Floating Performance Stage at the Marina Bay, Singapore

Abstract

The Marina Bay was identified as the venue for the National Day Parade for 2007 and subsequent years. The concept was to create a large usable space on water for mass spectator events and to design it as a multi-purpose facility to be used for sporting activities, mega festivities, cultural performances and water activities. The pontoon-type floating platform technology was adopted to create the large-scale floating performance stage. The Marina Bay floating platform measured 120 m long, 83 m wide and had a depth of 1.2 m and was built by assembling fifteen modular steel pontoons. This floating stage, completed in April 2007, is believed to be the world's largest floating performance stage.