| Category | Hospitality |
|---|---|
| Year | 2017 |
| Size | 29,560sqm |
Projects
Novotel & Mercure Singapore On Stevens
People at its core
Novotel & Mercure on Stevens Road is a 29,500sqm development that comprises a hotel, commercial facilities and a clubhouse. Designed in honour of those who built, work, dine and stayed on the hotel grounds, the hotel towers take form from the Chinese character ren (人), meaning person. A unique visual beacon, its architecture spreads out like sweeping wings with Ibis hotel occupying its left wing and Novotel its right; thereby allowing each hotel to stand individually within an integrated development.
Details
An integrated and cohesive development, Ibis & Novotel on Stevens Road adds value to its urban fabric. It is a destination commercial venue that attracts a variety of tenants, tourists and the general public.
One of the critical considerations of the design was to provide effective support for the walls from the guestrooms to the transfer floor slab system of the hotel tower footprint.
In doing so, our team was also careful to minimise impact to the design intent of the architecture while devising a structurally economical frame and efficient floor design to achieve higher headroom for the guestrooms.
Where construction challenges are concerned, the engineering design had to account for the sequencing and erection works of the transfer slab system and the deep basement retaining shoring at the back of the building.
Engineered to last
The curved nature of the building form presented an interesting challenge to fit both the structural elements and building services into the architectural design. Engaged for both Civil and Structural (C&S) as well as Mechanical and Electrical (M&E) engineering, DPE's scope of work in this project was to provide holistic consultancy services.
Key design challenges were related to designing the structural frame system to ensure sufficient stiffness and strength so as to minimise building movements by tie-beams, and adequately resist loads due to gravity, wind and earthquake. The design must also address the effective load path in transferring vertical and lateral loads to building foundations.
The structural system has been developed in close collaboration with the architects, building services engineers and with the client’s construction managers. Care has been taken to ensure that the design proposal meet and/or exceeds all relevant Singapore and British standards, where applicable.
Specialist Services
Integrated services provided for this project.