Facilities include 4 basketball courts and a competition show-court arena with 5,000 seats, of which 2,000 are retractable to allow a variety of events, including gymnastics and concerts. The upper seating tier is open allowing natural daylight into the arena, able to be controlled with black-out curtains and screens if required.

Basement carparking, change rooms, plant and support spaces are hidden beneath the landscaped plinth. A large entry plaza on the south relates to the heart of the campus and creates outdoor event space, complemented by a landscaped plaza to the north addressing the campus entry.

Denton Corker Marshall’s purpose built 5,200m² space creates a distinct new architecture, carefully integrated into Bluewater’s existing design.

The Venue has an individual identity, distinct but complementary to the mall in form, location and experience.  The new space includes a 3,000m² central plaza, 12 restaurants totalling 4,000m² together with the existing 12 screen cinema.

A sinuous over-sailing roof and feature Gallery ‘beam’ tie the composition together externally, as well as give focus to the internal plaza approach route.

The modelling of the ceiling plane internally links the plaza into the existing mall via the rotunda.

Built over a two stages, the redevelopment is focused on a sequence of pedestrianized laneways, arcades and malls.

Stage one includes 24,000m² of retail space located in a four level podium, with two residential towers above.  The retail façade integrates retail signage into a bar code pattern of full height vertical stripes.

The project comprises four major blocks focused on two central pedestrian plazas.  The four blocks are subdivided into smaller blocks via pedestrian laneways.

Retail space is provided in the form of a supermarket, hypermarket and department stores with a variety of small and medium retail, and food and beverage outlets housed in five levels above ground and one retail basement.  A five level office and hotel are accommodated in linear buildings above the retail centre together with, a multi-level basement carpark below.

With a total gross area of 430,000m², the building sits on a 7.4 hectare site and includes 210,000m² above ground, a sunken plaza opening up a first basement retail level, plus an additional three basements containing 4,000 car spaces in stacking systems, loading docks and service areas.

With brand name anchor tenants such as Nike, the retail element and food and beverage outlets are designed around a series of courtyards with 100 year old pine trees.

Outdoor pedestrian walkways loop around restaurants, cafés and fashion boutiques, encouraging outdoor activity.

Ciwalk Shopping Mall connects to the Sensa Hotel, a 128 room hotel, via two open bridges.

Responding to its historical artistic context and contemporary program of uses, the building is conceived as a theatre behind a transparent glass stage curtain.  The glass curtain provides an opportunity to view, in select spots, an interior of colour, movement, advertising and display visible to Wang Fu Jing and Jin Yu Hu Tong Streets.

Instead of a ‘traditional building’ with windows and signage, here the building becomes one gigantic sign; contemporary, vibrant, exciting, and memorable.  The life and activity of the street is drawn upwards and into its heart.

The sensuous draped perimeter skin provides an ever-changing surface of reflection and transparency, where the movement of passers-by creates an illusion of movement and complexity in an otherwise calm and understated form.

The complex includes bars, restaurants, a bowling alley, fitness centre and retail outlets.  These varied commercial venues are housed in five brightly coloured rectangular boxes resting at an angle.  A bridge of steel and glass connects the centre to Plaza Indonesia, Indonesia’s first high end shopping centre.

The diverse architecture explored contemporary interpretations of Singapore’s traditional ‘Shop-House’ and Kampong vernaculars, as well as, wider aspirations of a ‘City in a Garden’.  Existing laneways or ‘lorongs’ extended the intimate, street-oriented character, feeding into a central public square, further enlivened by an informal landscaped amphitheatre for community events and performances, and an outdoor cinema.  Additional spaces included a ‘POPS’ or Privately Owned Public Space, covered by an ethereal canopy to protect from tropical rainstorms, a terraced pocket park, and a playground activated by high quality cafes and family restaurants.

A large cinema complex was designed  as a collection of smaller, articulated cubes, each articulated with a unique facade of green walls, clear glazed foyers, and metal or projection screens for public art.  Rooftop spaces were maximised for public and community access, and activated by a range of opportunities, including an edible garden, rooftop bars and restaurants.

Built over a two stages, the redevelopment is focused on a large central urban space with a sunken plaza.

Stage two comprises 60,000m² of retail space on four levels above ground and 21,000m² in a retail basement, organised around a central spine with connecting pedestrian laneways.