are each disparately expressed and connected by a circulation system of internal streets, gangways and stairways, aiming to give a sense of urban complexity to the scheme. With a narrow end fronting the Singapore River, the architects worked to create a microcosm of the city in the restricted site, rather than a monolithic block. With a total gross floor area of , the Gallery Hotel consists of a main building complex divided into three distinct parts, with a series of smaller volumes of incongruent forms interspersed around it. Secondary facilities, such as restaurants and a health club, are located in several building forms not contained within the main complex, but surrounding and attached to the parent hotel block. Attached to one side of the building are three large cylindrical glass and steel structures for food and beverage outlets. The architects' intention was to enhance the building's notion of transparency and interaction between the interior and exterior. The hotel's main building slab is elevated above ground by sitting on a transparent glass-clad lobby. By not adopting the traditional hermetic, inward-looking hotel atrium, the hotel's design is intended to enhance interaction with the surrounding urban environment. The multi-coloured fenestration on the tower block juxtaposes the building's twisted cuboid form. This was designed to give the tower block the appearance of an oversized piece of pop art fronting Mohamad Sultan Road. These windows appear to be randomly placed, but were placed to maximise the views from the hotel rooms and to protect the privacy of the hotel guests. To complete the postmodern architectural style, one of the building's façades facing Singapore River takes on a warehouse form, mirroring the simple pitched roofs of the old warehouses that used to occupy the area. The rooftop swimming pool with its cantilevered glass form overlooking the street, the first of its kind in Singapore, is another element in the HIP design. The Gallery Hotel, which collaborated with Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts, is also decorated with works of art, including the neon lights and ashtrays. The treatment of textures is pluralistic, as seen in one of central rectilinear blocks, which is veiled by a perforated steel screen that acts as both a climatic filter and a projection screen. Interior architecture Most of the Gallery Hotel's interior decor was designed by Eva Shivdasani, a Swedish former fashion model, and Bernard Bohnenberger, from Sixth Senses Hotels and Resorts.