Project details

CENTRAL PHUKET EXPANSION

With the increasing demand for more commercial retail space boosted by the growth of tourism industry on the island of Phuket, Central Phuket Floresta, one of the largest shopping complexes in the southern region of Thailand, responds to this trend by embarking on a new expansion on a site that used to be a small theme park in front of the existing building.

The project comprises four levels of retail space in which new floorplates connect seamlessly with the existing ones. A prominent elliptical indirect skylight-covered central atrium brings natural light down to the triple-height interior space. It also creates visual depth and acoustic advantage while serving as a new internal centerpiece of the combined new and old phases.

In terms of the exterior design, not only is the new facade design primarily a fluid continuation of the complex curvilinear geometry of the existing one, but it also constitutes a new focal point, in which a new main drop-off area is located, and enhances the overall balance of the entire facade of both the old and the new.



[In collaboration with Studio DS]