OMA's Ole Scheeren Designs Bangkok's Tallest Building
MahaNakhon will feature public gardens, a major transportation hub, retail, Ritz-Carlton Residences, a new public square, and The Bangkok Edition, a hotel collaboration between Ian Schrager and Marriott International.
Nicholas Tamarin -- Interior Design, 7/31/2009 12:00:00 AM
While Office for Metropolitan Architecture founder Rem Koolhaas generally snags most of the firm's headlines, partner Ole Scheeren is taking a bow of his own with his design for MahaNakhon. When completed in 2012, the 77-story tower will stand as Bangkok's tallest building.
Construction begins this fall on the tower, which will feature stacked surfaces, terraces and protrusions designed to create the impression of digital pixilation. The 1.6 million-million-square-foot skyscraper will be chock full of amenities, with a landscaped outdoor public plaza, 110,000-square-feet of retail space, gardens and terraces spread over several levels for restaurants, cafes, and a 24 hour marketplace.
Also in the works for the tower are The Ritz-Carlton Residences, 200 customized single-level and duplex condos, as well as the Bangkok Edition, a 150-room hotel from Marriott International in collaboration with boutique hotel trailblazer Ian Schrager.
Scheeren, who recently gained fame for his CCTV Tower in Beijing, joined Koolhaas at OMA in 1995 and became partner in 2002. He is now director of OMA Rotterdam and OMA Beijing and is in charge of the firm's work in Asia.
Renderings courtesy of OMA/Ole Scheeren.
Interesting Design. Thailand has some very interesting architecture, but lacks in originality when it comes to the bulk of the Interior Designs I've seen. Too often everything is a copy of another project or injections of multiple designs that an experienced designer can see quickly. I hope this begins to change.
Kind Regards
Deli
Interior Passion Co LTD
Bangkok, Thailand
Deli LaBarck - 2011-12-28 02:24:29 EST
Who cares if it's green. Have you seen Bkk ? The trikes will make u gag. But, this building is going to be exciting if it gets built. Even more exciting if it finds people to pay to use it. The political situation in Thailand is not stable. It changes day to day. How can business and tourism plan with out stability? It can't.
MrBuzz - 2009-08-05 22:50:00 EDT
The appearance of disintegration seems particularly appropriate for a city
littered with empty, decaying high rises and previous generations of
"tallest" and "largest" buildings that have never been filled.
John Kuharchuk - 2009-08-05 02:37:00 EDT
littered with empty, decaying high rises and previous generations of
"tallest" and "largest" buildings that have never been filled.
I think this is an amazing building, but visually it freaks me out a bit, it
doesn't look stable.
Bryanne Prichett - 2009-08-04 19:21:00 EDT
doesn't look stable.
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