Walls in High-Rise Buildings
Green Walls in High-Rise Buildings: An output of the CTBUH Sustainability Working Group, The Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd (2014)
“For centuries, green walls have been used in building construction to shade building walls and atriums, to shield buildings from wind, and to cultivate agricultural plants. The original concept of vertical vegetation, including a wide use of green walls, can be traced to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon (Kohler 2008), one of the seven ancient wonders of the world, dating from between 600 to 800 B.C.”
Tall Building Reference Guide
The Tall Building Reference Book, Routledge: New York. (2013)
"The ability to provide a balance between the open space of sky courts and sky gardens with the built up area of the tall building object challenges the conventional 20th century tall building approach of self-same repetition in favour of a more hybridist form."
Singapore Exposed
Singapore | Insights from the Inside, Ethos Books: Singapore (2012)
"The urban vocabulary of the street and square, as well as the ground-scraping/subterranean social-spaces of the mall, the void deck and MRT system, are now being increasingly lifted to loftier heights in order to cater for physical and social growth, and to address the depletion of social space through heightened densification."
Room at the Top
Room at the Top—The Roof as an Alternative Habitable / Social Space in the Singapore Context. (2012)
Greening the Urban Habitat
Greening the urban habitat, Singapore. (2012)
High Density Living In the Asian Context
Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal, Volume 4 Number 4, Special Issue. (2011)
Dream Paradise
Davinci Publishing Company. (2011)
As transitional spaces, skycourts and skygardens provide a greater level of permeability from the ground, through the tower and beyond if part of a broader complex or when integrated with other modes of transport (for example, the subterranean mass rapid transport systems).
Defining Singapore Public Space: From Sanitization to Corporatization
Journal of Urban Design, Volume 16, Issue 03. (2011)
Sky Courts as Transitional Space: Using Space Syntax as a Predictive Theory
Sky Courts as Transitional Space: Using Space Syntax as a Predictive Theory. (2008)
The Skycourt - A Comparison of Four Case Studies
The Skycourt - A Comparison of Four Case Studies (2008)
The Skycourt - A Viable Alternative Civic Space for the 21st Century?
The Skycourt - A Viable Alternative Civic Space for the 21st Century? (2007)