AP Thailand has launched the 1st real estate laboratory in Thailand as the company looks to improve training and education. The AP Academy Lab was set up to be a place for create new ideas and innovations in the property sector. AP invested a total of THB 70 million in the project, according to media reports.
“AP Academy Lab was developed with the purpose to develop AP people through experiential learning. This effort requires a venue that is complete with a range of tools to stimulate independent learning and creativity, which will lead to the creation of new innovations for the quality of living in the digital age and beyond. This year AP Academy is ready to provide a new experience both for our people and people from outside who would greatly contribute to the future of Thailand such as university students joining experiential learning,” says AP Academy Lab Director Pumipat Sinacharoen.
The facility is designed to help train those in the real estate industry. Classes cover various topics including planning, designing, building, project management, sales, and after-sales services. The company will use it to focus on in-depth practical learning.
AP Academy Lab is located on the 31st floor of Lake Ratchada Building
AP Academy Lab is located on the 31st floor of Lake Ratchada Building and has a total of 800 sq. metres. Architect Pitupong Chaowakul of the Thai design firm Supermachine Studio designed the space in collaboration with AP Design Lab. The lab is designed to have the look and feel of a model house which posed several challenges to the designer who had to build it in an office building.
“This project was very challenging because the designated area was limited by its unmoveable shape and it is not easy to communicate the complex subject of home building into something exciting, not boring. This is because the information that AP Academy wants to share is quite technical. The difficulty of making a home lab does not just lie in the reduction of size and the making of a model house that reveals all the structural parts, but it also involves all the systems that have been designed under AP’s building standards,” says Head of Corporate Marketing and AP Design Lab Director Sappasit Foongfaungchaveng.
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