Orchard Central
Facade of Orchard Central | |
Location | Singapore |
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Address | 181 Orchard Road |
Opening date | 2 July 2009; 15 years ago (2009-07-02) |
Developer | Far East Organization OCBC Bank |
Management | Orchard Central Private Limited |
Owner | Far East Organization |
Architect | DP Architects |
No. of stores and services | ~400 |
No. of anchor tenants | 3 (Uniqlo, Don Don Donki, Tokyu Hands) |
Total retail floor area | 387,988 square feet (36,045.3 m2) |
No. of floors | 14 |
Public transit access | NS23 Somerset NS24 NE6 CC1 Dhoby Ghaut |
Website | orchardcentral |
Orchard Central is a shopping mall in Singapore located along the main shopping belt at Orchard Road. It sits on the land previously occupied by an open air carpark and has a 160m frontage along Orchard Road.[1] It was officially opened on 2 July 2009. In December 2016, Forbes recognized Orchard Central as one of the top five shopping malls in Singapore.[2]
Architecture
Orchard Central was designed by DP Architects. It is designed as Singapore's first vertical mall, and it consists of 12 floors above ground and 2 basement levels. Unlike traditional mall designs, a central atrium is omitted and It also features a "super escalator", which takes pedestrians on the street level directly up to Level 4. The mall is served by a total of 52 escalators (including 6 super escalators) and 12 glass elevators.[3]
The building has space for up to 400 stores, including flagship facilities for Uniqlo, the largest in Singapore, a 24 hours Don Don Donki store and Tokyu Hands. It also contains fourteen floors of space and numerous restaurants and cafes. The mall also contains a terminal for tourist buses, a tourist information center, currency exchanges and duty exemption services catering to tourists.
The mall features a 140m shopping street discovery walk and a green roof which are both open 24 hours to the public. Designed by Japanese design house Super Potato, the green roof features 3 large living walls and balcony rail on the 11th floor and 2 lower green walls on the 12th-floor roof terrace.[4] There is also a biological pond located on the 12th storey of the green roof.[5]
Other features of the mall includes open sided galleries and multiple atriums.[6] The mall is connected to 313@Somerset and Orchard Gateway.
- B2 The MED
- Level 2 shops
- Level 7 Restaurant
- Level 8 Restaurant
- Rooftop Garden
Art Trail
Orchard Central has artworks that are permanently displayed in clustered locations around the mall. The display is worth over SGD$9 million. Artworks featured in the display were curated by National Arts Council. The total development cost of the project is estimated to be more than SGD$650 million.
Artworks featured in this display were specially commissioned, and they were done by artists from countries such as the U.S., Japan, Australia and Denmark.
References
- ^ Collin Anderson (2012). Evolution of a Retail Streetscape: DP Architects on Orchard Road. Images Publishing. pp. 165–. ISBN 978-1-86470-462-4. Archived from the original on 2023-04-03. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
- ^ "The 5 Best Shopping Malls In Singapore". Archived from the original on 2017-12-31. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
- ^ Ng Baoying (19 June 2009). "Orchard Central to woo shoppers by integrating with other malls". Channel NewsAsia.
- ^ "GPW: Orchard Central Mall Greenwalls". Greenroofs. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- ^ "2009 Winners". Skyrise Greenery. 2009. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- ^ "Orchard Central". Open Buildings. Archived from the original on 24 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
External links
- Official website
- Photoset of Orchard Central on Flickr
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