Biopolis

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Biopolis at Buona Vista

Biopolis (Chinese: ) is an international research and development centre located

in Singapore for biomedical sciences. It is located in One-North in Buona Vista, near Dover,
and is close to the National University of Singapore, the Singapore Polytechnic, the Institute of
Technical Education, the National University Hospital, the Singapore Science Park, Ministry of
Education, ESSEC Business School, INSEAD Business School, and Fusionopolis. This
campus is dedicated to providing space for biomedical research and development activities
and promoting peer review and collaboration among the private and publicscientific
community.
Contents
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1 Development
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1.1 Phase One

1.2 Phase Two

2 Features
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2.1 Amenities

2.2 Function rooms

3 Accommodation

4 Biopolis arts programme

5 Notes

6 External links

Development[edit]
Phase One[edit]

Dandelion sculpture in Biopolis

Biopolis Phase One, designed by world renowned architect Zaha Hadid, is a 185,000 m
(2,000,000 ft) biomedical complex of seven buildings that were constructed from June 2003 to
March 2004 at a cost of S$500 million. They are namely: Nanos, Genome, Helios, Chromos,
Proteos, Matrix and Centros. Several government agencies, publicly funded research institutes
and research labs of pharmaceutical and biotechnological companies are located there. [1]

Phase Two[edit]
Biopolis Phase Two was completed in October 2006, comprising two blocks, named Neuros
and Immunos, which will house research on neuroscience and immunology respectively. The
seven-storey 37,000 m complex was designed and constructed over 18 months at a cost of
S$70 million. The new addition increases the Biopolis research complex to a total of 222,000
m, or about half the size of Suntec City.[2][3]

Biopolis fact Sheet

Features[edit]
Amenities[edit]

For the general public, Biopolis has eight shops, four restaurants, four cafes, a 300-seater food
court, a fast foodrestaurant, a pub and a childcare centre.

Function rooms[edit]
For its members, Biopolis has a 480-seater auditorium and four 250-seater lecture theaters. It
also has 13 meeting rooms.

Accommodation[edit]
The Rochester is a major development in Vista Xchange at one-north. The mixed-use
development comprises private residences, serviced apartments, hotel rooms, recreational and
retail facilities.
one-north Residences is another completed residential project in one-north.

Biopolis arts programme[edit]

A piece of sculpture at Biopolis

An initiative of the one-north arts program, one-north Development Group (oDG) of JTC
Corporation launched the first Biopolis Arts Program@one-north on 14 May 2002. oDG
supports the nurturing of the local and overseas arts community, by way of co-developing and
funding the art programs in one-north. All major developmental projects in one-north will be
encouraged to contribute towards the funding of significant artwork in-situ.

Notes[edit]
1.

Jump up^ Axel Gelfert, "Before Biopolis: Representations of the Biotechnology

Discourse in Singapore", East Asian Science, Technology and Society Vol. 7 (1) 2013, pp. 103123

2.

Jump up^ Daryl Loo, "2 new Biopolis blocks to beef up research",The Straits Times, 31
October 2006

3.

Jump up^ Tan Hui Leng, "Biopolis booster for local biomed scene",Today, 31 October
2006

External links[edit]

Official homepage

Singapore Acts as Haven for Stem Cell Research The New York Times, 16 August
2006

Singapore's Biomedical Sciences Initiative

Singapore - The Biopolis of Asia

Coordinates:

11809N 1034730E

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