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Offices and meeting rooms are nestled among tropical plants in this wealth management centre in Singapore by local studio Ministry of Design. (Source: KHOOGJ)
CITI WEALTH HUB Ministry of Design re-envisioned the typical Wealth Hub
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as a “Banking Conservatory” for Citibank Singapore
inistry of Design (MOD) has designed a ‘Banking Conservatory’ in the heart of Singapore’s Orchard Road, which takes biophilic design in workspaces to a new level and seamlessly weaves architecture and interior design. Dedicated to Citigold and Citigold Private Clients, the Citi Wealth Hub at 268 Orchard Road is the winning design in an international competition launched by Citibank Singapore last year that invited entrants to reimagine the conventional interiors often associated with financial institutions. The brief set out by Citibank Singapore was to create a wealth management centre dedicated to its high net-worth clients, over an area of 2,787sqm across floors six to nine of an office building. Across its four levels, the Citi Wealth Hub has more than 30 client advisory rooms alongside flexible office and event spaces, making it the bank’s largest wealth advisory hub in the world. The site is distinguished by its soaring atrium with tinted glass walls and skylights that create ideal conditions for growing tropical plants. In recognition of this, the studio proposed an
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(Source: KHOOGJ)
