Ibis Styles Hotel Macpherson- Giving new life to a forgotten building.

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Architects: A D Lab

Location: 401 MacPherson Rd, Singapore 368125

Project Team: Warren Liu, Luke Lim, Najeeb Rahmat, Yenny Kusuma, U Yenlee, Tracy Tan, Wu Yanling, Emerson Gonzales, Lito Garcia, Anna May Manrique

Area: 14204.0 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Masano Kawana

Builder: Shanghai Chong Kee Furniture & Construction Pte Ltd

Civil And Structural Engineer: CMP Consultants Pte Ltd

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From the architect. Ibis Styles Hotel Macpherson- Giving new life to a forgotten building.Built in the 1970s, the former Windsor Hotel underwent its fair share of changes and renovations that did little to engage its surroundings and the community. Located at the prominent intersection of MacPherson and Aljunied Roads, the hotel anchors the MacPherson Industrial Estate and landed residential estate. The existing 3-storey introverted and opaque shopping podium was unfriendly to its neighbours. Above this podium was a 6 storey 200-key hotel, with an inefficient H-shaped plan on a 7.2m grid with 2 room bays per grid. We were presented with the extremely challenging task of making this property relevant, with a fresh lease on life. For the project to be economically viable for int...