HYPERBUILDING, THAILAND, BANGKOK, 1996

A self-contained city in the Phra Pradaeng peninsula

Although the concept of a Hyperbuilding initially seems irrevocably linked to older, developed societies, on closer inspection, the advantages of hyper-concentrated structures and programs are more evident in societies undergoing the drastic upheaval of modernisation at full force. In other words, the Hyperbuilding may be less credible in the almost 'completed' urban conditions of, for instance Japan or the US, where strictly speaking it would have little significant qualities to add, than in a developing condition where the virtues of the hyperbuilding, the provision of an enormous controllable critical mass, could be a demonstrable advantage. more...

FACT SHEET

Project:
A self-contained city in the Phra Pradaeng peninsula

Client:
Hyperbuilding Research Committee Office

Year:
1996

Status:
Study

Type:
Mixed-use

Location:
Bangkok, Thailand

Site:
Phra Pradaeng, a peninsula on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River

Program:
A self-contained city for 120,000 inhabitants with housing, education, culture, welfare, medical facilities, amusement, industry, retail (total area: 5,000,000m2)

COLLABORATORS

Structure, services:
Arup

CREDITS

Partner in charge:
Rem Koolhaas

Team:
Yo Yamagata, with Xavier Calderon, Donald van Dansik, Luc Lévesque, Kohei Kashimoto