doi:10.3850/978-981-07-7136-2_304
Flower Dome and Cloud Forest Conservatories @ Gardens by the Bay
Allan Teo
BSCE (Texas at Austin), MSE (Texas at Austin), MSc (Geo),
PEng (S’pore), PEng (M’sia), Accredited Checker (S’pore), KTP Consultants Pte Ltd
Singapore 159471
Email: allanteo@ktp.com.sg
Biography
Mr. Allan Teo was the Director of the Structural Engineering Division at
Meinhardt (Singapore). During his career spanning 25 years, he has been in involved in the
design and construction of numerous steel, concrete and composite structures in Singapore, Malaysia, Dubai, China and the USA. Some notable projects that he has designed include the Flower
Dome & Cloud Forest Conservatories at Gardens by the Bay, One Shenton Condominium Development,
Sky@Eleven Condominium, OUE Bayfront, Paragon Shopping Centre, Azia Centre (Shanghai), Inter-Continental
Hotel at the Dubai Festival City (Dubai), Alamodome (Texas, USA) and the Universiti Teknologi Petronas
(Malaysia).
Abstract
The paper summarizes the structural concepts and construction of the Flower Dome and Cloud Forrest conservatories located at the Gardens by the Bay in Marina South. It also provides an overview on the key structural concepts adopted in the structural design which includes the key structural components, design situations and loadings considered. The evolution of the initial concept to the final design details will be presented. In addition to conventional linear analysis method, direct second order analysis and design method were adopted to check the global stability of the dome structure under the combined actions of intended design loads and extreme loads. Construction and fabrication of such an unique structure posted tremendous challenge to the construction team, and hence the construction sequence and fabrication issues are explained in this paper.
