Caspar is part of the Surbana Jurong Aviation team working to win the Changi Airport Terminal 5 design project
Caspar Baum, Surbana Jurong’s Director of Aviation, is the winner of the Mike Davis Award for lifetime achievement, conferred by the Asian Business Aviation Association (AsBAA). He received his award at the association’s Icons of Aviation charity gala on 10 November in Hong Kong.
The award, one of the few in the world that acknowledge the contributions of individuals in the aviation industry, recognises Caspar’s nearly 30 years of commitment to architecture and specifically to his work in aviation architecture in the past two decades.
Caspar was born in Hannover, Germany, and graduated as an architect from University of Stuttgart. His wife Luisa Makariadi also works in Surbana Jurong, and is a senior aviation consultant like himself. They are part of the Surbana Jurong Aviation team working to secure the hottest project in aviation right now – to design Changi Airport’s Terminal 5.
Existing ponds and wetlands are preserved in SJ’s design to allow visitors to experience the original Ju River environment.
Surbana Jurong (SJ) has been recognised for its exemplary landscape design work at the IFLA Asia-Pac Landscape Architecture Awards 2017. The team earned an Honourable Mention for its landscape master planning work for the “12km Han Cheng Riverfront with 700Ha Theme Park” project in ShaanXi, China. It is the first cultural-tourism project undertaken by SJ.
Oliver (right) receiving the award in Bangkok from Pongsak Laomanacharoen, President of the Thai Association of Landscape Architects.
The project team, led by Oliver Ng, Deputy Director of Landscape Planning and Design, had to overcome many challenges to meet project requirements, chief of which is to have a sustainable development that can transform the city’s economy and reduce its reliance on agriculture while preserving the local culture. The team’s winning proposal centres on an innovative Integrated Hub that will connect visitors to a community and sports hub, an agriculture and exposition park, and the Ju River Wetland ecological park. Special care was taken to protect the rich heritage of the historic city while enhancing its surrounding geography and biodiversity along the 12km riverfront.
This includes creating buffer zones and using softscape materials to form a cohesive landscape. The design also features an integrated storm water management and cleansing system which will help cleanse and retain water at the site for future use, especially when the city faces water shortages during the summer.
The TOD-driven Chongqing Aerotropolis Township design as envisioned by SJ’s Urban Development team in China
Surbana Jurong’s North Asia team has won first prize in Chongqing Aerotropolis Township Urban Design competition, its first transit-oriented development (TOD)-driven design win.
Chongqing is an emerging mega-city in southwest China and, according to a Telegraph report this year, is ranked 8th among the world’s cities with the most number of skyscrapers.
The township, which spans 2.2 km², sits within the 33 km² Chongqing Aerotropolis, with Jiangbei International Airport as the central transportation node.The project scope includes residential, commercial (office/ retail/ F&B), aviation training facilities, healthcare facilities, schools, a neighbourhood centre and parks.
Teo Eng Cheong, CEO, International, notes that the win will put SJ in a good position to pursue design consultancy work downstream for the rest of the aerotropolis.
Chief judge Paul Farmer presenting Philip Tan with the awards garnered by the SJ Planning team (right)
Surbana Jurong’s Planning Group (SJPG) has walked away with its biggest haul yet at the SIP Planning Awards.
It snapped up five awards in four categories at the Singapore Institute of Planners’ 5th SIP awards, winning in all the categories it competed. The gala dinner and awards ceremony was held on 21st September 2017 at The Swissotel Merchant Court, where the who’s who in the urban planning fraternity gathered to recognise the industry’s best.
SJ took top spot in three categories – for Best Project for Resilient Planning, Best Planning Project and Best Urban Design Project.
Philip Tan, Managing Director of the Urban Planning Group called this “a great milestone for the five projects competing among 59 other project entries by local and foreign consultants”.
He added, “SJPG has been consistently winning these awards since the programme was first inaugurated in 2008, a testament that SJ is at the forefront creating value in planning cities and also representing the Singapore brand experience in planning townships, where Singapore is widely known to be the innovative and leading showcase to many international communities.”
On the judging panel were W. Paul Farmer (past president, American Planning Association), Fong Chun Wah (Deputy CEO, HDB), Hwang Yu Ning (Chief Planner, URA), and Mohinder Singh (Dean, LTA Academy).
SJ winners at the SIP awards 2017
Project
Category
Award
Social Resilient Plan for Amaravati, India
Best Project for Resilient Planning
Gold
Northern Savannah Ecological Zone (NSEZ) Regional Concept Plan, Ghana
Best Planning Project
Gold
Kaloum Redevelopment Master Plan 2040, Conakry Guinea
Chairman Liew Mun Leong receiving the Legion of Honour.
Surbana Jurong Group Chairman Liew Mun Leong has been conferred the Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur (or the National Order of the Legion of Honour), the highest decoration in France. He received the Legion of Honour in Paris, France from the French Minister for Transport on behalf of the French Government on 12 September.
Foreign nationals are decorated with the Legion of Honour if they have rendered services to France or supported causes defended by France.
Mr Liew’s significant contributions to France started in the 1980s. As the then head of Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research, he led several successful collaborations with French laboratories. He then led the acquisition and growth of French hotel Group Citadines as head of CapitaLand in the 2000s.
Currently as Chairman of Surbana Jurong and Changi Airport Group, Mr Liew continues to contribute to the advancement of Singapore and France relations. Aviation collaboration between Singapore and France remains strong and aviation links continue to grow under his watch. At the same time, Mr Liew is leading the exploring of possible collaborations between Surbana Jurong Group and French global infrastructure companies.
Surbana Jurong bags a total of eight awards in the recent HDB and SLA Awards!
HDB Awards
Surbana Jurong (SJ) has received two awards in this year’s Housing & Development Board (HDB) Awards under the Completed Projects (Housing) category. Held annually in Singapore, the HDB Awards are presented to architectural consultants and building contractors for projects which have demonstrated excellent design, quality and innovative construction.
The award-winning projects are:
Kallang Trivista – Certificate of Merit, Design
Keat Hong Pride – Certificate of Merit, Design
Award-winning projects: Kallang Trivista (top) and Keat Hong Pride (bottom).
Kallang Trivista capitalises on the panoramic river views with blocks configured to optimise views of Kallang River and the Marina skyline. Residents enjoy generous provisions and planning of amenities and community spaces catering to all age groups, as well as seamless connectivity between blocks, surrounding amenities, park connector network and external public transport nodes through accessible pathways at ground level.
Flanked by a neighbourhood park and a park connector along its eastern and southern edges, Keat Hong Pride features lush greenery, so residents can enjoy green links to nature outdoors. A central feature of this project is the vast roof garden above the car park, which houses a myriad of outdoor facilities such as playgrounds, precinct pavilions, shelters and fitness corners.
The awards were presented to winners on 6 September.
Singapore Land Architecture Awards
Surbana Jurong picked up six awards at this year’s Singapore Landscape Architecture Awards
Surbana Jurong won six awards in this year’s Singapore Landscape Architecture Awards. Organised by the Singapore Institute of Landscape Architects, the biennial Awards aim to honour the best landscape architects and promote landscape design in various design disciplines.
The award-winning projects are:
Project Name
Category
Award Received
Waterway Ridges @ Punggol
Residential
Outstanding Award of Excellence
One Canberra
Residential
Merit
Skies Miltonia
Residential
Merit
Singapore University of Technology & Design
Institution
Silver
SAFRA Punggol
Institution
Merit
Marine Cove @ East Coast Park
Parks and Public Spaces
Merit
The awards were presented to winners on 8 September.
Hangzhou, a three-hour bus-ride from Shanghai, is famed for its historical relics, natural beauty, quaint towns and charming waterways. The capital of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, is also home to West Lake, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as well as e-commerce conglomerate Alibaba. Adding to its list of tourist attractions in the future will be the Jing Hang Grand Canal Theatre & Park. Our design team has a significant role to play in the city’s upcoming attraction, as they have just clinched the International Property Awards-Asia Pacific “Best in Leisure Architecture-China”, for the provision of architecture and landscape design consultancy for the theatre and park.
Surbana Jurong (SJ) China was engaged to provide architectural concept design consultancy services for the theatre, as well as to offer landscape design for the adjacent park and plazas. The architectural design and landscape design took about one and a half years to complete, starting August 2015. Construction works on the project will soon begin.
Recognising the team’s design excellence in architecture and landscape design, the organisers presented the award to Wong Tim Fatt, North Asia division’s Vice President (Architectural), at a presentation ceremony in Bangkok. According to organisers of the International Property Awards, the projects are judged by a highly experienced team of professionals, who cover the whole range of property disciplines. Winning the award was no easy feat, as the competition was opened to property professionals from around the world.
Kudos to our design team (architectural) in Shanghai! For the record, team members are: Wong Tim Fatt, Guo Yin Mei, Dong Jing Jing, Richard Cruz, Andrew Lim, Li Ming Ming, Yang Hou Jin and Jin Hui Fen.
Surbana Jurong ranked 35 in ENR 2017 Top 225 International Design Firms
We are pleased to be featured once again among the world’s top design firms, and even more pleased that we have moved up the ranks from No. 48 a year ago.
While the ENR rankings are but one measure of our growth, it nonetheless reflects that Surbana Jurong’s strategy to provide complete value-chain solutions continues to bear fruit. We remain focused on building our capabilities in the urban, industrial and infrastructure space and look forward to more successes ahead!
The ENR 2017 Top 225 International Design Firms list are ranked based on revenue from projects outside of their home countries. For the full ranking: http://bit.ly/2uyABom
Surbana Jurong Group has swept a total of 25 accolades at this year’s Building and Construction Authority (BCA) Awards – the highest number of awards it has won so far. This includes five awards clinched by KTP Consultants, a member of the group. “This is testament to the high quality of work we continue to deliver and the value we bring to our clients,” says Surbana Jurong’s group chief executive officer Wong Heang Fine. Click here to read more.
