PIERRE HERMÉ PARIS, SINGAPORE || The Art of Belonging Somewhere New
A great patisserie, like a great city, is never just about what it makes; it's about where it belongs.
That question of belonging sits at the heart of the Pierre Hermé Paris flagship in Singapore, designed by CCD. Opening in August 2025 at Resorts World Sentosa, this 572-square-metre space does not attempt to recreate a Parisian boutique in the tropics. It does something more interesting: it asks what Pierre Hermé would look and feel like if it had always been here.
At dusk, the flagship's sculpted limestone facade and floor-to-ceiling glazing frame oversized macaron installations that announce Pierre Hermé's arrival on the island with characteristic theatricality.
The answer begins outside. At the entrance, macaron sculptures nestle among lush tropical greenery, the brand's most iconic creations reframed as something closer to fruit on the vine. Colourful arched forms in magenta and gold draw visitors through a passage that is part street café, part garden, entirely its own thing. A mirrored macaron sculpture tilts on its axis in the surrounding landscape, catching the sky. The exterior signals immediately that this is not a transplant; it is a conversation.
Inside, CCD deploys bold contrasts with precision. Smooth terrazzo floors meet warm timber millwork. A custom Murano glass chandelier, its coral-red petals layered like an enormous tropical bloom, anchors the ground-floor pastry counter. That counter itself is wrapped in a terracotta-and-gold tile pattern drawn from Pierre Hermé's signature macaron palette, circular in plan, generous in scale. The effect is immersive without being overwhelming: a space that declares its identity through material confidence rather than visual noise.
The custom coral Murano glass chandelier blooms above the ground-floor pastry counter, its layered glass petals casting warm light across the terrazzo floor below.
The layout unfolds across two floors, each with its own character. The ground floor organises the retail experience around a series of arched display niches, each dedicated to a signature flavour collection: Mogador, Ispahan, Infiniment Vanille. A chocolate wall, dense with hanging bars in dark and amber tones, anchors the Infiniment Chocolat zone with architectural weight. The barista counter on the same level is quieter in tone, its curved walnut base and softly lit ceiling medallion offering a moment of calm within the larger spectacle.
Above: The ground-floor barista station, with its curved walnut counter and softly glowing neon script, offers a quieter counterpoint to the spectacle of the main pastry hall. Below: The Infiniment Chocolat display wall suspends rows of dark and amber chocolate bars within a mirrored grid, transforming the product into something closer to an architectural installation.
The second floor introduces Table by Pierre Hermé, the brand's dining concept, and two world firsts for the house: an ice cream bar and a bubble tea station. This is where the Singapore conversation becomes most explicit. French artistry and Asian ritual share the same counter without apology, each given space to be itself. The dining room is warm and unhurried, furnished in saffron velvet banquettes and patterned dining chairs, with pendant lights echoing the ground-floor chandelier in a lighter, more scattered arrangement. Large windows frame views of the Sentosa skyline, grounding the experience in its specific place on the island.
The Table by Pierre Hermé dining room on the second floor, where saffron velvet banquettes and patterned chairs gather beneath a constellation of coral pendant lights drawn from the same glass-petal language as the floor below.
Throughout, CCD has maintained a rigorous consistency of detail. The signage, lighting design, and graphic language were all developed in-house, ensuring that the brand's sensibility is carried through to every surface. Even the store's packaging takes a culturally considered turn: cloth wrapping drawn from East Asian gift-giving traditions replaces conventional boxes, a quiet but meaningful acknowledgment of where the store has chosen to put down roots.
Pierre Hermé Paris Singapore does not resolve the tension between its French identity and its tropical home. It holds both, deliberately, and finds something new in the space between them.
The dining room of Table by Pierre Hermé opens toward Sentosa through floor-to-ceiling windows, the patterned wall panels and amber velvet banquettes framing a view that makes the location as much a part of the design as any material choice.
PROJECT DETAILS
Project Name: Pierre Hermé Paris Flagship Store, Singapore
Brand: Pierre Hermé Paris
Owner: Resorts World Sentosa
Address: #01-234/234A, WEAVE, 26 Sentosa Gateway, Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore 098138
Interior Design: CCD Singapore
Lighting Design: CCD Singapore x BPI Signage
Design: CCD Singapore x Corlette Design
Area: 572 sqm
Completion: August 2025
Photography: Boris
