Ong&ong Pte Ltd

Gateway Theatre

GATEWAY THEATRE 

ONG&ONG Pte Ltd

Gateway Theatre
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Gateway Theatre
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ARCHITECTS
ONG&ONG Pte Ltd

PROJECT DIRECTORS
Ashvinkumar Kantilal, Andrew Lee

MANUFACTURER
Harlequin

MECHANICAL & ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
Rankine & Hill

LANDSCAPE
Ong & Ong Pte Ltd

MANUFACTURERS
Erco, Harlequin, StoSilent Compact

AREA
4999.4 m2

SITE AREA
1513.7 m2

COST
S$45,000,000.00

YEAR
2016

LOCATION
Singapore

CATEGORY
Theater

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Text description provided by architect.

Nested in the heart of Bukit Merah, Gateway Theatre is a multi-performance venue where user’ experience and social participation are priorities.

The front façade of the theatre opens up to the streets of Bukit Merah allowing passers-by and residents to peer into the building, giving it a sense of porosity and openness.

As the building houses several performance spaces, crowd and traffic control were both important considerations.

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Gateway Theatre
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Breaking away from the traditional procession of formal and informal spaces, the emphasis for Gateway Theatre was placed on the composition of spatial relationships between the performance and community spaces.

Every floor was made unique and non-repetitive, each individually encoded to provide experiences that encourage interest and participation.

Pockets of interwoven landscaped sky gardens that cascade down to the ground level help to mitigate the large scale of the block.

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Gateway Theatre
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Gateway Theatre also features a garden on the sixth floor, where greenery further melds and integrates the building with the surrounding urbanscape.

Composed of varying planes, it is an extension of the performance arena and can house several performances simultaneously.

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Gateway Theatre
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Functionally, the landscaped sections act as seamless ‘breakout’ spaces, catering for moments of community interaction.


Gateway Theatre
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Gateway Theatre
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Gateway Theatre
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Gateway Theatre
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Gateway Theatre
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Gateway Theatre
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Gateway Theatre
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