The Street Ratchada, Bangkok Retail, Thailand Shopping Facade, Shop Building Images
The Street Ratchada in Bangkok
Thai Retail Development, Thailand, Asia ? design by Architectkidd, Architect
9 Feb 2017
The Street Ratchada
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Architect: Architectkidd
The Street Ratchada

With over 10 million inhabitants, Bangkok continues to grow into its urban form. Architectkidd?s approach for The Street Ratchada project attempts to introduce public and urban characteristics into a newly developing neighborhood outside of the central metropolitan area. Comprising of cafes, restaurants and other retail and commercial functions, The Street Ratchada creates new exterior and semi-interior urban spaces to engage with the surrounding people and community.
Occupying a busy intersection, the open space in front of the building has been transformed from car-parking overflow to a pedestrian-orientated space. Architectkidd along with the Interior Designer and Landscape Architect worked with the client to design the outdoor space and amenities that not only facilitate commercial uses but also public programs and events.

The building facade is designed to interact between the open plaza and the interior retail spaces. Upon first impression, the continuous metallic surface seems to convey a monumental presence but it is actually a porous layer composed of triangulated panels uniquely sized and cut. The gradient transparencies of the perforated panels unveil the underlying...