Well since my block tests are over (yippe! :mrgreen: ) I decided to make a trip to Vivoctiy Singapore to get some photos… for you to see (eye-candies!) as well as to make myself feel more like a human after days of intesive mugging like a crazy machine.
Before we start off here is a panorama of the waterfront promenade at Vivocity. If you look carefully to the right there is where the Starcruise Virgo is! Woots! How much I wish I can board the cruise and have a really nice time onboard. Anyway as usual there is a larger version of the panorama – click on the thumbnail to view it in lightbox.
Again like usual due to the large size of the images to be posted they have been pushed under the read more tag. Awwww. Enjoy!
I'm pretty impressed with the interior design of the shops as well as the entire mall itself! Well what makes me so darn impressed is because I've been there once on the first weekend it was opened and the place was crowded, hot, noisy and dusty, so at first Vivocity gave me a pretty bad first impression. But after hearing all my friends frequently organising shopping trips to the trendy mall I decided to give it another try. And so here I am presenting to you Vivocity.
Oh and if you didn't realise almost all the images are clickable – clicking them opens the original image in the lightbox! Enjoy the frantic clicking (but you're warned for the large file size – but most of them won't exceed 120+kb I think). Let's get it started!
Well, I must say that Vivocity is one of the most spacious shopping malls you can ever find in Singapore! Maybe because of space constraints many shopping malls in Singapore are designed to be long and narrow… but Vivocity broke the tradition of such design. Basically from the outside the mall looks like a big rectangular artistic and tastefully designed blob but when you go inside you realise that there are 3 main shopping arteries, each artery having its very own unique combination of a variety of shops and eateries. The floor glitters under the lights because they used tiles with reflective beads embedded in them… makes you so stary-eyed! :D
Oh and I spotted a few really nice shops! If I did't read wrongly Tangs sells aroma therapic stuff ranging from candles and stuff and it also sells flowers and colourful vases and interior decorations! I love the way how things are meticulously arranged in the shop… with all that different colours they make your eyes very saturated with colours! The atmosphere inside is also pretty nice – very calming and relaxing since it's filled with the aroma of some special-scented air refreshener or something. But I've got a hard time taking photos as there are security guards and shopkeepers… they didn't say that photography is prohibited but yea I better take care of myself ;) Here are some of the really nice photos taken inside the shop! Look at the striking bold colours!
Oh and of course there are other more really nice shops with nice interior designs for your eyes to feast on! Here is a photo collage of the photos I've taken:
Looks like the image is a little too big when displayed in 500px width so I decided to shrink it into 250px. Click on it to view the 500px version. Due to the large number of colours in this particular collage the heavily optimised version still weighs about 170kb. You've been warned if you're clicking on the image to view the 500px version!
Anyway here is the list of shops in the collage (from top, moving left to right): Nichii (which is having 20% sale now), Crocs (selling croc shoes…), LVER, Tagger, Thirtysevendegrees, Esprit, Starbucks Coffee (hoozah! Energy booster) and Adidas. In terms of interior design I love those of LVER and Adidas the most! LVER looks really nice with all those white leaves on its logo as well as in the shop (plastered to the walls). Gives me a very autmn feeling. Adidas have this 3 stripes of illuminated white bands stretching from the shop facade to the back of the shop… which is very cool!
Now we shall move to the top of Vivocity. Vivocity also boasts its eco-green style because it actually has a park with real trees planted on the fourth floor! Very spacious and landscaped nicely. I love those abstract art pieces in the park! Very inspiring (as well as puzzling! :razz: ) I love the way how the designer (I heard it's a Japanese guy… anyway Japanese architects create really great works, like the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge) incorporate the concept of greenery in the city into the design of Vivocity. Perhaps he got the idea from KLIA, Malaysia? Since the airport is designed to be an airport in the jungle, although trees post an aviation threat when planted on runways :D haha! Before I end this post we still have a few stray photos who have nowhere to go… so I plopped them at the bottom of the post! Since they're big enough they don't come with original versions.
This concludes my afternoon at Vivocity! For your information, I spent only 1 hour there but I spent 2 hours editing and posting the photos and typing this post entry! How ironic! Hehe! :D Have a great weekend everyone!
P.S. I am officially liberate from block test 1! Oh dear the physics students still have to sit for their last paper on Monday… wish the luck! Well I'm done for blocks by now! Woohoo!
They really know how to play with colours to make the whole place look even brighter and fresher. But i think the shops in Vivo mainly cater to working adults coz most of the shops are rather high-end. Many designer products & branded goods. For me, i can’t afford it. so i only go there to window shop. Btw, i only went there twice. hahaz..
Thankyou for the comments on my pictures! They were kind of random. :)
You’re a great photographer. The ‘symmetry’ one made me smile. And Vivocity looks like a really big shopping mall. Do you know what Square One (In Toronto, Ontario) is? It’s the biggest shopping mall in Ontario. How do you think it compares to Vivocity? (if you’ve been there. :))
Congratulations on your being done on block tests! :P
loved the giant – colorful – flower ^^
after test, is the best time ;)
Hello my adventurous teddy!
Thanks for your comment, you always leave the best ones!
I know, the guy is a total wack job, like.. did not even think that he eaten fish before? such an idiot, I got some scary feedback about the pic and it’s like, wtf.. you aint seen what your food looks like before you eat it? so lame mah!
Your photo at the top is so gorgeous!! I think where you live is paradise la! I wana go so much!!
Haa.. I know what yo mean about theme park thang, sometimes maybe we feel like we already stimulated enough? Lots of people feel the need to go to silly places constantly cuz got nothing else better in their life. Theme parks are a perfect example.
Anyway! I heard the weather is fricken hot in sg.. hope it doesn’t get to hot!
i love all the photos!!! its just so colorful!! you took at the right spots of vivo!!
denise: Yup! I must say that the interior design of Vivocity is extremely well done! They used limegreen and white as the main colours… which is very cheerful, welcoming and tidy! Makes people feel calm and motivated to shop :) good marketing strategy eh? Yea and I find that there is nothing much for me to buy there since shops there cater to higher-end consumers as well as adults, not teenagers.
Grace: You’re welcome! You really do deserve the credits for those really nice photos of the lovely roses. Oh you love the symmetry thing? Anyway I think the title is a little ironic since besides the slightly symmetry curves nothing is symmetric in the photo :D I heard of it before! Well according to Wikipedia it is the largest shopping mall in North America “with over 1.6 million square feet (150,000 m²) of retail space and more than 360 stores and services”. On average, the mall serves over 21 million customers each year! OMG. You’ve been there before?
Qureyoon: So you love it? Haha it’s my favourite too! Sadly it is tucked behind the mall which is left unnoticed by many shoppers (if people noticed it you should’ve seen lots of people in the photo). So sad for such a great piece of COLOURFUL art!
Dakota xxx: Hey there! I’m “adventurous”? Haha well I went to Vivocity just to take photos and relax after the tiring block test… hehe. I went WINDOW shopping since my purse strings are pretty tight right now. That dumb guy is really plain dumb. Dumb dumb dumb. Oops and I just insulted all the dumb people on earth! What words should I use then…? Anyway Singapore is a really fine city (fine in terms of really nice as well as the hefty fines you’ll get if you break the law)… when you come some day I’d be glad to be your personal guide… free of charge! Besides that, I love going to theme parks and ride on all those thrill rides! They’re very good stress relievers since you get to scream your hearts out without people staring at you and think “is this guy mad or something?”
Yanni: Awww yanni thanks for being so supportive :razz: thanks for the compliments! Anyway I’m no wat affiliated with Vivo :D haha! Not advertisement photos. But I love them. Since they tell others how beautiful Singapore is… and by the way I’m obsessed with architecture (maybe because my dad is an architect?)
wow architect. thats cool! which building in singapore which he had designed so far??
Nice photos!
And I like the way you displayed them~
oh wow, prettyyyy pictures. ive been to vivocity before, its so huge i walked till my feet hurt. i hate how they make the second level sidewalks so narrow. i mean if you go on a weekend its like damn crowded the level two sidewalks are packed, barely can move. i like the reflection picture best. dang, i havent gone on a photoshoot in while, other then my exhibition pictures.
you have a good well deserved break, all the best for the results. ^^
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i went to vivocity once, there damn big, still remembered i watch deck the halls at the cinema there, the cinema there is way cooler than here. ^^
how do you make the collage photo?
Rei: Yea I must agree that Vivocity is really titanic as compared to other small shopping malls that dot Singapore. But if you ever dare venture into Midvalley Megamall in Malaysia or Berjaya Times Square you’ll be on crutches by then! Last time I went there I walked till my legs broke! Yeowch. Especially Berjaya Times Square. If not mistaken it has like more than 10 floors of retail space! What the hell…
Yong Yong BY: Thanks for the compliment! Well of course if you come visit me next time I’ll show you around Vivocity! It itself is a piece of art ;)
Nicholas: Yea it’s super duper biggggg. Cinema in Singapore about the same in Malaysia… just that the hygiene standards as well as people’s behaviour is better. In Malaysia I feel like taking a rifle into the cinema and shoot people who talk loudly on their phones. Haha! The collage photo is made using photoshop. I just select the images I want to place inside, crop them and resize them and drag them into the canvas. Maybe I should post a tutorial about making a photo collage next time :mrgreen: so stay tuned!