Bangkok, Thailand
Architects 49 House Design have created the new, modernist office building for Pine-Pacific Corporation, located between the company’s former mineral warehouse and its current headquarters.
Warehouse 12 as it is known is comparable to a central connecting link that merges the various working functions together, housing offices, laboratories, a cafeteria, and meeting rooms.
Τhe project has been awarded a 2021 International Architecture Award by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.
The initial concept, inspired by an abundance of trees between the new extension and the existing office building, led to the creation of an outdoor activity space.
A wooden terrace, shaded by trees, designed in an origami fashion, is flanked by two sloping spaces.
One of these spaces provides an outdoor auditorium area connected to the central terrace and the second floor.
The other serves as an indoor auditorium connecting the second and third floors.
The building is topped by a large cantilevered structure with a glass facade that appears to hover and blend in with its surroundings.
This projects 23-meters to the front and 9-meters on either side, providing shade for outdoor activities.
As the owner is fond of the natural characteristics of various materials, many of these were left unaltered and visible.
These elements included bare concrete, steel, glass, and wood.
The structure is reinforced concrete, except for the cantilevered section, which is constructed in steel. Upstanding beams provide under-floor space for MEP services.
This design also achieves a smooth, continuous concrete ceiling as the soffit is flush with the underside of the beam.
The upper facade’s dark-tinted glass emphasizes the cantilevered structure standing out from the clear glass of the first and second floors.
Project: Warehouse 12
Architects: Architects 49 House Design (A49HD)
Client: Pine-Pacific Corp., Ltd
General Contractor: DIB Construction., Ltd
Photographer: Krisada Boonchaleow