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M+, Hong Kong. Gift of Architects Team 3, 2015, © Malayan Architects Co-partnership
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Malayan Architects Co-partnership 馬來亞合伙制建築事務所
Exterior photograph, Trinity Methodist Church (1963), Serangoon Gardens, Singapore 新加坡實龍崗花園衛理公會三一堂（1963年）外部照片
1963
Trinity Methodist Church commissioned the Malayan Architects Co-partnership to design its church building in Singapore’s Serangoon Gardens in the early 1960s. Completed in 1963, the church was the first dedicated meeting space for the congregation, which was formed by a group of young couples in 1956. The project is characteristic of this energetic moment of community building in Singapore, which was then beginning the process of consolidating its national identity.
The church’s A-frame structure occupies a corner site. Its southern facade, which runs along Serangoon Garden Way and is covered by the steep roof, is set behind a small hill that defines a semi-enclosed terrace. A row of peaked triangular rooftop windows breaks up the lower portion of the roof’s surface, which is also marked by a thin cross perched on its slope. At the building’s highest point, the roof planes bend slightly to remain parallel, creating a floating effect accentuated by a deep overhang over the deliberately plain eastern facade. A horizontal plane extends from the western edge to shade a small public gathering area. Inside, the sanctuary’s pitched ceiling is lined in a warm, dark wood.
The church’s A-frame structure occupies a corner site. Its southern facade, which runs along Serangoon Garden Way and is covered by the steep roof, is set behind a small hill that defines a semi-enclosed terrace. A row of peaked triangular rooftop windows breaks up the lower portion of the roof’s surface, which is also marked by a thin cross perched on its slope. At the building’s highest point, the roof planes bend slightly to remain parallel, creating a floating effect accentuated by a deep overhang over the deliberately plain eastern facade. A horizontal plane extends from the western edge to shade a small public gathering area. Inside, the sanctuary’s pitched ceiling is lined in a warm, dark wood.
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