Summary of Contents for LEGO Architecture Marina Bay Sands
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Marina Bay Sands ® Republic of Singapore...
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Marina Bay Sands ® ® Conceived by renowned architect Moshe Safdie and made possible by state-of-the-art construction engineering, the iconic Marina Bay Sands is the new 10 ® million square-foot (929,000 m ) waterfront gateway to Singapore. Opened in early 2011, it’s the centerpiece of the city-state’s progressive urban renewal strategy.
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History Located at Singapore’s southern tip, the Marina Bay innovative design by Boston-based Safdie Architects Sands development was designed to seamlessly was declared the winner. ® extend Singapore’s downtown district and underline the city-state’s continuing ambition to be Asia’s major Moshe Safdie, an architect who is renowned for creating business and cultural hub.
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[ The centerpiece of our redevelopment of the city is Marina Bay... It will be a city in our image, a sparkling jewel, a home for all of us to be proud of, a home that will belong to all of us. ] Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore Prime Minister, 2005...
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Design & Construction From the outset, the goal for the Marina Bay Sands that are accessible to the public and at least half of the development was to create a new form of urban center. roofs of the hotel, convention center, shopping mall and It would be a dynamic setting for a vibrant public life: casino complex are planted with trees and gardens.
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The SkyPark accommodates a public observatory, gardens, a 495 ft. (151 m) long swimming pool, restaurants and jogging paths, and offers sweeping panoramic views, a valuable resource in a dense city like Singapore. Shielded from the winds and lavishly planted with hundreds of trees, the SkyPark celebrates the original vision of Marina Bay Sands as the Garden City.
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The Architect Moshe Safdie is a renowned architect, urban planner, returned to Montreal to oversee the master plan for educator, theorist, and author. Embracing a humane the 1967 World Exhibition. In 1964 he established his design philosophy, Safdie is committed to architecture own firm to realize the iconic Habitat ’67, an adaptation that is defined by the geographic, social, and cultural of his thesis at McGill, which was the central feature of...
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Facts about Marina Bay Sands ® Location: Singapore ........Architects: Moshe Safdie, Safdie Architects, Boston ........Client: ..........Marina Bay Sands Pte. Ltd. (a subsidiary of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation) Site Area: ........1,668,000 sq.ft. (154,938 m Gross Floor Area: ....6,258,000 sq.ft. (581,400 m Total Area: ........
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During the construction phase, one new hotel fl oor was completed every four days, the fastest pace ever for a develop- ment of this scale in Singapore.
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The 125 ft. (38 m) wide and 1115 ft. (340 m) long Sands SkyPark is the world’s longest habitable cantilevered observation deck.
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Each of the three 55-storey hotel towers has its unique geometry, with varying curvatures on their east sides.
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The hotel towers rise from their base in two halves before merging some 20 stories above.
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The 125 ft. (38m) wide and 1115 ft. (340m) long Sands SkyPark is the world’s longest habitable cantilevered observation deck.
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LEGO design team. They look at on the sloping eastern facades. the model from a LEGO building point of view and ensure the construction process is simple and logical, and a A strong design element of the complex is the vegetation.
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It was these trends that led to the introduction of the LEGO ‘Scale Model’ line in early 1962.
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