Video: “Kinetic Rain” / ART+COM
Among the rushed atmosphere of the Singapore Changi Airport, ART+COM has created an installation in which brings all the commotion to a halt. Located in the departure check-in hall of Terminal 1, “Kinetic Rain” is composed of 608 lightweight aluminum rain droplets, coated in copper, that are suspended from thin steel ropes on two opposing escalators. Each droplet seemingly floats into its precise location during a 15-minute, computationally designed choreography where the two parts move together in unison. The entire installation spans a total area of more than 75 square meters and spreads over 7.3 meters in height.
Singapore Subordinate Courts Complex / Serie Architects + Multiply Architects
The Subordinate Courts of Singapore recently announced the proposal by Serie Architects and Multiply Architects as the winning design for their new courts complex. Their design features an innovative two tower strategy in which one tower is dedicated to the criminal courtrooms and the other to the judges’ chambers and support functions. The two towers are linked by a series of foot bridges that enable the controlled circulation necessary for the courtroom process. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Punggol Promenade / LOOK Architects
Architects: LOOK Architects
Location: Punggol, Singapore
Client: Urban Redevelopment Authority, Singapore
Principal Designer: Look Boon Gee
Design Team: Ng Sor Hiang, Anton Siura, Lee Liting, Friska Siswanto
C&SL Engineer: SM1 Consulting Engineers
M&E Engineer: HY M&E Consultancy Services Pte Ltd
Quantity Surveyor: OTN Building Cost Consultants Pte Ltd
Main Contractor: Horti-Flora Services Pte Ltd
Site Area: 78,000 sqm
Completion: 2012
Photographs: Frank Pinckers, Anton Siura, Choo Meng Foo, Derek Swalwell
The Bamboo Curtain House / Eco-id Architects
Architects: Eco-id Architects - Sim Boon Yang
Location: Singapore
Completion: 2011
Area: 4,500 sqf
Photographs: Sim Boon Yang
22 Oei Tiong Ham Park / AR43 Architects
Architects: AR43 Architects
Location: 22 OeiTiong Ham Park, Singapore
Design Team: Lim Cheng Kooi
Builder: Bestec
Construction: Pte Ltd
Site Area: 1,203 sqm
Photographer: Albert Lim KS
Cluny House / Neri & Hu Design and Reserch Office
Architects: Neri & Hu Design and Reserch Office
Location: Singapore
Size: 2,888 sqm
Completion: November 2011
Photographer: Pedro Pegenaute
In Progress: PARKROYAL on Pickering / WOHA
Located in central Singapore, the top tier business hotel and office in a garden project at Hong Lim Park, designed by WOHA, demonstrates how they were able to not only conserve greenery in a built-up high-rise city center, but multiply it vertically in a manner that is architecturally striking, integrated and sustainable. Undergoing construction with scheduled completion in this year, the project has achieved Singapore’s Green Mark Platinum score, the nation’s highest environmental certification. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Sunset / Topos Design Studio
Architects: Topos Design Studio – Alan Fan, Lim Hong Kian
Location: Bukit Timah, Singapore
Main Contractor: Millard Pte Ltd
Quantity Surveyor: Barton Associates Pte Ltd
Civil and Structural Engineer: First Engineer Consultants
Completion: 2007
Site: 950 sqm
Floor Area: 590 sqm
Photographs: Derek Swalwell
21 Jervois Hill / AR43 Architects
Architect: AR43 Architects
Location: Singapore
Design Team: Lim Cheng Kooi
Landscape Design: DrEasaw Thomas
Builder: Pekson Construction & Engineering Pte Ltd
Site Area: 1,516.9 sqm
Photographer: Albert KS Lim
Beauty Blocks / Studio SKLIM
Architects: Studio SKLIM
Location: Singapore
Client: Estetica
Area: 151 sqm
Completion: 2011
Photographs: Jeremy San
Travertine Dream House / Wallflower Architecture + Design
Architect: Wallflower Architecture + Design
Location: Serangoon, Singapore
Design Team: Robin Tan, Cecil Chee & Sean Zheng
Completion Date: 2011
Photographs: Jeremy San
School of the Arts / WOHA
Architects: WOHA
Location: Zubir Said Drive, Singapore
Project Team: Wong Mun Summ, Richard Hassell, Sim Choon Heok, Chan Ee Munm, Esther Soh, Ian Donlan, Teh Tien Hwa, Alina Yeo, Kwong Lay Lay, Nixon Jose Sicat, Alen Low, Christina Ong, Evi Syariffudin, Germain Goh, Merlinda Song, Muhammad Halim Bin Wahab, Ong Ker Shing, Pamela Choo, Sabrina Foong
Project Cost: S$121 million
Project Size: 52,945.54 sqm
Completion: 2009
Photographs: Patrick Bingham-Hall
Galen / Formwerkz Architects
Architect: Formwerkz Architects
Location: Science Park 2, Singapore
Design Team: Alan Tay, Iskandar Idris, Pang, Tim Fatt, Karolina
Photographer: Jeremy San
SkyVille @ Dawson / WOHA
Commissioned by the Housing and Development Board as an exploration of the future of affordable public housing, WOHA‘s public housing design for Skyville @ Dawson consists of 960 homes in Singapore. As a response to the enthusiasm received by the public, their project is currently under construction and is estimated to be completed February 2015. The design focuses on 3 themes – community, variety and sustainability. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Oasia Downtown / WOHA
Oasia Downtown, designed by WOHA, sets out to create an alternative imagery for commercial high-rise developments. It combines innovative ways to intensify land use with a tropical approach that showcases a perforated, permeable, furry, verdant tower of green in the heart of Singapore’s Central Business District (CBD). More images and architects’ description after the break.
Design the new lounges for Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines invites interested private sector companies and/or entities to participate in the Pre-Qualification Exercise to demonstrate their capabilities for the Proposed Development of a New Design Concept for the Silver Kris Lounges.
A formal Request for Proposal will be subsequently issued for pre-qualified bidders to participate in a design competition tender exercise. As the Silver Kris Lounges undergo planned refurbishment works, Singapore Airlines wishes to adopt a new design concept to ensure its pre-eminent position in the airline industry. To see the complete list of conditions that prospective design firms must fulfill please click here. Completed applications must be submitted by March 29.
Architecture City Guide: Singapore
Thanks to our readers’ help like, Jonathan Choe, we bring you an Architecture City Guide to Singapore. The city’s “recent prosperity and extremely dense urban situation has lead to a wealth of incredible architecture from architects around the world,” says Choe. Today we bring you only 12 buildings as a starting point. Please leave some of your favorites in the comment section below as we intend to expand it in the near future.
To check out other cities visit our world map or our Architecture City Guide page.
The Architecture City Guide: Singapore list and corresponding map after the break.
The Park House / Formwerkz Architects
Architect: Formwerkz Architects
Location: Singapore
Design Team: Gwen Tan, Berlin Lee, Stephen Lim, RuiLin
Structural: TEP Consultants Pte Ltd
Builder: PLC (2006) Pte Ltd
Photographs: Jeremy San
Black & White House / Formwerkz Architects
Architect: Formwerkz Architects
Location: Singapore
Design Team: Alan Tay, W.H Pung
Site Area: 2,500 sqm
Built-up Area: 1,200 sqm
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Jeremy San
Bishan Public Library / LOOK Architects
Architect: LOOK Architects
Location: 5 Bishan Place, Singapore
Site Area: 1400.30 sqm
Client: National Library Board, Singapore
Structural Engineer: Meinhardt (Singapore) Pte Ltd
Mechanicalme &Electrical Engineer: Meinhardt (Singapore) Pte Ltd
Quantity surveyor: BEC Consultants
Completion: 2006
Photographs: Patrick Bingham-Hall, Tim Nolan
Reflections / Daniel Libeskind
Architects: Studio Daniel Libeskind
Location: Keppel Bay, Singapore
Building Size: 2,000,000 sqm; 1,129 units
Client: Keppel Land International
Architect of Record: DCA Architects PTE LTD
Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing Engineer: Beca Carter Hollings&Ferner (S.E.Asia) Pte Ltd
Civil Engineer: T.Y. LIN International
Landscape Architect: Hargreaves Associates + Sitetectonix
Completion: 2011
Photographs: Courtesy of Keppel Bay Pte Ltd-a, SDL, VMW Obilia
