Talk:Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay

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So, there's a persistent myth that the Esplanade was originally supposed to be built without the durian spikes, and they were only retrofitted when somebody realized that having a concert hall in a greenhouse is maybe not such a brilliant idea. Can anybody prove or disprove this? Jpatokal 13:26, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Its not a myth, but a fact revealed in interviews with the centre's architect. There were sources in the press on this, but thats like several years back, so I dont have immediate access to them...--Huaiwei 11:49, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If you like to spend some time, you can go down to the National Library at Victoria Street to get your sources. There's this microform machine at the 11th floor, you may like to check ST, I saw this many years back. --Ter e nce Ong _{(Chat | Contribs)} 12:25, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I have heard before the "durian" was supposed to resemble two giant microphones. To save on power consumption, the spike-shaped louvres were fitted eventually. —Sengkang 13:43, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Or you could just use Google and find this:

ABC: What did the original design of the Esplanade looks like when it was shown to the public in 1994?

Vikas: We always intended to use some kind of shading over the building. However, when we showed the Esplanade design to the public in 1994, the exact type of shading hadn't been designed. Therefore, it was just with the enclosures over the two main theatres as glass cases. There was some resulting criticism from the public that there was too much glass and that the design was too Western. We kept these comments in mind as we continued design on the project. Particularly after MWP left the project in 1995, we made quite a few changes, especially in the cladding which emerged in collaboration with our engineers Atelier One, and subsequently it was detailed with Mero, the contractor responsible for building the cladding. In its present form it is a curved steel space frame with glass over it. And over the glass, there are aluminium sunshades.

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