When Golden Mile Complex re-opens to the public after its refurbishment is completed in late 2029, visitors can expect to experience familiar “character-defining elements” like the building’s large atriums once again. Keeping the atriums is one of the reasons behind...
An artist's impression of The Golden Mile , with 22 storeys, and the 45-storey Aurea , facing Nicoll Highway.When Golden Mile Complex re-opens to the public after its refurbishment is completed in late 2029, visitors can expect to experience familiar “character-defining elements” like the building’s large atriums once again.
The project has been closely watched by built environment professionals as a test case for how large, modernist buildings can be conserved, rejuvenated, and potentially developed upon in a sensitive and profitable manner. Golden Mile Complex’s swimming pool will make way for Aurea, a 45-storey residential tower. PHOTO: ST FILE
DP Architects chief executive Seah Chee Huang said adding floors to Golden Mile Complex’s retail atrium would have negatively affected the building’s character. PHOTO: ST FILE But doing so would have affected the atriums, which he said are “character-defining” spatial elements of the building that previous users cherish.
The development will also offer office spaces with private lift lobbies, and loft mezzanine office units with double-volume ceilings by combining some of the complex’s former residential units. The design of the additional four storeys was inspired by a sketch by the Singapore Planning and Urban Research Group , he added.
The building’s iconic 9th storey deck, which was formerly used by residents as a recreational space, will be turned into a publicly-accessible sky terrace. “What is more befitting than putting an architecture centre within a conserved building that is also an architectural icon?” he said, adding that plans for the centre are still in their infancy, and that the developers are working with URA and other advisors “to conceive how the centre should be curated”.
“Social memories will keep evolving, and it’s not possible to freeze time and go back to something,” said Mr Boey. “Heritage is not stagnant, it will evolve over time or it may run the risk of becoming irrelevant.”
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