Apple will open a floating store in Singapore (photo)

Apple will open its first floating store in Singapore on September 10. Official photos and details about this building were published on Apple blog .

The store will be located in the Marina-Bay Bay near the hotel and the Marina Bay Sands casino. It is a glass dome, consisting of 114 parts connected by ten vertical racks. The company emphasized that this is the first similar building in its kind, writes TJ .

Apple Marina Bay Sands is the First Apple Store to Float Directly on the Water. IT Offers 360-degree Panoramic Views of Singapore's Spectacular Skyline. pic.twitter.com/tn1fuyvhmr

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Creating the shadow of the partitions are installed inside the sphere, and the fencing (round window) is made in the upper part, which passes sunlight. As noted in Apple, this element is created in the image and likeness of an okulus in the Roman pantheon. On the underwater floor of the store is a conference room.

In total, in the new Apple store, which will become the third store of the company in Singapore, 148 people will work. In total, store employees speak 23 languages. Due to the restrictions in Singapore, which were introduced to combat the Pandemia of Coronavirus, only those who in advance the visit time on a special site will be able to visit the store on the opening day (at the time of writing, all places were reserved). Also, employees will ensure that a small number of visitors to comply with a social distance are at the same time in the store.