ArtScience Museum in Marina Bay Sands (Singapore)

Saturday, September 24, 2011

ArtScience Museum in Marina Bay Sands (Singapore) - Singapore has just presented a gift to the world that is a museum in the Marina Bay Sands ArtScience which officially opened last February 17, 2011. Museum designed by famous architect of Israel-Canadian nationality, Moshe Safdie, is referred to as "The Welcoming Hand of Singapore" by Sheldon Adelson, chief visionary at the Las Vegas Sands Corp..

The new museum's iconic City of Singapore will host the international exhibition gallery has 21 rooms with a total area of ​​6,000 square meters. "The structure of the building is very special, this is Singapore's gift to the world," said Moshe Safdie in a conference call with reporters from various countries.

The roof of the museum can accommodate the rain water is channeled down through the center of the building to the pond bottom reflector on the floor of the building. Rainwater is recycled and routed back through the water for a waterfall feature cylinder continues to flow without interruption. Rain water is also recycled for use in the bathroom the museum as part of the Green Mark program in Singapore.

Museum surrounded by a lily pond that reflects an area of ​​4,000 square meters. Museum floats on the terrace of the new urban dynamic nuances and allowing audiences to enjoy the scenery and the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.

Sheldon Adelson said the museum will be the basis of a visit to the Marina Bay Sands Singapore that the concept is fused to the shopping, business, entertainment and casinos with a total investment of up to 6 billion U.S. dollars.

The contractor of this museum is the Penta Ocean (Japan), DK Composites (Malaysia), Yongnam (Singapore), L & K Engineering (Taiwan), Bi Water (Hing Kong), Alfasi Construction (Australia), and Sunray Woodcraft (Singapore).

Space in which the "fingers" as high as 60 meters which is a unique gallery with natural lighting from your fingertips so that illuminate the interior wall forms are given a variety of sculptures. Very good temperature control is set to keep the contents of the museum which has a 5600 construction steel weighing 5200 tons.

Combination of art and science

Inside the museum there are ArtScience Gallery is an exhibition with the power of creativity that combines art and science disciplines.

There are three unique gallery space that brings visitors late in the process of creativity is Curiosity space that encourages visitors to come and reflect on how they define the art and science, what it means nautical them, and how it can affect the world.

Then there is the space that Inspiration is an interactive gallery that will remind the visitors at the point of a flash of creativity that strengthen the arts and sciences. Content masnifestasi discovery of space in the gap for the art and science. Expression of the space then becomes a dynamic multimedia gallery.

The impression that is captured in three gallery spaces at the show "Genghis Khan: The Exhibition" to mark the opening of the Museum ArtScience. Eskibisi describes the life history of nearly 30 countries Genhis Khan's conquests in the 13th century are displayed alongside a collection of 200 artifacts and treasures that have never been shown outside of Mongolia.

Visible blend of art and science in this exhibition. In all senses visitors will be drowned in innovation, technology mastery and cultural creativity of one of the greatest conqueror of the world's most difficult to understand.