Arup Newsletter Issue 1 2016 MCI (P) 133/09/2015 Profile Issue 1 2016 Content Celebrating Singapore 01 | Outram Community Hospital 3 Caring for the Nation Having been based in Singapore for the last four 02 | Design story: CapitaGreen 4 years, this city has grown very CapitaGreen unfurls in the heart of Singapore’s CBD close to my heart. What made it a truly special year past 03 | Project showcase 6 was the privilege to celebrate Link to the Past, Bridge to the Future the nation’s Golden Jubilee alongside my Singaporean 04 | Innovation 8 colleagues, friends and HATS off collaborators. 05 | Cool Stuff you didn't know Arup does 10 Peter Hoad, Office Leader Poignantly, we also celebrate Hearing is Believing the life of Singapore’s founding father, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, and the legacy that he and 06 | Arup News/Events 12 his team of trailblazers left behind. To me, Singapore has one Project wins + Award wins + Events of the most impressive and breathtaking city skylines. The latest addition to that is the Jubilee Bridge ― Mr Lee's 07 | Arup People 14 brainchild that closes the pedestrian loop around the bay and Anthony Leversedge + Xu Jingfeng enhances walkability in the precinct (pages 6 & 7). Arup has been shaping Singapore since 1968. On all our projects, we seek to make a real difference to the local community. Just commencing its construction, the Outram Community Hospital (facing page) is developed to enhance the level of care to patients transiting from the Singapore General Hospital. It is designed to be scalable and adaptable to cater for the growing healthcare needs in the country. Singapore continues to be looked upon as the leader for innovation in the region. Its dynamism allows Arup’s creativity to flourish on projects such as the highly efficient and sustainable CapitaGreen (pages 4 & 5). Arup’s unique employee-owned structure fosters a strong culture of creativity, research and innovation. SoundLab, an auralisation Feel free to drop us a note on what you have enjoyed about the Singapore Profile. tool now launched in Singapore (pages 10 & 11), is a great We welcome any thoughts on how we can make this a more informative read for you. example of our commitment to invest in research that creates Editor, Celia Choong better solutions for the markets in which we operate. [email protected] I hope you enjoy reading this edition of the Singapore Profile that showcases some of Arup’s cutting edge work and our relentless drive to shape better cities. Cover: A tribute to Singapore's late founding father, Jubilee Bridge's Peter Hoad, Office Leader slender silhouette forms a seamless extension to the [email protected] pedestrian path around Marina Bay and the Civic District. Image © Arup MCI (P) 133/09/2015. The Singapore Profile is published by Arup in Australasia, part of the global Arup Group. Publisher: Arup Singapore Pte Ltd - Reg. No. 200100731M. Printer: Ngai Heng Pte Ltd (L013/07/2015). Published by Arup’s Marketing & Communications team. Editor: Celia Choong, Writers: Celia Choong, Roxanne Toh, Gwendoline Sim. 2 | Singapore Profile Issue 1 2016 01 | Outram Community Hospital Caring for the Nation © Ministry of Health Holdings Occupying over 146,000 m2 of total floor space or 20 football fields, the OCH includes a rehabilitation garden, outpatient rehabilitation centre, an office tower and six floors of inpatient wards with 750 beds. The Singapore General Hospital is expanding with the construction of the new Outram Community Hospital (OCH). The OCH will be a bridge for patients in between acute and community care, ensuring that they receive care at every possible stage of their recovery. Arup examined the anticipated impact of OCH's traffic on the surrounding road networks and carried out 3D simulation modelling on internal vehicle circulation within OCH. Road junctions are designed to operate at junction capacity, with control types analysed and remodelled to provide safe and efficient vehicular Client: Ministry of Health operation. In ensuring that the hospital is scalable, versatile and adaptable to meet Holdings increasing bed demand, we have established a structural framing on the former Architect: CIAP Architects site of Singapore’s first nursing school. This allows for flexible floor layout and Medical planner: B+H Architects openings for services should the need arise. Arup scope: Civil, structural, geotechnical and In line with the Healthcare Masterplan 2020, Arup is contributing to growing the façade engineering, healthcare facilities with our involvement in various other projects including the and transport planning National Skin Centre and National Cancer Centre. Project dates: 2013 – 2020 Contact: Dr See Lin Ming / Jason Tan [email protected] / [email protected] Singapore Profile Issue 1 2016 | 3 02 | Design story: CapitaGreen unfurlsCapitaGreen in the heart of Singapore’s CBD Client: Joint venture of CapitaLand, CapitaLand Commercial Trust and Mitsubishi Estate Asia Architect: Toyo Ito and Associates Arup scope: Environmentally sustainable design (ESD), façade engineering, acoustics and vertical transportation Project completion: 2014 Images © CapitaLand, CapitaLand Commercial Trust and Mitsubishi Estate Asia Contact: Michael Chin [email protected] Nature redefined Bright and cool Designed by internationally-acclaimed architecture firm, Each floor features generous 3.2m floor-to-ceiling heights Toyo Ito & Associates, CapitaGreen breaks away from to provide uninterrupted views of Marina Bay and the rest conventional office building design, reintroducing lush of the CBD. In designing an environmentally responsive greenery to Singapore’s central business district. building, Arup conceived a double-skin façade, consisting of an exterior layer of frameless glass and an interior layer This was articulated through the use of sky gardens on of high performance, double-glazed unitised curtain wall three levels and the Sky Forest, which creates a cooler system, with greenery between the skins in selected sections. microclimate at the roof deck and is part of a unique air By reducing wind velocities at occupant level, letting in circulatory system. These green features helped achieved a diffused natural light and lowering solar heat gain by 26%, 55% green ratio for its overall façade. the distinctive façade delivered on value, performance and architectural expression. Breath of fresh air Arup’s solutions flourished at the building’s crown, where Sound solutions within the Sky Forest, a distinctive petalled wind funnel Another function of the double-glazed façade system was to draws in cooler air from above and channels it through the control the level of noise from the busy CBD traffic. Working building’s central core, circulating it among the floors. The closely with the contractor, Arup designed vibration controls innovative air circulatory system, much like a living plant’s, on building services equipment such as pumps, AHUs and works using the induction ration principle, where the cool chillers rooms to minimise the impact felt by the occupant. air drawn at the top of the funnel translates the dynamic pressure of wind, and converts it into positive static pressure As a premium commercial building, CapitaGreen sought to reduce the AHU fan energy. Cooler air is supplied to the to provide a high level of privacy to all their tenants. AHU fan at every level and the overall energy consumption With meticulous treatment to inter-tenancy walls, Arup’s is significantly lowered as a result. acoustic design featured a seamless integration between 4 | Singapore Profile Issue 1 2016 Awards won: Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) - Best Tall Building Award for Asia & Australasia 2015 Building and Construction Authority (BCA) Green Mark Platinum Award 2012 Building and Construction Authority (BCA) Universal Design GoldPLUS 2013 the ceiling void, partitions, mullion and building services. Prime sustainability This coherency in the level of detail produced a successful Aside from its energy efficient features, CapitaGreen’s acoustic design that enhanced occupant comfort, providing sustainable design extends to include the choice of material for a quality environment that contributes to better used in construction. Renewable materials such as timber employee productivity. and choosing materials and paint with low volatile organic compounds (VOCs) have created a development with a low Raising comfort levels to new heights environmental footprint. To add onto Arup’s design for a comfortable, well-lit and cool indoor environment for occupants, we also introduced CapitaGreen offers some 700,000 square feet of premium adaptive controls that adjust indoor temperatures to suit the office space with exceptional facilities. A breath of fresh diurnal fluctuations in external temperatures. air amidst Singapore’s congested CBD, CapitaGreen has root and branch, redefined the urban work environment, Designed deliberately with form and function in mind, integrating work, leisure and well-being. an expansive lobby, with a triple-height ceiling and bespoke Kakiotoshi (earth plaster) walls, receive visitors as they enter “CapitaGreen showcased the collaboration among our the building. Comfort for occupants is further elevated with multidisciplinary teams and how the integration of adaptive a premium grade energy-saving lift service that incorporates strategies into our engineering design has resulted in an a strategic selection of destination control service and environment that optimises aesthetics and thermal performance