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FAMOUS BUILDINGS -
Robot Building |
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ตึกหุ่นยนต์ |
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Address: |
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191 Sathon Tai Rd |
191 Sathon Tai Rd |
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United Overseas Bank |
ธนาคารยูโอบี สำนักสาทร |
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Description: |
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This building was designed in 1985 by Sumet Jumsai, one of
Thailand's best-loved architects, also famous for the Bangkok's
Elephant Building. A contemporary of Buckminster Fuller he took
inspiration from his son's toy robot and let it loose on a
design for the Bank of Asia (now United Overseas Bank)
headquarters. A sign of the times, this cheery robot signifies
the friendly face of technology. For all that it looks like an
elaborate joke, every robotic aspect is well-planned and
well-used. His eyes are the dining and meeting rooms of the
executive suites, his eyelids are sunshades, his antennae are
lightning rods. His nuts were the biggest in the world at time
of development. Planning regulations give him his stepped-back
sides and the blue curtain walls representing the colour of the
Bank of Thailand provide much-needed shade. If that wasn't
enough, the robot's eyes were designed to wink at night along to
music called "The Robot Symphony" by Jacques Bekaert. |
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Bangkok |
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Khet Sathon |
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Khwaeng Yan Nawa |
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13.72059 N |
100.52725 E |
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