Physics loves a sphere, its preferred, purest form. For architects though, the box trumps the bubble. They\u2019re easier to engineer and offer more useful space. The new Apple Marina Bay Sands store in Singapore goes with the physics. And, if not actually a complete sphere, it\u2019s near enough to be...
and many of the tech giant’s flagship stores – the new outlet appears to be a giant ball, floating if not bobbing in Marina Bay. The structure is actually a dome, 30 metres in diameter, 17 metres tall, made up of 114 glass panels and sitting on an existing concrete foundation.. ’It’s all structural glass with very thin, polished stainless steel ribs, which seem to dematerialise. And obviously no columns, which more or less goes without saying these days.
The effect within the Marina Bay store, continues Behling, is a natural, ‘magical diffused light’ that feels congruous with the diffused light common to Singapore. ‘We’ve been saying for years that the best way to see the product is actually to see outdoors.’ In fact, Behling hopes that being inside the store should feel like being outside, only better, given the air conditioning.
Far simpler to model was the path of a disc of light created by a Pantheon-style semi-transparent three-metre-wide oculus at the top of the dome. ‘I can tell you exactly where that splodge of light will be at any time on any day of the year.’
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