I have already walking several times in front of the Singapore Marina Bay Sands Hotel and I found the facade with the Arbor Wind pretty impressive, I had always wondered how it worked. The answer is simple: with the wind. Small “flappers” are mounted on hinges and can move independently of each other in response to wind movements. The effect is really impressive when there is strong wind.
Wind Arbor
Returning from a walk in the Garden By The Bay, I took some videos with my GoPro:
For the technical details:
- 6800 square meters (5 and a half Olympic swimming pools)
- 260 000 aluminum “flappers” independent of each other
- From 15 meters high on the north side to 55 meter high south side
- Designed by the famous kinetic art sculptor Ned Kahn in 2010