Tampines Grande

Country: Singapore

Client: City Development Limited

Architect: Architects 61

Services Provided: Facade Engineering Consultancy

Located in eastern Singapore, close to the Changi International Airport, Tampines Grande comprises of 33,600 m² of commercial and office space spans over two wings of eight storeys. Meinhardt Facade Technology Singapore was appointed as the Facade Consultant for the construction of Tampines Grande, which comprised of two eight-storey office buildings with underground carparks.

These solutions created a cutting-edge, energy-efficient and sustainable office building which incorporated the following green features:

Insulation, building envelope (green roofs, 150 m² of photovoltaic cells on the façade)
Heating / ventilation / air conditioning (1,160 m² of vacuum-tube water-heating panels for solar air-conditioning, improved air quality: filtration and disinfection with cold plasma)
Electricity (940 m² of photovoltaic solar power panels, lighting management system : light and motion detection)
Water (rainwater recovery system for watering, independent connection to the non-potable water network to supply)

Meinhardt provided post-award façade consultancy services to the Main Contractor, including review of technical submissions, site and factory inspections. Façade works include curtain walls, window walls, photovoltaic glazing, and frameless glazing.