Bras Basah Station (MRT Singapore)
The MRT Bras Basah (CC2) is a subway station Circle Line in Singapore .
This station is located next to the Singapore Management University and is very close to the Bencoolen MRT station on the Downtown Line, although not directly connected to each other and near the Singapore Art Museum and the National Museum of Singapore .
Bras Basah (modern spelling: Beras Basah) means “wet rice” in Malay.
history
The station was commissioned as part of the Marina Line Architectural Design Competition jointly organized by the Land Transport Authority and the Singapore Institute of Architects . The selection process did not require a track record and is recognized by the industry as one of the best tenders in Singapore.
In 2009, the designers from WOHA Architects received the “Best Transport Building” award at the World Architecture Festival.
At the opening of the station on April 17, 2010, Transport Minister Raymond Lim, who led the opening, said: "The Circle Line will improve the quality of public transport - connecting homes, workplaces, and social and recreational areas faster and more seamlessly." He added in addition, the stations will connect commuters to the “doorsteps of important cultural destinations” such as the Esplanade and Fort Canning.
In 2011 the project also won the Chicago Athenaeum and the European Center for Architecture, Art Design and Urban Research, as well as other international architecture prizes. This station was featured as a video game in Hellgate: London when Windows Vista came together.
architecture
The station is 35 meters underground, the platform of the island is in the 5th basement. It was the deepest station since it opened until December 22, 2013, when the Downtown Line was completed at the Promenade MRT station. It is also the station with the longest escalator (41 meters) that extends from the ticket hall to the transfer level and takes about a minute to travel.
To let light into the station, a reflective water basin with panes of glass was created outside the Singapore Management University.
A video work for Art in Transit was commissioned for this station . It is presented in 29 audio and visual units and is about an action figure who is caught in a series of underwater adventures. It is shown in the evening in the lobby of the train station.
Web links
- Bras Basah Station , landtransportguru.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bras Basah Mass Rapid Transit Station . In: World Buildings Director . Archived from the original on February 20, 2012. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ↑ Factsheet Bras Basah Station . April 16, 2010. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
Coordinates: 1 ° 17 ′ 48 ″ N , 103 ° 51 ′ 3.1 ″ E