A BANKING CONSERVATORY_ Located along Singapore’s downtown Orchard Road, MOD’s competition-winning concept recasts the typical Wealth Hub as a “Banking Conservatory” and challenges the conventions associated with a high net-worth banking experience. We eschew the typical symbols of wealth and replacing them with fresh and relevant ones.
Inspired by the site’s soaring glass-lined atrium, MOD’s response was to create a focal point that would anchor the entire experience. We created a lush thriving indoor conservatory and paired it with a series of lifestyle-inspired spaces nestled within or organised around it. An observation deck, feature bar, banquette seating, lounge niches and garden meeting pods replace conventionally staid waiting areas & formal meetings rooms.
Verdant & lush but yet carefully choreographed greenery, shrubs and trees evoke an atmosphere where everything seems to flourish in a natural and sustainable manner, a nod to the ideals of healthy, socially conscious wealth management.
Distributed over 4 levels, the Wealth Hub also houses a series extensive support, administration and back-of-the-house spaces for a large team, a figurative backstage area to support the main show.
A series of Garden Pods have been nestled amongst these and create alternative discussion environments to the conventional meeting room. All landscape design was created in collaboration with acclaimed Landscape designers ICN.
“THE REMAINING INTERIOR SPACES OVERLOOKING THIS CENTRAL GARDEN WERE EFFICIENTLY PLANNED AND BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. THE TASTEFUL AND IMPECCABLY DETAILED INTERIORS ARE ASPIRATIONAL TO BOTH CLIENT AND STAFF. THIS PROJECT IS UNANIMOUSLY AWARDED 'THE DESIGN OF THE YEAR'.”
