Article source: VaSLab Architecture

This big-bike center is a competition winning project awarded to Vaslab Architecture in September 2007. Construction starts in March 2008 and completes in 2009. The client, A.P. Honda Co., Ltd., aims this project to be the first big-bike center in Asia Pacific. It consists of showroom, café, exhibition hall, offices, canteen, lounge, service center, workshop, warehouse, and riding track. The client targets the project to reinforce the manufacturer’s brand and expects it to be the new destination for a community nearby. Furthermore, it should inspire big-bike motorcycle riding as another adventure activity and friendship experience for possible users. By all requirements, the client asks that the building should represent the brand’s corporate identity and it should reflect Honda’s brand uniqueness, good performance, exciting ride and masculinity.

Honda big wing view from the main road

• Architects: VaSLab Architecture
• Project: Honda Big Wing
• Location: Praditmanutham Rd., Ladprao, Bangkok, Thailand
• Project owner: A.P. Honda Co., Ltd.
• Architect Team: VaSLab Architecture; Vasu Virajsilp and Boonlert Deeyuen (principals), Ratthaphon Sujatanond (project architect), Navarat Vashiratragool, Songsak Onsuwan, Boonkuan tang (project team)
• Structural engineer: M-Square Engineering and Management Co., Ltd.
• Interior designer: Whitespace
• Lighting designer: Inverse Lighting Design
• Photographer: Spaceshift Studio
• Software used: AutoCAD, SketchUp, and 3dS Max

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