The Orchard Lodge in Singapore, designed by native architect Woha for hospitality firm Pan Pacific, has been awarded the title of 2024’s finest tall constructing by the Council on Tall Buildings and City Habitat (CTBUH).
The judges accepted of the Orchard’s avoidance of the normal tower-on-podium kind and the usage of various motifs drawn from the pure world.
The 347-room high-rise is positioned on Orchard Highway, a well-known buying avenue. It accommodates a big open-air atrium, water options and 4 terraced sky gardens.
Every of those has a definite function. The forest terrace at floor degree has foliage and a cascading water plaza, and the seashore terrace above accommodates a lagoon surrounded by sand and palm timber.
The third terrace presents a backyard with strolling paths, bar and lounge, and the cloud terrace above that comes with a 400-seat ballroom and panoramic views.
The 19,600 sq m resort has a number of open-air, cross-ventilated but sheltered areas designed to guard friends from Singapore’s equatorial local weather.
The 140m-tall construction accommodates columns clad in greenery that shade the terraces and room, and reflecting ceilings that act as thermal mirrors.
The undertaking has acquired a Inexperienced Mark Platinum ranking, due to options comparable to photo voltaic panelling, rainwater harvesting and on-site food-waste processing.
Javier Quintana de Uña, CTBUH’s chief government, stated: “Pan Pacific Orchard represents the very best in accountable vertical urbanism at this time. It does so by contemplating the query on the very core of this yr’s convention – New or Renew? – from a extra encompassing and nuanced perspective. This isn’t a constructing refurbishment; it’s about reimagining whole communities in novel, forward-thinking methods.”
