Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our first video report from Singapore, Colin Seah of local architecture studio Ministry of Design tells us how the recent cultural shift away from mass-market shops and restaurants is helping transform attitudes towards design in the city.
“Singapore was known as a clean and green city,” says Seah. “Clean almost to the point of being boring.”
“There seemed to be a saturation of mass-market experiences. But from 2000 to 2005, things started to rapidly open up. Singapore now is a lot more exciting.”
Our MINI Paceman across the water from Gardens by the Bay by Wilkinson Eyre
Seah claims that many Singaporeans are choosing to stay away from established chains, preferring to spend their money in more boutique shops and restaurants.
Dempsey Hill, Singapore
In the movie he takes us to two recently rejuvenated parts of the city where independent retailers and food outlets are flourishing.
The first is Dempsey Hill, a former British colonial army barracks to the west of the city centre, which now hosts a wide range of independent restaurants and cafes.
Dempsey Hill, Singapore
“It was the first major adaptive reuse project in Singapore, where a building that was once governmental or institutional was given back to the market,” says Seah. “That shift has taken root and you see more districts now being reclaimed this way.”
Haji Lane, Singapore
Closer to the city centre is Haji Lane, a narrow street lined with two-storey shophouses in the Arab quarter of the city, in sharp contrast to the towering skyscrapers of the nearby financial district that Singapore is more famous for.
“Along Haji Lane you’ll find maybe 30 independent boutiques,” says Seah. “Just a great amount of variety without having to see a brand that you would find also in California or the UK.”
New Majestic Hotel by Ministry of Design
One of the first boutique hotels in Singapore was designed by Seah’s studio, Ministry of Design. Called New Majestic Hotel, it comprises four converted shophouse tucked away down a quiet street in Singapore’s Chinatown.
New Majestic Hotel by Ministry of Design
Seah believes that the recent demand for hotels like New Majestic Hotel provides an important source of work for designers in the city.
“Without this increased level of curiosity and diversity, firms like ours would not really be able to exist,” he says. “There would just be no market for the work that we do.”
New Majestic Hotel by Ministry of Design
He also believes that the cultural shift is encouraging more young people to study architecture and design.
“Because of the need for more firms to provide work of this nature, I think young people feel that it’s less of a risk to enter the design field,” he says.
New Majestic Hotel by Ministry of Design
“In Singapore, most of our parents want us to be accountants or lawyers or doctors. [To be an] architect is a bit dodgy and [if you study] interior design or art, you’re a lost cause. But not any more.”
Singapore’s government is also starting to take design seriously, Seah says. In 2008 it established SOTA (School of the Arts), which offers an arts and design-based curriculum for 13 to 18 year olds.
“Schools like SOTA are not just great physical examples of architecture,” Seah concludes. “They are also symbols of where Singapore is headed in terms of culture, in terms of design.”
Frances-Jones Morehen Thorp‘s Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki in New Zealand was designed in association with New Zealand studio Archimedia as an extension and refurbishment of the existing gallery, creating a new entrance and doubling the amount of flexible exhibition space.
Roofs over the forecourt, atrium and gallery spaces appear to float at different heights, patterned with wood panels on their undersides.
These canopies are designed to mirror the trees at nearby Albert Park, which can be seen through the large transparent walls of the exhibition spaces.
“Our inspiration was the beautiful natural landscape,” FJMT design director Richard Francis-Jones said after the announcement. “We saw the building as embedded in place. We wanted to use natural local materials, especially the beautiful kauri trees. But because these are protected, we could only use fallen trees or recycled wood.
‘The building is all about New Zealand, and it has the work of great Maori artists embedded in it.”
When the project won the Culture category at the awards yesterday, the WAF judges said: “This is a highly sensitive addition to Auckland Art Gallery which reanimates and reinvigorates the existing building. It responds brilliantly to context and site and gives the gallery a new architectural identity.”
Dezeen is media partner for the World Architecture Festival, which concludes today at the Marina Bay Sands hotel and conference centre – see all our coverage of WAF 2013 here.
This bulky concrete school of art, design and architecture was completed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando at the University of Monterrey in Mexico and is one of over 300 projects being showcased this week for the World Architecture Festival in Singapore (+ slideshow).
Housing studios and teaching rooms for over 300 students, the Centro Roberto Garza Sada de Arte Arquitectura y Diseño was designed by Tadao Ando as a six-storey concrete block with a huge triangular void at its centre.
This void exposes the underside of the building, creating the appearance of a twisted structure, and creates a large sheltered entrance for staff, students and visitors below.
Additional openings elsewhere around the building provide outdoor corridors and meeting areas, as well as an open-air amphitheatre.
The six storeys of the building accommodate different creative disciplines. Digital facilities occupy the first two floors, while visual arts can be found on the second floor. Textiles and photography share the third floor, model-making workshops are grouped together on the fourth floor and the top storey is home to the fashion department.
Here’s a project description from the design team:
Centro Roberto Garza Sada de Arte Arquitectura y Diseño
Roberto Garza Sada Center for Arts, Architecture and Design (CRGS) is a 6 storey building with height of 5.4 metres between each level. Built in an area of 20,700 square metres. The building has a modulation of supports (columns) arranged in a grid of 9 metres per side, having 3 modules in the short side and 11 in the long one.
The main support structure is based on 4 frames in the long direction, spaced 9 metres one from another, and describing free spaces of about 80 to 65 metres. The main frames are stabilised trough a secondary structure which allows it to have the required stiffness to be structurally stable.
The structural concept is based on the principle of composite action, that is, elements of structural steel-lined concrete and united so that both receive and transmit efforts jointly (the concrete is not only architectural but structural).
The finishes of the building are: » Granite floors or concrete polishing, epoxy-coated » Apparent concrete walls, plaster, drywall or resin panel » Ceiling drywall or prefabricated resin panel
Additionally it has windows of aluminium (profiles with thermal break) and insulated glasses with a low-e face are included in areas of direct exposure to the sun’s rays. The windows system is reinforced by a system of automated blinds and linked to the lighting control system for a more efficient system. Architectural design concentrates most of the windows in three main holes that come from the rooftop to the floors below that allow the natural lighting and ventilation of the building.
The VRV air conditioning system provides high efficiency in electricity consumption for the divided spaces configuration of the building. Lamps are high efficiency and with electronic ballast that is linked to an intelligent system that detects heat, motion and daylight by sensors strategically located through the building. The system regulate the environment of each space providing the lighting required for the development of activities, while they save energy by allowing most of the lighting to be natural.
Electric and voice-data systems feature the best technology, in order to provide users with the most suitable conditions for the performance of academic functions in each space of the building.
Winners in today’s categories will compete with the second batch of laureates, which we’ll publish tomorrow, for the World Building of the Year prize to be announced on Friday. Last year the award went to Wilkinson Eyre Architects’ Gardens by the Bay project in Singapore.
The annual World Architecture Festival (WAF) is taking place at the Moshe Safdie-designed Marina Bay Sands hotel and conference centre until 4 October and Dezeen is media partner for the event. The Inside Festival is running alongside WAF and we revealed the day one category winners of the Inside Awards earlier today.
Read on for the list of today’s WAF category winners:
The Left-Over-Space House
House category winner: The Left-Over-Space House, Australia, by Cox Rayner Architects, Casey and Rebekah Vallance
A three-metre-wide caretaker’s cottage has been recycled and extended into a private family house for parents and two children by Cox Rayner Architects. “There’s a realness and authenticity to the spirit of the house that reflects the owners,” said this year’s panel of judges.
28th Street Apartments
Housing category winner: 28th Street Apartments, USA, by Koning Eizenberg Architecture
Koning Eizenberg Architecture restored a former YMCA building in Los Angeles and added 25 new residential units in a thin five-storey stucco-clad building beside it. “This project demonstrates architecture as an agent for social transformation,” the judges commented. “The architect was able to knit together historical continuity and something very new, something of high architectural value.”
Office category winner: Statoil Regional and International Offices, Norway, by a-lab
Five aluminium-clad volumes are stacked up like a pile of horizontal skyscrapers at this office complex outside Oslo by Norwegian studio A-Lab – read more about the project in our previous story. The judges said the building is “a comprehensive and integrated project that merges modular construction and cost effectiveness in a modern Scandanavian way, demonstrating a deep understanding of democratic and social values in the new working environment.”
Higher education category winner: University of Exeter: Forum Project, UK, by Wilkinson Eyre Architects
World Building of the Year 2012 recipients Wilkinson Eyre have made the shortlist for this year’s award, with an undulating canopy bridging the spaces between rectangular buildings at the University of Exeter in England. The judges said: “The project creates hugely uplifting spaces for the students with a delightfully detailed timber gridshell roof.”
Display category winner: The Blue Planet, Denmark, by 3XN
Shaped like a whirlpool, this aquarium in Copenhagen by Danish architects 3XN is covered in shimmering aluminium shingles similar to fish scales – read more about the project in our previous story. “It deals successfully with the site and finds opportunity where there is little context. It overcomes significant engineering and technical challenges,” were the judges comments.
Sancaklar Mosque
Religion category winner: Sancaklar Mosque, Turkey, by Emre Arolat Architects
This mosque in an Istanbul suburb sits in a quiet park cut off from the surrounding area by high walls. “The project captured the spiritual essence of a mosque without being referential,” said the judges.
» Health: New Sulaibikhat Medical Center, Kuwait, by AGi Architects » House: Meditation House, Lebanon, by MZ Architects » Culture: National Maritime Museum of China, China, by Cox Rayner Architects » Commercial mixed-use: New Office in Central London, UK, by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris » Leisure led: Singapore Sports Hub, Singapore, by Arup Associates, DP Architects » Office: Selcuk Ecza Headquarters, Turkey, by Tabanlioglu Architects » Masterplanning: Earls Court Masterplan, UK, by Farrells » Infrastructure: Brisbane Ferry Terminals Post-Flood Recovery, Australia, by Cox Rayner Architects
Keep an eye out for movies from Singapore we’re filming for the latest leg of our Dezeen and MINI World Tour.
Damiani Holz&Ko Office Headquarters by MODUS architects
Read on for the full shortlist:
Civic and community
» New Funeral Home in Sant Joan Despi, Spain by Batlle & Roig Architects » Women’s Opportunity Centre, Rwanda by Sharon Davis Design » Dailai Conference Hall, Vietnam by Vo Trong Nghia Architects » University of Aberdeen New Library – Sir Duncan Rice Library, UK by Schmidt Hammer Lassen » Eyup Cultural Centre and Marriage Hall, Turkey by Emre Arolat Architects » Frederiksberg Courthouse, Denmark by 3XN » Community Institution for Special Youth Support ‘De Zande’, Belgium by BURO II & ARCHI+I » West Kimberley Regional Prison, Australia by TAG Architects and Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects » Marysville Police Station, Australia by Kerstin Thompson Architects » Bad Aibling Rathaus, Germany by BEHNISCH Architekten » Docked, France by Atelier Arcau
» Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, New Zealand by Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp, fjmt + Archimedia » Jasper Place Branch Library, Canada by Hughes Condon Marler Architects » Eli & Edythe Broad Art Museum, USA by Zaha Hadid Architects » Kaap Skil, Maritime and Beachcombers Museum, Netherlands by Mecanoo Architecten » Louisiana State Museum and Sports Hall of Fame, USA by Trahan Architects » Museum for Architectural Drawing, Germany by SPEECH Tchoban & Kuznetsov » Mary Rose Museum, UK by Wilkinson Eyre Architects » George W. Bush Presidential Centre, USA by Robert A.M. Stern Architects » Heydar Aliyev Centre, Azerbaijan by Zaha Hadid Architects » Wuzhen Theatre, China by Artech Architects » Niigata City Konan Ward Cultural Centre, Japan by Arai Urban and Architecture Design » The STAR, Singapore by Aedas
» The Blue Planet, Denmark by 3XN » Ecorium of the National Ecological Institute, South Korea by Samoo Architects & Engineers, Grimshaw Architects » Artipelag, Sweden by Nyréns Arkitektkontor » Peace Pavilion, UK by Atelier Zündel Cristea » The Warratah Studio, Australia by studio505 » Janamani Visitor Centre, China by Atelier TeamMinus » Archifest Zero Waste Pavilion, Singapore by WOW Architects » Australian Age of Dinosaurs Visitor Centre, Australia by Cox Rayner Architects » Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Visitor Center, USA by Olson Kundig Architects » Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Centre, USA by Weiss/Manfredi Architects » The National Arboretum, Australia by Taylor Cullity Lethlean, Tonkin Zulaikha Greer » Auckland Zoo Giraffe House, New Zealand by Glamuzina Paterson + Monk
» Knowledge Centre, St. Olavs Hospital, Norway by Nordic Office of Architecture » Rush University Medical Centre New Hospital Tower, USA by Perkins+Will » Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, USA by Perkins+Will » Psychiatric Hospital, Sweden by Tengbomgruppen AB » Ballarat Regional Integrated Cancer Centre, Australia by Billard Leece Partnership » Clienia – Lino Castle, Switzerland by Dan Pearlman Marken Architektur GmbH » The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Australia by BVN Donovan Hill » Livsrum – Cancer Counseling Centre, Denmark by EFFEKT » North London Hospice, UK by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
» Halley VI Antarctic Research Station, Antarctica by Hugh Broughton Architects » Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, USA by Fentress Architects, Davis Davis Architects » Kent Vale – Faculty Housing, Singapore by MKPL Architects » John & Frances Angelos Law Centre, USA by BEHNISCH Architekten, Ayers Saint Gross » Sunshine Construction Futures, Australia by Cox Architecture » Knox Innovation, Opportunity and Sustainability Centre (KIOSC), Australia by Woods Bagot » Kangan Institute, Automotive Centre of Excellence, Stage 2, Australia by Gray Puksand » The University of Queensland Advanced Engineering Building, Australia by HASSELL » Translational Research Institute, Australia by Wilson Architects + Donovan Hill » Rikkyo Lloyd Hall, Japan by Nikken Sekkei » Swanston Academic Building, RMIT University, Australia by Lyons » Centro Roberto Garza Sada de Arte Arquitectura y Diseño, Mexico by Universidad de Monterrey, Tadao Ando Architect & Associates » On the Crest, France, by Atelier Arcau » University of Exeter: Forum Project, UK by Wilkinson Eyre Architects
» Tea House-Bamboo Courtyard, China by HWCD » CitizenM London Bankside, UK by Concrete » Vivanta by Taj – Gurgaon, India by WOW Architects » PARKROYAL on Pickering, Singapore, by WOHA » W Guangzhou Hotel & Residences, China by Rocco Design Architects » Akmani Legian, Indonesia by TWS&Partners » Nippondaira Hotel, Japan by Nikken Sekkei » Casa De La Flora, Thailand by VaSLab Architecture » Mug Hakdong, South Korea by Hyunjoon Yoo Architects » Hotel Indigo, Hong Kong by Aedas » The floating islands: Palm Island, Chongqing, China by HASSELL » Kontum Indochina Café, Vietnam by Vo Trong Nghia Architects » Fazenda Boa Vista | SPA, Brazil by Isay Weinfeld » Kami SPA Parioli, Italy by Carlo Berarducci Architecture » Treehouse, USA by Sharon Davis Design
» Lavender Bay Boatshed, Australia by Stephen Collier Architects » S Cube Chalet, Kuwait by AGi Architects » Courtyard House, Singapore by Formwerkz Architects » Diamond House, Singapore by Formwerkz Architects » Extended House, Singapore by Formwerkz Architects » Hourglass House, France by Atelier Arcau » THR350, Hong Kong by Aedas » S11 House, Malaysia by ArchiCentre Sdn Bhd » Planalto House, Brazil by Flavio Castro Architects » Distort House, Indonesia by TWS&Partners » Arena House, by Singapore by Prow Architects » Artist’s House and Atelier, Italy by MODUS architects » The Left-Over-Space House, Australia by Cox Rayner Architects, Casey and Rebekah Vallance » Murugan House, India by KSM Consultants » HOUSE House, Australia by Andrew Maynard Architects » The Nest, Vietnam by a21studio
» B11, Norway by MAD arkitekter » Oracle, Australia by DBI Design » 387 Tamaki Drive, New Zealand by Ian Moore Architects » Via 31, Thailand by Somdoon Architects Ltd » Ideo Morph 38, Thailand by Somdoon Architects Ltd » Aria, Australia by MPR Design Group » Comercio 117, Mexico by Archetonic » Ipera 25, Turkey by Alatas Architecture & Consulting » 6 Remez Tower, Israel by Moshe Tzur Architects and Town Planners » 360º Building, Brazil by Isay Weinfeld » Shunde Lakeside Condominium, China by New Space Architects » Ascentia Sky, Singapore by P&T Consultants » 8 flats low cost renovation, Spain by Miralles Tagliabue » One Eagle Place, UK by Eric Parry Architects » 28th Street Apartments, USA by Koning Eizenberg Architecture » Barajas Social Building Block, Spain by Miralles Tagliabue » Vicem Bodrum Residences, Turkey by Emre Arolat Architects
» Whakatane Library & Exhibition Centre, New Zealand by Irving Smith Jack Architects » Fai Fah, Thailand by Spark » Dardanel Administration Building, Turkey by Alatas Architecture & Consulting » Nova Scotia Power Corporate Headquarters, Canada by WZMH Architects » Place de la Republique, France by Atelier Arcau » Chedworth Roman Villa Conservation and Visitor Building, UK by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios » Väla gård, Sweden by Tengbomgruppen » L’Oréal Academy, Spain by Miralles Tagliabue » Conversion of the Palais Rasumofsky, Austria by Baar-Baarenfels Architekten » Benson Radiology, Australia by Tridente Architects » One Eagle Place, UK by Eric Parry Architects
» Administrative Building for the World Intellectual Property Organisation, Switzerland by BEHNISCH Architekten » One One One Eagle Street, Australia by Cox Rayner Architects » Yokohama Mitsui Building, Japan by Nikken Sekkei » Lazona Kawasaki Toshiba Building, Japan by Nikken Sekkei » Statoil Regional and International Offices, Norway by a-lab » Pearl River Tower, China by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill » Al Bahr Towers, UAE by Aedas » Point 92, Malaysia by ZLG SDN. BHD. » Chesapeake Building 12, USA by Elliott + Associates Architects » Astana Media Center, Kazakhstan by Tabanlioglu Architects » Esas Aeropark, Turkey by Tabanlioglu Architects » Botanic House, UK by Formation Architects » One Eagle Place, UK by Eric Parry Architects » Damiani Holz&Ko Office Headquarters, Italy by MODUS architects » 72 Screens, India by Sanjay Puri Architects » Väla gård, Sweden by Tengbomgruppen » 48 North Canal Road, Singapore by WOHA
Chesapeake Building 12, USA by Elliott + Associates Architects
Production/energy/recycling
» Lecor, Sweden by Kjellgren Kaminsky Architecture » A Simple Factory Building, Singapore by Pencil Office » Farsons New Brewhouse, Malta by Architecture Project » District Heating Plant, Italy by Markus Tauber Architectura » Adelaide Desalination Plant and Kauwi Interpretive Centre, Australia by Woodhead » Landscaping, France by Atelier Arcau » Medhurst Winery, Australia by Folk Architects
Bethel Assembly Of God Church, Singapore by LAUD Architects
Religion
» Dapto Anglican Church Auditorium, Australia by Silvester Fuller » Singapore Life Church, Singapore by LAUD Architects » Bethel Assembly Of God Church, Singapore by LAUD Architects » Chigasaki zion Christian church/Mihato kindergarten, Japan by Tezuka Architects » St Barnabas Church, Australia by Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp » Sancaklar Mosque, Turkey by Emre Arolat Architects » Congregation Or Hadash Synagogue, USA by BLDGS » Water-Moon Monastery, Taiwan by Artech Architects » Ekleshai Devi Temple, India by AEMMXII + Architects » Singapore Bible House, Singapore by LAUD Architects
Schools
» Preschool, Kindergarten and Family Centre, Italy by MODUS architects » Xiuning Shuanglong Primary School, China by WSP ARCHITECTS » Dallas Brooks Community Primary School, Australia by McBride Charles Ryan » Fontys Sports College, Netherlands by Mecanoo Architecten » Kingswood Academy, UK by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris » Kohler Environmental Centre, USA by Robert A.M. Stern Architects
L’Avenue Shanghai, China by Leigh & Orange
Shopping
» Buyaka, Turkey by Uras Dilekçi Architects » Emporia, Sweden by Wingårdh Arkitektkontor » L’Avenue Shanghai, China by Leigh & Orange » Starhill Gallery, Malaysia by Spark » Mackelvie Street, New Zealand by RTA Studio » No Name Shop, Iran by Ayeneh Office
» Ice Hockey Arena of Ondrej Nepela, Slovakia by Atelier Fischers » Mall of Asia Arena, Philippines, by Arquitectonica » Perth Arena, Australia by ARM Architecture » Wanangkura Stadium, Australia by ARM Architecture » Palace of water sports, Russia by SPEECH Tchoban & Kuznetsov » Splashpoint Leisure Centre, UK by Wilkinson Eyre Architects » Prince Alfred Park + Pool Upgrade, Australia by Neeson Murcutt Architects
Perth Arena, Australia by ARM Architecture
Transport
» Sydney Cruise Terminal, Australia by Johnson Pilton Walker Architects » Marina Bay Cruise Centre, Singapore by RSP Architects Planners & Engineers » Barrakka Lift, Malta by Architecture Project » Wulai Parking Structure, Taiwan by Q-Lab » Oshiage Bicycle Parking, Japan by Nikken Sekkei » South Morang Rail Extension, Australia by Cox Architecture » Bengbu High Speed Rail Plaza, China by Verse Design » CTA Morgan Station, USA by Ross Barney Architects
Villa
» Alexandra Tent House, New Zealand by Irving Smith Jack Architects Ltd » Namly House, Singapore, by CHANG Architects » Informal House, USA by Koning Eizenberg Architecture » LM Guest House, USA by Desai Chia Architecture » Six Senses Winegallery, Italy by Markus Tauber Architectura » JKC2, Singapore by ONG&ONG » Stone House, Vietnam by Vo Trong Nghia Architects » Point King Residence, Australia by HASSELL » Villa Schöneiche, Germany by Hammoodi & Partner » Pinheiro house, Brazil by StudioMK27 » MM House, Brazil by StudioMK27
» Qunli Stormwater Park: A Green Sponge for a Water-Resilient City, China by Turenscape » Central Plaza Chiang Rai, Thailand by Shma Co., Architects 49 Limited » Gebran Tueni Memorial, Lebanon by Vladimir Djurovic Landscape Architecture » Hariri Memorial Garden, Lebanon by Vladimir Djurovic Landscape Architecture » Eastside City Park, UK by Patel Taylor » Hornsbergs strandpark, Sweden by Nyréns Arkitektkontor » The Australian Garden, Australia by Taylor Cullity Lethlean, Greg Burgess Architects, Kirsten Thompson Architects » Prince Alfred Park + Pool Upgrade, Australia by Neeson Murcutt Architects » WYNE, Thailand by Sanitas Studio, DS Studio
Future Projects – Commercial mixed-use
» Latitud 19, Mexico by Arqmov Workshop » Commercial at Wakad, Pune, India by Architect Seema Puri &Zarir Mullan » Halaskargazi Mixuse, Turkey by Tabanlioglu Architects » Hong Kong Arcology Skyscraper, Hong Kong by Weston Williamson + Partners » Shopping Mall Butovo, Russia by Blank Architects » The One, Vietnam by Arquitectonica » Mecidiyekoy Towers, Turkey by Emre Arolat Architects » New Office in Central London, UK by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
Al Bahr Towers by Aedas
Future Projects – Competition entries
» Busan Opera House, South Korea by Designcamp Moonpark » New National Stadium Japan, Tokyo by Tabanlioglu Architects » Kucukcekmece College Campus, Turkey by Tabanlioglu Architects » San Giacomo Church, Italy by Miralles Tagliabue » Mardin Artuklu University Religious Complex, Turkey by Emre Arolat Architects » National Maritime Museum of China, China by Cox Rayner Architects
Future Projects – Culture
» Sejong Art Center, South Korea by Designcamp Moonpark, Abline » Grangegorman Library Complex, Ireland by Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners, DMOD » World Confucianism Sunbi Culture Park & Korean Cultural Theme Park, South Korea by Samoo Architects & Engineers » Museum of Ancient Chinese Oracles of Anyang, China by TONTSEN Fangda Design Group » Southbank Centre, UK by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios » Syrian Orthodox Church in Istanbul, Turkey by Suyabatmaz Demirel Architects » Museum of the Built Environment, Saudi Arabia by FXFOWLE, N/A » National Maritime Museum of China, China by Cox Rayner Architects
Kaap Skil, Maritime and Beachcombers Museum, Netherlands by Mecanoo Architecten
Future Projects – Education
» THE COMPASS Innovative Bioclimatic European School Complex, Greece by OFFICETWENTYFIVEARCHITECS » Khalifa University Extension, UAE by RSP Architects Planners & Engineers » MEB Campus in Milas, Turkey by Studio Evren Basbug, Tamirci Architects » Kucukcekmece College Campus, Turkey by Tabanlioglu Architects » Melbourne Girls Grammar School, Australia by BVN Donovan Hill » University of Reading, Malaysia by Scott Brownrigg » University of Amsterdam, Netherlands by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris » The Urban School in Elsinore, Denmark by EFFEKT, Rubow
Future Projects – House
» Jewellery Artist House – Atelier, Saudi Arabia by MZ Architects » Meditation House, Lebanon by MZ Architects » Braga House, Brazil by GPA&A, Gustavo Penna Arquiteto & Associados » Towerhouse Salten Tomanegg, Italy by Markus Tauber Architectura » Ahmet Oran Atelier, Turkey by Suyabatmaz Demirel Architects » Flag House, Canada by StudioMK27
Janamani Visitor Centre, China by Atelier TeamMinus
Future Projects – Infrastructure
» Siem Reap International Airport Terminal, Cambodia by Pascall+Watson » The New Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX, USA by Fentress Architects, BASE Architecture, HNTB Architecture » Heads up Highway! Cultivating Energy 2050, Italy by MODUS architects » Dubai Metro Purple Line, UAE by RMJM » Brisbane Ferry Terminals Post-Flood Recovery, Australia by Cox Rayner Architects » London’s New Hub Airport at Luto, UK by Weston Williamson + Partners
Future Projects – Leisure led development
» Ice Hotel, New Zealand by RTA Studio, Spi.rus Limited Architecture » Park Inn Hotel, Saudi Arabia by MZ Architects » North Byron Beach Resort Stage 1, Australia by Shane Thompson Architects » Singapore Sports Hub, Singapore by Arup Associates, DP Architects » Temporary Market Place and Social Development in Istanbul, Turkey by Suyabatmaz Demirel Architects » Hillside Retreat 405, India by Sanjay Puri Architects » Summer Homes at Munnar, India by Arkind Consultants
Fazenda Boa Vista by Isay Weinfeld
Future Projects – Masterplanning
» Singapore Sports Hub, Singapore by Arup Associates, DP Architects » Place Lalla Yeddouna, Morocco by Mossessian & Partners, Yassir Khalil Studio » Comprehensive Master Plan of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen Campus), China by Rocco Design Architects, Gravity Partnership, Wang Weijen Architecture » The Creative Corridor: A Main Street Revitalization for Little Rock, USA by University of Arkansas Community Design Center, Marlon Blackwell Architect » New Smart City Dao Viet, Vietnam by T-studio » Earls Court Masterplan, UK by Farrells » Bandar Malaysia Cultural Hub, Malaysia by AECOM » Television Centre, UK by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris » GDIS, Kuwait by AGi Architects
Future Projects – Office
» Turkey Ministry of Transport and Maritime Affairs and Communication Building, Turkey by Ven Architecture » Dorf Ketal Administration Building, India by Arqmov Workshop » Consulting Suites, Australia by Shane Thompson Architects » Selcuk Ecza Headquarters, Turkey by Tabanlioglu Architects » Shatin Communications & Technology Centre, Hong Kong by Arquitectonica » METU-research centre, Turkey by Emre Arolat Architects
» SkyTerrace @ Dawson, Singapore by SCDA Architects » Siamese Blossom, Thailand by Somdoon Architects Ltd » Bell Tower, USA by Fentress Architects » Floatyard, USA by Perkins+Will » Zero Energy House 3, USA by Georgia Institute of Technology » BioIstanbul, Turkey by Tabanlioglu Architects » Sanskriti, India by Sanjay Puri Architects » Dragos Residences, Turkey by Suyabatmaz Demirel Architects » Heritage Residences, India by Sanjay Puri Architects » Sky Habitat, Singapore, by DCA Architects » Skyon, India by Sorg Architects » Eco Villas Catuçaba, Brazil by StudioMK27 » Istanbul Inn Levent, Turkey by Mental Design Works » Ege Perla, Turkey by Emre Arolat Architects
Future Projects – Health
» Quanzhou Guangquian Hospital, China by Lian Hua Architecture Co. » New Sulaibikhat Medical Center, Kuwait by AGi Architects » The Simulation Center at Hamad Medical City, Qatar by Perkins+Will
» 2050 Ultra Flood Plain, Thailand by Shma Co. » Strawscraper, Sweden by Belatchew Arkitekter » Home-on-the-Drift, China by GROUNDWORK » Aero City Towers, Nigeria by Desitecture » Al Barahat Square, Qatar by Mossessian & Partners » White Collar Factory, UK by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
In our third movie about this year’s World Architecture Festival and Inside Festival, architect, designer and Inside Festival jury chair Nigel Coates discusses his breakthrough interiors project Caffè Bongo and explains what he will be looking for when judging the awards.
Middle and Over Wallop restaurant by Nigel Coates at Glyndebourne opera house
“I don’t really see interior design as a discipline,” says Coates. “I see it as a phenomenon. I call it ‘atmos’: when something special happens in an interior which isn’t just functional or stylistic.”
Otaru Marittimo Hotel by Nigel Coates
He goes on to explain that, for him, a good interior “needs to communicate something extra. Not just to a visitor but to the person who lives in it, who’s familiar with it. It needs to create a warmth, cause a kind of alchemy in the way you exist in it.”
Caffè Bongo, Tokyo
Coates says his breakthrough in interiors came in 1986 with Caffè Bongo in Tokyo. Inspired by Italian director Federico Fellini’s 1960s movie La Dolce Vita, the café combined classical statues and architectural elements with parts of an aeroplane that had seemingly crashed into it.
“[It] may seem completely wild,” says Coates. “But I still assert that the crashed aircraft into that building was calm compared with the other nonsense that was going on up and down the street.
“There was an aircraft wing at the top of the window. Charles Jencks described it as a crash. I would see it more as a fusion of the biggest object that symbolises movement and the architectural condition of the window.”
The Waterhouse at South Bund by Neri&Hu, winner of the 2011 Inside Festival awards
When judging the awards for this year’s Inside Festival, which takes place in Singapore in October, Coates will be looking for projects that “create a sort of chemistry”.
He says: “What I want to see is the translation of an idea. If it’s just based on style and nice finishes, even clever organisation, that’s not enough. The idea needs to translate into some kind of sensual experience, it needs to capture you.
“Interiors can be dismissed, but if we’re talking about excellence, I think it’s just as hard to do a good interior as it is to do a good building.”
In our second movie about the World Architecture Festival and Inside Festival, to be held at the Marina Bay Sands hotel (above) in Singapore this October, programme director Paul Finch describes the themes of the two coinciding events.
First up is the World Architecture Festival (WAF), a series of awards, talks and exhibitions with the title Value and Values. “What value does architecture provide socially, economically, psychologically, functionally, to clients and communities around the world?” asks Finch.
The biennial Inside Festival joins WAF in Singapore for the first time this year. The theme will be Keeping it Real, which Finch says will include “things like the virtues of augmented reality” within its exhibition and conference programme.
A student charrette will also feature in the event, where students from about eight schools around the world will look at the implications of ageing populations on architecture and design.
The World Architecture Festival and Inside Festival take place from 2 to 4 October at the Marina Bay Sands hotel and conference centre in Singapore.
This year Dezeen readers can save 10% on the early rate cost of entering the WAF and Inside awards. Simply open a user account via the WAF or Inside website, follow the instructions given then use the VIP code “Dezeen” when registering your entry to claim your discount before 7 June.
Architects and designers booking a pass to attend the World Architecture Festival will also receive a 25% discount when registering a second delegate, while a 50% discount will be applied when booking a third.
In the first in a series of Dezeen movies about the 2013 World Architecture Festival and Inside Festival, programme director Paul Finch introduces the events and gives a recap of last year’s winning projects.
Both festivals take plance place in Singapore from 2 to 4 October – scroll on for details of how Dezeen readers can get 10% discount on entering their projects for the awards programmes.
The World Architecture Festival (WAF) will take place in the in the Moshe Safdie-designed Marina Bay Sands hotel and conference centre (above) in Singapore for a second time, but this year it will be accompanied by biennial interior design show the Inside Festival.
In the movie, Finch describes the atmosphere of last year’s festival: “A lot of people were experiencing for the first time the dynamism of the Asian construction market,” he says. “[There was] a sense that this is a place where design counts, things are being built at speed, it’s all happening.”
He also describes why a masterplan respecting traditional Qatari street patterns (below) was named Future Project of the Year. “[It is an] interesting precedent for the Gulf and the Middle East in general, and perhaps for other places that wonder whether the future of all cities is just separated high-rise blocks or whether there are other urbanistic approaches that could give you a richer result,” he reflects.
This year Dezeen readers can save 10% on the early rate cost of entering the WAF and Inside awards. Simply open a user account via the WAF or Inside website, follow the instructions given then use the VIP code “Dezeen” when registering your entry to claim your discount before 7 June.
Architects and designers booking a pass to attend the World Architecture Festival will also receive a 25% discount when registering a second delegate, while a 50% discount will be applied when booking a third.
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