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| Awards & events Winning insights BIM Strategies DP Architects was invited to share its BIM experiences with the industry at a session organised by the Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA). Representing the firm, senior associate Ms Laura Smagin explained DPA’s winning strategies in the past Singapore BIM Competitions organised by the Building and Construction Authority. She also discussed DPA’s journey to integrate BIM in its design process, including the implementation of Revit training programme for staff, the lessons learnt, key success factors and upcoming challenges. The Are You Ready for BIM Competition 2013 session was held at the SIA building on 22 May 2013. DPA clinches four Asia Pacific Property Awards 2013 At this year’s Asia Pacific Property Awards, four projects designed by DP Architects were awarded for their design excellence in a combination of categories. OUE Bayfront won a Five-Star award for ‘Best Office Development’ and earned a Highly Commended accolade in the ‘Commercial High-rise Development’ category. In addition, Twin Peaks and Orchard Central bagged Highly Commended accolades in the ‘Residential High-rise Development’ and ‘Retail Architecture’ categories, respectively. The awards ceremony was held at the Shangri-La Hotel in Kuala Lumpur on 10 May 2013. The awards are part of the International Property Awards, and the winning projects were judged on their concept, finishing, sustainability, innovation and location. Clockwise from top left: Orchard Central, OUE Bayfront and Twin Peaks. | Sustainable Design These two conditions imposed some challenges Design Optimisation By Lee Boon Woei BUSINESS-AS-USUAL BUILDING ENERGY SYSTEM DESIGN RESOURCES NEEDED TO OPERATE THE BUILDING ESD PROCESS OPTIMISED DESIGN within the boundary conditions and constraints. The certification process is certainly not a mere documentation process. Green certification benchmarks environmental performance and is the product of the sustainable design process rather than the process itself. If we were to use a leaking barrel as an analogy of a design that is suboptimal, the design optimisation process is to eliminate potential inefficiencies within the system – plug the leakages; work within the constraints of the project – produce a similar barrel but at an ideal size; and achieve a lower running cost – a smaller tap with slower flow. Our current Green Mark Office Interior certification process revealed a few interesting learning points. Unlike Green Mark for new Non-Residential Buildings which has a total point allocation of 190, Green Mark Office Interior only has 115. This implies that the ‘opportunities’ to score Green Mark points have greatly reduced. On top of this, Office Interior requires a Green Mark point of 95 to secure the highest rating of Platinum while Non- Residential Buildings only require 90 points. to the team in the certification process. A SWOT analysis of the ‘environmental friendliness’ of the office was conducted, and tangible improvements to achieve our Green Mark objectives were identified and implemented. This exercise has deepened our appreciation that sustainable design is a process that optimises the environmental performance of a design The optimisation process is now made possible with the availability of powerful computers and simulation software that provide designers accurate information on the interactions of the physical geographic conditions encountered by the site, identifying the site’s inherent strengths and weaknesses, so that designers could fully explore the passive design potentials of a development and generate an environmentally sensitive and responsive design that will help mitigate its carbon footprint. The columnist is the director of DP ESD, a subsidiary firm of DP Architects that specialises in environmentally sustainable design.
DPA wins 12 BCA Awards 2013 DP Architects has garnered 11 awards at the 2013 Building and Construction Authority (BCA) Awards which honour building excellence in the areas of safety, quality, sustainability and user-friendliness. In addition, associate Ms Jaye Tan was conferred the Green Building Individual Award for her outstanding contribution in shaping a sustainable built environment. The ceremony took place on 16 May 2013 at the Resorts World Sentosa Convention Centre. Clockwise from top left: H 2 O Residences, CREATE and MediaCorp’s new campus. Green Mark Platinum: - MediaCorp’s new campus at Mediapolis@one-north - Ngee Ann Polytechnic Blocks 51 and 58 - Singapore Institute of Technology at Ngee Ann Polytechnic Universal Design Mark Award: - H 2 O Residences - 368 Thomson Green Mark GoldPlus: - Paya Lebar Square - VivoCity - Century Square Construction Excellence Award: - The Fullerton Bay Hotel - Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE) Vietnam National Architecture Award Dolphin Plaza Wins First Prize Dolphin Plaza, located in Hanoi’s outlying district of Tu Liem, beat 140 entries to win first prize in the 2012 Vietnam National Architecture Awards, marking the first victory by a luxury residential project. The jury praised the design for its originality and environmentally friendly design, and referred to it as ‘the focal point of new Hanoi’. The biennial awards, held on 26 April 2013, was organised by the Vietnam Association of Architects, the Ministry of Construction, and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to honour outstanding architects and architectural works throughout the country. Director Mr Jeremy Tan (right) receiving the Top Ten Architects Award on behalf of DP Architects. DPA is Top Ten Firm for eighth year running Associate director Mr Tan Jiann Woei (left) receiving the award in Hanoi. DP Architects has been named one of the top ten architecture firms in Singapore for the eighth year running at the BCI Asia Top Ten Architect Awards. The award recognises the most commercially significant architecture firms in Hong Kong SAR, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The awards ceremony took place at Conrad Contennial Singapore on 14 June 2013. Professional expertise to help conserve Yangon’s Architectural Heritage At a press conference held on 30 April 2013 in Myanmar, DP Design director Mr Mike Lim gave a presentation on The State House Hotel, an adaptive re-use project of a prominent colonial building in Yangon. Mr Lim shared DPA’s award-winning experiences in architecture conservation with the 100-strong audience. He also presented the schematic design for The State House Hotel, which incorporates design elements inspired by motifs, materials and handicrafts unique to the Myanmar people. DP Design director Mr Mike Lim interviewed by the Yangon media. Courtesy of Flying Tiger Engineering. DP 27
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