Arup Newsletter Issue 2 2012 MICA (P) 159/01/2012 Profile Issue 2 2012 Content

A silver jubilee 01 | Downtown Line Bugis Station 3 The last quarter has been Digging deep for a better solution a big few months for me, 02 | Design Story: CREATE 4 with the passing of a major A brilliant integration of ideas and ideals personal milestone and the move into the office 03 | Project Showcase: leadership role. Green is the new black 7 The green glow of success I joined Arup in September 1987 as a structural 04 | Innovation: Downtown Line 3A 10 engineering graduate in The rail deal Russell Cole, Office Leader Fitzrovia, London, and was Keeping progress on track given the opportunity to work on some of the most exciting projects in London at 05 | Cool Stuff You Didn’t Know that time. 25 years and four different countries later, Arup Does 14 I am still working on great projects, but find myself on Going beyond labels a different side of the world. Incidentally, this marks 06 | Arup News/Events 16 my tenth year of working in Singapore. The office has The Penguin Pool: A deliciously good time certainly come a long way since then. The Penguin Pool: Backward thinking In October, we said farewell to André Lovatt, who takes Winning by greening up a new role as Chief Executive of New Zealand’s Examining the future of healthcare Christchurch Arts Centre rebuilding programme, Off to a flying finale confident he will make the same positive contribution to 07 | Arup People 18 his hometown as he has to Arup. Russell Cole, New Office Leader Shaping a better world – that’s an Arup trait that doesn’t Shaping a better world one person at a time change. What is less well published, but increasingly well Joe Paveley + Mei-L Yeow known, is the distinctive Arup culture. After 25 years of developing and growing in Arup’s creative and challenging environment, I am still inspired by the concept of a firm run by a set of values based on a humane philosophy that aims to produce excellent work. It makes a real difference to what Feel free to drop us a note on what you have enjoyed about the Singapore Profile. We welcome any thoughts on how we can make this a more informative read for you. we do and how we determine the best actions. Editor, Jenny Lie I hope you will enjoy this edition of the Singapore Profile [email protected] that showcases Arup's ‘out-of-the-box’ thinking that I’ve grown so custom to. Last but not least, join me in this silver jubilee toast as we shape a better future for 2013.

Covers: UP, and away! is Arup’s latest creative installation that has presented an unconventional yet meaningful opportunity to showcase our multidisciplinary design Russell Cole, Office Leader expertise; and most of all, to connect with a diverse community [email protected] © Arup | Key Anderson

MICA (P) 159/01/2012. The Singapore Profile is published by Arup in Australasia, part of the global Arup Group. Publisher: Arup Singapore Pte Ltd. Printer: Dominie Press Pte Ltd (L029/09/2011). Published by Arup’s Marketing & Communications team. Editor: Jenny Lie. Writers: Celia Choong and Daniel Kee. Photo contributions: Key Anderson, Symur Diche, and Frank K.

2 | Singapore Profile Issue 2 2012 01 | Downtown Line Bugis Station Digging deep for a better solution

Client: Singapore Land Transport Authority Architect: Aedas Project completion: 2013

Contact: Cheryl Lee / Michael McGowan [email protected] / [email protected] © Arup

What lies beneath Rochor Road is a beautiful architecture of a cross-over tunnel that will enable Bugis station to cope with the high volume of traffic when the Downtown Line becomes operational in 2013.

As part of Singapore's new Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) development from Chinatown to Bugis, Arup was given just nine months to design and engineer a new station that would facilitate passenger interchange between the new Downtown Line and East West Line. With the new interchange station required to interface with the existing station, the design of Bugis Station turned out to be a complex proposition. It would require approximately 400m of mined and cut-and-cover tunnels on both sides of the new station. This meant our consultants had to overcome the challenges of deep tunnelling – up to 30m deep – in an area lined with historic shop houses along Rochor Road. Arup developed an alternative solution that made the station interchange Above: The evolving face of Bugis significantly easier to construct. By designing an alignment that was 20m Below: Construction of Downtown Line Bugis station nearly complete. Image © Paul McMullin and Arup shallower than the initial base design, the team managed to pull off a 45m-long tunnel directly beneath the existing Bugis station while exposing its base slab. Arup scope This translated into time, labour and substantial cost savings. Civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and fire engineering, geotechnics, When completed in 2013, the new Bugis interchange will be an important tunnel design, acoustics connection to Singapore’s new downtown, catering to the existing and upcoming developments within Marina Bay.

For more on Arup's Infrastructure capability, refer to Innovation: Downtown Line 3A on pages 11 and 12.

Singapore Profile Issue 2 2012 | 3 02 | Design Story: CREATE

A brilliant integration of ideas and ideals

Arup scope Structural, mechanical, electrical and water engineering, acoustics, building physics, environmentally sustainable design (ESD)

Contact: Jason Tan / Scott Munro [email protected] / [email protected]

images © Darren Soh

Client: National Research Foundation Architects: Perkins + Will in association with DP Architects Project completion: 2011

When the National Research With such an exciting brief to begin With green walls and sky gardens Foundation proposed a with, only the outcome could top it. making a visible statement, Arup’s home for the world’s top In November 2012, the Arup- passive design approach extended engineered, $360m Campus inwards, placing the laboratory core researchers, it was always for Research Excellence and spaces and corridors at the perimeter going to be something Technological Enterprise (CREATE) to introduce maximum daylight while special. It had to send out opened its doors at the National significantly reducing the need for a clear message of being University of Singapore’s new artificial lighting. University Town. It has lived up responsibly progressive, while Energy recovery, photovoltaic power to every expectation, thanks to its systems and chilled beams in office being practical in facilitating unique aesthetics and design, eco- zones were installed to minimise the the work and interactions centric philosophy and the understated need for energy-intensive mechanical engineering that made it possible. of its multicultural and systems. Arup’s water-efficient multidisciplinary tenants. Nestled in a tropical garden setting, strategy also reduced CREATE’s CREATE epitomises the land dependence on municipal water by development characteristics of 88% through the collection, storage, Singapore, tactfully concentrating treatment and re-use of rainwater. development and minimising its carbon footprint.

4 | Singapore Profile Issue 2 2012 BIM provided an accurate visualisation which enabled our engineers to integrate E&M services into the architectural design. © Perkins + Will

BIM provided an accurate visualisation which enabled our engineers to integrate the structural, electrical and mechanical services into the overall architectural design of CREATE.

A model of integration To facilitate a project the scale Horizontal services runs are nested the human experience. For example, of CREATE, departments and neatly within the voids strategically the grand stairs were positioned so personnel cannot work in isolated formed by the use of pre-cast deep that occupants could be presented silos, especially when traditional beam sections, an example of building with visually appealing scenery of engineering groups are now services and structural engineers the landscape gardens adjacent to the infused with the modern science working in harmony. It also helped the research laboratories – even before a of environmental sustainability. environmental designers utilise the brick had been laid. Instead, Arup’s engineering teams tropical environment more effectively, find themselves coming together incorporating green roofs to reduce Building towards the future over Building Information Modelling storm water runoff and minimise (BIM) tools that allow any aspect of a interior heat gain – translating statistics By advancing BIM, Arup is not design’s performance to be simulated into massive energy conservation. just closer than ever to realising and assessed before it is built through the total design of systems and BIM also allowed the team to sophisticated 3D and interaction structures – we are also a big step visualise vehicular and people modelling. This is in fact, the key to ahead in terms of conforming to the movement within the complex, Arup’s seamless technical integration. Singapore Building and Construction allowing them to create a campus that Authority (BCA)’s plan to move For CREATE, Arup used BIM eased and encouraged interaction. to develop a flexible building Vehicular roads were redirected to the construction industry towards configuration – zoning areas within the the site perimeter, while a network the official adoption of BIM by facility according to usage types and of walkways that respond to the mandating electronic submissions ventilation requirements, such that wet existing topography, hydrology and in BIM format for architectural, laboratories are located in the low-rise vegetation were made to intersect structural and mechanical and wings, while the dry ones and offices at collection points for passive and electrical plans for regulatory are assigned to the high-rise tower. active interaction, without neglecting approval beginning 2013.

Singapore Profile Issue 2 2012 | 5 Combining the best of worlds: Building Services Arup’s building services team service and is now increasingly “At Arup, we pride ourselves comprises of mechanical recognised for its building services as leaders rather than and electrical engineers, and work. This has enabled us to bring followers in technical environmentally sustainable design together the best of our building (ESD) consultants. disciplines to provide a holistic design advances. Through our solution for our clients. own research, development, Led by Roy Samuels who joined Arup Singapore in June 2011 on the In recent years, the team has and even adoption, of back of iconic successes that include successfully delivered BHP Billiton’s new technologies and the Burj Khalifa, Dubai Mall, Yas ‘office of the future’ and the Green methodologies, we ensure that Mall and Raffles Hotel in Dubai, the Mark Platinum award-winning clients get the benefit, rather team has also recently attained Panel CREATE. The 40-strong and still than the risk, of innovation. 1 certification for Mechanical & growing team now has a full portfolio For Building Services in Electrical engineering by the Public of infrastructure and building projects Sector Panels of Consultants (PSPC). such as Thomson Line and Capitol particular, these innovations Development, and truly is set to will only come faster, now that In Singapore, Arup has established become a force to be reckoned with. itself as one of the forerunners in we’re a truly integrated and the civil and structural consultancy experienced unit.” Roy Samuels Principal, Building Services Leader

Contact: Roy Samuels [email protected]

The team, from left to right: Ricky Chan, Wayne Heywood, Bee-Choo Lloyd, Roy Samuels, Marlon Kobacker, Scott Munro, Kenett Low, Mei-L Yeow

6 | Singapore Profile Issue 2 2012 03 | Project Showcase: Green is the new black

Contact: Russell Cole The green glow of success [email protected]

Each year, up to 40% of the world’s energy CapitaGreen is used to heat, cool and light buildings. In response to the Central Business District’s typical Meanwhile, it is estimated that the world will concrete buildings, CapitaGreen was designed to replicate a plant’s circulatory system. Through a need 60% more energy in 2030 than it does tropical tree-filled ‘Sky Forest’ on the roof, a cool now.* It is clear then that going green when void system draws cool, clean air and delivers it designing buildings isn’t just good practice, through a central core to each floor, much like a real

it is essential for our collective future. WORK tree trunk would. Meanwhile, its energy-efficient façade enables more natural light to illuminate It is also core to Arup’s building philosophy internal spaces while minimising heat gain. to integrate sustainable practices into our Together, these innovative systems will significantly work. Through positive partnerships with our lower overall energy consumption while giving clients, we’ve been able to develop cutting-edge nature a firm foothold in the city. solutions and adopt best practices to our work. Here, we’d like to highlight just some of the projects we’ve had the privilege to work on. Client: Joint venture of CapitaLand, CapitaCommercial Trust and *Based on study done by International Energy Agency Mitsubishi Estate Asia Architects: Toyo Ito & Associates Project completion: 2014 Arup Scope: Vertical transportation, environmentally sustainable design South Beach (ESD), acoustics and South Beach pushes the Singaporean ideal of the city in a façade engineering garden. A central feature of South Beach is its ribbon-like canopy spanning over the entire development. The lightweight canopy has been engineered to provide LIVE a naturally-ventilated shelter against the worst of the tropical climate. Its dynamic form and structure filters out heat and converts solar glare into electricity through photovoltaic cells, while encouraging airflow within the spaces beneath. It doesn’t stop at providing protection from the rain either. In fact, its unique shape also serves as

a channel for rainwater harvesting and reuse. CapitaLand ©

Client: South Beach Consortium Pte Ltd Architects: Foster + Partners in association with Aedas Project completion: 2015 Arup Scope: Civil, structural and façade engineering, geotechnics,

Singapore Profile Issue 2 2012 | 7 03 | Project Showcase: Green is the New Black

Singapore Sports Hub With what is to be the world’s largest free-spanning steel dome roof at 310m, Arup’s design for the new 55,000-seat stadium will form the centrepiece of the Sports Hub in Marina Bay. Flexibility is a key factor in the design—a movable lower-tier provides optimised viewing for a range of sporting events, while its piece de resistance, a moving roof, can extend to shade spectators or retract to bathe the pitch with natural sunlight during non-event days. Its cooling PLAY system, which delivers cooled air to every seat in the stadium, can be controlled to operate only in occupied zones, providing comfort where it is most needed and saving energy otherwise.

Client: Dragages Singapore Pte Ltd Architects: Arup (Sports venue design) and DP Architects (Architectural QP) Project completion: 2014 Arup Scope: Sports venue design, civil, structural, fire and maritime engineering, geotechnics, acoustics, audio visual and multimedia, building physics and environmentally sustainable design, security and risk consulting, lighting design, advanced technology and research (moving structures); Specialist technical services (sports lighting, bowl cooling, pedestrian modelling and turf consulting). © Oaker

Client: Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) Architects: DCA Architects Pte Ltd Project completion: 2012 Arup Scope: Civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and maritime engineering, environmentally sustainable design (ESD)

Labrador Nature and Coastal Walk Running along Alexandra Road, through the Berlayer Creek mangrove area and around the foothills of Bukit Chermin, the 2.1km Labrador Nature and Coastal Walk introduces nature lovers to bird, fish and mangrove plant species previously inaccessible to the public. The boardwalk was designed to maximise the use of concrete precast elements as this solution minimises the ecological impact to the mangrove and seabed. Some sections have also been elevated to allow animals to move unhindered from one end to the other – even as their visitors are moved by the view of Singapore’s southern coast. RELAX

8 | Singapore Profile Issue 2 2012 03 | Project Showcase: Green is the new black

Yale-NUS College Yale and the National University of Singapore (NUS) are collaborating to develop a Yale campus within the new NUS University Town. In working with the Yale-NUS team and architects to design a campus that can accommodate teaching, sports, recreational and residential facilities while minimising energy usage, Arup found novel ways of optimising passive design strategies. The building massing of this development is configured to promote breezeways through outdoor and naturally ventilated spaces. Being self-shaded, solar heat gain is minimised, leading to

LEARN more comfortable outdoor spaces. The façade design has been developed to balance heat gains, daylight and views, and to minimise construction time. An eco-pond that acts as a stormwater catchment for irrigation greatly increases the appealing green outdoor environment.

Client: Yale NUS College, National University of Singapore Architects: Pelli Clarke Pelli, Forum Architects Pte Ltd Project completion: 2015 Arup Scope: Environmentally sustainable design (ESD), acoustics, façade and water engineering, IT and communication systems, theatre consulting, audio visual and multimedia © Forum Architects Pte Ltd, Pelli Clarke Pelli

Client: Rock Productions Pte Ltd/CapitaLand Retail Ltd Architects: Aedas Project completion: 2012 Arup Scope: Environmentally sustainable design (ESD), fire engineering © Darren Soh

The Star The Star is an iconic 62,000m2 development pulling together an entertainment, lifestyle and retail experience in a vivacious, geometrically complex, almost organic structure. With daringly slanted columns and a twisting, flexing façade, the challenge was to integrate environmentally sustainable designs into the building while maintaining its architectural intent as an open-air design. We employed advanced computer simulations and detailed analyses to set the location of its canopies to provide effective rain protection while maximising air movement and daylight – particularly in the basement level. To increase user comfort, mechanical fans were also installed in selected areas to encourage greater natural ventilation. CONVERGE

Singapore Profile Issue 2 2012 | 9 04 | Innovation: Thoughts The rail deal by Michael McGowan, Infrastructure Leader

I was asked a little while back – how did I end up in the rail infrastructure business? It left me pondering for a bit. Like many things, it was not by design but forged by location and timing. For the past 15 years, I have worked mostly in Hong Kong and Singapore - two of the most space constrained, and forward looking cities in terms of urban rail development in the world. In both cities the necessity to maximise land use means that rail networks are generally built underground in close proximity to development. Being a geotechnical engineer by training the picture is clear, I hope - the ground was the start. But I soon started to appreciate the other elements of the business that I continue to enjoy as an engineer. Realising real project benefits that reduce risk, capital and life cycle costs; and enhancing commuter experience is something anyone would be proud and inspired to be associated with. It is no secret that by 2020, Singapore’s rail network will have extended from the current 178km to 278km. Despite the huge advancement of public transport in this city, car ownership seems to remain a national obsession – something that still surprises me. In some countries where there is a lower penetration of infrastructure, driving is a necessity. In Singapore, getting around certainly isn’t an issue. I’ve never once felt the impetus to own a car here, or in Hong Kong for that matter. Using public transport for me means that every journey is different and I get to experience a different slice of life – what could be more interesting and enriching in Singapore of all places? As Arup assists the Singapore authorities in delivering multiple rail projects, we bring in global expertise and best practices to supplement the extensive local client experience. Our emphasis on all of our projects is centered on recognising that the railway is in place for way beyond our time, and as such the user experience and convenience is paramount. This, for Arup and our team, translates into delivering shallower well-planned stations and railways, and optimising interchanges. Michael is a Principal and leads the If convenience creates engineering challenges, then they infrastructure team of 120 staff, must be overcome – that’s the real deal! delivering key projects such as Downtown Line and Thomson Line in Singapore and the Kelana Jaya Line Contact: Michael McGowan Extension in Malaysia. [email protected]

Singapore Profile Issue 2 2012 | 10 Singapore Profile Issue 2 2012 | 10 04 | Innovation: Downtown Line 3A Keeping progress on track

The Singapore rail network today spans four lines and transports around 1.4m passengers daily. To enhance connectivity, particularly from the east to the central Geylang Bahru business districts, the 21km Downtown Line was Bendemeer conceived. Arup has partnered with Aedas, to provide Jalan Besar Bencoolen a full multidisciplinary service suite on five stations Fort Canning that fall collectively under the Downtown Line 3A (DTL3A) package. The team worked amongst a dense built environment which called for technical excellence that gave rise to three innovative design solutions.

Design Solution 1 Design Solution 2 Design Solution 3 Minimised cost, maximised productivity Power of BIM Saving heritage buildings and more

Steel Fibre Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete

Connector (Top); Shear Cone (Bottom) Virtual environment of station and tunnel design Necklace of old shophouses representing Singapore’s heritage DTL3A will house Southeast Asia’s As a leader in the field, Arup has Fully underground, DTL3A will first steel-fibre tunnel constructed been utilising Building Information be constructed within a very dense between the Jalan Besar and Modelling (BIM) since 2001. network of existing buildings, Geylang Bahru stretch. Arup's use of BIM helped our engineers better infrastructure and rail lines. Avoiding Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete visualise suitable route alignments damage to conservation buildings (SFRC) translated to cost savings and resolve potential interface and working around the complicated during construction (15% savings), issues. With that, we were able to arrangement of existing utility lines long-term durability, improved coordinate complex mechanical, was crucial to the project’s success. fire safety, and greater impact electrical and plumbing services Arup performed an alignment study protection. within the tight spaces of the MRT to assess ground conditions which Openings created within the railway stations within a shorter helped us draw up an extensive plan tunnels are typically supported with time frame and with a lower margin to aid the diversion of the lines. of construction error. traditional frame props to limit any We explored multiple options and deformation to the concrete lining. We produced over 7,000 drawings design solutions that included The use of Shear Cones shares the conforming to the Singapore constructing some of the new tunnels load of the frame props and reduces Land Transport Authority’s CAD within 1.5m of existing tunnels, as the size of the frame required for the Standards, saving considerable well as having tunnels in a stacked passage which improves work flow cost otherwise spent on traditional configuration, preventing 60% of the within the tight underground space. methods of documentation. buildings from being demolished.

11 | Singapore Profile Issue 2 2012 Downtown Line 3A

Overcoming complex geology The fundamental technical challenge of DTL3A was the the excavation process became extremely difficult at the complex soil and rock geology. The rail alignment starts Jalan Besar and Geylang Bahru stations. from the diverse rock profile of the Jurong Formation at The sound technical solutions that Arup introduced to Fort Canning station and runs through the unpredictable counter the complex geological profile laid the necessary and challenging geology of the Fort Canning Boulder Bed foundation for the design and construction process. at the Bencoolen station. Due to the sensitive nature of soft marine clay and the loose sands of the Kallang Formation,

DT20 Fort Canning DT21 Bencoolen DT22 Jalan Besar renderings © Aedas © renderings The construction of Fort Canning Bencoolen Station will be the most We designed a robust retaining Station is challenging due to its challenging station to work on given wall system that will limit ground undulating geology and proximity to the tough geological make-up of movement caused by the soft marine the exit of the Central Expressway. sandstone boulders, co-existence clay and loose sands, ensuring that with parts of three other rail networks surrounding buildings will not be The equipment selection process was and the proximity of buildings to a impacted by the building works. crucial as maximum control will be built area with live utilities. required when boring through the Jalan Besar is also dotted with aged geology and existing piled foundation To avoid existing rail networks, the buildings. Without much historical of adjacent buildings. To make way optimum depth for this station was built records, prolonged assessments for the twin tunnels to be built, 43m, making it the deepest to be were carried out. Our challenge was we had to construct a bow-shaped constructed in Singapore. Another to ensuring that there was minimal canal by first creating a diversion in brave solution was to design a non- disruption to the daily lives and the Singapore River. traditional stacked configuration to homes of people living here despite maneuver around the utilities. the extensive works.

12 | Singapore Profile Issue 2 2012 Client: Land Transport Authority Architects: Aedas Project completion: 2016 Arup scope: Civil, structural, mechanical, electrical engineering, geotechnics, tunnel design, transport planning and environmental consulting

Contact: Poh Seng Tiok / Michael McGowan seng-tiok [email protected] / [email protected]

DT23 Bendemeer DT24 Geylang Bahru

Bendemeer is the only part of the Due to the lack of historical built DTL3A to house a cross-over track, records, Arup had to conduct allowing trains to cross-over onto the investigations by building boreholes adjacent track when needed. and trenches to assess the type of foundation and the actual depth Complex cut-and-cover tunnels in this area. A rigorous process of 400m long and 30m deep had to be planning and implementation of the built. Critically, precise sequencing temporary works was necessary to of work flow was hence needed counter the soft clay soil conditions. to ensure a safe and efficient construction process. A robust The proximity of the substation retaining wall system was designed brought along with it a complex to prevent any anomalies in the utility layout which involved many construction sequence. stakeholders and an extensive diversion plan.

Singapore Profile Issue 2 2012 | 13 05 | Cool Stuff You Didn’t Know Arup Does

UP, and away! Lighting Design + Engineering = Inspiration

Cycling with your arms outstretched, the wind in your face, the road slowly falling away as you gently soar into the open skies. It’s a wonderful, well-trodden (or, in this case, cycled) fantasy, and a bunch of artists from Arup have brought us one step closer to it with UP, and away!

Brainchild of the Singapore office’s lighting consultants Key Anderson and Vellachi Ganesan, structural engineer Mauro Pellegrini, design consultant Alma Banuelos and facades designer Gautam Bhasin, UP, and away! is an interactive light art installation comprising five recycled bicycles retrofitted with psychedelic wings, engineered so that the faster you pedal, the brighter the wings glow. The bicycles have been on Going a world tour ever since its launch at light festivals Vivid Sydney and Luminance! Singapore. beyond labels Arup’s multidisciplinary setup has Contact: Key Anderson / Vellachi Ganesan allowed us to transcend limitations [email protected] / [email protected] © Giles Rocholl Photography Ltd that labels such as “engineering” and “design” traditionally impose on what we actually do ‒ which Greenhouse by Joost is much, much more. Here, we Project Management + Engineering = Sustainability gather just a few of our people and What started out as a showcase in sustainable projects that spark the imagination construction techniques and operational processes in and inspire action, in an almost Melbourne in 2009 is now an award-winning pop-up quirky way. restaurant concept touring Europe. Greenhouse grows its own produce on its roof and walls and recycles cooking oil to generate electricity, bringing sustainability to a whole new level.

Brainchild of environmental artist Joost Bakker, Greenhouse requires no structural foundation and is built entirely from recycled and recyclable materials. Arup played a vital role in its core design, providing project management, fire engineering and environmentally sustainable design services for the project in Sydney (2011) and Melbourne (2012).

“Arup has helped me to realise my creative vision. Where others have said things could not be done, Arup has found solutions.” Joost Bakker, Creative Director

Contact: [email protected]

14 | Singapore Profile Issue 2 2012 05 | Cool Stuff You Didn’t Know Arup Does

Tim Jarvis leads the Shackleton Epic Environmental Science + Adventure = Answers

His Arup business card says he is a sustainability and climate change strategist—and it’s easy to buy that story when you hear him champion the green agenda at a conference. But put him at the helm of a wooden lifeboat with five other men and little else somewhere in the Southern Ocean and you may recognise action hero, Tim Jarvis: explorer, adventurer and boundary-buster.

In January 2013, in honour of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s famous treacherous voyage nearly a century ago, Tim and his crew will attempt to authentically re-enact the Shackleton Epic expedition using the same type of clothing and equipment available to Shackleton’s original crew.

Besides the personal challenge, Tim relishes it as an opportunity to highlight global environmental concerns.

Contact: Tim Jarvis [email protected] © John Stoukalo John ©

Stuart Candy Foresight + Information = Opportunity

If one person were to be the sum of interdisciplinary thinking, it would be Dr. Stuart Candy, Arup Australasia’s resident futurist. As regional Foresight and Innovation Leader, Stuart is a catalyst for thoughtful engagement with future scenarios, helping people develop innovative strategies best suited to them.

Having first joined Arup in San Francisco before returning to Australia last year, Stuart’s first assignment in this Australasia region was to work with the CEO and Board of Directors of the Sydney Opera House to consider upcoming renovations in view of the future. Locally, he is leading a multidisciplinary project to test the thinking behind Singapore’s sustainability blueprint for the year 2030, for the national Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources.

When designing for the built environment, thinking systematically and creatively on longer timeframes is not just a nice thing to do — it’s crucial.

Contact: Stuart Candy [email protected]

Singapore Profile Issue 2 2012 | 15 06 | Arup News/Events The Penguin Pool Arup's global creative events series designed to inform, inspire and entertain. The series takes its name from Arup's first project diverse spectrum of people, the celebration of in 1935 ‒ the Penguin Pool at the London Zoo. creativity, and the perpetual drive to excellence. Each event is as quirky and stimulating as the We will continue to look for exciting ways to spiralling, cleverly cantilevered double ramps of engage the creative community in the new year. the famed penguin enclosures. Drop us a line at [email protected] if Held globally, the event sums up everything you wish to be part of our event series. Arup believes in: the sharing of ideas across a

A deliciously good time April 2012 The inaugural Singapore Penguin Pool launch delights the mind and tastebuds to equal measure Owner and Chef of 2am:dessertbar and 2am:lab, Janice Wong, designed and executed five edible art installations around the office. The star attraction was a forest-inspired chocolate wall, but equally popular were the hanging spheres which housed edible food leathers. With a capacity crowd of over 120 people packed into the Arup office, Arup staff mingled with guests from industries as far-ranging as music, advertising, media, fashion and education. Janice also shared her definition of art and how she draws inspiration from the mundane, everyday things. images © Lightedpixels © images

Backward thinking October 2012 The second edition of Penguin Pool looks to the past to design for the future In a culture that is hung up about forward thinking, we take the contrarian view and explore how in

images © Arup | Symur Diche retrospect, backward thinking can release a powerful inspiration to our human experiences in our daily lives. Our eclectic mix of panelists from the diverse fields of photography, architectural conservation, visual art and product design shared their personal journeys where memories have in fact empowered their best creation. With an energetic turnout of close to 120 people, the hyped crowd was deeply engaged and vocal about a topic that was so close to the heart. Conversations about memories and design continued as the night went on, all done over good drinks and traditional local delights.

16 | Singapore Profile Issue 2 2012 Winning by greening May 2012 Arup sweeps awards at the Building and Construction • Green Mark Platinum: CapitaGreen, South Beach Authority (BCA) Green Mark awards (Residential & Non-residential) and Edu Sport Building In 2005, the BCA launched its Green Mark scheme to raise the awareness of sustainable and environmentally • Green Mark GoldPlus: Singapore Sports Hub, friendly buildings. It is a benchmarking scheme which Changi City, Khaya & Angsana Residential Colleges incorporates internationally recognized best practices and UP@Robertson Quay in environmental design and performance. Our efforts • Green Mark Gold (Provisional) The Ritz Carlton and contributions to a greener cityscape were matched Residential Berjaya Central Park in Malaysia by the highest recognition in Singapore being awarded to a total of nine awards across three categories:

Examining the future September 2012 of healthcare Katie Wood, Arup’s Australasia health lead, was in Singapore this September to discuss the future role of healthcare facilities in the region. Katie facilitated an Arup-hosted workshop which brought 20 leaders from various fields to brainstorm on practical ways in which health facilities can be shaped to cater to future needs. She also spoke at the inaugural Healthcare Infrastructure, Technology & Engineering Conference organised by Ministry of Health Holdings, where she focused on value management techniques in healthcare infrastructure solutions. Therein, she explored the very definition of value-for-money when it came down to health facilities.

Off To A Flying Finale October 2012 The World Architecture Festival (WAF) in Singapore With more than 8,000 attendees participating in the festival, it was the perfect opportunity for Arup to catch up with old friends and make a few new ones. So what better way to end a day of talks than to get our globetrotting architect friends off their chairs and up into the Singapore Flyer for some light-hearted conversation over much needed drinks. With a turnout of more than 100 guests, the Singapore Flyer was buzzing with energy and laughter. Clients, architects and Arup staff found themselves in inspiring and like-minded company. For those who could remember anything the morning after, it was a high point of their WAF experience.

Singapore Profile Issue 2 2012 | 17 07 | Arup People

Before we lose Russell to all that Russell Cole, responsibility, let us first toast his wonderful appointment with a few New Office Leader celebratory, drink-laden questions: 1. What do you enjoy most about being part of Arup Singapore? The excitement of being a part of a team making a big impact on Singapore. So many of our teams bring something special to their projects that contribute to Singapore’s position as a leading city of the future, often reflected in the eyes of our visitors.

2. Singapore’s sheen and organised conservation sometimes obscures its 'soul'. Is this a fair accusation? Being well-organised is something very deep in Singapore's soul and is in itself a Almost side-stepping into the position of Singapore’s Office Leader is defining characteristic. However, Russell Cole, who replaces André Lovatt, who after a stellar six years in Singaporeans see past this and this role, has left Arup to return to Christchurch to assist in rebuilding his whilst they are ambitious to hometown. always see things done better, Barely a few weeks into the role, Russell has a clear vision of what’s to they are also realistic with a sense come. Having grown to 400 employees from 50 just six years ago, the of humour and community that Singapore office is poised to move from a local focus towards a broader comes to the fore. regional spread of work in Asia, where opportunities abound. Whilst faced 3. How do your staff address you? with the challenges of growing a busy office and implementing a new business strategy, perhaps Russell’s most important task is to ensure Arup’s Asking young team members unique philosophy-driven culture remains a key differentiator that elevates to call their local seniors by the company from most other engineering firms. their first names can initially be challenging. But it’s not an issue, Russell elaborates, “Commercial performance is essential to and my staff address me sustain the firm and allow us to determine our actions and as Russell. reward ourselves reasonably. Time and again when faced 4. Tiger Beer or Guinness Stout? with a challenging staff issue, reference to our values provides good guidance. Equally, when explaining our Heineken! needs or actions to a client, if we have held to our values, 5. State the one random word that the direction of the discussion is clear.” comes to mind. Doubtless, as he plans for the office’s continued growth, Russell will be Challenge – it keeps me going! building on Arup’s design leadership and pushing the ecological agenda within the built environment. Within the organisation, he intends to cultivate and develop stronger relationships between Arup and its industry partners. His focus will also be to identify and grow leaders who will eventually make crucial and visible contributions to the built environment.

18 | Singapore Profile Issue 2 2012 07 | Arup People Shaping a better world one person at a time From intern to international Arup is a special place driven by positive philosophy Mike King, and the people. Here, we highlight a few of our Principal colleagues who contribute not Transferring our just to Arup’s reputation, but to passion to Amsterdam its unflagging spirit for the bold Colin Yip, Senior Structural Engineer and better.

In good company Arup awards five scholarships in Singapore Contact: [email protected]

Australian by birth, Mike, in his 17 years with Arup, has worked in practically all our key offices. He started as an intern in Sydney, and Contact: [email protected] later moved to London, New York before settling in Singapore. Singaporean Colin Yip finds himself on a rather interesting True to the Arup way, Mike has a trajectory. In the five years he’s been Contact: [email protected] particular interest in buildings with a with Arup, he’s worked on major high interaction between architecture Nurturing young talent is an inherent projects in Singapore and China. and structure and sustainable part of Arup’s nature. That’s why, His specialisation in structural development. One of his most and geotechnical engineering has in partnership with Singapore’s gratifying projects was the King’s allowed him to combine his technical Building and Construction Authority Cross New Western Concourse expertise with the artistic aspect of (BCA), we have awarded five – its spectacular geometric roof the job. That’s also how he found his undergraduate scholarships to ingeniously blends with the way to our Arup Netherlands office talented young people who aspire redeveloped station’s original at the end of 2010, on a long term to lead and shape the future of architecture to create a space for assignment. Singapore’s built environment. passengers that has been described as These graduates will begin their being akin to a waterfall in reverse. “Working in the Amsterdam Arup journey with a two-year Mike also led other milestone computations group was a challenge programme that will give them career projects such as the Zaha Hadid- where innovation, programming mobility, interaction with globally designed London Aquatics Centre, and pushing the boundary with the City of Manchester Stadium and radical digital solutions was the way respected experts and opportunities the Pearson Airport in Toronto. forward. It was a very inspiring and to develop a specialisation. Today, Mike leads the structural motivating experience to see this The BCA-Industry Built Environment design of the Singapore Sports Hub. human dynamism in action,” says Scholarship represents the concerted Already, he has put his globally Colin of his overseas stint. efforts of the BCA and leading acquired inspirations to work, leading Clearly at Arup, it’s not just about industry players to offer young people an impressive feat of engineering in import or export of talent. It’s about with high potential the opportunity the form of the world’s largest (and facilitating an active exchange of of a rewarding career in the built retractable) free-span steel dome roof ideas among different cultures and industry. This year, a record number for the new National Stadium. people to gain real human insights. of 106 scholarships were given out.

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Joe Paveley Mei-L Yeow Fire Engineering Building Services Joe Paveley is a Senior Associate A recent addition to the Arup with 25 years of experience as a fire family, Mei has been working in engineer. In this time, Joe has taken the building services consultancy an active role in multidisciplinary sector for the last 20 years. teams on many large projects, and Leading up to her position of has been pivotal in smaller projects Senior Associate/Technical requiring specialised fire engineering solutions. Director, she has been responsible for all aspects of Joe’s expertise in fire engineering has been paramount in project delivery including client and authorities liaison, the design and operation of infrastructure and buildings; leading multidisciplinary projects, co-ordinating teams including shopping centres, rail stations, tunnels, rolling of engineers, tender documentation and site supervision. stock, research complexes, airports, offices, atria She has worked on almost every project imaginable – buildings and residential high-rises – for projects in from mixed developments, super high rise buildings, Australia, UK, Ireland, Singapore, Denmark and Iran. high-end condominiums and institutions, to recreational projects and townships. Among the highlights are It’s his second stint at Arup, having previously worked Keppel Marina, W Hotel in Sentosa and Reflections at in the Sydney office from 1999 to 2005, before returning Keppel Bay. in 2008. On what led him to Arup, not once, but twice, Joe says: “Arup offered me the chance to work on great With her keen interest in sustainable building design, projects, and with the freedom to develop ideas not Mei’s on her way to becoming a Green Mark Professional, available in other firms.” having just completed her MSc in Sustainable Design.

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20 | Singapore Profile Issue 2 2012 Why did we … embark upon comprehensive design embracing architecture as well as all branches of the relevant engineering disciplines? The answers can perhaps be abstracted from my many papers, published or unpublished, which deal with what could be called my philosophy of design and the crucial role design plays in the affairs of mankind.

Sir Ove Arup, Founder (1895 – 1988)

Philosophy of design - a unique collection of 35 original essays by Ove Arup on the theme of design in the built environment. Publisher: Prestel Language: English ISBN-10: 3791347314 ISBN-13: 978-3791347318

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