French Embassy sgp_couverture

Singapour

French Embassy

The new French embassy is located opposite large botanical gardens.

Glass and aluminium external cladding; lined inside with timber, stone and leather, it is designed around three elements - the atrium, chancellery and loggia facade.

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The atrium with its overhead light filtered through sycamore blades; chancellery with its carefully decorated ambassador court: passageway panelled in timber, lined with a thick slate wall; and loggia facade with white aluminium panels enhanced by protruding stainless steel sections, sheltering access to the embassy via the “main door” and national banner.

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1 atrium

Status

1996 competition - 1999 completion

Location

Singapour

Client

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Programme

Embassy, trade mission and consulate AREA

Area

3.400 m²

Cost

4,9 M€

Lead consultant

Richez_Associés

Associate architect

TSP, Goh Chong Chia (Singapour)

Consulting engineers

Cameron Taylor Bedford (Londres) + B&T, Bescon, Choy Weng Ham (Singapour)

Ph.Soffiotti

Xylos

Awards

SIA (Singapore Institute of Architects) Architectural Design Award 2001

Sculpture

Guy Ferrer

Photographer

Frédéric Lemercier