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. The spaces work well for post-Covid working operations where open spaces and social distancing are required. This project is unanimously awarded ‘The Design of the Year’.”
SIA Architectural Design Awards, Singapore, 2021
Citi Wealth Hub has garnered 12 international design awards:
1. Winner, Best of the Best: Environmental Impact, Best of the Year, 2025, ID Best of Year Awards, New York
2. Winner, Best Finance Office, 2021 at Interior Design, Best of Year Awards, USA
3. Winner, Best Shopping Space, 2021 at INDE Awards, Australia
4. Winner, Best Interior Work, 2021 at Blueprint Awards, United Kingdom
5. Winner, Design of the Year, 2021 at SIA Architectural Design Awards, Singapore
6. Winner, Project of the Year, 2021 at IDCS Design Excellence Awards, Singapore
7. Winner, Design Award, 2021 at SIA Architectural Design Awards, Singapore
8. Winner, Gold Award, Environmental Design: Retail & Showroom Spaces, 2021 at DFA Design for Asia Awards, Hong Kong
9. Winner (1 of 5), Best of Asia, 2022 at Shaw Contract Design Awards, USA
10. Honorable Mention, Interior Design - Retail, Shops, Department Stores, Malls, 2021 at International Design Awards, USA
11. Finalist, Retail Space, 2021 at FX Design Awards, United Kingdom
12. Finalist, Large Retail Interior, 2021 at Dezeen Awards, United Kingdom
