| OCBC Centre | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Architectural style | Brutalist architecture |
| Location | Downtown Core, Singapore |
| Address | 65 Chulia Street, Singapore 049513 |
| Coordinates | 1°17′06″N 103°50′57″E / 1.285°N 103.8491°E |
| Construction started | 1975 |
| Completed | 1976 |
| Owner | OCBC Bank |
| Management | OCBC Bank |
| Height | |
| Roof | 197.7 m (649 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 52 |
| Floor area | 74,900 sq ft (6,960 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | I. M. Pei 贝聿铭 BEP Akitek |
| Developer | OCBC Bank |
| Structural engineer | Ove Arup & Partners |
| Main contractor | Morrison-Knudsen Low Keng Huat |
| References | |
| [1][2][3] | |
OCBC Centre is a 197.7 m (649 ft), 52-storey skyscraper in Singapore. serving as the current headquarters of OCBC Bank, the building was completed in 1976 and was the tallest building in the country, and South East Asia, at that time.[4] There are two extensions, OCBC Centre South and OCBC Centre East. There is an Executive Club on one of the higher floors of the building. OCBC Centre East has food and beverage outlets.
History
OCBC Centre was the result of the second Sale of Sites of the Urban Renewal Department of the Housing and Development Board in 1968. [5] The building was designed by I. M. Pei & Partners (now Pei Cobb Freed & Partners) together with now defunct BEP Akitek (Pte) Singapore and started construction in 1975. Its construction period was only two years due to a three-tier system. The building was completed on 1 October 1976 and was Southeast Asia's tallest building at the time.[6] A bronze sculpture designed by Tan Teng Kee sat at the building until 1983 when it was moved to the now defunct Bras Basah Park. Large Reclining Figure, a large bronze sculpture by Henry Moore, replaced it in 1984, and a new plaza and reflecting pool were built outside the front entrance of the building. The building has undergone several modernisations and OCBC Centre East and South was constructed at a later date.
Architecture
The building is an example of Brutalist architecture, a popular architectural style in the 1970s.[7]
It is designed to be a symbol of strength and permanence, and its structure consists of two semi-circular reinforced concrete cores as well as three lateral girders which helped make construction faster. The building is divided into three sections due to the steel trusses being constructed off-site and were put into position. Each section consists of floors that are cantilevered 6 metres from each column, with load transfer girders spanning at each end taking up boxed sections of the pre-stressed concrete. Lattice steel models strengthened by steel and concrete compression was installed on the 20th and 35th floors of the building. The building has been nicknamed the calculator due to its flat shape and windows which look like button pads.
See also
References
- ^ OCBC Centre at Emporis
- ^ "OCBC Centre". SkyscraperPage.
- ^ OCBC Centre at Structurae
- ^ "Singapore's evolving skyline". Urban Redevelopment Authority. Archived from the original on 2008-02-19. Retrieved 2008-02-02.
- ^ https://banksinsg.com/banks/ocbc-bank-singapore/
- ^ "The 85-year journey of a Singapore bank". The Straits Times. 12 November 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ "Brutarch".
Further reading
- Wong, Yunn (2005). Singapore 1:1 city : a gallery of architecture & urban design. Singapore: Urban Redevelopment Authority Distributor, APD Singapore. ISBN 9810544677.
- Edwards, Norman (1996). Singapore : a guide to buildings, streets, places. Singapore Kuala Lumpur: Times Books International. ISBN 9812047816.
External links
Media related to OCBC Centre at Wikimedia Commons
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