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| » Interesting Facts Of City Harvest Church Building |
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Largest Column-Free Sanctuary
The main auditorium, with an area of 1,700 square metres, is the largest column-free church sanctuary in the Southeast Asian Peninsula. |
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Largest "Transfer Beam" in the World
6 floors of the building are resting on the "ceiling" of the column-free auditorium. The ceiling, technically known as a "transfer beam," is the largest ceiling structure in the world with an area of 3,500 square metres and a depth of 3 metres. Sato Kogyo and Bachy Soletanche jointly built it. |
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First Titanium-Clad Building in Asia
The front facade of the building is clad with the same titanium that wraps the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. The renowned museum is reputed to be the most beautiful contemporary architecture in the world today. According to the Swiss museum specialists, this building in Singapore is the first architecture with such titanium cladding in Asia. |
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Largest Church Building
From the lowest basement to the top of the steeple cross, the building is 54 metres in height, or equivalent to 18-20 floors of a HDB block. This is the biggest church structure in the Southeast Asian Peninsula. |
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To prevent the two HDB flats (within 9 metres from the perimeter of the building) from collapsing, or even having a hairline crack, a 1-metre thick diaphragm wall was constructed all around the boundary of the property before excavation works were carried out. The complexity of the construction was further intensified by the fact that the 4 basements had to be built "top-down" (constructing downward in the order of ground floor, basement 1, basement 2, basement 3 and then basement 4) rather than the conventional "bottom-up" approach. |
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Tallest Partition Panels in the World
The sanctuary can be compartmentalised or partitioned into 7 smaller halls. While working on this project, Goldbeck GmbH designed the tallest partitions or "operable walls" in the world with each panel in the sanctuary measuring at 11.5 metres in height. (The previous tallest panel measured at only 9.5 metres.) |
| 7. |
World Class Fountain
A world class fountain wall with intricate design features. |
| 8. |
Largest Stainless Steel Church Cross in the World
At 12 metres high and 800 kg in weight, the stainless steel cross is the largest in the world. |
| 9. |
Largest Sound Console in the World
Mr. Steven Le Roux, the sound and lighting consultant of the Sydney Opera House, provided consultancy services to City Harvest Church with relation to acoustics of the main sanctuary. The auditorium is fitted with a 60-channel sound console, which is the largest and only one of its size in the world. |
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Mr. Dan Hess, a former top stage designer from Christie's Auction House in New York, is the designer of the auditorium's stage. |
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The front lawn of the building has a reflecting pool and a putting green for golf enthusiasts. |
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Most Advanced Fire Evacuation System in the World
The fire evacuation public announcement system, designed by Klotz Digital, is widely touted to be the most advanced and efficient in the market today. They designed this specially for the new Munich Airport which is due to be opened in 2003. The church was approached by Klotz Digital to be the first architecture in the world to be fitted with such a system. |
| 13. |
Largest Church Donation Campaign in Southeast Asia
The land purchase and building construction costs a total of $47.6 million. This amount is raised locally and entirely from City Harvest Church's own congregation in Singapore over a period of 7 years. Only 45% of the congregation are working adults, the rest are mainly schooling youths, housewives and retirees. |
| 14. |
Largest Busing Programme in Southeast Asia
Every weekend, 406 bus trips are made to ferry our members. |
| * Information correct at time of construction and the date |
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| » Breakdown Of CHC Building Construction Cost (S$'000) |
| 1. |
Land Cost and Differential Premium
(including Stamp Duties) |
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7,592 |
| 2. |
Preliminary Expenses
(Planning and Application Fees, Service Diversions, etc.) |
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365 |
| 3. |
Building Structure |
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16,875 |
| 4. |
Mechanical, Electrical and Other Services:
| Air-Conditioning |
| Lift Transportation System |
| Electrical Services |
| Lighting System |
| Fire Protection System |
| Sanitary and Plumbing Services |
| Security System and CCTV |
|
| 1,901 |
| 914 |
| 1,131 |
| 792 |
| 351 |
| 458 |
| 182 |
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5,729 |
| 5. |
Equipment and Furnishings:
| TV Projection, Plasma and LED Screens |
| Operable Wall Partitions |
| Auditorium Seatings |
| Sound and Musical Equipment |
| Other Furniture |
| Play Equipment System |
| 6 Automated Transaction Kiosks for Donations |
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| 2,612 |
| 1,814 |
| 513 |
| 1,070 |
| 614 |
| 100 |
| 128 |
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6,851 |
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Building Enhancements:
| Interior Design Works and Building Enhancement |
| Tiles and Installation |
| Titanium Cladding |
| Water Feature Wall |
| Tensile Roof Sail, Mist System, Water Baptism Pool and Reflecting Pond |
| Landscaping, Signages and Painting Services |
| Carpark and Barrier System |
| Handphone Booster, Bible Study Card Reader |
| Fire Evacuation Paging System |
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| 1,843 |
| 1,561 |
| 710 |
| 583 |
| 298 |
| 413 |
| 235 |
| 160 |
| 193 |
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5,996 |
| 7. |
Consultancy Costs:
| Building Consultants' Fees and Allowances |
| Resident Engineer, Clerk-of-works, Accredited Checker and Registered Inspectors |
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1,594 |
| 8. |
Profit and Attendance, Miscellaneous Works, Legal Fees and Interest |
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1,252 |
| 9. |
Total Construction Cost Before GST |
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46,254 |
| 10. |
3% GST |
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1,302 |
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TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COST |
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47,557 |
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