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AlfaTech Asia - Singapore Botanic Gardens Seed Bank Project

July 13th, 2019 • N’PARKS unveiled Singapore’s first seed bank design and build by AlfaTech Asia. The facility is a fully equipped facility with a lab solution, a storage capacity of up to 25’000 plant species, rooms for seed processing, and storage freezers. Located in House 4, the largest of the five colonial-style houses within the former Raffles College at Cluny Road. The building was built in 1920s and designed as a conserved building in October 2006. Seed Bank Singapore is the embodiment of AlfaTech’s expertise focus on engineering solutions, design & architectural aesthetic and project delivery. This Project stands apart through the purpose of it and the fact that it is in a heritage building. An extensive process was undertaken to ensure the facility was structurally sound and sufficient to bear the new use. Once the extensive exploratory and non-destructive testing was complete and analysed by AlfaTech’s engineers, they determined that the facility was sufficiently structured and sound and would be able to house the new function. Being a design build project, AlfaTech was also responsible for the entire creative process. Working hand in hand with their customer at Singapore Botanic Gardens, they crafted a facility that is a state of the art and in respect of the architectural legacy. The design includes several types of labs dedicated to seed cleaning, seed preservation, germination, cryogenic storage and research. In addition, the facility includes a cold and dry room with strict temperature and humidity regimes to enable long term storage of Singapore and possibly the world’s most valuable plant species and genetic material. Not only complex in its program, the 100-year-old building also required extensive upgrades for fire, life and safety issues as well as circulation. The new facility also required a new lift which was tastefully installed to respect the heritage of the building and elegantly marry modern design with historic charm. The project is highly technical in many ways and highly novel in that we are putting a state- of-the-art scientific facility in a historic national heritage building. The original purpose of this 100-year-old home was to house the principal of Raffle’s College, the first university in Singapore. The building is unique on the historic campus being one of the first buildings in Singapore to utilise steel reinforced concrete. The original designers from Swan and Maclaren would have never imagined that the original residential home would someday be here a century later housing a scientific research and preservation facility. Battling through tough weather and coordinating with other external works in the garden itself, the facility was constructed to meet the grand opening deadline of July 13th, 2019. The technology deployed includes some leading-edge technologies in internet of things, gas fire suppression, cooling technology and laboratory equipment. There is also an extensive interpretive element to the project which was co-designed with WY-TO, which ensure its pedagogic role as a public Institution, all visitors can learn and be informed about the importance and beauty of the facility and its mission. AlfaTech not only built the facility but is also a gold sponsor of the Singapore Botanic Gardens Seedbank. The mission to research and preserves the beauty and diversity of the Singapore flora is a noble cause and we were honored to have played our part in this project of national and global importance. AlfaTech would like to sincerely thank the staff at Millennium Seedbank in the UK, the design professionals at WY-TO for their thoughtful design of the interpretive elements and all the wonderful dedicated and thoughtful staff at National Parks Board for their partnership, guidance and trust to create what we at AlfaTech feel is a crowning achievement of our firm to date. A seed is the first spark of life. About AlfaTech Asia AlfaTech Asia was incorporated in Singapore in 2010 to provide end-to-end design, advisory, and turnkey project management services throughout the Asia Pacific region. We de-risk clients’ capital expansion experience by ensuring on-time on-budget project delivery and providing customized solutions. Our aim is to bridge the technical, quality, and customer service gap between industrial best practices and ground realities faced by our clients. Website: www.atce.com.sg Facebook:   / alfatechsg   LinkedIn:   / atvasingapore