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| Client: |
Singapore Turf Club |
| Gross Floor Area: |
160,000 sqm |
| Project Cost: |
S$500 million |
| Completion Date: |
1999 |
| Services: |
Architectural Design & Consultancy
Green Design
Mechanical & Electrical Engineering
Civil & Structural Engineering
Quantity Surveying
Project Management
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The Singapore Racecourse is a rare opportunity for us to explore our ability and expertise to assemble a variety of building forms – the parade ring canopy of striking geometry when juxtaposed against the sweeping line of the grandstand, the huge multi-storey car parks, stables for housing more than 1,000 horses, and other structures.
Together, this collage of varying sizes and forms defines the essentials of modern-day racing and forms a distinctive skyline. A highly sophisticated structural system of cantilevered steel roof trusses is used to suspend 2 of the 4 levels of the viewing gallery. Some other interesting features include the dramatic stainless steel roof profile that symbolises powerful horses in motion, a grandstand that is a visual feast to the patrons, and the full-height mullion-less glass wall and column-free interior space that offer breathtaking views of the three racetracks.
Designed in partnership with Ewing Cole Cherry Brott, an American racecourse consultant, this project has won the prestigious American Institute of Architects Philadelphia Chapter Award and the Singapore Institute of Architects – ICI Colour Awards.
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