Eric Demay

This is where the white people like to hang out, right next to the usual temples of mass consumption.

All irony aside, the Village is nevertheless a very neat urban cluster of commercial buildings, a much nicer and pleasant way of intergrading a shopping hub in the city scape, rather than dumping a mall or plaza a la 20th century. The site agglomerates a series of multi-level buildings, all formally different, each housing a handfull of boutiques of international brands. The’re connected on upper levels with walkways and bridges, knitting together a stroll among patios and slick hallways of designer restaurant and bars. You know things have changed and converged when sipping a martini by the Apple logo is considered hip.