Comments on: Pavillion in Orchard Road by U:phoria Architects

By: Nisa

Nisa — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:12:04 +0000

If this structure is really built, the real essence of design will be lost, especially against the cramped buildings that are in Orchard Road. Orchard Road is so congested with so many traffic, be it humans or vehicles…and especially when they are going to build it in that corner, it just makes the structure look out of place!

By: Bozo

Bozo — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:28:21 +0000

screw loos

By: aut

aut — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:42:27 +0000

i said it about the other project and i say it again,
poor adolf loos turns over in his grave.

By: rodger

rodger — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:27:32 +0000

yep, i agree, nice structural work. poor application of a decorative idea.
way too facile. it doesnt make sense and makes one wonder if the structural idea was lifted from some one else’s project.

By: dasdas

dasdas — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:05:29 +0000

yuck!

By: yw

yw — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:21:15 +0000

I agree, I think the floral pattern has stolen away the limelight from the very interesting form and in a way both are fighting for attention. I feel it would’ve been a more focused design if the steel panels were left as they are without ornamentations.

On top of that floral patterns have just been too overused in Singapore already.

By: r.n

r.n — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:45:27 +0000

I’m troubled by the pattern cover vs. the stucture relationship…it’s like there’s just too many ideas jumbled together…harder on the eyes…

By: jameson

jameson — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:24:41 +0000

A very classy & elegant approach which runs counter to the mass of “blobitecture” or organic forms that are sprouting all over the place. It’s like a calmer or zen version of Calatrava’s architecture.

I particularly enjoy the architectural strategy behind the form, and which shows that simple components can be devised into a rather complex form through a systematic and discipline approach.

By: john

john — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:28:15 +0000

Are we still doing patterned printed acrylic panels?
even for Singapore, that’s bad and has been done to death.

By: kurosheep

kurosheep — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:09:01 +0000

Something happens when we get websites such as dezeen, publishing product designers designing buildings and architects designing products. Sure, there is freshness in the interfusing of ideas. But when things get reduced to just visual stimuation, we get Florid Pavilions such as this.