Singapore Arts Centre
Collaboration with Atelier One to develop the external envelope system for the new Singapore Arts Centre which commenced construction in 1997.
Drawing extensively on the indigenous architecture of South East Asia, the walls and roofs in our design are made up of a doubly-curved gridshell with glazing on the inner surface and folded diamond shaped shading panels on the outside.
The shading panels, or leaves, are designed to filter the sunlight but allow a proportion of sun to enter the interior of the foyers to animate and enrich the space. The reduced solar gain allows the Centre to achieve low energy targets.
Computer models were developed in-house to allow the many variables to be manipulated in order to derive optimised shade geometry for each facade.
