d+a | Issue 124 • 2022

49 replicas, selected for their relatively lightness to not add more load to the building, and weather resistance. St James Power Station today is a far cry from its previous iteration – and thankfully so. It can only be hoped that the success of its restoration will fuel others to do the same of the Singapore’s heritage buildings that need a new lease of life, to treat them with respect, dignity and elegance. 12 12. The outdoor interstitial space between Blocks A and B, where a section underwent “honest repair”. ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS TO ST JAMES POWER STATION LOCATION Singapore / COMPLETION 2021 / SITE AREA 17,794m 2 / GROSS FLOOR AREA approx. 13,000m 2 / ARCHITECTURE W Architects / LEAD ARCHITECT Mok Wei Wei / ARCHITECTURE TEAM Ng Weng Pan, Chew Zi Yan, Cheryl Lim / DEVELOPER Mapletree Investments / CONTRACTOR Lum Chang Interior / CONSERVATION CONSULTANT Studio Lapis / C&S CONSULTANT TY Lin International (Design) / Keon Consult (QP) / M&E CONSULTANT Rankine & Hill (Singapore) (Design) / TY Lin International (QP) / QUANTITY SURVEYOR WT Partnership (S) / LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT Earthscape Concepts / LIGHTING CONSULTANT Lighting Planners Associates (S) / SANITARYWARE W Atelier On the ground floor, many of the original doors and windows had been sealed up, while others were inaccurately modified. These were then carefully reinstated with the help of archival photographs and other existing records. Finally, Ho points to how the building’s precast cornices and corbels had been removed sometime in the 1950s, “It looked like somebody shaved off the eyebrows.” Correcting that meant making GFRC SCAN THE QR CODE TO READ HOW DYSON BUILT ON W ARCHITECTS’ DESIGN TO CONCEPTUALISE ITS GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS AND HOW WY-TO DESIGNED THE ST JAMES POWER STATION HERITAGE TRAIL AND GALLERY.