| Category | Religious |
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| Year | 2010 |
| Size | 3,300sqm |
Projects
St Andrew's Cathedral A&A
Linking tradition with change
As social patterns evolve, projects like the St Andrew’s Cathedral Addition serve as strong connective tissues linking longstanding tradition with contemporary change.
The design for the extension seeks neutrality both in massing and material as a backdrop supportive of the established Early Gothic architectural language of the original church. The addition fuses landscape and architecture, and in an effort to maintain a clear formal hierarchy on site, the majority of new structure has been designed underground.
Details
St Andrew’s Cathedral is one of Singapore's oldest and most legible buildings. In 2005 an expansion was required to house a growing congregation and to offer increased accessibility as a site more compliant for visitors.
An amphitheatre cuts into the site to reveal basement-level programming that includes a visitor centre, 800-seat worship hall, a prayer hall, ministry rooms, and chapel. The addition references the cathedral it serves: new columns are placed on axis with the existing grid of pillars, and skylights have been aligned to frame views of the North Transept — one of these openings illuminates the cross above a new altar.
A modern interpretation of the religious facility which respectfully eschews the ornate features of the existing cathedral.
A visitor centre and entry pavilions have been added to the flat landscape above ground. These single-storey structures of glass and whitewashed walls are connected to the existing monument via a cloister walkway and to a Mass Rapid Transit station by a covered link-way of glass and steel purlins. Rock and herb gardens in addition to a sunken courtyard of trees are designed to offer natural, outdoor meditative spaces.
Specialist Services
Integrated services provided for this project.
AWARDS
| 2006 |
3rd SIA Façade Design Excellence Awards (Honourable Mention) Extension to St Andrew’s Cathedral |
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| 2006 |
8th SIA Architectural Design Awards Honourable Mention Extension to St Andrew’s Cathedral |