IconSiam Shopping Mall: Superbly Luxurious in all Aspects Except Pokemon
The IconSiam was the newest luxury shopping mall in the planned 55 billion baht (1.76 billion US dollars) mixed-used development complex - shopping malls, hotels and residences on the Charoen Nakorn Road. It was the first high-end shopping mall in the Thonburi area on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River. The shops and decorations clearly reflected the exclusivity and expensiveness.
As I first arrived from the underground parking space, the first impression was the eye-catching market that emulated the traditional floating market and communities on the ground floor with very high ceiling and mezzanine. In the central area, the floor plan was exciting with the shops around the outer walls with balconies around the raised space from the first floor in the middle which also connected to the galleries on each floor. In short, the space design was very innovative. On the green side, the energy consumption for air-conditioning must be very high due to the enormous cavern, but the interior space was somewhat shielded from outside heat.
The public transport that served the mall as the river ferry and BTS stytrain. The mall operated ferry from the Ratchawong, SI Phraya, CAT Telecom, and Sathorn piers. The nearest BTS stytrain stations were the Krung Thonburi S7 and Taksin Bridge S7 Stations with shuttle bus, van and boats. A extended golden route link from the Krung Thonburi BTS station was under construction.
The IconSiam shopping mall was opened on 10 November 2018 in a great fanfare; the rumor said that the event costed 1 billion baht (about 32 million US dollars). Since then, the traffic jam on Krung Thonburi Road and Taksin Bridge noticeable got worse on both inbound and outbound routes during weekends.
Concerning the Pokemon Go, it was unfortunately that the area was extremely desolate, no gyms nor pokestops at all. I saw some discussions in social networks by Thai trainers about proposing Pokemon Go landmarks at the mall. At the end of January 2019, none of these discussions had yet to be materialised.
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As I first arrived from the underground parking space, the first impression was the eye-catching market that emulated the traditional floating market and communities on the ground floor with very high ceiling and mezzanine. In the central area, the floor plan was exciting with the shops around the outer walls with balconies around the raised space from the first floor in the middle which also connected to the galleries on each floor. In short, the space design was very innovative. On the green side, the energy consumption for air-conditioning must be very high due to the enormous cavern, but the interior space was somewhat shielded from outside heat.
The public transport that served the mall as the river ferry and BTS stytrain. The mall operated ferry from the Ratchawong, SI Phraya, CAT Telecom, and Sathorn piers. The nearest BTS stytrain stations were the Krung Thonburi S7 and Taksin Bridge S7 Stations with shuttle bus, van and boats. A extended golden route link from the Krung Thonburi BTS station was under construction.
The IconSiam shopping mall was opened on 10 November 2018 in a great fanfare; the rumor said that the event costed 1 billion baht (about 32 million US dollars). Since then, the traffic jam on Krung Thonburi Road and Taksin Bridge noticeable got worse on both inbound and outbound routes during weekends.
Concerning the Pokemon Go, it was unfortunately that the area was extremely desolate, no gyms nor pokestops at all. I saw some discussions in social networks by Thai trainers about proposing Pokemon Go landmarks at the mall. At the end of January 2019, none of these discussions had yet to be materialised.
Listed in the Location page.
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