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.

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.

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.