Singapore
Ministry of Design
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong
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The Club is Ministry of Design’s latest high design
boutique hotel offering in the uber chic
Club Street conservation area with 22 distinctly unique rooms, a rooftop skybar with alfresco deck and a destination F&B venue with a tapas bar on the ground floor.
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Conceptualizing The Club’s branding, MOD has orchestrated a unified design vision to all related collateral, signage and spatial environments. Targeted at the design and lifestyle savvy global nomad, The Club’s blend of sophisticated and comfortable design is at once distinctly local as it is cutting edge global.
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Colin Seah, Design Director says, “Searching to ground the hotel in the context of Singapore as well as the historically rich conservation area of Club Street and
Ann Siang Hill, we drew its inspiration from 2 sources.”
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The first is Singapore’s colonial past, which we have made modern tongue-in-cheek references to through
art installation like features such as an larger-than-life statue of
Raffles with his head in the clouds as well as through some key furniture pieces and artifacts.
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The second inspiration was drawn from the area’s popularity as a remittance center for turn of the century
Chinese immigrants where hard earned money and wistful letters were sent back to the homeland. We have taken the memories of these exchanges and created features that hint of this legacy in the rooms of The Club, where the modern day nomad and the nomad of yesterday cross paths for a moment.”
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All rooms combine traditional colonial design inspired elements together with sleek modern detailing, attitude and creature comforts – creating a colonial chic aesthetic. Unique layouts together with tailored artwork in each room make each of the 22 rooms distinct. MOD designed the artwork and famed local artist Wynlyn Tan implemented them in the hotel.
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Guests have the option of checking in at the ground level lobby or at the panoramic roof top Sky Bar, overlooking the Club Street conservation area and CBD. F&B areas designed by Jane Yeo include Lobby Lounge, Tapas Bar, and 2 private function rooms.
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The people
Interior designer: Ministry of Design
Location: Singapore
Photographs: CI&A Photography
Hotel’s website: http://www.theclub.com.sg/
via:contemporist
