新加坡最高法院是为应对高速增加的人口和在一旁设施有限的旧法院而构想出的一个重要的新司法中心。法院位于新加坡河北岸的殖民区里,大楼从邻近的城市房屋的规模获得启示,提供了一个对殖民地的现代性的再诠释,表现出庄严、透明和开放的形象。该建筑包含12个民事法院,8个刑事法院和3个上诉法院以及为新加坡法学院提供的设施,它的结构反映了司法系统的等级。从形式上来讲,它通过拱廊连结 The Singapore Supreme Court is an important new justice center envisioned in response to the rapidly growing population and the old courts with limited facilities. Situated in the colonial zone on the northern shores of Singapore, the court is inspired by the size of the neighboring city houses and offers a reinterpretation of the colonial modernity with a solemn, transparent and open image. The building contains 12 civil courts, 8 criminal courts and 3 appeals courts as well as facilities for law schools in Singapore, and its structure reflects the hierarchy of the judicial system. Formally, it is linked through the arcade