Inside the abandoned New World Mall - Bangkok Design Week 2022

The condemned & abandoned New World Mall in Bangkok's Bang Lam Phu district was built sometime in the early 1980's, but only remained open for 15 years before shutting it's doors for good. The reasons for this are multiple, with a history of misfortune, including fire, collapse, and the unauthorized construction of upper floors. The upper floors also made the mall higher than the nearby Grand Palace, which angered locals as it is an understood ‘no-no’ for buildings in the area to be constructed taller than this highly-venerated and historical location.

Due to both shoddy architectural engineering and irresponsible demolition work, there was a collapse in the mall in 2005 that resulted in deaths of nearby vendors. Unfinished demolition of the upper floors also left the building exposed to the elements, resulting 500 meters of completely flooded pond space on the ground floor. This led to an outbreak of mosquitos which became a nuisance in the area. Local residents and vendors then began putting fish into the pond in order to combat the mosquito problem, and the fish multiplied over the years. At one point there were over 3000 koi, mango fish, striped catfish, and other varieties of fish in the unusual habitat. In 2015, the story of the 'abandoned fish mall' went viral and resulted in great public attention Due to safety concerns, the fish were removed with nets with plans to later drain the pond.

In this video I show you around the inside of the mall and we get a unique chance to see the light show in the evening during the Bangkok Design Week Exhibition 2022. I hope you enjoy the video as much as I did making it. Thanks for watching!

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