Excerpt: The Bloomberg Bangkok Office, designed by Architectkidd, integrates locally crafted and sourced techniques to reinterpret the contemporary workplace. The interior design includes working, meeting, technological, and storage functions within the seven hundred square meter space, blending function, craft, and form. Using local materials and weaving traditions, the workplace creates a practical yet distinct environment rooted in Thailand’s culture.
Project Description
[Text as submitted by architect] Bloomberg Bangkok is a modern workplace that makes use of locally crafted and sourced techniques and fabrication. Thailand possesses a rich abundance of resources in materials and traditional construction, yet office design rarely makes use of local methods as they are seen as compromises against the performance and requirements of a modern workplace.
The design of Bloomberg Bangkok considered the practical functions of the workspace to understand and focus on how they can be interpreted in the local context. Working, meeting, technological and storage functions were analyzed and laid out along the seven hundred square meter interior space of the high-rise building located in Bangkok’s financial center.
Function, craft and form were then interpreted throughout the workplace. The Pantry is one of the core elements of the Bloomberg office and was designed with local forms and materials.
Architectkidd collaborated with Thai weaving artisans Patapian to develop functional materials and finishes for Bloomberg Bangkok. In the open office area, visual privacy was needed between the working and public zones, while maintaining light transmission. A custom-designed partition using translucent nylon was installed in a diagonally interlaced pattern. Variability was achieved by adjusting the density of the diagonal layers, allowing sufficient daylight diffusion while blurring views.
For the entrance and meeting areas, a woven panel system was designed for the partition walls. Made from interlacing bamboo and metal strips in a twill weaving pattern, the design team collaborated with a local community in Sa Kaeo to source, test and produce the panels. The hand-made bamboo design promotes sustainability and expresses Thailand’s weaving culture with the world.
The materials of the Bloomberg office in Bangkok blend together to create a practical and distinct environment for the workplace’s users. With the Bloomberg Bangkok Office, the design aims to generate local insight towards the contemporary workplace.
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