Leisure
Supporting the biodiversity and improving the quality of the living environment

NATIONAL GALLERY
The new National Gallery is housed in the former Supreme Court and City Hall buildings, both fronting the Padang. The design elegantly integrates the two buildings at the roof level through the use of a linear draped canopy supported by tree-like columns.
The challenge of the project is in retaining the character and ambience of the former buildings while creating a modern art gallery - a blend of old and new. Key features such as the facades, the main staircases, the Surrender Chamber in the City Hall and the main court in the former Supreme Court are kept, allowing them to bear witness to the history of Singapore. The new roof canopy filters out direct sunlight, bathing the roof-top spaces in a soft, natural light. The two buildings are linked at the new basement level, which serve as the entrance to the Gallery. The existing entrances are kept and new ones are opened up to make the buildings more permeable at street level. A collaboration between studioMilou Singapore and CPG Consultants Pte Ltd.
Project Details
Architectural Design • Conservation Consultancy • Civil & Structural Engineering • Mechanical & Electrical Engineering • Quantity Surveying • Green Design • TIA
- Structural Steel Excellence Awards 2016
- National Architecture Awards (Australia) 2016
- International Space Design Award 2016 (China) - Idea-Tops
- International Chapter Architecture Awards 2016
- President’s Design Award 2015 (Design of the Year)
- URA Architectural Heritage Awards 2015
- SIA Architectural Design Awards 2015 (Honourable Mention – Conservation) (Design Award – Institutional)
- SIA-Nparks Skyrise Greenery Awards 2015 (Excellence)
- BCA Green Mark Awards 2012 (Gold Plus)
GARDENS BY THE BAY, MARINA SOUTH
Gardens by the Bay (GB) is a key project underpinning the National Parks Board's continuous strategy to realise the vision of transforming Singapore into a Garden City. Occupying 101 hectares of prime land by Marina Bay, the Gardens is a fantasia showcasing horticultural craftsmanship and floral artistry at its finest.
The largest of the three gardens in the overall development, the 54-hectare Gardens at Marina South (GBMS) was implemented. With an expansive water frontage, the Gardens at Marina South showcases the best of tropical horticulture and garden artistry, with mass display of tropical flowers and coloured foliage. Vibrant programming is incorporated for the gardens to host a suite of international and national events.
Project Details
Architectural Design • Civil & Structural Engineering • Master Planning • Mechanical & Electrical Engineering • Quantity Surveying • Project Management • Environmental Engineering • Transport Engineering
- ARCASIA Awards 2016 – Honorable Mention
- ARCASIA Award 2016 – (Social Responsible Architecture)
- LIAS Awards 2015 (Best of Category) (Gold) (Silver) (Bronze) – Maintenance – Public and Urban Spaces
- Design and Health International Academy Awards 2015 (Winner – Salutogenic Design Project Public Space)
- Thea Award 2014 (Outstanding)
- Cityscape Awards 2014 (Winner)
- MIPIM Awards 2014 (Special Jury) (Best Innovative Green Building)
- Singapore Good Design Mark Awards 2014 (Platinum)
- BCA Green Mark Awards 2014 (Platinum)
- BCA Universal Design Mark Awards 2014 (Platinum)
- BCA Construction Excellence Awards 2014 (Award – Conservatory Complex) (Certificate of Merit – Energy Centre and Arrival Clusters Supertrees) (Certificate of Merit – Lion Grove Supertrees)
- BCA Construction Productivity Awards 2014 (Gold)
- CIBSE Building Performance Awards 2014 (Project of the Year)
- President’s Design Award 2013 (Design of the Year)
- SIA Architectural Design Awards 2013 (Design Award – Others) (Design Award – Recreational Buildings)
- SIA-Nparks Skyrise Greenery Awards 2013 (Special)
- SIA-Rigel Bathroom Design Awards 2013 (Merit)
- Landscape Institute Awards 2013 (College of Fellows Award for Climate Change Adaptation)
- LIAS Awards 2013 (Excellence)
- The Structural Awards 2013
- The International Architecture Awards 2013 (Architecture Award – Cooled Conservatories) (Architecture Award – Master Plan)
- RIBA International Awards 2013 (Lubetkin Prize – Best New International Building)
- British Expertise International Awards 2013 (Outstanding International Design Project)
- Sustain Magazine (UK) Awards 2013 (Project of the Year)
- WAN Landscape Award 2013 (Winner)
- World Architecture Festival Awards 2012 (World Building of the Year)
- Design for Asia Awards 2012 (Grand Award) (Special Award for Technology)
- BCA Green Mark Awards 2012 (Platinum)
- MOM Workplace Safety and Health Performance Awards 2012
- BCA Design and Engineering Safety Excellence Awards 2012
- IStructE Singapore Structural Awards 2012 (Award for Special Structure – Cooled Conservatories) (Commendation Award for Special Structure – Supertrees and Aerial Walkway)
- The President’s Award for the Environment 2011
- MIPIM Architectural Review Future Project Awards 2011 (Commendation)
- Green Good Design Awards 2010
- MIPIM Architectural Review Future Project Awards 2009 (Commendation)
EXTENSION OF SUNGEI BULOH WETLAND RESERVE
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve being Singapore's first ASEAN Heritage Park and one of the two first Nature Reserves to be gazetted, boost an intricate ecosystem and a variety of flora fauna residing amongst the Mangroves Mudflats & Wetlands. In recognition of its intrinsic richness of ecology and learning opportunities, the design brief calls for a new Masterplan to redevelop Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, with the extension of a new 31 hectare Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, to strengthen biodiversity conservation and enhancing its status as a premier Outdoor Education Learning Park and Research Centre. A network of three new nature trails boast a 1.65km of experiential encounter with nature, comprising of several walking routes designed at different planes for visitors get to experience the different niches within the Reserve at various heights, ranging from mangroves, river edges to freshwater ponds.
Project Details
Architectural Design • Civil & Structural Engineering • Mechanical & Electrical Engineering • Quantity Surveying • Landscape Design • Environmental Engineering