project name/ Office of Lee & Son Leather
status/ completed
location/ bangkok, thailand
years/ 2016 - 2019
type/ office + showroom + residentials + stocks
area/ 2,000 sq.m.
project info/
ASWA (Architectural Studio of Work - Aholic) determines the Office of Lee & Son Leather by metaphorizing the black curved facade with the physicality of leather in their new office in Bangkok, Thailand.
Lee & Son Leather is a well-known leather provider for sub-dealer whose experience in the industry for more than 20 years in Thailand. Realized from a conceptual product’s image and identity, the concept of the physicality of leather applied to the form of the building.
The 2,000 m2 project consists of 4 floors, where parking lots occupy the first level. On the second floor, space is used for leather showcases with the office. A third floor is divided into living units with three bedrooms and stocks, and a whole floor stock area is located on the fourth floor. Three black curves façade was realized from a physical character of the leather, like a black leather belt that can be bend but not folded. The recessed window with a filler edge invites an indirect light that would not harm the leather.
The Office of Lee & Son Leather is an experiment where architecture, engineering, and construction become parts of the conceptualization and development process. A building’s physicality and functionality are conceived to represent and innately from the owner’s true identity.