Snøhetta Completes Cloud 11 in Bangkok, Featuring Thailand’s Largest Elevated Creative Park

Snøhetta, in collaboration with A49 Architects, has completed Cloud 11 in Bangkok — a 250,000 m² mixed-use urban regeneration project featuring Thailand’s largest elevated creative park and setting a new benchmark for ecological and community-led citymaking in Southeast Asia.

Cloud 11 is Snøhetta’s most extensive urban regeneration project in Asia, designed for Magnolia Quality Development Corporation (MQDC). Located in South Sukhumvit — one of Bangkok’s most vibrant cultural and innovation hubs — the development is defined by a central courtyard that serves as both ecological infrastructure and cultural park. The design harnesses landscape to create an urban oasis that champions environmental resilience and community wellbeing.

Rooted in its surrounding context, the project draws inspiration from Bangkok’s layered urban fabric — including shophouse streets, elevated skytrain lines and emerging high-rise towers. By shaping the architecture from the space between these layers, Cloud 11 forms a new ‘in-between’ realm. The result is a generous public landscape that bridges scales, reconnecting neighbourhoods and offering a vibrant civic space.

“Cloud 11 is envisioned as a new creative hub for Asia — a place where talent, ideas, and culture can thrive,” says Onza Janyaprasert, Project Founder and CEO Project Development of Cloud 11. He adds that “the elevated park reflects a deep responsibility to give something back to Bangkok: a generous green space for the community, designed to bring people together and offer comfort, inspiration and possibility.”

Bangkok faces significant urban challenges, including rising heat, air pollution, recurrent flooding and one of the lowest public green space ratios in Asia — less than 7 m² per resident, compared to a regional average of 39 m². Snøhetta’s landscape-led approach responds directly to these conditions, using a horizontal landmark and raised landscape to prioritise openness, accessibility, adaptability and community.

“Cloud 11 represents a transformative vision for sustainable urban regeneration,” says Richard Wood, Managing Director Asia at Snøhetta, describing it as “an innovative adaptation model designed for Bangkok and other cities in the region, where environmental resilience is embedded into the urban fabric through an inclusive cultural park that nurtures both social and ecological synergy.”

Invented as a new platform for innovation, creativity and sustainable urban living — with easy access to public transit — Cloud 11 will bring together creative companies, artists and entrepreneurs. Residents and visitors will have 24-hour access to cultural venues, retail, hotels and expansive green spaces. The project is set to open to the public in March 2026.

Landscape-Driven Response to Urban Challenges

Cloud 11 aligns with the Green Bangkok 2030 and Enter Bangkok 2050 initiatives, supporting Thailand’s commitments under the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement. The design applies a sustainable, landscape-based approach to offset the environmental impact of large-scale development.

The massing responds to local climatic conditions through iterative wind and solar engineering. In contrast to Bangkok’s typical vertical towers, the project adopts an architecture of horizontality, integrating diverse programs around an open-air courtyard — the social and climatic heart of the project. Positioned between the tower and podium, the elevated courtyard mitigates flooding, reduces heat and provides passive shading and natural ventilation.

Acting as an urban lung, the elevated landscape filters air, reduces the urban heat island effect and supports biodiversity. Diverse planting strategies introduce cleaner air, shaded corridors and layered ecological patches that encourage wildlife movement and improve urban biodiversity.

A Creative Park for All

The landscape at the heart of Cloud 11 is conceived as an ‘Adaptable Highland’ — an elevated civic topography offering comfort, safety and ecological resilience. Thailand’s largest elevated lawn forms a flexible plateau for festivals, performances, picnics and everyday recreation. A network of pocket parks provides spaces for all ages: sports courts and playgrounds for younger visitors; therapy gardens and rest pockets for older generations; and cultural spaces for community gatherings.

Community farms, herbal gardens and water playscapes encourage participation and shared stewardship. Universal ramps, outdoor lifts, shaded walkways and a fine-grained circulation network ensure inclusive access. Public spaces remain open 24/7, supporting continuous engagement.

Integrated Sustainability and Cultural Grounding

Cloud 11 integrates environmental and social sustainability across its systems. Green roofs, shaded façades and natural ventilation reduce energy use, while porous pavements, bioswales, rain gardens and gravel filtration planters manage stormwater responsibly. Seating crafted from milled timber and recycled plastics reduces waste and provides durable, low-carbon public furniture.

The planting palette draws on locally sourced flora for improved water retention and environmental resilience. Mature trees are preserved as anchors of collective memory, becoming living landmarks within the elevated park. The design reflects the site’s history of orchards, reed fields and rice paddies, reinterpreted into a contemporary green infrastructure that connects communities to cultural heritage.

The elevated landscape supports living, working and leisure functions within an interconnected urban framework. Creator villages, production studios, hotels, educational centres and market halls are stitched together through a network of circulation routes, fostering spontaneous encounters and social vibrancy. The result is an adaptable, 24-hour district where urban life unfolds across scales for residents and visitors alike.

Cloud 11 is more than a building complex — it is a transformative new creative park for Bangkok. Through sustainable landscaping, integrated public spaces and cultural resonance, the development cultivates a civic realm that gives back to its surroundings, strengthening environmental resilience and community bonds.

More information: snohetta.com/projects/cloud-11