The goal was a building that would bring back crowds of people.
In 2006, there was a competition to redevelop a hotel and commercial facility facing Orchard Road. Fishing of the design department says. “The request was to build a building on the south side of Orchard Road. Noritaka Tange thought that by connecting these two, it would be possible to design a space that would invite crowds of people back to the surrounding area.Orchard Road is the number one shopping avenue in Singapore.Originally, Orchardgateway The Somerset neighborhood was the center of activity, but at the time, popularity had shifted to the area around Orchard Station.Completion of this building brought people back to the Somerset neighborhood, and it was bustling with activity. Noritaka Tange had a strong desire to regain.
Build a bridge on Orchard Road.
Bringing excitement to new buildings. This was Noritaka Tange's idea. A passage like a bridge will pass from the newly developed building to the existing building across the street. The proposal to build a bridge over Orchard Road had a great impact. Because no bridge had ever crossed Orchard Road, and no one had even imagined it. Miyagawa of the design department explains the reason as follows. “Orchard Road is a large street with a width of 50m. It is the main street in the city, so cars come and go frequently.In addition, large trees are planted on both sides.It is realistic that there was no bridge until then. It was difficult to construct it.”
Noritaka Tange thought that a bridge was necessary here, even if it was unrealistic. According to Miyagawa, there was another reason for building the bridge, other than that it would allow people to come and go from the client's group company's multi-use building that stands across the street. “Despite the heavy traffic on Orchard Road, there were only a handful of pedestrian crossings. In addition to making it possible for people to come and go, in terms of urban design, we will shift from the conventional "straight line urban development" along roads to "wide-area urban development" and build buildings. This is because Noritaka Tange had the desire to develop it into a 'urban development that spreads three-dimensionally'."
Build a bridge in 2 days.
Although Tange Associates' plan was adopted after winning the competition, it was quite difficult to obtain permission from the Singapore Road Authority. This was because it would be difficult to regulate traffic on Orchard Road for construction. Noritaka Tange came up with the idea of ``building a bridge in two days'' in order to shorten the construction period because it was not possible to block traffic on Orchard Road, which has an extremely high volume of traffic, for a long period of time. Mamiya says that you can actually see the DNA of Tange Associates here. “The reason why we chose to shorten the construction period so much is because Tange Associates has the DNA of selecting the best construction method considering the location, situation, cost, etc., no matter how difficult the project.”
Ideas born from dialogue.
Now, returning to the building, "Orchard Gateway" also has various architectural features. Ishida, who is in charge of interior design, tells us that one of them is reflected in the interior. “The shape of this building is that the hotel sits on top of a commercial facility. The difficult part was designing the commercial facility. There is not, but if it is L-shaped and long, it will not be easy to move around.Therefore, I thought about connecting the passage with the adjacent commercial facility on a floor-by-floor basis.As a result, when connecting the two buildings, The shape is close to a square.The design expresses a sense of unity.Customers who are shopping will not know the moment they move to the next building.”
But where did the idea to join the commercial facility next door come from? According to Tsuri, this is the characteristic of Tange Architectural Design, which places importance on dialogue with the client. “In the period between winning the competition and actually entering the design stage, planning for the site next to this project began. If you create a new concept, it will lead to an increase in sales for each facility, and it will be a win-win for both parties, so why don't you connect each other's facilities?' This was the beginning. I think this is one of the best examples of how Tange Associates' attitude of valuing repeated dialogue has resulted in the creation of a good space." "He said he was back in the neighborhood. Many people cross the bridge over Orchard Road today.
The goal was a building that would bring back crowds of people.
In 2006, there was a competition to redevelop a hotel and commercial facility facing Orchard Road. Fishing of the design department says. “The request was to build a building on the south side of Orchard Road. Noritaka Tange thought that by connecting these two, it would be possible to design a space that would invite crowds of people back to the surrounding area.Orchard Road is the number one shopping avenue in Singapore.Originally, Orchardgateway The Somerset neighborhood was the center of activity, but at the time, popularity had shifted to the area around Orchard Station.Completion of this building brought people back to the Somerset neighborhood, and it was bustling with activity. Noritaka Tange had a strong desire to regain.
Build a bridge on Orchard Road.
Bringing excitement to new buildings. This was Noritaka Tange's idea. A passage like a bridge will pass from the newly developed building to the existing building across the street. The proposal to build a bridge over Orchard Road had a great impact. Because no bridge had ever crossed Orchard Road, and no one had even imagined it. Miyagawa of the design department explains the reason as follows. “Orchard Road is a large street with a width of 50m. It is the main street in the city, so cars come and go frequently.In addition, large trees are planted on both sides.It is realistic that there was no bridge until then. It was difficult to construct it.”
Noritaka Tange thought that a bridge was necessary here, even if it was unrealistic. According to Miyagawa, there was another reason for building the bridge, other than that it would allow people to come and go from the client's group company's multi-use building that stands across the street. “Despite the heavy traffic on Orchard Road, there were only a handful of pedestrian crossings. In addition to making it possible for people to come and go, in terms of urban design, we will shift from the conventional "straight line urban development" along roads to "wide-area urban development" and build buildings. This is because Noritaka Tange had the desire to develop it into a 'urban development that spreads three-dimensionally'."
Build a bridge in 2 days.
Although Tange Associates' plan was adopted after winning the competition, it was quite difficult to obtain permission from the Singapore Road Authority. This was because it would be difficult to regulate traffic on Orchard Road for construction. Noritaka Tange came up with the idea of ``building a bridge in two days'' in order to shorten the construction period because it was not possible to block traffic on Orchard Road, which has an extremely high volume of traffic, for a long period of time. Mamiya says that you can actually see the DNA of Tange Associates here. “The reason why we chose to shorten the construction period so much is because Tange Associates has the DNA of selecting the best construction method considering the location, situation, cost, etc., no matter how difficult the project.”
Ideas born from dialogue.
Now, returning to the building, "Orchard Gateway" also has various architectural features. Ishida, who is in charge of interior design, tells us that one of them is reflected in the interior. “The shape of this building is that the hotel sits on top of a commercial facility. The difficult part was designing the commercial facility. There is not, but if it is L-shaped and long, it will not be easy to move around.Therefore, I thought about connecting the passage with the adjacent commercial facility on a floor-by-floor basis.As a result, when connecting the two buildings, The shape is close to a square.The design expresses a sense of unity.Customers who are shopping will not know the moment they move to the next building.”
But where did the idea to join the commercial facility next door come from? According to Tsuri, this is the characteristic of Tange Architectural Design, which places importance on dialogue with the client. “In the period between winning the competition and actually entering the design stage, planning for the site next to this project began. If you create a new concept, it will lead to an increase in sales for each facility, and it will be a win-win for both parties, so why don't you connect each other's facilities?' This was the beginning. I think this is one of the best examples of how Tange Associates' attitude of valuing repeated dialogue has resulted in the creation of a good space." "He said he was back in the neighborhood. Many people cross the bridge over Orchard Road today.
The goal was a building that would bring back crowds of people.
In 2006, there was a competition to redevelop a hotel and commercial facility facing Orchard Road. Fishing of the design department says. “The request was to build a building on the south side of Orchard Road. Noritaka Tange thought that by connecting these two, it would be possible to design a space that would invite crowds of people back to the surrounding area.Orchard Road is the number one shopping avenue in Singapore.Originally, Orchardgateway The Somerset neighborhood was the center of activity, but at the time, popularity had shifted to the area around Orchard Station.Completion of this building brought people back to the Somerset neighborhood, and it was bustling with activity. Noritaka Tange had a strong desire to regain.
Build a bridge on Orchard Road.
Bringing excitement to new buildings. This was Noritaka Tange's idea. A passage like a bridge will pass from the newly developed building to the existing building across the street. The proposal to build a bridge over Orchard Road had a great impact. Because no bridge had ever crossed Orchard Road, and no one had even imagined it. Miyagawa of the design department explains the reason as follows. “Orchard Road is a large street with a width of 50m. It is the main street in the city, so cars come and go frequently.In addition, large trees are planted on both sides.It is realistic that there was no bridge until then. It was difficult to construct it.”
Noritaka Tange thought that a bridge was necessary here, even if it was unrealistic. According to Miyagawa, there was another reason for building the bridge, other than that it would allow people to come and go from the client's group company's multi-use building that stands across the street. “Despite the heavy traffic on Orchard Road, there were only a handful of pedestrian crossings. In addition to making it possible for people to come and go, in terms of urban design, we will shift from the conventional "straight line urban development" along roads to "wide-area urban development" and build buildings. This is because Noritaka Tange had the desire to develop it into a 'urban development that spreads three-dimensionally'."
Build a bridge in 2 days.
Although Tange Associates' plan was adopted after winning the competition, it was quite difficult to obtain permission from the Singapore Road Authority. This was because it would be difficult to regulate traffic on Orchard Road for construction. Noritaka Tange came up with the idea of ``building a bridge in two days'' in order to shorten the construction period because it was not possible to block traffic on Orchard Road, which has an extremely high volume of traffic, for a long period of time. Mamiya says that you can actually see the DNA of Tange Associates here. “The reason why we chose to shorten the construction period so much is because Tange Associates has the DNA of selecting the best construction method considering the location, situation, cost, etc., no matter how difficult the project.”
Ideas born from dialogue.
Now, returning to the building, "Orchard Gateway" also has various architectural features. Ishida, who is in charge of interior design, tells us that one of them is reflected in the interior. “The shape of this building is that the hotel sits on top of a commercial facility. The difficult part was designing the commercial facility. There is not, but if it is L-shaped and long, it will not be easy to move around.Therefore, I thought about connecting the passage with the adjacent commercial facility on a floor-by-floor basis.As a result, when connecting the two buildings, The shape is close to a square.The design expresses a sense of unity.Customers who are shopping will not know the moment they move to the next building.”
But where did the idea to join the commercial facility next door come from? According to Tsuri, this is the characteristic of Tange Architectural Design, which places importance on dialogue with the client. “In the period between winning the competition and actually entering the design stage, planning for the site next to this project began. If you create a new concept, it will lead to an increase in sales for each facility, and it will be a win-win for both parties, so why don't you connect each other's facilities?' This was the beginning. I think this is one of the best examples of how Tange Associates' attitude of valuing repeated dialogue has resulted in the creation of a good space." "He said he was back in the neighborhood. Many people cross the bridge over Orchard Road today.
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