Pan Pacific Orchard
Client: UOL Claymore Investment Pte Ltd
Architect: WOHA Architects Pte Ltd
Landscape Architect/Designer: WOHA Architects Pte Ltd
Main Contractor: Shimizu Corporation
Year: 2023
LIAS Awards of Excellence 2025
Silver – Implementation (Non-Residential)
Pan Pacific Orchard, recently awarded the title of the world’s “Best New Skyscraper” by the CTBUH Awards of Excellence 2024, embodies a pioneering “Hotel in Nature” concept. Located at 10 Claymore Road, it introduces a new benchmark for high-rise tropical hospitality through its open-air architecture and extensive greenery spread across four distinctive terraces — Forest, Beach, Garden, and Cloud. Each level offers unique guest experiences, blending rooms, social spaces, and lush landscapes that reflect specific tropical themes and foster a deep connection with nature. The design incorporates cascading water plazas, lagoon-style pools, sky gardens, and event venues sheltered beneath a photovoltaic canopy, all unified by verdant green columns that contribute to a 300% replacement of the site area with vegetation.
Tailored to Singapore’s humid climate, the cross-ventilated and sheltered spaces enhance comfort while revealing typically hidden hotel activities to the public. Features such as mirrored ceilings and creeper-clad columns further improve environmental performance by offering shade and passive cooling. Pan Pacific Orchard has obtained the Green Mark Platinum rating, Singapore’s highest environmental certification, with its incorporation of active systems and passive design strategies that reduce energy and water needs. It will be Singapore’s distinctive garden hotel and a green icon in its famed Orchard Road.
The Forest Terrace features a cascading water plaza surrounded by forest trees, creating a dramatic entrance and fostering a lasting urban connection. A variety of forest plant species were chosen and planted around the plaza, bringing a dense tropical forest experience to both guests and the public, offering a peaceful escape from the bustling district.
Forest Terrace
The expansive volumes function as oversized sunshades for the terraces and rooms, while the reflective ceilings act as thermal mirrors, boosting radiant cooling by increasing the surface area of lush planting and water.
The Beach Terrace provides guests with a tropical sanctuary in an urban setting. Along the winding sandy beachfront, Dypsis leptocheilos palms encircle the lagoon. Selected to emulate coconut palms, they create a relaxed, resort-like atmosphere.
Beach Terrace
A Garden Terrace over situated between the Bar and Lounge, the Terrace features a beautifully manicured garden, complete with a verandah, event lawn, fountains, and lush greenery. As the area being under shade, an artificial turf was used for the event lawn.
Garden Terrace
A city rooftop experience with a central gathering square and crystal pavilions beneath a floating canopy. There are two green roofs installed, on Function Hall Roof with a 2 degrees slope at Level 19 and a Ballroom Hall Roof at Level 20 which is inclined 19 degrees.
Cloud Terrace
SS cable restrainers were installed at this 19° slope green roof to ensure that the Modular Peg Trays do not slip. Strategic maintenance footpath were designed and special safety lifelines were provided for safe maintenance. Coordination with relevant parties was done to ensure the green roof system is viable.
Ballroom Hall Green Roof
Green columns anchor each terrace, visually linking the four strata. A variety of climbers are planted to form a natural green wall, with artificial grow lights installed to promote the growth of the creepers in the shaded areas of the columns.
