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70 CENTER ARCHITECT THE AIA MAGAZINE JULY 2014 WWW.ARCHITECTMAGAZINE.COM DETAIL IN THE FOLD FOR SINGAPORE’S NATIONAL DESIGN CENTER, SCDA ARCHITECTS CRAFTED AN ALUMINUM- MESH SKIN TO BOOST THE LOOK AND PERFORMANCE OF THE EXISTING SPACE. Pleated mesh screens by SCDA Architects clad the ceiling of the auditorium, which was formerly a chapel. Text by Shonquis Moreno SINGAPORE’S NATIONAL Design Center is finally living up to its name. In the city-state’s cultural district of Bras Basah Bugis, SCDA Architects recently restored and converted a group of three prewar Art Deco buildings and one postwar modern building that now serves as the home of the center, which is a promoter and incubator of the region’s burgeoning design culture. Once a convent school, the complex has been adapted to contain lecture rooms and galleries, offices, classrooms, and basic design and prototyping facilities. One of the most poetic displays of complexity spans the breadth of the formal, 46-foot-by-30-foot chapel, which SCDA founder Soo K. Chan, Intl. Assoc. AIA, turned into an auditorium. Above visitors’ heads, a creased aluminum-mesh skin envelops the chapel’s 29.5-foot-tall ceiling, providing visual interest that is simultaneously sculptural, industrial, and abstracted. The pleated mesh panels fold together like an origami screen. The triangular surfaces dip and rise almost 2 feet, framing historical details such as the restored religious reliefs that ring the upper walls and former altar, and hiding the mechanical, electrical, and audiovisual services. Chan and his team designed the ceiling using Trimble SketchUp, Autodesk 3ds Max, AutoCAD, and other programs. Extensive on-site discussions and adjustments were required to ensure the mesh would fit the existing building like a glove. The screens anchor into a steel portal frame, which is subsequently bolted to concrete ceiling beams. The connectors allow the screens, which are also pinned to each other, to move as the building settles AARON PEACCOK
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