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| Client: |
National Heritage Board (NHB) |
| Gross Floor Area: |
18,000sqm |
| Project Cost: |
S$79M |
| Completion Date: |
2006 |
| Services: |
Architectural Design & Consultancy
Mechanical & Electrical Engineering
Civil & Structural Engineering
Quantity Surveying
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The 119-year old National Museum of Singapore (formerly known as the Singapore History Museum) at Stamford Road finally reopened its doors after three years of refurbishment and reinvention. It is designed to be a people’s museum, adopting multimedia and cutting-edge technologies to re-tell Singapore’s history in an interesting and unconventional way.
CPG Consultants was the principal consultant for this project, providing the full spectrum of consultancy services for architecture, engineering and quantity surveying, while PM Link, also a subsidiary of CPG Corporation, was the project manager.
This project is by far one of the more challenging projects undertaken by CPG. Some engineering feats include the construction of a glass passage linking the existing building to the new extension. The glass passage rises almost 11m above the ground and is one of the world’s largest outdoor, self-supporting glass structures. In addition, part of Fort Canning Hill was also excavated to accommodate the new extension.
The Glass Rotunda, a glass dome at the main entrance of the new extension, measuring 16m in height and 24m in diameter, is another architecture highlight. It consists of a smaller steel mesh drum encapsulated by a larger glass facade drum. Visitors entering the Singapore History Gallery will be greeted with scenes of the Singapore cityscape projected on the 360 degrees inner wall of the Glass Rotunda. At night, the curtains will be drawn and the dome will be transformed into a lantern, with images appearing on the ‘skin’ of the inner dome, visible from the exterior.
The project won the URA Architectural Heritage Award (2007), BCA Universal Design Award (Silver) 2008 and the President's Design Award (2008).
Other :
- Singapore Art Museum
- Asian Civilisations Museum @ Empress Place
- Asian Civilisations Museum @ Armenian Street
- Malay Heritage Centre
- Singapore Tyler Print Institute
- National Art Gallery
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