d+a | Issue 129 • 2023

48 design and architecture #129 hospitality Step into Singapore’s newest hotel, which was designed to bring guests closer to nature, allowing them to experience the city-state’s tropical environment in a different way. Text by Sasha Gonzales pickof theorchard Singapore’s iconic Orchard district is set to welcome a new hotel. Located within the serene Claymore enclave, Pan Pacific Orchard begins hosting guests from 1 June. Standing 23 stories high, and with 347 luxurious, residential-style rooms, the hotel was designed to be a tranquil sanctuary, surrounded by greenery and offering spectacular views of the famed Orchard Road shopping belt and beyond. like three boutique hotels in one building Award-winning Singapore-based WOHA Architects was tasked with envisioning a new prototype for high-rise tropical hospitality, and the result is nothing short of impressive. What makes Pan Pacific Orchard different from other hotels in the area is that it gives guests the opportunity to discover Singapore’s tropical, innovative and sustainable The hotel was designed as four seamlessly connected “stacks” – Forest, Beach, Garden and Cloud.