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Central Embassy in Bangkok

Central Embassy in Bangkok
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CENTRAL EMBASSY IN BANGKOK

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ARCHITECTS
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3 D PRINTED ORIGINAL PROTOTYPE
Ogle Models

PROJECT DIRECTOR (CONCEPT TO STAGE D)
Alice Dietsch

PROJECT DIRECTOR (STAGE DD TO COMPLETION)
Diba Salam

TEAM
Ho-Yin Ng, Maximiliano Arrocet, Stefano Bertotti, Alex Bulygin, Filippo Previtali, Bruce Davison, Peter Feldman, David Flynn, Chris Geneste, Alvin Huang, Yoo Jin Kim, Naoki Kotaka, May Leung, Desislava Lyutakova, Cyril Manyara, Monica Noguero, Eoin O'Dwyer, Adam Peacock, Giulio Pellizzon, Fred Pittman, Filippo Previtali, Jakob Pryzblo, Tanya Rainsley, Irene Shamma, Joy Natapa Sriyuksiri, Jurgen Strohmayer, Paula Vega, Michael Wetmore, Claudia White

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick and Arun Chalseri

CONSULTING SERVICE ENGINEERS
MITR

PROJECT MANAGER
PPS

PHOTOGRAPHS
Hufton+Crow

AREA
1500000 ft²

YEAR
2017

LOCATION
BANGKOK, THAILAND

CATEGORY
MIXED USE ARCHITECTURE

Text description provided by architect.

Central Embassy brings a distinguishing new silhouette in the city, one that opens out both to the street and the skyline, and extends an invitation to the people of Bangkok and the world beyond.

Located within the former gardens of the British Embassy, along Ploenchit Road, Bangkok’s primary commercial artery, the 1.5 million sq ft mixed use project merges.

Central Embassy in Bangkok
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Central Embassy in Bangkok
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A seven storey luxury retail podium and a 27 storey five star Park Hyatt hotel tower into a cohesive, architectural entity.The tower is the first to be completed by a British architect in Thailand.

The hotel and shopping mall are bound together using the notion of a continual looped form to give a more intuitive merging between plinth and tower and between the programmes.

Central Embassy in Bangkok
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Central Embassy in Bangkok
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The continuity of the tower line appears to break down the volume of the mass of the plinth, creating a structure that is asymmetrical in all dimensions.

The openness of the form embraces the city and sets up reciprocal views, with a series of terraces outside and balconies within to see and be seen.

Central Embassy in Bangkok
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Central Embassy in Bangkok
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The elevated form that rises from the podium wraps around two vertical light wells, opening up internal spaces to reveal stepped terraces, and dividing hotel functions.

Private guest-related programmes face the gardens of Nai Lert Park, while the hotel bar, reception lounge and sky terrace face the city centre. Uniting traditional craftsmanship with digital design technologies, the design of the façade builds on Thailand’s tradition of intricate pattern making.

The exterior is clad in 300,000 aluminium tiles, each with two surfaces to reflect both the chaos of the city and the sky itself. Creating a dynamic pattern in response to external conditions, the distribution of tiles creates a moiré-like effect, articulated by the play of light and reflection along the varying profiles.

Central Embassy in Bangkok
© Hufton+Crow
Central Embassy in Bangkok
© Hufton+Crow


Central Embassy in Bangkok
© Hufton+Crow
Central Embassy in Bangkok
© Hufton+Crow
Central Embassy in Bangkok
© Hufton+Crow
Central Embassy in Bangkok
© Hufton+Crow
Central Embassy in Bangkok
© Hufton+Crow
Central Embassy in Bangkok
© Hufton+Crow


Central Embassy in Bangkok
Roof Plan
Central Embassy in Bangkok
Floor Plan Level 16
Central Embassy in Bangkok
Floor Plan Level 36
Central Embassy in Bangkok
Floor Plan Level 3


Central Embassy in Bangkok
South Elevation
Central Embassy in Bangkok
East and west elevation
Central Embassy in Bangkok
North Elevation

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