Thonglor-Ekkamai

The Ahead-of-its-Time Design District

An area right at the heart of the city with a gathering of a diverse portfolio of designers, creators, and businesses dedicated to bringing ​​colors and movements to the district for you to join and learn about the new roles and next steps of the area together 

 

With its location right at the heart of Sukhumvit teeming with leading shopping centers and office buildings of various sizes as well as two main roads, Sukhumvit Road and Petchaburi Road, running through it, Thonglor-Ekkamai is a district that fully caters to lifestyle needs, featuring a portfolio of restaurants — both long-established, renowned international ones and decades-years-old indigenous traditional ones —, cafés of various styles — each designed to cater to the exact needs of its respective consumer group —, [PT1] galleries and common spaces that allow people to do various kinds of creative activities. More importantly, the district serves as a spotlight area for continuous investment in the development of real estate projects, taking into account its infrastructures and facilities, and that its center has always been chosen as the prototype area for the development of those of other areas.

 

Thonglor and Ekkamai are sister districts connected by three small streets that are accessible through a variety of travel options, from BTS skytrain and MRT subway, to bus and boat, to motorcycle taxi scattered throughout. More importantly, every area of Thonglor is easily accessible by foot, making it a quintessentially walkable district. Thonglor-Ekamai has been transforming into an area that will, subsequently, become a design center, with its being home to a multitude of studios, restaurants, and cafes in a wide range of fields scattered throughout the area — from graphic design, fashion design, and product design, to furniture design and architectural design, and to experience and taste design —, which culminates in its being considered a legendary district that first comes into mind when thinking of design. Despite its location right at the heart of the city surrounded by a ring of modern buildings, the district also has an abundance of small hidden green spaces where local people can use and breathe in fresh air.

 

Thanks to the joining forces of creativity and design, Thonglor-Ekamai district, therefore, has the potential of becoming a design center for presenting design works as a full-fledged development tool, for its extensive lineup of studios to present their design works that will take you to explore the district in a completely new way. Both its residents and residents can participate in exploring the district from new perspectives.

 

What’s Worth Visiting in the District?

•   Professional Design Personnel Throughout Production Chain: Thonglor-Ekamai district boasts an extensive lineup of personnel with expertise in various fields, such as furniture design, graphic design, fashion design, product design, and architectural design, which makes it a one-stop design hub. In addition to its being a design center, the district is an area where not only original residents, but also foreigners choose to live;
•   Start Point of International Hub: Thonglor-Ekamai has become a design center thanks to its being home to an extensive portfolio of design studios that chose it as the location for their headquarters for doing business, contemporary cafés conceived by the joining force between older-generation and newer-generation entrepreneurs that cater to the needs of both generations, and new businesses that chose the district as a starting point before expanding to other areas, which culminates in its values being driven higher every year as it is considered the most prominent location on Sukhumvit Road.
•   District Completed with Infrastructures Conducive to Improving Quality of Life: Not only is the district accessible through four travel options, namely BTS skytrain and MRT subway, car, motorcycle, and boat, but it also connects to many different areas, with Ekkamai teeming with alleyways that run through to the main roads, allowing people to conveniently access other areas without compromising on green space, with there being over 14,400 square meters of green space hidden deep across the district to provide a place for urbanites to rest.