Citi Wealth Hub

A Banking Conservatory

Citibank’s brief was to “create a world-class wealth hub”, which would become their largest in the world. Inspired by the site’s soaring glass-lined atrium, we created a lush thriving indoor conservatory, harnessing biophilic design, and nestled lifestyle spaces within it: observation deck, feature bar, banquette seating, lounge niches and garden meeting pods. Just as it is functional, the analogy of prosperity through lush gardens is symbolic. We believe this sets a new benchmark for wealth hubs: redefining luxury in lush greenery, not typical “marble and chandeliers".

Question, Disturb and Redefine!
Through a series of architectural & interior architectural explorations, Ministry of Design is positioned as an integrated spatial-design practice that consciously blurs prevalent intellectual & literal boundaries between interior space & exterior form. Acknowledging the limitations of these distinctions on our design process, Ministry of Design's explorations are created amidst a democratic "studio-like" atmosphere and progress seamlessly between form, site, object and space.