AIA East Gateway Business & Workplaces Constructing / Artistic Crews

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Textual content description offered by the architects. Bangna, a district in Bangkok recognized for its highways, is now rising as a key logistic hall to the Japanese Financial Hall of Thailand. AIA East Gateway is the primary office undertaking to rework Bangna from mundane workplace towers alongside dusty roads right into a vibrant, energetic, and pleasant work surroundings.

AIA East Gateway was designed and developed to problem the traditional workplace tower mannequin, the place individuals enter by a grand however empty plaza, look ahead to elevators, and work in bland cubicles. Right here, persons are welcomed by a water backyard, a big bio-retention pond that regulates water ranges to stop flooding within the space and promotes biodiversity. Stormwater is collected and filtered by inexperienced roofs and bioswales. The water backyard is particularly essential on this undertaking, as Bangna is beneath sea stage and liable to floods through the wet season. The proposal combines performance and aesthetics in a single design.

There was a query if high-density workplace towers are nonetheless related within the post-pandemic period when many have adopted work-from-home preparations. Artistic Crews and our purchasers imagine that social interplay and neighborhood are important for enhancing teamwork and productiveness. Because the drawbacks of working from residence change into obvious, similar to lack of private area and blurred boundaries between work and life, we reaffirm our conviction {that a} correct working surroundings remains to be wanted in immediately’s society. Furthermore, a higher-density office permits for sharing an environment friendly vitality system within the constructing, in comparison with particular person family vitality consumption, much like mass transportation. Collectively, individuals can obtain their group targets quicker than working individually with out communication, similar to taking public transport as an alternative of driving their very own automobiles.

The AIA East Gateway constructing envelope options insulated glass to cut back warmth switch and vitality consumption. The sun-shading fins are designed with various lengths in line with the orientation of the constructing, making a dynamic facade that enhances the tower massing. The tower massing is formed to spotlight the gaps the place sky gardens are situated on totally different flooring, making a spiral impact resulting in the tower’s high.

The office design goals to draw individuals again to the workplace by providing a extra hospitable surroundings than earlier than. The pandemic has modified the workstyle completely, requiring extra versatile and collaborative areas. The design additionally promotes a wholesome and energetic way of life by integrating train areas, a swimming pool, a jogging observe, and biophilic design components. Edible gardens, panorama trails for strolling conferences, and panorama steps for casual gatherings or leisure are some options that make this workplace constructing a new-generation office.

This undertaking units a precedent for densification within the Bangna space, demonstrating how a future office could be designed with sustainability, wellness, and innovation in thoughts.