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Since its completion on 29 June 2012, over one million people have visited Gardens by the Bay, Singapore’s latest outrageous leisure destination. Then, at the beginning of October, thousands of architects from around the world were given an opportunity to visit the site, when the World Architec- ture Festival (WAF) was held in Asia for the first time at Marina Bay Sands. At 101 hectares, Gardens by the Bay will eventually be one of the largest gardens of its kind in the world comprising Bay South, Bay East and Bay Central. Grant Associ- ates was responsible for master planning the first and largest of the three planned gardens, Bay South, which stretches over 54 hectares and opened in June 2012. Bay East and Bay Central are yet to be completed. A remarkable blend of nature, technol- ogy, environmental management and imagination, highlights of Bay South include eighteen Supertrees (25-50 metre vertical gardens that light up at night) and two giant Cooled Conservatories, designed by Wilkin- son Eyre Architects, housing Mediterranean and Tropical climate plants. The project also includes a rich variety of Horticultural Gardens, designed around the themes ‘Plants and People’ and ‘Plants and Planet’. The British design team for Bay South also included Atelier Ten (environmental design consultants); Atelier One (structural engi- neers); Land Design Studio (museum and visitor centre designers); and Thomas Mat- thews (communication designers). However, for the lighting design the client, National Parks Board of Singapore, looked closer to home with the Singapore office of Kaoru Mende’s Lighting Planners Associates (LPA) taking on the demanding job after winning a design competition.
“As it is a new form of outdoor entertain- ment and leisure, we sought to underline an ‘entertainment with organic lighting’
Left Griven Micro-Clip spotlights are installed below the artificial foliage to further enhance their extraordinary shapes through a smart accent lighting effect. Philips Color Kinetics iColor Flex LED nodes are used on the underside of the walkway.
Below A hand sketched section drawing to study site-wide lighting strategies. Focal points and hierarchy of lighting intensity through the gardens were examined.
The smooth lines of Zaha Hadid Architects’ swooping interior were maintained by sinking lighting, cameras and speakers into circular alcoves (or ‘bubbles’) in the roof. The wave shape of the ceiling accommodates the differing height requirements of the swimming and diving pools.
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