Interpol

By himmelzimmer

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The result of winning an invited competition for the design of the new Interpol Global Complex in Singapore, the brief called for separate accommodation for Interpol and the rehousing of an existing Singapore Police Force station. The competition and security briefs required the IGC and SPF components to be physically separated, but also linkable for collaborative efforts between the two agencies. The solution was to locate two buildings around a diagonal line on the site with their own addresses.

Where the two building volumes ‘overlap’ along the site defining diagonal, Interpol is at its the lowest whilst the SPF building at its highest to minimise their respective impact on one another. The thin width of both buildings ensures superb internal light quality. The site massing is designed to ensure that no trees need to be removed for the construction of either building.

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himmelzimmer is an architectural design practice in Melbourne dedicated to investigating an architecture that evolves from a continuous dialogue of imaginative and practical thinking.

As a studio we need to be able to define what building/design we aspire to the most:
For us this is ‘a room in the sky’, a ‘himmelzimmer’.

From its open window we can see the endless sky encouraging us that our ideas should be dream-like without boundaries. With its window closed we can focus on the work on our desk in front of us, the technical delivery of our ideas.

All our designs evolve from the dialogue of these two perspectives which are both essential in the delivery of well-executed buildings that inspire and transcend the ordinary.

Our work is at its most successful where our window to the world is in a constant state of in-between, where it is simultaneously closed and open.

We started in 2003 as studio505.


Following studio505’s closure in 2016 we are continuing our work as himmelzimmer

At ArchiPro we recognise and acknowledge the existing, original and ancient connection Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have to the lands and waterways across the Australian continent. We pay our respects to the elders past and present. We commit to working together to build a prosperous and inclusive Australia.