MahaNakhon Tower by Büro Ole Scheeren

The highly anticipated opening of MahaNakhon’s Observation Deck marks the completion of Thailand’s tallest building and a new architectural landmark for its capital city. MahaNakhon, which translates as “great metropolis”, has transformed Bangkok’s skyline and its striking silhouette stands as an emblem of the city’s rising status as a global metropolis. At 314 metres above the ground, the Observation Deck offers spectacular 360 degree views of the bustling urban landscape and Chao Phraya River below and is open to the public and the city’s annual 20 million tourists.

▼建筑外观，exterior view ©Srirath Somsawat

这座77层高楼体现了摩天大厦以其视觉冲击赋予城市环境新活力的潜力。该设计打破了传统建筑的呆滞和隔离，通过开放性设计，展示了建筑内的人居。建筑以其独特的雕塑轮廓和环绕大厦整体的三维像素化丝带效果为特色，展示了大厦的内部生活，并将人类活动的形象投射到周边城市及其他地区。

The 77-storey complex embodies a radical manifestation of the potential of the skyscraper to invigorate its urban context. The design dismantles the traditional formula of an inert and hermetic totem by opening up the tower to reveal the scale of human inhabitation inside the building. Characterised by its distinctive sculptural profile and the three-dimensional pixelated ribbon that coils around its full height, the building unveils its inner life and projects the image of human activity to the surrounding city and beyond.

▼MahaNakhon大厦作为泰国第一高楼改变了曼谷的天际线，MahaNakhon has transformed Bangkok’s skyline and its striking silhouette stands as an emblem of the city’s rising status as a global metropolis ©Maxx Nikonov

▼独特的雕塑轮廓，a distinctive sculptural profile ©Wison Tungthunya

Büro Ole Scheeren的设计主持奥雷·舍人表示，”MahaNakhon背后的理念是把城市生活以一种戏剧性的盘旋运动沿着大厦自下而上延伸。这座大厦不仅在其地面层设计了一个公共广场，甚至其顶层空间也是向公众开放，市民活动沿着整个大厦的像素化阶梯自下而上分布，将整个建筑归还给公众。建筑具有强烈的城市意识和公众意识，自身成为城市公共活动的积极参与者。”

“The idea behind MahaNakhon was to take the life of the city and bring it up the tower in a dramatic, spiraling movement,” says Ole Scheeren, Principal of Büro Ole Scheeren. “Even the very top of the tower is surrendered to the public, so there is not only a public square at the ground, but human activity rises along the pixelated shaft to the top floors of the building which are given back to the public domain. It is a project that is strongly embedded in the city and the public realm, and expressively proclaims itself as an active part of it.”

▼市民活动沿着整个大厦的像素化阶梯自下而上分布，human activity rises along the pixelated shaft to the top floors of the building ©Srirath Somsawat

在大厦的顶层，一个巨大的玻璃观景平台横空出世，漂浮在城市上空300米处。这个宽4.5米，长17.5米的可步行玻璃观景平台被称为“天台（Skytray）”，给访客带来全球最惊险、最身临其境的眩晕体验之一，并将成为曼谷最令人兴奋的旅游目的地。

A vast sheet of glass is extruded from the building’s top and floats 300 meters above the city below. Dubbed the “Skytray”, this 4.5 x 17.5 meter large, walkable glass platform evokes one of the most thrilling and immersive experiences of vertigo worldwide and is set to become Bangkok’s most exhilarating tourist destination.

▼大厦顶层的玻璃观景平台带来刺激体验，the walkable glass platform “Skytray”  is set to become Bangkok’s most exhilarating tourist destination ©Srirath Somsawat

▼“天台”内部，on the “Skytray” ©Srirath Somsawat

在外观上，该大厦细致雕刻的轮廓打开并连接了周边的城市脉络，避免了鹤立鸡群孤芳自赏。从远处看，该大厦给人一种尚未完工的感觉——一座仍在建造之中的大厦展现出一种非正式的姿态，一种几何的“侵蚀”。正是这种“侵蚀”产生了实际的生活空间：露台、阳台、悬空的起居室和公寓，从这些空间望出去就是一览无余的融合了热带户外和室内特色的景致。

The building’s detailed carved profile opens and connects to the surrounding urban fabric rather than overpowering it. What from a distance evokes a sense of being unfinished – a tower still under construction – reveals itself to be not a formal gesture, but a geometric ‘erosion’ that generates actual living spaces: terraces, balconies, floating living rooms and apartments with sweeping views that merge the tropical outdoors with the indoors.

▼几何的“侵蚀”产生了实际的生活空间，the geometric ‘erosion’ generates actual living spaces ©Wison Tungthunya

奥雷·舍人认为，”MahaNakhon摩天大厦的设计是一次拉近室内和户外、在城市高空创造生活空间的探索。这里的露台就是室内和户外的连接，在室内和户外的转换只在一步之间，正如热带地区的人们的居住方式——在内外空间之间流动。直白地说，我们的设计将上述可能性一一刻入这座大厦，并保证即使在惊人的高度人们也可以轻松享受到这些便利。”

“The building is an exploration of bringing the inside and the outside closer together and to create living spaces that float high above the city,” Ole Scheeren says. “You can step out onto the terraces and transition to the open air, as people in the tropics live in a fluid condition between interior and exterior spaces. We are literally carving those possibilities into the tower and make these qualities accessible at staggering heights.”

▼室内和户外的转换只在一步之间，the terraces provide a fluid condition between interior and exterior spaces ©Srirath Somsawat

这座总建筑面积为150,000平方米的大厦容纳了以下场所：MahaNakhon广场，一个风景优美的户外广场；分布在多个楼层的带有花园和露台的商场、咖啡馆和餐厅；200间定制公寓，以及拥有150间客房的精品酒店。MahaNakhon 打破了传统塔楼与裙楼的类型，将塔楼和裙楼分成两个部分，设计出一个广阔的室外中庭广场，这个公共场所作为一个充满活力的中心，可以用以举办各类计划或自发的文化活动，也可以作为繁忙街市的休息落脚处。大厦的像素化外墙一直延伸到地面，创造一种逐渐溶解并向下流动的摩天大楼新形象。建筑逐渐消融并形成了MahaNakhon山——层叠的室内/室外阶梯式露台一起营造了一种山峦景观的起伏变化。

The 150,000 sqm complex comprises MahaNakhon Square, a landscaped outdoor public plaza, as well as retail space, cafes, and restaurants with lush gardens and terraces spread over multiple levels, 200 bespoke homes and service apartments, as well as a boutique hotel with 150 rooms. Breaking with the conventional podium typology – a tower being strangled by a monolithic plinth – the design for MahaNakhon splits the podium into two parts to carve out a generous public plaza, a vibrant hub for both planned and spontaneous cultural events and a retreat from the frenetic street life. The pixilation of the tower extends to the ground, where the building gradually dissolves and generates MahaNakhon Hill, a series of cascading indoor/outdoor terraces that evoke the shifting protrusions of a mountain landscape.

▼MahaNakhon大厦鸟瞰，aerial view of MahaNakhon Tower ©Wison Tungthunya

毗邻7层高的建筑被称为MahaNakhon Cube, 仿照大厦做了层叠的阶梯式露台，与MahaNakhon山相映成辉。MahaNakhon Cube设有一个多层的零售中心，该中心通过一座桥直接与相邻的轻轨站相连通。MahaNakhon Cube的媒体墙覆盖了整面墙，这个数字交互界面展示了一系列的宣传短片以及环境数据的实时播报，强调了建筑与城市之间的互动。

The adjacent 7-storey building known as MahaNakhon Cube mirrors the terraces of the Hill and features a multi-level retail centre with a direct bridge link to the adjacent Skytrain station. Occupying the full dimension of the Cube’s urban facade is the Media Wall, a digital interface displaying a programme of films and real-time projections of environmental data, emphasizing the interplay between the building and the realm of the city.

▼立面细部，facade detailed view ©Srirath Somsawat

受泰国PACE开发公司的委托，当时还是OMA主管合伙人的奥雷·舍人就以MahaNakhon为愿景，在过去十年间，Büro Ole Scheeren事务所、Büro Ole Scheeren泰国办事处及其子公司HLS的建筑师们一直在为MahaNakhon 的落成做努力。迄今，该建筑已在全球范围内获得广泛赞誉，并获得了著名的2018国际高层建筑奖的入围提名。该建筑获得的其他奖项还包括2015-2016年度亚太区物业奖最佳混合用途开发项目（泰国），2014年度东南亚物业奖最佳公寓开发项目，以及2014年度泰国物业奖最佳豪华公寓开发项目。

Commissioned in 2008 by Pace Development, MahaNakhon is the vision of Ole Scheeren, at that time Partner-in-Charge at OMA, and has been developed over the last decade by Büro Ole Scheeren and its team of architects at Büro Ole Scheeren Thailand and subsidiary HLS. The building has received widespread acclaim globally and has been named Finalist in the prestigious 2018 International High-Rise Award. Other awards include Best Mixed Use Development Thailand at the 2015/16 Asia-Pacific Property Awards, Best Condo Development at the 2014 South East Asia Property Awards and Best Luxury Condo Development at the 2014 Thailand Property Awards.

▼曼谷城市夜景，night view of Bangkok city ©Srirath Somsawat

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