
Con su distintiva apariencia escultórica, MahaNakhon ha sido cuidadosamente tallado para conformar una cinta tridimensional de "píxeles" de arquitectura que circundan la torre en toda su altura, excavando parte de la elegante fachada de vidrio para revelar la vida interior del edificio - metafóricamente y, de hecho, una arquitectura que encierra y protege a sus habitantes, mientras revela la vida interior de su ciudad.
La pixelación le da a MahaNakhon la un perfil distintivo en el horizonte, a la vez que genera un conjunto de características muy especiales para albergar a las diversas funciones del complejo de edificios de forma inteligente y estratégica.
El diseño de Ole Scheeren para MahaNakhon desmantela la típica tipología de torre y podio; no para hacer una torre en forma aislada, sino que combina un rascacielos con la ciudad "disolviendo" gradualmente la masa a medida que se eleva entre el suelo y el cielo.

Aquí la arquitectura de MahaNakhon se articula para evocar las salientes cambiantes de un paisaje montañoso. Las Terrazas de “La Colina” encajan perfectamente con los exuberantes jardines tropicales que le dan esa forma tan típica a la ciudad.
MahaNakhon también cuenta con un edificio adyacente independiente de 7 pisos, conocido como el cubo, con multiples niveles de terrazas interiores y exteriores que se corresponden con las de “La Colina” a través de un extenso atrio exterior.

La Plaza MahaNakhon, situada en frente de la torre, está íntimamente relacionada con el espacio entre “La Colina y el Cubo.




Las ventanas plegables de los balcones tienen la particularidad de que se pliegan en forma horizontal hacia el interior contra el techo, ofreciendo una innovadora forma de transformar el espacio interior al exterior.

Ole Scheeren, OMA

Como socio a cargo de la OMA el mayor proyecto hasta la fecha: lideró el diseño y la construcción de la Estación de Televisión Central China (CCTV) y el Centro Cultural de Televisión (TVCC) en Pekín.
Sus proyectos actuales incluyen MahaNakhon; El Scotts Tower y Gillman Heights, tanto en Singapur, un centro de medios en Shangai, Taipei y el Centro de Artes Escénicas de Taiwán.
Desde 1999 ha dirigido la labor de la OMA para Prada y completado la Prada Epicenters en la ciudad de Nueva York (2001) y Los Angeles (2004).
En 2006, Scheeren ha diseñado dos exposiciones - una para el Museo de Arte Moderno de Nueva York y otro para Pekín - con el proyecto de CCTV.
Ole Scheeren se sumó a Rem Koolhaas y OMA en 1995 y se convirtió en socio en 2002.
Anteriormente trabajó para la arquitectura en empresas de Alemania, colaboró con 2 × 4, una empresa de diseño gráfico en Nueva York, y participó en una serie de proyectos a través de su propio estudio en el Reino Unido.
Ha participado en diversas iniciativas de arte y exposiciones, tales como Ciudades en movimiento en Londres y Bangkok, Media City Seúl, y el Festival de Cine de Rotterdam.
La labor de Scheeren, figura en las colecciones de los museos más importantes, incluyendo el Museo de Arte Moderno MoMA, Nueva York. Escribe y da conferencias de forma regular.
Cursó estudios en las Universidades de Lausana y Karlsruhe, Ole Scheeren se graduó en la Architectural Association de Londres y recibió la Medalla de Plata de RIBA.

With its distinctive sculptural appearance, MahaNakhon has been carefully carved to introduce a three-dimensional ribbon of architectural ‘pixels’ that circle the tower’s full height, as if excavating portions of the elegant glass curtain wall to reveal the inner life of the building – metaphorically and actually an architecture that encloses and protects its inhabitants while revealing the inner life of their city.
The pixilation gives MahaNakhon an arresting profile on the skyline while generating a set of very special features to house the diverse functions of the building complex in an intelligently strategic way.

This effect begins with a series of generous, cascading indoor/outdoor terraces at The Hill – the 7-storey area of tower’s base housing luxury retail and dining. Here MahaNakhon’s architecture is articulated to evoke the shifting protrusions of a mountain landscape.
The Hill Terraces fit keenly with the lush, cultivated tropical gardens that give way to the city’s own many green swaths.
MahaNakhon also features an adjacent freestanding 7-storey building known as the Cube, with multi-level indoor/outdoor terraces corresponding to those of the Hill Terraces across the expanse of an outdoor atrium.
The outdoor atrium forms a natural valley, offering a network of social spaces with an extensive and carefully selected mix of dining and leisure facilities that serve the general public via a direct above-ground pedestrian link to the main CBD Skytrain station and plaza-level access, The Ritz-Carlton Residences in the main tower of MahaNakhon, as well as guests of The Bangkok Edition Hotel.

This dynamic public plaza – intended as a meeting place, a spot for planned and spontaneous cultural events – will be a landscaped retreat for the city’s inhabitants, a gathering place, a rare venue for cultural and social interactivity, with direct connection to the Chongnonsi Skytrain station and future rapid bus transit system: an urban oasis that provides refuge from the intense daily clamor of greater Bangkok while offering constant easy access for reconnection to it.
The Ritz-Carlton Residences of MahaNahkon – 200 two to five bedroom homes on floors 24 through 73 of the building – will occupy projecting glass skyboxes with sweeping views and generous indoor/ outdoor spaces with plunge pools and oversized terraces uncommon to high-rise living in global capitals but well-suited to the tropical climate of Bangkok.
The tower’s ‘pixels’ have been designed to maximize unobstructed panoramas for the residences, offering rare bird’s eye views of the city and the Chaophraya River.

The bi-fold balcony windows feature glazing units that fold open inwards to the ceiling, providing an innovative and unprecedented conversion of indoor to outdoor space.

The top of the MahaNakhon tower houses a multi-level three-floor Sky Bar and restaurant with dramatic double-height spaces, private dining facilities for entertaining, and a rooftop outdoor bar with sweeping 360° views of the skyline and river, floating 310 meters (more than 1,000 feet) above the city.

Born in 1971 in Karlsruhe, Germany, Ole Scheeren is an internationally acclaimed architect and partner along with Rem Koolhaas in the firm of Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA). Scheeren is director of OMA Rotterdam and OMA Beijing and in charge of the firm’s work across Asia. As partner-in-charge of OMA’s largest project to date, he led design and construction of the China Central Television Station (CCTV) and the Television Cultural Center (TVCC) in Beijing.
His current projects include MahaNakhon; The Scotts Tower and Gillman Heights, both in Singapore; a media center in Shanghai; and the Taipei Performing Arts Centre in Taiwan.
Since 1999 he has directed OMA’s work for Prada and completed the Prada Epicenters in New York City (2001) and Los Angeles (2004). In 2006, Scheeren designed two exhibitions – one for The Museum of Modern Art in New York and another for Beijing – featuring the CCTV project. Ole Scheeren joined Rem Koolhaas and OMA in 1995 and became partner in 2002
Previously he worked for architecture firms in Germany; collaborated with 2×4, a graphic design firm in New York; and was engaged in a range of projects through his own studio in the United Kingdom.
He has been involved in various art initiatives and exhibitions, such as Cities on the Move in London and Bangkok, Media City Seoul, and the Rotterdam Film Festival. Scheeren’s work is featured in the collections of major museums, including the Museum of Modern Art MoMA, New York.
He writes and lectures on a regular basis. Educated at the Universities of Lausanne and Karlsruhe, Ole Scheeren graduated from the Architectural Association in London and received the RIBA Silver Medal.