Iluma, a new entertainment and retail complex in the Bugis Street district of Singapore by WOHA Architects, will soon glitz up the city with a bold exterior design, and a variety of entertainment options indoors.
The exterior of Iluma is dynamic, with different floors featuring
different façade shapes: some angularly form rectangles, and others
curve into waves. These different shapes serve different purposes: the
geometrically sound floors house such services as parking, cinemas and
performance spaces, while the curved levels accommodate small retailers
and entertainment services along "meandering paths.”
The contrast of the different levels is further accentuated by the
exterior’s coloring, with "hot colors” bringing the rectangular areas to
life, and gray and white schemes calming the curved areas. Though
contrasting, both forms solidly place the building within its urban
context: the bright angular zones speak to the city’s colorful block
public housing, and the curved floors reference the intricately
decorated local shop buildings.
Inside, a 40 meter-tall atrium serves as the interior focal point,
and all roads lead here. The atrium is divided into two levels, with
retail services downstairs, and entertainment options upstairs. Above, a
lush, open-air rooftop terrace, complete with theater, event space and a
café, creates an urban tropical oasis.
The Bugis Street area is famous as an arts, entertainment and
education district, and as such, its planning commission wants new
development to highlight the area’s vibrant nightlife. To do this, the
architects fitted the building with custom crystal mesh jewel fixtures
that sparkle in the sunlight and glow after dark. This special feature
was created with the help of a Berlin-based artist and architect, and
uses energy saving lightbulbs to keep costs low. It will function as a
"three-dimensional canvas” that the public can populate with moving
images and text, thereby personalizing the building to the people who
frequent it.
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