Marina Bay Sands
Singapore
OWNER: Marina Bay Sands Pte Ltd
CONCEPT DESIGN ARCHITECT: Moshe Safdie AssociateS
LOCAL ARCHITECT: Aedas Pte Ltd
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Arup Pte Ltd
TOTAL INVESTMENT: $5.4 billion
The design of Marina Bay Sands is dramatic and daring. Three independent towers curve gracefully skyward, linked at their summits by a wooded wing 55 stories in the air. An atrium connects the towers at their bases, its roof rising from 10 stories at one end to 23 stories at the other. Designed by visionary architect Moshe Safdie, Marina Bay Sands is out to wow leisure and business travelers from around the world.
The three towers will house 2,600 luxury rooms and suites and provide access to the complex’s restaurants, bars, entertainment lounges and 1,000-table casino.
The Expo & Convention Centre spread before the towers totals more than 120,000 square meters—1.3 million square feet. The space can accommodate 2,000 exhibition booths, 250 meeting rooms and over 45,000 delegates. A grand ballroom of more than 8,000 square meters can seat 6,600 for a banquet, 7,000 for a stage performance or 11,000 for a lecture.
Retail and dining will occupy a total of 75,000 square meters. A mix of cutting-edge, emerging labels and international luxury brands will be joined by entertainment options that include boat rides along the mall canal and indoor ice skating.
The ArtScience Museum, with a lotus-inspired design and rooftop seating for viewing events on the bay, will present exhibits from around the world.
Two state-of-the-art theaters with a total of 4,000 seats will showcase Broadway musicals, Bollywood extravaganzas, live concerts and gala events. An outdoor Event Plaza along the promenade will hold 10,000 people.
But the signature feature of Marina Bay Sands is the Sands SkyPark. Spanning the tops of all three towers with a length of 340 meters, it is longer than the Eiffel Tower is tall. With an area of 12,400 square meters and holding three swimming pools, restaurants, bars and landscaped gardens, the Sands SkyPark can host 3,900 people at the same time.
The casino and one hotel tower are expected to open by early 2010.
