Beachfront Destination

The development is a tropical high-rise 3-in-1 beachfront destination comprising of a diverse mix of retail, residences and hotels topped with sky gardens, recreational amenities, demonstrating that high density can be high amenity.

Flanked by a popular beach to the west and the bustling city to the east, the contoured podium is sculpted to form a porous, fully public and pedestrianised retail plaza to seamlessly connect the beach to the city. The tropical beach experience is brought into and up the building – from the breezy event plaza to the stunning infinity pools set in tropical sky gardens.

The project adopts robust passive design strategies such as naturally lit and ventilated lobbies, pre-function areas and access corridors such that these public areas become functional, comfortable, tropical spaces with greenery, natural light and fresh air instead of enclosed, internalised air-conditioned spaces.

The configuration and orientation of the hotel and residential towers are designed to maximize the panoramic sea views for all units with balconies inspired by the organic shapes and colours of corals, alluding to a thriving ecosystem of variegated corals.

Resort in Rawai

The 270-room resort is located on a seafront site, and encompasses a small hill with 270-degree views to the sea, nearby islands, coconut groves, the Phuket Town bay, and the mountains.

It is comprised of simple, elegant buildings that evoke Thai architecture in a very contemporary way. The design uses clusters of simple rectangular forms, lightened by elegant screens in timber, and embellished with intricate pavilions with screens that emulate Thai silk out of layers of metallic coloured anodised aluminium.

The resort is organized around a series of public spaces that are placed along an axis that connects the sea to the hilltop. Each public space has their own character, which defines a neighbourhood of rooms and facilties. The floral axis turns the hillside into a living textile, changing with the seasons, and providing a stunning foreground to the azure sea and islands behind.

The Pano

This was the winning entry in a limited competition to masterplan 4-hectares for a mixed-use development. The site, which lies along the Chao Phraya, is to be developed in 3 phases, beginning with a luxury condominium. This comprises a 53-storey tower and low-rise apartments gathered around a lotus pond which amplifies the sense of living by the water.

 

The architecture explores the issue of tropicality in high-rise buildings, using devices such as sun-screens, overhangs, and ample plantings on sky gardens. Additionally, this project tackles the problematic multi-storey car-park podium—common in Bangkok where underground parking is avoided due to high construction costs—by treating it as a rocky outcropping, using it to create topography on an otherwise flat site.

 

大都会公寓

这个项目探索了在热带地区做高层住宅的可能性。设计拒绝了去直接套用室内外分隔明显的温带国家住宅模式,而是试着将热带低层楼房的一些特点带到空中,创造出一系列室内外结合的空间品质。

设计的灵感来源于传统的泰国造型,把泰国的饰砖,织物和木雕板等元素提炼运用到建筑的造型之上。例如公寓的室外装饰覆层就是取意于泰庙里饰砖,而公寓阳台交错排列则会让人联想到泰国传统建筑上交错布置的柚木雕板。

设计在热带地区超高密度的居住环境下作出了适当的回应,在处于两个地铁站之间容积率高达10:1的基地上创造了一个能最大限度利用现有城市基础设施的项目。这样的做法其实是针对曼谷失控的城市扩张和糟糕交通状况的一种很实际的解决方案。在曼谷,各个阶层都会青睐使用公共交通,因为这往往是让人能够在这座四处拥堵的城市里穿行的唯一办法。

公寓楼所有的横向平面上都有植栽,实现了对基地100%的绿色覆盖率。除此之外, 66层楼高的竖向立面上也有布满藤蔓植物的垂直绿幕作遮蔽。而公寓的每个阳台则有专门的私人绿化。

为了利用好这些高空的优势,项目创造了如自然通风的空中热带住宅和过道,全方位的自然采光和观景,户外生活区域,空中绿化和花园,有烧烤位,图书馆,水疗池的开敞式露台等各种设施和居住体验。三栋住宅楼由每隔五层就设置一处的横向空中平台连接起来,这些平台上既有公共也有私人设施,创造了一系列精彩且具有人居尺度的高空户外生活空间。

公寓的垂直绿化,阳台和空中花园为曼谷中心地带的混凝土灰色基调缓冲进了轻快,深邃,和自然的语言。建筑外墙上镶嵌着许多随机排列的抛光不锈钢板,是一种对传统泰国寺庙内常见的闪光镜面饰砖的现代诠释,将这种生动的光彩效果在一个适合城市的尺度上重新表达出来。

设计为热带亚洲城市的高密度问题带来了一个富有创意的解决方案,创造了一种新的高层高密度热带住宅模式。这样一个自然通透内外结合的绿塔概念必将在热带地区替代被玻璃幕墙封闭起来的传统高楼形式。

所有的公寓单位都是南北朝向且有良好的自然通风。因为交错排列的缘故,每间单位的四个面都能获得充分的自然采光和新鲜空气。这样的设计鼓励着人们尽可能的减少空调的使用。

在多数的热带发展中国家里,高层住宅仍然套用着由来自温带的设计师们多带来的适用于寒冷气候的建筑模式。

然而,人们在热带地区全年如一的湿润温和伴有微风的气候里其实是更适合在户外生活的,特别是在亚洲热带城市的高空中更是值得推广户外生活,因为这里比起地面层有更多的隐私,更好的景色,更低的湿度,更强的风力,更安全的环境和更少的噪音与粉尘污染。

2013

  • Aga Khan Award for Architecture - Shortlisted

    Awarded by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture.

2011

  • RIBA Lubetkin Prize - Winner

    Awarded by Royal Institute of British Architects.

  • International Architecture Award - Winner

    Awarded by The Chicago Athenaeum and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies

  • Green Good Design Award - Winner

    Awarded by The Chicago Athenaeum and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies

  • Green Good Design Award - Winner

    Awarded by The Chicago Athenaeum and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies

2010

  • The International Highrise Award 2010 - Winner

    Awarded by City of Frankfurt, Deutsches Architekturmuseum and DekaBank

  • The Jorn Utzon Award for International Architecture - Winner

    Awarded by Australian Institute of Architects.

  • RIBA International Awards - Winner

    Awarded by Royal Institute of British Architects

  • BCI Green Design Award - Green Leadership Award Winner

    Under Residential Architecture – Multiple Houses category, awarded by BCI Asia Construction Information Pte. Ltd.

2009

  • President's Design Award 2009 - Design of the Year

    Awarded by the DesignSingapore Council and Urban Redevelopment Authority

  • World Architecture Festival - Finalist

    Housing category, awarded by World Architecture Festival

  • CTBUH 2009 Best Tall Building Award - Finalist

    Awarded by Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat

2008

  • 2007 Emporis Skyscraper Awards - Silver Award Winner

    Silver Award Winner, awarded by Emporis

2006

  • Asian Habitat Award for Planning and Designing - Winner

    Awarded by Asian Habitat Society

2005

  • MIPIM Architectural Review Future Project Awards 2006 - Winner

    Tall Buildings Category, awarded by The Architectural Review