Wins Hotel Development Excellence Award: Pan Pacific Orchard

Pan Pacific Orchard, the most recent iconic landmark along Orchard Road, claimed the most prestigious first Hotel Development Award at the EdgeProp Singapore Excellence Awards (EPEA) in 2023. The hotel is luxurious, with 23 floors and with 347 rooms, is a an impressive redevelopment project which transformed the former Negara Hotel on 10. Claymore Road.

The hotel was developed jointly by Singapore’s listed UOL Group and its subsidiary, Pan Pacific Hotels Group, Pan Pacific Orchard is Singapore’s first biophilic hotel with a low-waste design.

Watten House condo floor plan expected to contain 286 opulent residential units, each giving a premium experience specially designed for modern living.

The hotel is located in the prestigious Orchard Road-Claymore road neighborhood. Nearby is the Palais Renaissance, which received an upgrade of $7 million in the year 2000. On the other part from Orchard Road are Forum The Shopping Mall as well as Voco Orchard Singapore and HPL House that will be renovated in the near future by Hotel Properties Limited.

The adjacent Far East Shopping Centre is also set to be revamped and was sold in block for $90 million earlier this month. This buyer happens to be Chinese billionaire Du Shuanghua’s investments company, Glory Property Development. In the near future, that entire section of Orchard Road will be rejuvenated.

Tropical design

The eye-catching, green design that is Pan Pacific Orchard makes it distinct from other structures at Orchard Road and reflects its concept: “Surrounded by nature, taking in nature, capturing nature and abstracting it”.

The biophilic concept was conceived by a renowned local architect firm WOHA which is known for its environmentally friendly designs. The concept features four high-volume distinct, green open-air terraces that are arranged with L-shaped stacks. The terraces cover more than 150,000 square feet of vegetation and water features.

The various levels are linked by massive columns that are that are completely covered in lush greenery. These terraces were created to reflect various themes and are have been named accordingly: Forest, Beach, Garden and Cloud. The distinctive characteristics of each strata make sure that the hotel is able to accommodate guests with a variety of desires and needs.

The Forest strata is located in the lower levels. The design is reminiscent of the natural elements that are found in a rainforest, like the cascading waterfall as well as the soaring trees. The hotel also has its own lobby as well as a day-to-day space.

The second floor is home to the Beach terrace. It is the beach-like setting in a neutral colour and is adorned with palm groves, sand and an emerald lake. It’s located between the 5th and 10th floors. It offers a wellness center and cabanas as well as a bar on the water fitness center and spa.

The third Garden strata, on the 12th through 16th floors, features an European design that features an attractive garden, with outdoor function areas that are semi-outdoor, and 4th Cloud strata that is located on the 19th through 23rd floors features the ballroom as well as main event spaces that look out onto the city.

Fourth terrace’s interior was constructed using a lighter pastel colour scheme featuring metallic and reflective elements to emphasize the spectacular views of the city’s centre. Greenery is a major feature throughout the hotel has resulted in the green plot ratio of 9.38.

Regarding its style, Pan Pacific Orchard harmoniously blends sustainability and beauty. The facade of the hotel is modern, clean lines and architectural fins to shade the sun.

Sustainability with sustainability in mind

The sustainability of the project is evident in its construction and system. Pan Pacific Orchard has been built with an extensive rooftop solar or photovoltaic system that is complemented by a rainwater harvesting systems. This lets the hotel depend on irrigation methods to meet the landscape’s water requirements, resulting in the most efficient energy and water usage.

Water-efficient fittings will be also installed as part of the hotel’s efforts to save water.

In addition, the hotel is equipped with rain sensors that are connected to an efficient irrigation method that is water efficient that allows it to stop irrigation during times of heavy rainfall. This helps reduce the water usage of the hotel. Additionally, to help with these issues the hotel also boasts an internal system for recycling greywater. This is a term used to describe the treatment of wastewater from appliances like showers, bathtubs and sinks, so that the water can be recycled within the property for non-potable uses for example flushing toilets.

The hotel is also built using eco-friendly materials, mostly making use of products that are approved from The Singapore Green Building Council. These are recycled and low-energy like one-tick concrete two-tick toilet waterproofing the toilet’s partitions and mats for landscaping as well as precast wall panels.

To save energy the hotel has put in place energy-efficient systems and design. It is unique in its design and massing of buildings to maximize natural light and the airflow. The passive design eliminates the need for further heating or cooling in order to maintain the temperature at a comfortable level in the building, which reduces the energy usage. Furthermore the 38% of the common areas have efficient daylighting. This is due to the efficient installation of window and open spaces, that allow natural light to penetrate the property and reduces the need in artificial illumination.

It also has double-glazed glass windows that are low energy to minimize heat transfer within the building. It also uses efficient air distribution systems that are energy-efficient and LED lighting. The hotel’s lifts have energy-efficient equipment, while its roofs feature an installed solar power system to produce energy to power the hotel’s use. The hotel also features energy-efficient air-to-water heat pumps that produce hot water.

Pan Pacific Orchard has also implemented environmentally friendly waste management and heat recovery methods. Recycling bins are conveniently placed in the main lift lobby as well as in the car park’s the lift lobby, and in back-of-house areas that encourage recycling.

To dispose of leftover food, this hotel offers an eco-digester system that can recycle food waste using by-products from organic compost and greywater.

The compost will be returned to the eco-digester system in order to achieve self-sufficiency. Every guest room has been fitted with water dispensers in order to cut down the use of glass bottles for drinking water. Additionally, the hotspots that are located on the exterior of the hotel are equipped with dry misting fans to provide additional cooling. The lobby and pre-function areas are also able to use exudates that have been pre-cooled from air-conditioned areas adjacent to them to cool.

The numerous green initiatives of the property have resulted in Pan Pacific Orchard the Green Mark Platinum score, which is the most environmentally-friendly certification offered awarded by the Building and Construction Authority.