MahaNakhon is an ambitious complex of contemporary architecture and urbanism in Thailand with a fantastical light show display. The tower was officially completed in 2016 by Büro Ole Scheeren and Office for Metropolitan Architecture(OMA).
Courtesy of Ole Scheeren
MahaNakhon is a new 77-storey high-rise complex located in Bangkok’s Central Business District. The development of more than 150,000 square meters comprises of a landscaped public plaza; a multi-level retail center with restaurants, cafes, and 200 serviced apartments operated by the Ritz-Carlton; the Bangkok Edition, a 150 room boutique hotel in collaboration with Marriot International and Ian Schrager; and a rooftop Sky Bar and restaurant.
Courtesy of Pace Development
The main structure and life core are wrapped by a series of mega columns, connected at several transfer floors. The building uses 129 piles drilled to a depth of 65 meters capped with a massive 8.75 meter thick mat foundation, to compensate for Bangkok’s soft soils.
Courtesy of Ole Scheeren
The inner city site is irregularly shaped, resulting in a three-building program, the main 314m tower, a smaller retail building at the front of the site and an automated parking tower positioned towards the back. The three-dimensional ribbon of architectural pixels cut away the façade of the tower to reveal the inner core, creating unique one of a kind residences as well as special features such as oversized terraces and skyboxes, protruding out from the main building.
Courtesy of Ole Scheeren
During the design of this building, its designer and partner-in-charge at Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), Ole Scheeren, left and founded his own firm, Buro Ole Scheeren. OMA and Ole Scheeren share the design credit for this project.
Project Info:
Architects: Ole Scheeren
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Site: Narathwas Ratchanakharin Road adjacent to Chongnonsi Sky Train Station
Client: PACE Development Co., Ltd.
Area: 150,000 m2
Photographs: Pace Development + Ole Scheeren
Project Year: Commission 2008/2012; Completion 2017
Project Name: MahaNakhon
Type: Mixed-use, High-rise
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