Orchard Central
Shopping mall in Singapore
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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]
Facade of Orchard Central | |
| Location | Singapore |
|---|---|
| Address | 181 Orchard Road |
| Opened | 2 July 2009 |
| Developer | Far East Organization OCBC Bank |
| Management | Orchard Central Private Limited |
| Owner | Far East Organization |
| Architect | DP Architects |
| Stores | ~400 |
| 3 (Uniqlo, Don Don Donki, Tokyu Hands) | |
| Floor area | 387,988 square feet (36,045.3 m2) |
| Floors | 14 |
Public transit | NS23 Somerset NS24 NE6 CC1 Dhoby Ghaut |
| Website | orchardcentral |
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. It also features a "super escalator", which takes pedestrians from 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.