Singapore National Art Gallery
An additional roof skin links the two existing buildings into one institution and creating a new node for the Singapore Arts Scene. The extension creates a new type of in-between space under the new skin shelters the areas on top of the existing buildings, converting them into additional large scale open space exhibition areas. The in-between space is highly activated, containing the new main entrance, public areas and vertical circulation.
The skin touches the ground within the
courtyard areas and in between the two buildings, leaving the main part of the
existing buildings untouched. The light and partly translucent nature of the
new skin is in dialogue with the solid appearance of the City Hall and the
former Supreme Court. The changing appearance of the
