Bayfront Pavilion 公共活动空间 by Thomas Schroepfer - AAL is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 铂金奖 in 建筑与结构设计 Competition Category.
铂金建筑· 2021
Bayfront Pavilion 公共活动空间
Client: Ministry of National Development and Gardens by the Bay Singapore
A' Design Award 铂金奖 Winner in 建筑 Category
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The Design
About Bayfront Pavilion 公共活动空间
海湾馆是位于新加坡滨海湾花园内的一处公共活动空间。该展亭以精致的穿孔壳体结构与周边景观相融合。其形态与面板纹样由环境模拟与结构优化共同确定。主体结构采用钢材,内外表皮由11,000块经激光切割的独特三角形铝板构成。壳体跨度约50米,覆盖面积约2000平方米。该展亭为访客提供了一处遮阳且气候舒适的户外空间,并可举办社区与文化活动。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 铂金奖
Bayfront Pavilion 公共活动空间是 A' Design Award 铂金奖得主，这是授予真正卓越、优雅和宏伟设计的极具声望的认可。铂金奖得主是创造的奇迹，是智力创造力极限的见证，展现出其设计师无与伦比的专业精神和天才。这些设计被期待成为定义一个时代的美学、造福社会、并拓展艺术、科学、设计和技术边界的最负盛名的作品。Bayfront Pavilion 公共活动空间展现出超凡脱俗的卓越水准，以其有益而宝贵的特质毫无疑问地让世界变得更美好。Bayfront Pavilion 公共活动空间是一件赢得 A' Design Award 铂金奖的作品，它唤起欲望，启发人心，令人愉悦，并迸发出巨大的喜悦。
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Located in Gardens by the Bay Singapore, the Bayfront Pavilion, also known as The Future of Us Pavilion, follows the tradition of architectural structures that evoke a dialogue with nature by blending an intricate form made of a perforated skin fluidly with the adjacent environments. For visitors, the building offers a climatically comfortable outdoor environment and a visual experience akin to walking under the foliage of lush tropical trees.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The Pavilion incorporates 11,000 unique perforated aluminium panels, 12040 bolts, 11188 plates, and 4620 elements for the main structure. The shell that has a thickness of 20 centimetres. It spans about 50 metres and covers an area of about 2000 square metres.
- Tags
- Computational Design, Parametric Design, Environmental Simulation, Environmental Performance Optimisation, Structural Performance Optimisation
- Production Technology
- A high level of integration between digital and construction technologies as well as building processes allowed for the rapid production of a large number of individual elements that make up the complex freeform structure of the Pavilion. Its primary structure is made from steel. The inner and outer skin of the shell consist of triangular aluminium panels of varying size and perforation fabricated with laser cutting machines.
- Design Challenge
- The analysis and its application to a detailed computational model led to an optimum solution for the structural form and pattern of the project. The latter was produced with an algorithm based on triangulation, which allowed each panel to be filled as required by the assigned environmental performance up to a level that is almost solid. The use of advanced design and fabrication methods throughout the project allowed for the prefabrication of most of its parts and the efficient, economical and accurate construction of its geometrically complex form.
- Research
- The analysis and its application to a detailed computational model led to an optimum solution for the structural form and pattern of the project. The latter was produced with an algorithm based on triangulation, which allowed each panel to be filled as required by the assigned environmental performance up to a level that is almost solid. The use of advanced design and fabrication methods throughout the project allowed for the prefabrication of most of its parts and the efficient, cost-effective and accurate construction of its geometrically complex form.
- Inspiration
- The inspiration for the Pavilion was the environmentally comfortable and visually beautiful experience of walking under the foliage of lush trees in the tropics. This idea was translated into a design with a clear mathematical logic that was determined by extensive environmental simulations and structural optimisations. The analyses and their application to a detailed computational model led to an optimum solution for the structural form and pattern of the Pavilion. Material usage was optimised, and the embodied carbon footprint minimised, pointing the way forward for the building industry to adopt similar design tools and methods.
- Project Duration
- Originally built to house The Future of Us, the fiftieth anniversary capstone event of Singapore, and completed for its current purpose in 2019, the project has become a permanent landmark in Gardens by the Bay that continues to serve as a public space and venue for community and cultural events.
- Operation Flow
- According to Tan Wee Kiat, former CEO of Gardens by the Bay, the success factors of the Pavilion are obvious. The hot and humid climate often dissuades people from visiting the Gardens. To enhance visitor comfort, its landforms were designed with wind direction in mind, while foliage and shelter provide as much shade as possible. The Pavilion is based on similar ideas. These are beautifully translated into a contemporary aesthetic and functional form that is determined by thorough environmental analyses. An enthralling vision for a garden of the future is thus encapsulated.
- Team Members
- Thomas Schroepfer
Alex Cornelius
Aloysius Lian
Thomas Wortmann
Amanda Yeo Qian Yu
Joel Yap Kar Ying
Yehezkiel Wiliardy Manik
Christyasto Priyonggo Pambudi - Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Lim Weixiang, Bayfront Pavilion, 2020. Image #2: Photographer Lim Weixiang, Bayfront Pavilion, 2020. Image #3: Photographer Koh Sze Kiat, Bayfront Pavilion, 2020. Image #4: Photographer Koh Sze Kiat, Bayfront Pavilion, 2020. Image #5: Photographer Koh Sze Kiat, Bayfront Pavilion, 2020.
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