By Scott Campbell | Photos from DP Architects

Located on a massive 35-hectare waterfront site next to the Kallang River and opened in June, the Singapore Sports Hub becomes Asia’s first integrated sports, leisure, entertainment and lifestyle destination, providing a unique ecosystem of sporting, retail and leisure spaces.

The venue was developed as part of the Singapore government's urban redevelopment and sports facilities master plan – Sports Singapore Vision 2030 – which aims to promote a more sustainable, healthy and active society at all levels of participation, nation-wide.

With that, the Sports Hub is set to be an elite world class sports destination that also encourages public participation throughout the year.

The surrounding precinct is unified by a consistent philosophy and design approach to landscape, shade and shelter and lighting, providing levels of comfort and quality of experience appropriate to Singapore’s tropical climate and public expectations.

At the heart of Sports Hub is the new National Stadium, a state-of-the-art 55,000 seat sports venue, air-cooled for comfort and designed with a movable roof and retractable seating to support the widest range of sports and leisure events throughout the year.

It will be the first stadium in the world custom designed to host athletics, football, rugby, cricket or live concert events all in one venue, converting from one mode to another within 48 hours.

With a span of over 310m, the National Stadium will be the largest free spanning dome structure in the world.

The dome of the stadium is conceived as a unifying protective canopy that connects all parts of the Sports Hub master plan, through an open public 'sports promenade' –  a civic space linking the National Stadium to various key sports venues, lifestyle destinations, public rooftop spaces and green spaces within the Sports Hub, offering stunning views out to the city and the surrounding waterfront.

The interior seating bowl and roof opens towards the waterfront and the city skyline, providing spectators with breathtaking views to the heart of the city.

In addition to the pre-existing Indoor Stadium, complementing the central National Stadium are two other key sports facilities, the OCBC Aquatic Centre and OCBC Arena.

These mid-scale venues have been designed to achieve maximum flexibility enabling them to serve both the exacting standards of a world-championship sporting events as well as a diverse everyday leisure-focused sports programme.

Find out more about the Singapore Sports Hub at //www.sportshub.com.sg