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ASIA'S NEW LANDMARK IN BANGKOK

SATHON
BTS SKYTRAIN Chong Nonsi Station


Design coming Sonn



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OMG!!! THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE BEST THINGS EVER!!:banana::cheers:


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BTW, anyone heard again how many floors? Heard from an unconfirmed source that its actually 80 floors??? I don't think i would want to be that high up though. Maybe sometimes like eating at restaurant or something. But to live on the 80th floor...hmm



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http://www.maha-nakhon.com/
http://www.pacedev.com/site/home/

Looks great project, but wheres the design? :D

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Your right,It's not Ritz Carlton

MAHA NAKHON-The Ritz Carlton Residences |

There's stupidity in this room

who's that?

^^Let Them know themselves
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can't wait to see the design of this building
if it as good as the other asians landmark -_-'

I wish it wold be the Pyramid design, I like Pyramid:)

I like flat rooftops with a spire, Hope it goes over 400m's.

the last picture its up date construction..?? if yes,its great..
perhaps thats project will be the first 80floors tower in Bangkok...

From Flickr By xtress resize image by bestkub

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Taken TODAY

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that's a cool design ! bravo for Thai people....

^^ Where's the design? :dunno:

There is no design for now do not greets while the rendering arrives.

Fishman Group
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Pace Development
Pace Development is Thailand’s leading high-end property developer focusing on luxury residential and hospitality developments that utilize world-class design and quality standards. It is backed by the expertise and experience of the Techakraisri family and the extensive property development experience of the management team has more than 25 years of property development experience. The company’s vision is to introduce new trends to the market, improve the landscape, and redefine urban living standards. More information about Pace Development is available at www.pacedev.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MahaNakhon

Design by OMA

:bash:

that's a cool design!Where's the design? There is no design
This thread's a mess. :ohno:

this thread spoils my excitement.

perhaps thats project will be the first 80floors tower in Bangkok...


FYI, Baiyoke Tower II has 85 floors with the height of 304 m since 1997

nice, a new supertall for Bangkok :cheers:

FYI, Baiyoke Tower II has 85 floors with the height of 304 m since 1997

thanks for ur info anyway...

What is the chance that this building will be built...? I pass by Chong Nonsi station everyday, and yep it seems they get something done here, but 350+ meters high...? I'd be suprised. That haven't even put a proposal on the Skyscraperpage.com site yet... At least not for a 350+ meter project. And it seems they're quite far on their way starting on the buildings base.

It will be 313 meters high according to Wikipedia... Suprising they already have a wiki page on this... interesting

it will be 1st 313 meters tall noone maid their supertalls stoped here

Can we get some more details here please? What's the design here and also what is the exact construction site of the tower?

Can we get some more details here please? What's the design here and also what is the exact construction site of the tower?

excerpts from wiki

"An location like no other MahaNakhon is set on over 9 rai of Bangkok’s CBD directly adjacent to the Chongnonsi BTS station and between Silom and Sathorn Roads."

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/7263/mahanakornlocation.jpg

Good news The rendering might be here next week, I guess

What is the chance that this building will be built...? I pass by Chong Nonsi station everyday, and yep it seems they get something done here, but 350+ meters high...? I'd be suprised. That haven't even put a proposal on the Skyscraperpage.com site yet... At least not for a 350+ meter project. And it seems they're quite far on their way starting on the buildings base.



i reckon you have mistaken with other projects nearby....the project is just about to begin....and the render will be out by Monday as said in Thai forum

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These I made, It looks about closes to the real render. I cant post the real pics, sorry.

It's pure glass.

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thanks for his attempt.:righton:

Top portion is nice the bottom needs to be a little wider so it looks perportioned.

Every great architecture building which maid by OMA it was nice.

Still havnt finished, but here's how it suppose to look like.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2463/3654896196_fcf7db8da9_o.jpg

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Holi fcuk, so that's why they made the indent in that one corner. Very creative, that part of the skyline is going to look, amazing with this building goes up.

Heard that this isn't the final design?

http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs099.snc1/5200_117903001578_738501578_2900185_1996350_n.jpg

From their facebook group

from the facebook group where the "render" also was removed. .

Dear Mats,

Unfortunately, the picture you posted on our MahaNakhon Facebook doesn't look like our rendering. I'm sorry to inform that I have to remove your picture because it is misleading to other members. Please be patience, we will unveil the rendering very very soon!

Thank you for being our fans!

Best Regards,
Nini Chaiyawan


so hopefully we will see something better!

Guess we'll have to wait to see the "real" one

and better satisfaction,, for all, then :D
hopefully...
all my hopes go straight right to this blog currently

Wait...

the shape looks interesting, and its very tall, but still looking for more iconic design

^^

We are waiting for the real render...

i know, im reading posts.

This one might be it!!!

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How to move to super tall forum ?

^^ Has it been approved yet ?

^^ so nice...hope it gets built in BKK

Well the website says "Launching July 23, 2009"
So I am not sure what that means :D

Metaphor for a metropolis
By Edwin Heathcote
Published: July 20 2009 22:23 | Last updated: July 20 2009 22:23
Mahanakhon, Bangkok



“Krung Thep Mahanakhon”, Ole Scheeren tells me, is the Thai
name for Bangkok. That last, strange-sounding word translates as “metropolis”. Ever since Fritz Lang’s 1926 filmic vision of an expressionistic, hubristic, futuristic city with a Babel-like skyscraper at its heart, the word “metropolis” has become one of the richest, most evocative words in architecture. It means urbanity, “cityness”. And it would be hard to think of a better name for Scheeren’s extraordinary new skyscraper design.

Along with Rem Koolhaas, founder of OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture, naturally), Scheeren is the architect of Asia’s most ambitious and scariest skyscraper, Beijing’s enormous CCTV (China Central Television) Building. That avant-garde monumental arch loomed over the Olympics and dominates the city’s increasingly prickly skyline. Based in Beijing, the German-born Scheeren has specialised in Asian projects and, with his enthusiasm for the strange, chaotic dynamism of the big Asian cities, he is a long way from the familiar “starchitect” imposing a vision from a western capital. This latest building, revealed exclusively to the Financial Times, is the perfect expression of a sensibility that powerfully combines western questioning and eastern bravado.

It is impossible to compete with Bangkok’s existing exotic menagerie of skyscrapers, so Scheeren proposes a monolith, an un-twin tower, the dumb, extruded box of modernist orthodoxy – but then begins to erode its perfection. It is as if a computer virus has begun to eat away at an image, pixellating it, or as if a tower of sugar cubes is dissolving away. It is a powerful image, one the architect compares to a toppling Tower of Babel (the inspiration for Lang’s film).

The appearance of decay, though, is more than a formal aesthetic device. The most intriguing aspect of Mahanakhon is Scheeren’s desire to suck the frenetic activity of the street up into the architecture. This will be a striking contrast with neighbouring skyscrapers.

Bangkok’s high water table makes underground parking impractical. This has led to a standard model of a plinth of parking beneath an extruded tower, disengaging the building from the street, killing the area around it. By placing parking at the rear of the site and having the building crumble into a series of terraces as it approaches street level, Scheeren proposes a kind of external atrium, a plaza broken up into a deliberate chaos of dozens of flying levels.

This complex network links with the adjacent Skytrain (mass transit) station to create a public realm of cafés and restaurants. The dissolving of elements vertically through the building creates a spiral pattern of private balconies and terraces for the hotel and apartment complex above. In one image of the plan, with a viewpoint above the tower, you can see clearly how, as the smooth walls fragment into apparent randomness, the monolithic is reduced into bite-sized chunks, cleverly echoing the intricacy of the urban landscape, the chaotic infill that constitutes the surrounding city streets. Reconciling the micro- and the macro-urban and resisting the disengagement between skyline and streetscape, Scheeren proposes a compelling alternative that addresses both.

If New York is defined by the setbacks and Aztec pyramid steps of its skyscrapers, a gesture to allow light into streets that would otherwise be canyons, this building, which will be Bangkok’s tallest, acknowledges street activity through a kind of capillary action, sucking up its imperfections along with its dynamism to animate the walls. An archetypal modernist skyscraper with its erosion programmed in from the beginning – it is quite a metaphor for the contemporary city.

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was posted by : Marutokung!

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/customavatars/avatar189418_5.gif

Very creative, hope this is the design they use.

Let me bring this to this page because I wanna keep on staring at it :D

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When will this thread be taken to the main page

^^ Probably when it launches on the 23rd and everything is approved and official

and by that time, i'll be freakin excited to catch the updates with my cameraaaaaa

MahaNakhon—a visionary new 77-storey high-rise complex located on a 3.6 acre site in the heart of Bangkok’s Central Business District with a direct link to the Chongnonsi BTS Skytrain station between Silom and Sathorn Roads.

With its distinctive sculptural appearance, MahaNakhon has been carefully carved to introduce a three-dimensional ribbon of architectural ‘pixels’ that circle the tower’s full height, as if excavating portions of the elegant glass curtain wall to reveal the inner life of the building—meta-phorically and actually—an archit-ecture that encloses and protects its inhabitants while revealing the inner life of their city. *The pixelation gives MahaNakhon an arresting profile on the skyline while generating a set of very special features to house the diverse functions of the building complex in an intelligently strategic way.

The design for MahaNakhon dis-mantles the typical tower and podium typology to render not a tower in isolation but instead a skyscraper that melds with the city by gradually ‘dissolving’ the mass as it moves vertically between ground and sky. *This effect begins with a series of generous, cascading indoor/outdoor terraces at The Hill—the area at the tower’s base housing luxury retail and dining.

MahaNakhon also features an adjacent freestanding building known as the Cube, with multi-level indoor
/outdoor terraces corresponding to those of the Hill Terraces across the expanse of an outdoor atrium, offering a network of social spaces with an extensive mix of dining and leisure, described collectively as MahaNakhon Terraces.

MahaNakhon Square, located in front of the tower, is intimately connected to the space between The Hill and Cube. This dynamic public plaza—
intended as a meeting place, a spot for planned and spontaneous cultural events—will be a landscaped retreat for the city’s inhabitants, a gathering place, a rare venue for cultural and social interactivity.

For residents of MahaNakhon, The Ritz-Carlton Residences comprise a mix of two-to-five bedroom homes with expansive panoramic views and interiors by David Collins Studio, while The Bangkok Edition Hotel, a collabo-ration between Ian Schrager and Marriot International, will offer a range of outstanding amenities.

The top of the tower houses a multi-level three-floor Sky Bar and restaurant with dramatic double- height spaces, private dining facilities for entertaining, and a rooftop outdoor bar with sweeping 360° views of the skyline and river, floating 310 meters above the city.

http://www.maha-nakhon.com/

Additional render from their site

Pix from website.

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check out their web for more details.

Renders make the design seem like a jumbo has crashed into it in 2 places imo? :lol:

FASCINATING!

http://www.pacedev.com/images/uploads/MahaNakhon_Rendering.jpg

Wow nice design. This tower is mean Bangkok city.

it's beyond nice
oh my fu*kin god

Its name means metropolis for sure

http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/090722oma_mahanakhon/3.jpg

OMA-Designed MahaNakhon Tower Announced
An analysis of nearby Bangkok skyscrapers, which Scheeren describes as “a collection of very strange characters.”

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This diagram shows the intended dynamism of the ground level “valley,” absorbing activity into the spiraling “pixels” of the tower.

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An elevation of the site, showing the public plaza framed by the tower and adjacent “Cube.”

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Still in the proposed forum??

313 meters

be finished in 2012

DAMN

I guess this thread will be move to super tall forum soon.

OMG.

I hope they approve this as it is just absolutely beautiful. It will be a true landmark of Bangkok I hope. The size, the blue pixels, the twists, and the cuts all add to the chaos of Bangkok just like they described it.

It is definitely the right height and right location to place a 300+, all those buildings surrounding already 200+ will definitely put Bangkok's Sathorn district on the map and I think we will be the first city in SEA aside from KL [Petronas and the TOWER thing which doesnt really count] to have two 300+ buildings.

OMG. Inshallah this thing comes true.

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ASIA'S NEW LANDMARK IN BANGKOK

SATHON
BTS SKYTRAIN Chong Nonsi Station


Design coming Sonn






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BTW, anyone heard again how many floors? Heard from an unconfirmed source that its actually 80 floors??? I don't think i would want to be that high up though. Maybe sometimes like eating at restaurant or something. But to live on the 80th floor...hmm



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http://www.maha-nakhon.com/
http://www.pacedev.com/site/home/

ย้ายครับย้าย...:

It's striking, elegant and modern. It soars!

Oh please, please let this be built!

:pepper::carrot::cucumber:

MOVE MOVE MOVE ......

AWESOME.....

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2647/3747723661_5e143a632b_o.jpg

very funny this pic seems the project is built already :jk:

It is already built in my dream you know ^^.

Now for the real wait of having it actually being built :D

How many people really live in Bangkok?

Massive MahaNakon landmark project unveiled

THE NATION Published on July 24, 2009


Billed as the largest Thai property project today and the city's tallest when completed, MahaNakon was yesterday unveiled as a striking 77-storey tower and retail complex with a market value of Bt18 billion.

Local builder Pace Development and its partner IBC (Industrial Building Corp), a subsidiary of Israel's Fishman Group, said the project aimed to "deliver an architecture befitting Bangkok's place among Asia's great cities".

On completion in 2012, it will house the Ritz Carlton Residences, where the smallest 125-square-metre units will sell for Bt30 million.

The monolithic structure and a second building with a plaza are the brainchild of renowned designer Ole Scherer, best known for his prestigious CCTV Tower in Beijing, with its "loops" signifying the many linkages that form China's state communications giant.

Scherer, a partner of the OMA architecture firm, holds great affection for Bangkok, having spent more than half a year in the city in 1999 on a campaign for an architectural exhibition called "Cities on the Move".

"Bangkok is a city where the past, present and future come together", he said. "Its old waterfront settlements, colonial buildings and skyscrapers coexist as one."

"Bangkok is very chaotic, intense, yet it is one of the most beautiful cities I have visited - because of its sharp contrasts," he said. |"I have the fantasy that 500 years in the future, many cities will look like Bangkok."

His view is reminiscent of Ridley Scott's sci-fi film "Blade Runner".

Bangkok has "dome towers, elephant buildings, robot buildings and even UFO-buildings," he observed.

"To make MahaNakon unique, we decided on a slim monolithic form."

"A monolith itself is dull, it doesn't give or take from the environment. So we decided to excavate the building," he said, gouging out large sections of the building at various points.


"By doing that we can achieve an amazing range of structures, like massive terraced gardens in many sections, floating rooms and spaces in the air."

Pace Development chief executive Surapoj Techakraisri said: "The firm has kept its promise to make MahaNakon a landmark."

Referring to the plaza section of the compound, which aims to draw in people with its opulent gardens, open restaurants and facilities for outdoor events, Surapoj said: "We wanted to build something that will enhance the stature of the Thai capital as well as give something back to its citizens."

The hotel component of the complex - called The Edition - will be operated by the Marriott chain.

While MahaNakon is IBC's first Thai project, it should not be the last, said CEO Dalit Braun.

And while Vietnam and India look promising, Thailand is an easier market to invest in, she said.

Braun first visited Thailand 20 years ago and has never ceased to be surprised at the many improvements she has seen over the years.

I cann't wait to see....

I love the design of the tower! It looks like it's going to disintegrate! Interesting concept.

How many people really live in Bangkok?

^^

C.a. 10 million properly resigtered, 15 million if you include those living in the sattellite towns, immigrants and tourists.

I really like this bold, controlled chaos design for Bangkok!!

will be a great iconic landmark

also, EDITION HOTEL will be in the first 20 floors

RITZ-CARLTON RESIDENCES in the upper 50 floors

at the top 4 floors, restaurants (and on rooftop, the world's tallest open air bar)

at the ground level, the HILL Terraces will interact with the CUBE Terraces
and provide a public plaza, with retail shops, restaurants, cafes and 24 hour groceries...

this TOGETHER WITH a direct connection to the skytrain station, and next door "W HOTEL" and offices, right in the middle of SATHORN FINANCIAL DISTRICT (and one skytrain station away from Silom entertainment and tourist play zone) will really be hoppin!!!!


:applause: :applause: :applause:

Pace and IBC place massive bet on luxury MahaNakhon will be tallest Thai building

Bangkokpost Published: 24/07/2009 at 12:00 AM


The Thai property firm Pace Development and its Israeli investment partner, Industrial Buildings Corporation, plan to sell their two joint ventures into property funds worth 5 billion baht to raise funds for future investment.

The two joint-venture firms hold the hotel and retail assets of MahaNakhon, a luxury mixed-use project located on a nine-rai leasehold site near the Chong Nonsi BTS station in Bangkok, said Sorapoj Techakraisri, chief executive of Pace.

The 77-storey, 310-metre property will become Thailand's tallest building, surpassing the Baiyoke Tower in Pratunam by six metres.

Pace Development and IBC set up three joint-venture firms to develop each part of the 18-billion-baht project, comprising a condominium, hotel and retail space.

Mr Sorapoj said sales of the condominium, with the Ritz-Carlton luxury hotel group as its sales agent, would start by the year-end after the completion of a three-storey show unit costing 200 million baht.

It expects to generate sales of 50% by the first quarter 2010. But if sales exceed expectations, the property funds could be set up before 2011 and new projects started.

The condominium will have 200 units with 150 different types. Sizes will range between 125 and 830 square metres, the latter being whole-floor units. Prices start from 250,000 baht per sq m, or between 30 million and 300 million baht a unit under 99-year leasehold contracts.

"After sales reach 50%, we will freeze sales and see new pricing opportunities," Mr Sorapoj said, adding that the current prices represented a margin of at least 25%.

Pace and IBC yesterday introduced the conceptual project design created by the architecture firm Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA).

OMA partner Ole Scheeren, who was personally in charge of the CCTV Building in Beijing, described the design as a three-dimensional ribbon of pixels spiralling up the tower, which would be both impressive to look at and exciting to live in.

Pace's in-house architects would continue the rest of the design work, while interior design would be handled by the UK-based David Collins Studio, said Mr Sorapoj.

"It will be a new Bangkok landmark," he said.

Construction is due to start by the year-end and will be completed in 2012. Four financial institutions would jointly offer a total credit line of 7 billion baht, said Mr Sorapoj.

It is already built in my dream you know ^^.

I do
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http://www.pacedev.com/images/uploads/MahaNakhon_Rendering.jpg

someone says that this pic has reminded of the merlion :naughty:

http://blogs.bootsnall.com/borderlines/archives/images/merlion.JPG

They really look a bit alike, u know. ^^

^^

I guess so

^^

C.a. 10 million properly resigtered, 15 million if you include those living in the sattellite towns, immigrants and tourists.

Thanks man 15mil. is huge and a little over exagerated wouldn't you say.

I like this building so much when does it go on sale, and can a person from overseas purchase a unit as a investment or vacation property.

Thanks man 15mil. is huge and a little over exagerated wouldn't you say.

Wikipedia says 10,061,726 in the metro in 2007

The condominium will have 200 units with 150 different types. Sizes will range between 125 and 830 square metres, the latter being whole-floor units. Prices start from 250,000 baht per sq m, or between 30 million and 300 million baht a unit under 99-year leasehold contracts.

Wow, great design !! It looks like Merlion indeed :D:D

Gorgeous

This project is confirmed to be built soon ..about this september

Construction to begin on MahaNakhon, a 77 storey urban oasis set to become Bangkok’s tallest building.
Designed by German architect Ole Scheeren, partner of OMA, the 1.6 million sq ft project includes luxury retail space with lush gardens and terraces spread over multiple levels for restaurants and cafes, 200 homes and a boutique hotel. The top of the MahaNakhon tower houses a three-floor Sky Bar and restaurant with dramatic double-height spaces and a rooftop outdoor bar with 360° views of the skyline and river, floating 310 meters above the city.

MahaNakhon translated as ‘great metropolis’ dismantles the typical tower and podium typology to render not a tower in isolation but instead a skyscraper that melds with the city by gradually ‘dissolving’ the mass as it moves vertically between ground and sky. Its glittering stacked surfaces, terraces and protrusions will simultaneously create the impression of digital pixilation and echo the irregularity of ancient mountain topography.

The tower’s ‘pixels’ have been designed to maximize unobstructed panoramas for the residences, offering unparalleled views of the city.
The 77-storey skyscraper will be the tallest building in Thailand’s capital and aims to embrace and connect with its surrounding urban fabric rather than overpowering it when completed in 2012.

Metaphor for a metropolis

By Edwin Heathcote

FINANCIAL TIMES LONDON Published: July 20 2009 22:23 | Last updated: July 20 2009 22:23

Mahanakhon, Bangkok


“Krung Thep Mahanakhon”, Ole Scheeren tells me, is the Thai name for Bangkok. That last, strange-sounding word translates as “metropolis”. Ever since Fritz Lang’s 1926 filmic vision of an expressionistic, hubristic, futuristic city with a Babel-like skyscraper at its heart, the word “metropolis” has become one of the richest, most evocative words in architecture. It means urbanity, “cityness”. And it would be hard to think of a better name for Scheeren’s extraordinary new skyscraper design.

Along with Rem Koolhaas, founder of OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture, naturally), Scheeren is the architect of Asia’s most ambitious and scariest skyscraper, Beijing’s enormous CCTV (China Central Television) Building. That avant-garde monumental arch loomed over the Olympics and dominates the city’s increasingly prickly skyline. Based in Beijing, the German-born Scheeren has specialised in Asian projects and, with his enthusiasm for the strange, chaotic dynamism of the big Asian cities, he is a long way from the familiar “starchitect” imposing a vision from a western capital. This latest building, revealed exclusively to the Financial Times, is the perfect expression of a sensibility that powerfully combines western questioning and eastern bravado.

It is impossible to compete with Bangkok’s existing exotic menagerie of skyscrapers, so Scheeren proposes a monolith, an un-twin tower, the dumb, extruded box of modernist orthodoxy – but then begins to erode its perfection. It is as if a computer virus has begun to eat away at an image, pixellating it, or as if a tower of sugar cubes is dissolving away. It is a powerful image, one the architect compares to a toppling Tower of Babel (the inspiration for Lang’s film).

The appearance of decay, though, is more than a formal aesthetic device. The most intriguing aspect of Mahanakhon is Scheeren’s desire to suck the frenetic activity of the street up into the architecture. This will be a striking contrast with neighbouring skyscrapers.

Bangkok’s high water table makes underground parking impractical. This has led to a standard model of a plinth of parking beneath an extruded tower, disengaging the building from the street, killing the area around it. By placing parking at the rear of the site and having the building crumble into a series of terraces as it approaches street level, Scheeren proposes a kind of external atrium, a plaza broken up into a deliberate chaos of dozens of flying levels.

This complex network links with the adjacent Skytrain (mass transit) station to create a public realm of cafés and restaurants. The dissolving of elements vertically through the building creates a spiral pattern of private balconies and terraces for the hotel and apartment complex above. In one image of the plan, with a viewpoint above the tower, you can see clearly how, as the smooth walls fragment into apparent randomness, the monolithic is reduced into bite-sized chunks, cleverly echoing the intricacy of the urban landscape, the chaotic infill that constitutes the surrounding city streets. Reconciling the micro- and the macro-urban and resisting the disengagement between skyline and streetscape, Scheeren proposes a compelling alternative that addresses both.

If New York is defined by the setbacks and Aztec pyramid steps of its skyscrapers, a gesture to allow light into streets that would otherwise be canyons, this building, which will be Bangkok’s tallest, acknowledges street activity through a kind of capillary action, sucking up its imperfections along with its dynamism to animate the walls. An archetypal modernist skyscraper with its erosion programmed in from the beginning – it is quite a metaphor for the contemporary city.

Is it just me or this is a perfect mix between tow New York projects:
53 Leonard st, and the Libskind tower in midtown (forgot the name).
Well... wherever the influence came from, it was a good and effective one. Terrific design!

wow!!!

freakin' awesome!!!

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congrats bangkok!

Now this is a cool tower! :applause: Congrats to Bangkok

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they are working hard today on building that 3 story showroom ...

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Fantastic update ! :)

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Moderator can you switch this thread to U/C list.

Wow nice update. It is good to see some movement going on on this site, plus higher possibility that it will get to build with no "on hold" sign!!!!^^.

unique and awesome! cant wait to see it finished on the bangkok skyline! :okay:

i love the details of this building!

they should call this building "Jenga"

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Crazy beauty !!!!

the building is looking amazing.

Pretty bold architecture here. I couldn't see this in many other cities around the world, well, maybe a small few, but I think this will fit in perfectly in Bangkok. Great city! Should look damn hot once completed! :cheers:

From a distance it's looks like it's been bombed. From an artist's perspective I would say its very interesting, but from a practical side it's not very appropriate. I fear the average person is just going to look at it and say "huh?" or "is it falling apart?"

OMA-Designed MahaNakhon Tower Announced

July 22, 2009 By Aleksandr Bierig


The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) released renderings today of their forthcoming MahaNakhon tower and plaza in Bangkok, Thailand, with design led by OMA partner Ole Scheeren, head of the firm’s Beijing office. The 1.6 million-square-foot, $515 million complex plans to include 200 apartments, a 150-room “Bangkok Edition” hotel operated by Marriott Group International with hotelier Ian Schrager, and mixed-use public and commercial space. Construction begins later this year with an intended completion in late 2012.

The centerpiece of MahaNakhon is an elaborately designed 77-story tower. At a planned 1,017 feet, it will be the tallest structure in Bangkok. A spiraling incision of “architectural pixels” travels up the building, interrupting the curtain wall to reveal a series of terraces for larger units and shared spaces. This frenetic expression, according to Scheeren, came out of the psyche of Bangkok itself, which he describes as “the most intense and chaotic” of Southeast Asian cities. Throughout the “pixels,” the tower’s conventional glass curtain wall is disintegrated into cubes that will feature a variety of vegetation circling up the building, reflecting what Scheeren calls “the constant struggle between civilization and nature” in the tropical city.

Another primary feature is the fully operable “bi-fold balcony window” that allows the glazed wall to open completely in the building’s smaller units. Scheeren says that this strategy grew out of the fluidity of indoor and outdoor space in Bangkok’s tropical climate. Instead of a separate outdoor terrace—which would have made smaller units much more expensive—Scheeren says the idea was that “suddenly you can open your whole living room facade in to a balcony.”

At ground level, the design attempts to reinvent the tower podium by creating a “valley” between two series of terraces—one at the bottom of the tower and the second as part of an adjacent structure called the “Cube”—which together frame a public square with restaurants, cafés, and other commercial space, creating a connection to the street and surrounding city. This sense is tied into the name of the tower itself, according to Scheeren: “The full name of Bangkok in Thai is Krung Thep Maha Nakhon, which means ‘Bangkok Great Metropolis’—naming the tower MahaNakhon expresses the ambition of the project to be a metropolitan center for the city.”

Sweet design! I hope this one rises soon....can't wait to see it!

absolutely stunning. I love it, its as if a big godzilla/king kong like creature climbed up an ordinary glass box scraper.

they should call this building "Jenga"

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I GUESS SO :naughty:

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In Thailand, many people more likely to know it as "Uno Stacko" I think :)

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[QUOTE=GeoDude;40331164]they should call this building "Jenga"

LOL... it still looks good though :)

Jenga is still good

Well now that it's U/C let's bring it down to the U/C section :D

^^ Look at post #100, the tower is not U/C, only a 3-story showroom building is being built right now. The main tower's plot isn't even dug up yet, prep work hasn't even started yet.

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^^ Look at post #100, the tower is not U/C, only a 3-story showroom building is being built right now. The main tower's plot isn't even dug up yet, prep work hasn't even started yet.

ah :)

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^^ The building with the blue skirt is covering like 80% of the plot :D

this project looks so awesome! I never get tired of looking at it....kudos to OMA and Ole Schreeren architects :applause: :applause: :applause:

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/7054/omaole-scheeren-mahanakhon-bangkok.html

Interview with architect Ole:


http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-opinion/conversations/2009-08-05/ole-scheeren-oma/

this project looks so awesome! I never get tired of looking at it....kudos to OMA and Ole Schreeren architects :applause: :applause: :applause:

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i agree. im sure seeing it live will produce the same effect. come to think of it. i don't know what will be better. living in it, or living in some place that views it.

I went there today and got the design book also krab.
:)

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Living there will be scary :nuts:

not scary...... exhilarating!.... rare pleasure in a lux residence....like the new glass balcony at the 103rd floor of the SEARS TOWER...

U/C

Bangkok's very nice city, but so bad traffic gem and too many old buses and bus service is not friendly. Anyway,I love Bangkok...

wow already u/c! really excited to see this on bangkok skyline :cheers:

Shall we move this thread to supertall... because it U/C already.

The showroom is under construction but it will be demolished later. I'm guessing the thread will move as soon as the ground prep for the tower itself starts ;)

1 of dis year bes project.....

i guess it will be superior to its rendering

200 million Baht showroom will be built for nothing, if this building didnt get to build. Let's hope it will get to build asap 5555.

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200 million Baht showroom will be built for nothing, if this building didnt get to build. Let's hope it will get to build asap 5555.

why wouldnt get build?

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wow :nuts:

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I never see anything like this project before...That's tremendously bold and majestic...The design as for now is probably the best and most outstanding in the world...How could they come up with such an eye-catching architecture?...I'm totally impressed!... When will they start off constructing the actual building?...can't wait to see it with my own eyes once completed....Bangkok is really thriving and beautiful city and with this building, it will be even more impressive and dynamic...:master::master::master:

I'll buy one room there when it will finish.....ah...ah

congfuckingratulations Krungthep MAHA NAKHON!! this building looks amazing! cant wait to see it to rise! Sathorn / Silom realllly needs this! i hope it will pop up fast :)

I waiting...

:) i love this project

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I've been to this booth already 55555.

It's chaotic just like Bangkok, I love it

What the f**K!!!!:wallbash:

this design is realy awesome. For me this the best design a have seen in a long time.:banana:


Again BKK, congratulations with this impressive new landmark.:cheers:

Speechless. The design is simply awesome.

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^^ pretty cool model

UNIQUENESS

im sorry but dang that is the sexiest greeblemonster this side of star wars

That Maha Nakhon building will surely become another iconic structure in southeast asia, next to the Petronas Towers of Kuala Lumpur. Loved the uniqueness of the design. Congratulations BKK!

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I remember that robot building on the upper right of the pic in one of my visits to BKK in the past. The Maha Nakhon is just so close to it. :)

It''s unique. Looks like Godzilla has scratched the building

It''s unique. Looks like Godzilla has scratched the building

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Wonder if the showroom will reflect how this building looks :D

@ Napoleon... keep on updating friend its very nice! :cheers:

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Stunning. Absolutely stunning.

Another fine trophy for the Bangkok skyline.

loving it!

really love this one!

Exuberant!

amazing! i love the new idea of the cut into fecade!

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amazing skyscraper!

amazing building, but the last pic is just ridiculous! looks like a bad party scene from the sims or something . .

^^ Lol.. yeah. I agree

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Why such a big expensive showroom? It's only going to be taken down when construction starts.

wow that looks wierd

Beautiful desing!

Why such a big expensive showroom? It's only going to be taken down when construction starts.

I've always wondered that.

This is a sweet design. I love it.

I think the show room is big and expensive because they have to make up some skyboxes with glass that call "the pixels"..

May be, Bi-fold balcony windows of Residences that located in the non-pixilated area are expensive too...

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hope in 2012, The SkyBar will be added to the top fantastic view restaurants in Bangkok (Ive tried all except Pan Pacific Panorama .. is it good??).

Lebua: Sirocco / Breeze.
The Thai owner of boutique hotel Lebua, in the massive State Tower, took advantage of her prime piece of real estate to create not one but two stunning restaurant / bars on top of the city. Sirocco serves upscale Mediterranean cuisine. Breeze does Asian-style seafood.

1055 Silom Road, tel +66 (0) 2 624 9999.


Centara Grand: Red Sky.
One of the newest venues on the list, Red Sky sits on the 55th floor of the Centara Grand Hotel, part of the Central World shopping complex. The 'urban bistro' menu includes mussels, steak, salmon, lobster and veal.

999/99 Rama 1 Road, tel +66 (0) 2 100 1234.


Dusit Thani: D'Sens.
This French restaurant on the 22nd floor of the historic Dusit Thani Hotel doesn't match the heights of most of the other venues on this list, but D'Sens' views and fantastic cuisine make up for the lack of vertical thrills.

946 Rama IV Road, Silom, tel +66 (0) 2 200 9000 ext 2449.


Banyan Tree: Vertigo & Moon Bar/Pier59/Latitude Lounge & Bar.
Bangkok's Banyan Tree Hotel has three separate venues that tower over the city. Vertigo's specialty is barbecued seafood, though it also grills a mean steak and has a good vegetarian menu. Pier59 is all about seafood. Lattitude is a lounge that serves Asian tapas.

21/100 South Sathorn Road, tel +66 (0) 2 679 1200.


Pan Pacific: Panorama.
Panorama opened in mid-2009 but its chefs are already doing very impressive things. With dishes like frozen fois gras and Alaskan king crab, the menu is so intriguing diners might forget to check out the excellent views of the Bangkok downtown skyline.

952 Rama IV Road, BTS: Sala Daeng, tel +66 (0) 2 632 9000.


Millennium Hilton: Three Sixty Lounge.
Millennium Hilton's 32nd-floor Three Sixty Lounge is the rebel of our list, the only venue located on the south side of the Chao Phraya River. Ok, it doesn't really have much in the way of food. But the views make it perfect for an after dinner drink following a juicy steak at Prime.

plus.

Zen rooftop at Central World.






Thank ... Speed

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^^ why isn't this in U/C section??

thats just the showroom / salesoffice

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the design is very modern and beautiful!

today they were working hard on showroom...

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^^ I must say its one of the best (if not the best) designs i seen recently, but that showroom... are they going to build it half the hight of the actual building, or what? :dunno:

^^ I must say its one of the best (if not the best) designs i seen recently, but that showroom... are they going to build it half the hight of the actual building, or what? :dunno:

hehe, i tought the same thing when i wnet buy there yesterday to take a look at it, looks more like a "real" building then something temporary.

Heard on the Thai forum that it's going to be that little building next to it that we see in the render

^^ Who knows, maybe youre right. For sure, its taking way to much time to build, and is way to strong for something temporary. And indeed there is some little building near the tower visible on the render.

but the "cube" is on the other sidre of the plot..

im preatty shurethis is the showroom, one part with the "opening walls" and the "pixilated" area to the left.

Nov 29, 2009

สงสัยตึก Mahanakhon จะเป็นตึกกระจกดำ ผิดคาดสุดๆ

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^^ I think they start with cladding... at the show room :lol:

Seriously, lets hope they will start some real deal soon, becouse its hell of a great design waiting to rise.

MahaNakorn sees full revival in 2010

Bangkokpost Published: 8/12/2009 at 12:00 AM


The Israeli real estate company Industrial Buildings Corporation Ltd (IBC) is optimistic the Thai property market will fully recover by the end of next year, says chief executive Dalit Braun.

Market sentiment has improved since early this year when the company and its Thai partner, Pace Development, formed a joint venture to construct the 14-billion-baht MahaNakorn project.

"IBC entered the project for the long-term. During our entrance, the world was in the middle of a financial crisis but we insisted on investing in Thailand," said Mrs Braun. "We have an optimistic outlook on the Thai property market in the long run."

IBC has diverse portfolio comprising industrial parks, offices, commercial and residential buildings. Mrs Braun said the industrial sector has slowed while office market was in poor shape.

Falling oil prices will have a strong impact on the Russian market as the country's economy depends largely on oil and natural gas exports, she said.

The Dubai market crash will affect European financial institutions that are heavy investors in the Gulf state. MahaNakorn, a luxury mix-used project to be located on a 15-rai site near Chong Nonsi BTS station, will feature 194 condominium units priced at 280,000 baht per square metre.

Some 20 units worth a combined 200 million baht have been sold since presales were launched. The developer used direct mail to potential customers to market the project. Ritz-Carlton, who will manage the residential units, used its database to target high net worth individuals.

It expects to sell an additional 15 units before the sales gallery opens in February 2010. The 5,000-sq-m, three-storey showroom will cost 200 million baht to construct and will display units of one to three bedrooms.

The Architects Council of Thailand on Nov 11 filed complaints with the police against 23 individuals and juristic persons related to the MahaNakorn project accusing them of having violated the 2000 Architect Act by employing foreigners.

Mrs Braun said the company last week issued a letter to the council explaining that the company had not broken the law.

"If Thailand wants an international project, it should be open for international advisers or expertise to get involved in the project," she said.

She added that, while a more stable political context would be welcome, Thailand's economy need not necessarily suffer from its political turmoil.

"I'm quite familiar with political problems. I'm from a country where political difficulties have always existed - two wars in 20 years and 10,000 missiles in 15 years. But Israel's economic growth is 6% a year," she added.

The extraordinary show room...

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Wow

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/speedracer7/010-2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/speedracer7/009-2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/speedracer7/014-2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/speedracer7/015-2.jpg

...

It's really fantastic to see a building this tall going up in Bangkok with such a nice design, :banana::banana::banana:

24/01/2010


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...

Out standing

loving its showroom so much for now...
let's see what's gonna happen in the next 2 years

the showroom look so brilliant at night :)

lovin' it

Is this the correct position on Google Maps?
http://www.urbika.com/projects/view/175

http://img.ihere.org/uploads/0bfe968edb.jpg
www.pacedev.com

Is this Show - flat ? When is ground breaking?

Welcome to the official site of MAHA NAKHON BANGKOK! :)

http://www.maha-nakhon.com/

Is this the correct position on Google Maps?
http://www.urbika.com/projects/view/175

That's right.:)

Possibility :
clear glass on pixel, black glass on box.

Exam !! Black Glass again

I like This !

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/8121/mahanakhonblack.jpg

Holy crap! That's the combo they should go for, light on the 'pixels' and dark on the rest. Preferably not the opposite.

^^ Seems like they're going to make it like that

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/speedracer7/009-2.jpg
Speed

Great project i love it!

:applause::applause::applause:

As long as they keep the shape the same, this building will be awesome!

Posted by pop

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ไม่น่าใช่ลานจอดรถเพราะเห็นติดตั้งก๊อกน้ำ 2 จุด คิดว่าน่าจะเป็นที่พักคนงานในอนาคต (มั้ง)

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Feb 21, 2010

โชว์รูมใกล้เสร็จสมบูรณ์ 100% แล้วครับ ตอนนี้เร่งงานกันสุดๆ ให้ทันวันเปิด 24 ก.พ. ( วันพุธอีกตามเคย )

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2736/4377846538_e1dbb1a786_o.jpg


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ภายใต้ผ้าคลุมนี้คือ โมเดลไม้แกะสลักเป็นรูปตัวอาคาร MAHANAKHON ไอเดียเจิดมาก

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2774/4377846976_1963e17ec2_o.jpg

Has any date been released for when construction will start?

the dick shaped thing is actually a wonderful wood zen -inspired model of the MahaNakhon Tower....it is great (like Noguchi-style) and contrasts with the ultra-modern granite glass :applause: the designer of this project is really talented :okay: ....this corner (with Sathorn Sq, W Hotel, Infinity and MahaNakhon (Ritz-Carlton / Edition) is fast becoming one of my favorite spots in the city :dance2:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/speedracer7/Infinity/IMG_0529.jpg

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/speedracer7/Infinity/IMG_0516.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/speedracer7/Infinity/IMG_0517.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v417/speedracer7/Infinity/IMG_0518.jpg

...

รอไหวมั้ย ... :D

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posted by pop

is this not approved yet?

^^ If not, they sure are wasting a lot of money

I'm ususally not a big fan of OMA's design but this one is absolutely fantastic! :applause:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4026/4412406583_26fafd4114_o.jpg

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From : Thai Forum :)

^^closed up! :)

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By : seua_yai :)

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13/3/2010
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Pics by ArkinMourad :)

From : Thai Forum

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=809916&page=88

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Pics by ArkinMourad

From : Thai Forum :)

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=809916&page=88

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Pics by ArkinMourad

From : Thai Forum :)

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=809916&page=88

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Pics by ArkinMourad

From : Thai Forum

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=809916&page=88

Oh!

It's near!!

It's an awesome building. I have not seen this pic before in this thread:

http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss309/Sp4rxter/InteriorMahaNakhon.jpg

marvelous project!!

From METRO Source LA [ December2009/January2010 ] issue

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Very strange!!

wow, lovely design. good bangkok! hopefully they can start construction soon! :)

Some fresh pics of the inside of showcase pavillon from http://studioannetta.blogspot.com/2010/04/maha-nakon.html

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/9327/4412406581572067297fo.jpg

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/9871/dcsbkappt052766.jpg

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/1094/dcsbkappt052773.jpg

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/1092/dcsbkappt052847.jpg

Very sophisticated insides, I think :cheers:

And also some new renders (posted by Chad on Thai forum):

http://www.building.co.il/sip_storage/FILES/8/878.jpg

http://www.building.co.il/sip_storage/FILES/6/866.jpg

I would rather see it with black cladding, but as far as it will look like the showroom I stay calm :cheers:

Gold would be terribly ugly

Damn, why the hell they still waitin' with approval for this tower? It looks amazing...

where is the construction update?

^^ It's not under construction yet. It's still at the promotion/sale stage