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Company Profile:
Studio Milou Architecture is based in France and has experience in museum design and planning. Studio Milou has partnered with the local architectural firm CPG Consultants for their design of the National Art Gallery.
Design Concept:
The design scheme by Studio Milou Architecture elegantly integrates the two buildings at the roof level, with the use of a linear draped canopy, supported by tree like columns. This is done while still respecting the fabric of the existing monuments. The scheme also respects the existing entrances and introduces new ones to make the building porous at street level.
A strong street concept runs through the buildings at basement level two, bringing visitors down to this level via large staircases and lifts. The visitors orientate themselves here before making their way up into the higher levels of the art gallery.
Internal, dramatic new spaces are created via extension of existing staircases and introduction of new ones. Organisation of spaces takes into detailed consideration how museums and galleries work.
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Company Profile:
Ho + Hou Studio Architects was formed in 1997 in Taipei, and believes in the use of mixed materials – prosaic and exotic in their designs while respecting local craftsmanship. For this competition, the firm has partnered the local architectural firm AEDAS for their design of the National Art Gallery.
Design Concept:
The design by Ho + Hou Studio Architects is inspired by The Kelong, a wooden structure on stilts that was commonly found off the coast of Singapore back in the 1970s. The scheme keeps the identities of the two buildings separate but creates a strong internal axis at the basement level to link the buildings. The visitors enter at the basement level before making their way through a range of terraced galleries, shops and
retail spaces.
The scheme also adopts the Kelong theme in terms of architectural forms and the choice of materials and colours. It inserts a new, prominent framework of grids in the courtyards, the language of which is carried through to the roof treatment where lattices and louvers control light admitted through a glazed roof.
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Company Profile:
Chan Sau Yan Associates is a Singapore-based firm that provides full architectural and interior design services. In this competition, the firm partnered local design firm Lekker Design Pte Ltd for their design of the National Art Gallery.
Design Concept:
The design by Chan Sau Yan Associates is an understated scheme with minimal intervention. A main entry portal located between the two monuments is a brightly lit rectilinear enclosure with translucent walls that allow a view to the adjacent historic walls of the City Hall and the former Supreme Court.
The connection between various levels of the buildings weaves in and out of the portal in the form of bridges. Visitors enter the gallery through this portal and access the galleries and public spaces at level 2 of City Hall and at ground floor of the Former Supreme Court building.
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