S U S TA I N A B I L I T Y

TOUR

Explore the green features

around our property
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Our innovative building integrates the best of smart technology with Marina Bay Sands® is Asia’s leading destination for business, leisure and
sustainable design and practice. entertainment, delivering unparalleled experiences for our guests. Located in the
heart of Singapore’s Central Business District, Marina Bay Sands’ iconic design
Go on a simple self-guided tour to take a closer look at how and multi-dimensional offerings have transformed Singapore’s city skyline and its
sustainability is embedded across the property. tourism landscape since it opened on 27 April 2010.

Marina Bay Sands features three cascading hotel towers with 2,561 luxury rooms
Refer to the back cover of this and suites, state-of-the art convention and exhibition facilities, a theatre, world-
brochure for the tour map. class entertainment and the best shopping and dining in the region. The three
hotel towers are crowned by the spectacular Sands SkyPark®.
Marina Bay Sands - Singapore Sustainability Tour MarinaBaySands.com

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T I P P I N G 3
RISE HERB GARDEN
WALL Our first stop is the
Tipping Wall, facing the taxi The RISE Herb Garden is where you will
stand at Tower 3. discover how over 70 edible plants are
specially grown, nurtured, and harvested
This wall was designed by for our guests to enjoy. RISE is also one
Ned Kahn, a renowned of our most sustainable restaurants – why
environmental artist
and sculptor.
not linger and enjoy some certified
sustainable seafood?
Collected rainwater runs down
a wall covered in 7,000 hinged 800 to 1,200 grams of herbs, such as sorrel and
metal channels, making them lemon balm, are harvested at the herb garden
tilt left or right. every day.

The water spills down If you’re lucky, you might see a gardener harvesting
to a catchment area below and some herbs!
is recirculated upwards to pour
down again.

3 4 Exit the restaurant, turn right and walk

towards Hotel Tower 2. You will see a set
of escalators on your left. After the
escalators, there is a glass door leading to
1 2 While facing the Tipping Wall, walk a couple of steps towards your an outdoor garden. Take the lift in the
left and look to the right, perpendicular to the Tipping Wall. garden to Level 6.

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WIND ARBOR & HOTEL VIEWPOINT
The Wind Arbor is the largest and most visible art
Our green roof (a roof covered
installation on our property, comprising 260,000
with plants) absorbs heat and
aluminum metal flaps that reflect light and ripple
provides insulation, reducing
in the wind.
the need for air conditioning
and consequently lowering our
This shimmering art piece was also created by Ned carbon emissions.
Kahn, with the intention to create a sense of wonder
and delight.
Note how each hotel tower
The sculpture shields the building from sunlight with is slanted – Hotel Tower 1,
its stainless steel net, keeping the building’s in particular, has a slope of
temperature low. 26 degrees.

See if you can spot more of the Wind Arbor scattered This is one of the best spots on our
across our property! property to take a selfie with the
three hotel towers. Don’t forget to
hashtag #MarinaBaySands when
posting online!
2 3 Go back inside the hotel and walk straight
through the lobby towards Hotel Tower 1. Look
out for RISE® Restaurant on your left, and access
the Herb Garden through the glass doors at the 4 5 Now walk through the garden towards The Shoppes, and take the
rear of the restaurant. escalator down towards Level 1 of The Shoppes.
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S K Y L I G H T AT 7
R A I N O C U L U S
THE SHOPPES The Rain Oculus, another piece by Ned
Kahn, collects and recycles rainwater
Architect Moshe Safdie wanted to maximise which is used to fill the canal at The
natural lighting to bring the outdoors inside. Shoppes and for bathroom flushing at the
He achieved this by designing a glass roof ArtScience Museum.
over the mall that spans nearly 800,000ft2.
Water flows at up to 6,000 gallons per minute
High-tech photocell sensors detect the brightness through the Oculus, and it can hold up to
of the sunlight and adjust interior lighting 200 tonnes of water.
accordingly, ensuring that artificial lighting is kept
to an optimal level. It creates a whirlpool motion on level 1, with the
water falling one storey through a hole in the centre
90% of lighting on the property is energy efficient of the Oculus.
and we’re working towards using 100% LED
lighting by 2020. There is another Rain Oculus at The Shoppes – did
you manage to see it just now?

7 8 Exit the museum. Turn right towards the main walkway, and make a left towards Gardens by
5 6 Walk straight and head out of the mall, the Bay. Walk under the Helix Bridge and keep going until you reach the domes of Gardens
towards the Event Plaza. Turn right and by the Bay.
enjoy a walk along the Promenade towards

G A R D E N S
the iconic ArtScience Museum™.
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B Y T H E B AY Immerse yourself in Gardens by the Bay,

filled with plants seldom seen in this part
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T H E of the world, ranging from species in cool,

MARINA Marina Bay Sands, as well as the temperate climates to tropical forests
cluster of buildings that you see and habitats.
B AY around the bay, are all built on
reclaimed land. The iconic Supertrees are designed with large
canopies that provide shade in the day and
Ships used to be docked for passengers come alive with an exhilarating display of light
to be transferred to small boats, which and sound at night.
then ferried them to Johnston’s Pier
(replaced by Clifford Pier in 1933). The two massive glass conservatories use
energy-efficient solutions for cooling and house a
Did you know that none of Singapore’s diverse collection of unique plants that are of high
rivers are ‘rivers’ anymore? This body of conservation value.
water is one of Singapore’s 17 reservoirs.
Rainwater collected in these reservoirs is If you’re lucky, you might catch a glimpse of the
piped to water-treatment plants where it smooth coated otters that live in the waterways
is processed into potable water. alongside the park – that’s how clean the water is.

8 If you wish to return to Marina Bay Sands, follow the directions towards Bayfront MRT Station
or Garden Bay Bridge.

6 7 Walk to the ArtScience Museum and view the Rain Oculus from W E H O P E YO U H A V E E N J O Y E D T H I S T O U R A N D L E A R N T A L I T T L E
Level 1 or Basement 2 of the museum. M O R E A B O U T M A R I N A B AY S A N D S ’ S U S TA I N A B I L I T Y E F F O R T S !
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