Office of Lee & Son Leather is a project by ASWA studio where architecture, engineering, and construction all serve the design process and help to conceptualize the identity of the brand in the exterior appearance and functionality of the building.
The structural columns, visible from the exterior, raise the building from the ground allowing it to be occupied by parking lots. Above it, the volumes are stacked against each other in an irregular fashion.
By incorporating the design to the needs of the product, the interior is adapted to the leather process with recessed windows that invite an indirect light that would not harm the leather.
Descripción del proyecto por ASWA Description of project by ASWA
ASWA (Architectural Studio of Work - Aholic) determines the Office of Lee & Son Leather by metaphor 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 Thailand. Their Headquarters design was realized from the 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 the first level is occupied by parking lots. On the second floor, space is used for leather showcases with the office. A third floor is divided for a living unit with 3 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 to fold. The recessed window with a filler edge intends to invite an indirect light that would not harm the leather.
Office of Lee & Son Leather is an experiment where architecture, engineering, and construction become parts of the conceptualization and development process in which a building’s physicality and functionality are conceived, not only to represent but also innately from the owner’s true identity.
