Bangkok Retail Complex

An indoor/outdoor shopping mall and luxury fashion arcade in Bangkok

Architecture & Interiors

Bangkok, Thailand

Area: 120000m2

We were appointed by one of Thailand’s leading retail developers to design a new kind of outdoor shopping experience, located in the east of Bangkok.

Taking inspiration from the traditional Thai rooftop, this highly original piece of architecture set within a bustling cityscape, creates a new destination hub for shopping, dining and recreation. Set over 120,000m², a three-storey looping structure offers a hybrid experience of indoor and outdoor conditions with contrasting atmospheres from gardens to dining, to a luxury fashion arcade.

En cours...

The project creates a strong and coherent single visual landmark whilst addressing the commercial imperatives of the individual retail units within it.

The project connects natural forms and textures through an ambiguous façade system, both structural and sculptural, which acts as cladding, canopy and signage in a single evolving element. Green canopies and perforations in the façade bring controlled areas of sunlight and shade. Through the fashion arcade, the structure reaches and extends over the space to form a forest canopy-like structure, enclosing and modifying the environment to complement the activity below. As the programme changes, the architecture adjusts its elements to offer varied retail conditions, carefully designed from the customer’s point of view.

Our aim was to harness highly adaptable natural forms and strategies, creating green spaces as a visual paradigm of nature thriving within the fast-changing urban jungle of Thailand's sophisticated capital.