In 2016, OBA was invited to join the design competition for the new mixed used
project located in Silom area, Bangkok’s prime central business district. Retail
area was part of the program to serve the rental office above it and to
accommodate Silom area which is quite a very busy district both daytime and
nighttime.
The project site is located at the corner of Soi Convent where busy pedestrian
traffic happens in the morning and lunch time. The planning concept was to
improve the city connectivity in every direction, horizontal and vertical, at BTS
skywalk level and street level, through the podium of the building.. Stacked
volumes with different glazing types and colors are introduced not only to
overcome the setback limitation but also to achieve the appealing architectural
appearance.
The project has a total building area of approximately 120,000 m 2 , comprises
47,000-m 2 leasable
