Think Park

Think Park is a 2,602-square-metre public landscape in central Chiang Mai, designed by Shma for developer Tanboon Company Limited as a park that fuses the Think Park retail district with the adjacent Eastin Tan Hotel into one continuous public realm. The design takes its cue from the rolling mountain ridges and natural scenery around Chiang Mai, and the natural curves that run through the scheme evoke both mountain contour lines and the annual growth rings of a tree. Smooth, flowing curves appear across platforms, flower beds and seating, sharpening the site's character and shaping spaces tailored to how people actually use them. To keep the landscape soft and embedded in its surroundings, the designers worked heavily with natural materials, avoiding hard, urban detailing. The result is a park whose meandering edges and organic plan sit easily between the hotel and the retail blocks, offering Chiang Mai residents a shaded, walkable breathing room in the city centre. Project details are limited in the source material.