Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Client: Sukhumvit City Mall Co., Ltd.
Size: 57,000 sq.m.
Year: 2011 – 2015
Architects of Record:
- LEESER Architecture
- Design 103 International Ltd.
- Duangrit Bunnag Architect Ltd.
Our Services:
- Overall Retail Design Co-ordination
- Interior Design Construction Drawings
- Site Supervision
EmQuartier brought a new approach to ‘high-end’ retail shopping in Bangkok. The Mall Group had the initiative to create a new retail destination district for Bangkok around their current Emporium Shopping Centre and EmQuartier. Eventually this district will include a third part of the retail jig-saw known as Emsphere. All will be linked to the existing BTS rapid transit which runs through the heart of the CBD district in Bangkok.
EmQuartier is a group of three buildings connected by bridges and centred on a landscape avenue.
The complex is unique in a retail design that separates the main retail building horizontally into two retail sections. The lower floors concentrate on ‘high-end’ shopping and the upper floors concentrate on restaurant areas. These food areas are on multiple floors that are liked by a ‘helix’ internal walkway inspired by the Guggenheim Museum in New York.
An open garden separates the two sections of the building with great views of Bangkok. Escalator and elevators provide a connection to the upper level food and lower level retail areas.
It is an astonishing building that has taken retail planning and design to the next level.
