Interior Design Portfolio

PORTFOLIO

Interior + architecture + multidisciplinary design

Phyo Kyaw Kyaw | 段振森 (Chase Duan) pkk.chaseduan@gmail.com +66-09-32168331

Prologue

Phyo Kyaw Kyaw | 段振森| (Chase Duan) has a passion for poetic, holistic approach, and experimental approach in interior + architecture + multidisciplinary design. The spaces, environments and objects shall encourage different dimensions of living, experiences, and possibilities. Recently, he is also intrigued in tropical Asian architecture and living possibilities.

“ Design is everything we make, but it’s also between those things, it’s a mix of craft, science, storytelling, propaganda, and philosophy” _Erik Adigard

Male | Single January.25.1993 pkk.chaseduan@gmail.com +66-09-32168331 Burmese Chinese, Myanmar Based in Bangkok, Thailand

Language Burmese(Fluent) Thai(Beginner)

English (Fluent) Chinese(Fluent)

Education

Aug 2020 - July 2022

School of Architecture and Design (SoA+D), King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) Bangkok, Thailand Master of Science (Architecture, Design and Planning) G.P.A 3.83

Dec 2015 - Dec 2016 Yangon School of Interior Design, Yangon, Myanmar Diploma in Interior Design 2nd-prize

Nov 2015 - Nov 2009 Technological University, Mandalay, Myanmar Bachelor in Engineering (Electronic) C.G.P.A 4.85

WORK Experiences

Sep 2022- Current (5 months) A-seven corporation , Bangkok, Thailand (Full-time) Architectural designer Working on hospitality/resort architecture design

Nov 2021 - Jul 2022 (8 months) BioArchitek, Bangkok, Thailand (Part-time) Architectural designer + lighting designer Working on residential renovation architectural project, hospitality design lighting, architectural facade lighting, experience lighting and public area lighting

Jun 2021 - Aug 2021 (2 months) HAS Design and Research, Bangkok, Thailand (Internship) Architectural intern Working on residential, commercial physical model makings, visualizations, presentation

Nov 2019 - Dec 2020 (1 years) Freelance Interior Designer, Yangon, Myanmar (Part-time) Working on residential interior renovation project and site coordination

Sep 2017 - Nov 2019 (2 yrs-3 months) M.ID M Interiors, Yangon, Myanmar (Full-time) Junior Interior designers + Junior lead designer Handling Hospitality/retail/F&B/Residential/Event design projects from site visits, conceptual design, Tender documentation, Material specification/BOQ, site management, client/ contractors coordination, Site inspection, styling, dressings

Dec 2016 - Mar 2017(4 months) Space iD, Yangon, Myanmar (Internship) Interior designer

May 2016 -Jul 2016 (3 months)

Sep 2015 - Feb 2016 (6 months)

Skills

Autocad (Advanced)

Sketchup (Intermediate)

3dmax (Beginner- Intermediate)

Rhino (Beginner-Intermediate)

Revit (Beginner-Intermediate)

Twinmotion (Intermediate)

Muse & Wittiness Design and Engineering, Yangon, Myanmar (Internship) Design Coordinator

Mitsubishi Elevator, Yangon, Myanmar (Full-time) Engineer

Photoshop (Advanced)

Illustrator (Intermediate)

Adobe indesign (intermediate)

Adobe premiere pro (Intermediate) Lumion (Intermediate)

Vray (Advanced) Enscape (Intermediate)

SPSS (Beginner-Intermediate)

GIS/QGIS (Beginner) Microsoft office (Advanced)

Workshops, Exchange , Extracurricular & International Experiences

OCT 2022

Nov 2021

Feb 2021

“Burma Exchanges : Domestic Affairs”, Virtual School of Architecture (Instructor)

“Asia Nightscapes Now and Future”, Enlighten Asia Japan, IALD (Participant)

“Healing Architecture on-line workshop”, Virtual School of Architecture (Instructor)

Jul 2021 DRIA Competition 2021, Designing Resilience in Asia (Participant)

Aug 2020 Experimental Photography Workshop & Exhibition (Participant)

June 2019 Condition Surveys for Heritage Buildings Training Workshop (Participant)

May 2019 Historic Decorative Finishes Training workshop (Participant)

Aug 2014 Youth-Lead ASEAN Youth Exchange Program (Participant)

May 2014 Mekong Friendship Project, Cambodia/Laos/Thailand/Vietnam/Myanmar (Participant)

May 2012

IDEA Asia Youth Forum 2012, Bangkok, Thailand (Participant)

Dec 2012 World Universities Debating Championship, Berlin, Germany (Participant)

2012-2014

Future Youth Debate Club, Technological University Mandalay, Myanmar (Vice-president)

2012-2014 Future Youth Association, Technological University Mandalay, Myanmar (Volunteer)

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12-17

18-21

22-31

(2022) 32-43

(2016-2022) 44-45

(2016-2019) 46-47

(2022) 66-75

MOE

Modern contemporary tropical infusion, which address simplicity in luxury, with welcoming entrance, brass see-through partition connecting the spaces in between, open kitchen with island focal point, a simple custom made comfy bed, furthermore introducing cozy corner for readings and entertainments.

MANE OFFICE

Category : Work projects (Credits to M.ID M Interiors)

Year : 2019

Type : Office, Interior Location : Yangon, Myanmar

Mane office is a group of teams specialized in flavors and fragrance, which the office space includes working station, labs, pantry, dinning and meeting area. Design wise, boutique partial home-office environment is proposed. Picture glass partition is used, with welcoming circular rotating sculpture, along with earthy tone, and inlay brass in the cement flooring, which highlight the details, simple, modern stylish, which aligns with the office branding.

04/ Excerpt from Conceptual Presentation Slide 05/ Site Photo

VICTOR RESIDENCE

Category : Work projects (Personal freelance project for a friend) Year : 2020

Type : Residential, Interior Location : Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

A home for a client, a friend who adores classical feature, so the proposal evolves in modern classical, which offers classical details,and modern living which is also fit for the budget friendly in production and building.

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01/ Furniture Layout Plan

02/ Living Room Perspective Render 1

03/ Living Room Perspective Render 2

04/ Master Bedroom 1

Type : Renovation, Public, Museum, Interior Location : Yangon, Myanmar

Context/Brief

Art in Clay Museum and Clay Creative Institute is a final graduation project of 3rd batch Yangon School of Interior Design under the category “Public space”.

In Myanmar, potteries stuck in the unnoticeable corner at every household, and clay only associates with the lower income families, which most people do not recognize the value of the craft. Thus, this project try to create a new kind of space and engage interactions within the building in and out.

Location

The site location for the project had been chosen at over 120 years old colonial building located at Insein, Yangon, formerly it was Government Technical Institute (GTI). The school opened in 1985, and shut down in 1996 for political crisis in the country. Therefore, in this project, the existing building is used to imagine new program and give a new interpretation for the development of the city, and experiences.

Concept

The wave, curve come from the relationship of movement and connection of hand and clay, which welcome the visitors with unexpected experience and walk along with the line. Inside, a storyline program are structured, and Outside, recreation space and area are provided with a merging extruded dome. Ground Floor spaces are provided for museum and story-telling whereas 1st floor spaces provide spaces for institute and trainings for long-term sustainable eco-system.

A conceptual renovation design for a symmetrical colonial building, inserting curve and fluidity in the existing building provides groundbreaking and controversial approach for breaking the norms of typical approach to old colonial building and giving a bold manifestation for modern Myanmar.

A SENSE OF HOME

Category : Academic Year : 2022 Type : Residential renovation, Interior Location : Yangon, Myanmar

A sense of home is the research project and design proposal, which studied the walk-up apartment housing units in Yangon, Myanmar.

In the Yangon urban landscape, one could not help, but notice old buildings from the colonial period along with condominium developments recently, and many walk-up apartment buildings to accommodate the urbanization, growing population and social-economic status of Myanmar people. Walkup apartments were built and popular after the British colonial period (around 1950s) and are still built up to today due to its cost-effectiveness and to accommodate low to mid-income residents in the metropolitan Yangon. Approximately 90% of apartment buildings are walk-up apartments. The common impression of walk-up apartments in Yangon appears to be old rectangular box shape, homogeneous envelope and limited square feet dull interior small space. In other words, the buildings are full of constraints, lack of good user experiences, and they are not well-fitted in the modern days. Therefore, the resident suffers consequently many years, some may live in the apartment their entire lives. Thousands of people living in the walk-up apartment on a daily basis are being shaped by the space and its inadequate quality of living. Can it be called “Home” by the dwellers or is the place a temporary shelter?

Online semi-structured interviews of 15 apartments’ residents and on-line questionnaire surveys of 70 apartment residents are conducted using descriptive analysis and observation to understand the particular patterns of perception of Sense of Home . This research aims to explore what makes “Home” “A sense of Home” for walk-up apartment users in Yangon, Myanmar by studying subjective responses shaped by the interior and experience of the spaces in apartment to understand the perception of the residents and improve the quality of living. The result reflects the priority level of important factors in relation to the sense of home framework.

Research objective

01/Perception of sense of home in walk-up apartment

02/ Recommendations for creating better sense of home

Research question

1/What are the attributes of a sense of home for walk-up apartment ?

2/What is the current perception of the sense of home in the existing walk-up apartment ?

3/What are the recommendations for creating a better sense of home in the walk-up apartment ?

01/ Walk-up Apartments, Yangon

02/ Hall-type Walk-up Apartment Photo(from semi-structured interview)

03/ 1 bed-room Walk-up Apartment Photo (from semi-structured interview)

04/2 bed-room Walk-up Apartment Photo (from semi-structured interview)

05/ 3-bed room Walk-up Apartment Photo (from semi-structured interview)

06/ Existing Hall-type Layout Plan From Semi-Structured Interview Resident

07/ Existing 1 Bed-room Layout Plan From Semi-Structured Interview Resident

08/Existing 2 Bed-room Layout Plan From Semi-Structured Interview Resident 09/Existing 3-Bedroom Layout Plan From Semi-Structured Interview Resident

Hall Type Apartment Layout Proposal

One Bedroom Layout Proposal

Two Bedroom Layout Proposal

OTHER

Shiseido, Myanmar Plaza, Yangon, Myanmar (Project Management), 2018 Vero Office, Yangon, Myanmar (Design & Build), 2019 Exhibition design, the secretariat, Yangon, Myanmar (Design & Build), 2018 SITE COORDINATION Category : Work projects (Credit to M.ID M Interior ) Year : 2017-2019 Type : Retail & restaurant, hospitality, exhibition, event design

Urban Beauty Studio, Time Link condo, Yangon, Myanmar (Design & Build), 2019

Myanmar

Yangon, Myanmar (Project Management), 2018

Gong Cha Myanmar, Junction Mawtin, Yangon, Myanmar (Design & Build), 2017

Gong Cha, T1 Yangon International airport, Myanmar (Design & Build), 2018

Michael Kors, The avenue, Junction City (Design & Build, 2017)

Michael Kors, Main store, The Avenue (Design & Build), 2017

Highland Lodge Hotel Room (Mock-up), Yangon, Myanmar (Design & Build), 2018

Exhibition & Party Design, Yangon, Myanmar (Design & Build), 2018

RECLAIMED

3 weeks intensive course of industrial based reclaimed wood furniture making workshop.

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DETAILS

Category : Excerpt from different projects Year : NA Type : NA Location : NA

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01/ Cabinet Plan, Elevation, Section (Excerpt From a Spa Project)

02/ Wall Detail (Excerpt from Hotel Project)

03/ Architectural Door Detail (Excerpt from Residential Project)

04/ Detail Sketch/Idea (Excerpt from Atrium Renovation Project)

05/ Atrium Roof Detail (Excerpt from Atrium Renovation Project)

LANE

The hub of train station in Bangkok, The bangkok station (Hua Lamphong Station) is a total appxo. 190,000sqm land plot which has been used 104 years for transportation across the country. Recently, the state railway of Thailand plans to move the hub of trains to new station “Bang Sue” and redevelop “Hua Lamphong Station” as creative district. “Lanes of Memories” is a program proposal for the architecture design for development studio, KMUTT.

Connecting with existing one Depot building, an existing building in the station is where the trains are being repaired, and maintained daily. The depot building can be seen as a warehouse/factory prototype architecture with the distinctive roof.

Proposal Program

The hub of train station is a point of meetings and departure, story of communities and city of Bangkok. In a way Hua Lamphong station is witnessing and recording from historical events to daily life of the Bangkokian and visitors. So, as a metaphor, It is just like a camera. Lanes of Memories representing memories of Hua Lamphong and SRT vision in general.

11/ Interior Render 12/ Interior Render 13/ Exterior Render

ANGKOR PALACE RESORT

SIHANOUKVILL, CAMBODIA

Category : Work Project Academic work (Credit to A-seven corporation )

Year : 2022

Type : Resort hotel Location : Sihanoukvill, Cambodia

Design team : Ken Chongsuwat, Chase Duan (Phyo Kyaw Kyaw), Aom Wasin, Arm Panotn, Bo Nutcharat, Lotus Phunyanuch

Angkor Palace Resort Sihnaoukville is a resort hotel located in Sihanoukville, Cambodia. The masterplan melds lush green, and levels of terrains to create sensational and leisurely experiences. The project features three story main building which includes facilities such as lobby, cafe, restaurant, semi-outdoor garden area, pool bar lounge, spa, meeting lounge, and gym. Three types of villa, which are duplex pool villa, garden pool villa, and seaside pool villa, are also designed.

Concept

The main resort building design originates from the existing site terrain landscape, which portray as mountain landscape to its surrounding seascape. Prominent concrete elements in lush green forest like atmosphere adds charm and comfort to the spaces and structures. Open air lobby with plantings welcomes the guest with nature ventilation and seascape. The intimate pathway to villa, level of terrains where building and villa sit upon, or the orientation of the buildings to sea view provide different experiences and connections between architecture, users, and nature.

07/ 2nd Floor Main Building Plan

1st Floor Main Building Plan

Ground Floor Main Building Plan

Main Building Entrance Perspective

Project Brief

Namtaothong, is a commercial tea shop located in the Chinatown of Bangkok, Thailand. In this project during my internship, I contributed to making of the physical model of the interior and exterior of the building and edited the photograph of physical model. In addition, helping to create graphical visual rendering of the elevations, and section images based on internship office’s graphical presentation style/mood.

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01/Namtaothong physical model

02/Front elevation

03/Side elevation 04/Longitudinal section

79 | NAMTAOTHONG, THE ONE, MEGA VILLA | 2021

Project Brief

The one villa , is a residential project located in Bangkok, Thailand. In this project during my internship, I contributed to the physical model making of the project. In addition, helping to create 3D and the rendering.

Project Brief

The mega villa , is a residential project located in Bangkok, Thailand. In this project during my internship, I contributed to the physical model making of the project. In addition, helping to create graphical rendering for elevation.

Project brief

Design Criteria (Sky park)

(1) Parallel and supporting to Memorial bridge, also highlight the curve of the existing concrete structure of sky-park bridge (2) To contribute better ambient lights and integrating new identity in the sky-park to bring in more people and attention (3) To provide urban safety, security, reduce light pollution and energy efficiency

Design Criteria (Kadejeen riverfront)

(1) To encourage local communities and visitors to use the pathway more in the night time (2) To provide relaxation and senses of community on the pathway while sightseeing the surroundings; Chao payer river, Memorial bridge, Wat arun, and other local attractions (3) To provide urban safety, security, and energy efficiency

The project (Sky park and Kadeejeen riverfront) is located in the junction of old town and new town of Bangkok city, Thailand. The night walk of the area are investigated. The two concepts for Sky park and Kadeejeen riverfront are proposed, (1) Starry night outdoor space, and (2) Harmonious community respectively. 01/

POETIC DIALOGUE CHAIR

Category : Academic work Year : 2022

Type : Visual communication Location : Myanmar

Project brief

The project, research and practice in visual communication, is to explore the actual and potential relationships between creative production-making images, objects, spaces, experiences, and so on- and research- the production of the knowledge by “Making”. I choose the interest concern on “poetic design/object/space” to understand the creation of “dialogues” in relations to poetic sensory .

Concern statements

I am intrigued by juxtaposing materials, forms, narrative, and nature in creation of poetic sensory experience and new dialogues in domestics spaces

Investigation (Concern to questions)

We eat, sleep, work, shower, cook, socialize, recharge, habitat and doing all sorts of activities in our domestic spaces, functionality and beauty of objects, spaces seems to be the decision factor to have them or not in the room. Often they are limited by the limited spaces, imagination, crave of usefulness, and easiness, production of the market, price, politic, or even skills of craftsmanship.

1. If an object or a space can contain dialogues, what kind of essential conversation we can have in this ever changing digital, virtual world ?

2. How far can we day-dreams, escape, or provide different perspective beyond our four walls through the objects, and spaces we embodied ?

3. How an object or space questions, reflect the way we live in now, the past, and give a glimpse of new way of living or thought ?

4. To breakthrough it and act as catalyst for change, how far can we go or evolve in relation to sensory poetic experiences, and dialogues in our domestic spaces ?

Process

Before practice, I investigated relations to “poetics” through my personal photo library and online photo archive to understand from unconscious perspective of poetics. The relations to poetic can be contrast of emotions, connection of two different forms, stems of stories, imaginations, spaces, and different dimensions. But what exactly the poetic sensorial is ? How practice can lead me to understand poetic sensorial better ?

04/ 01/Sketches for Investigation of “Poetic” Quality 02/Relation between Words and Poetic 03/Practice (Exploration in no direction and contexts) 04/ Final work 1 (This work explores relation between the physical (non-living) and living organism in order to question the dynamic of the chairs, and narrative of what a chair can be in a particular setting) 05/ Final work 2 (This work explores relation between words, nature, characters of the object itself)

05/ 06/ 06/ Final work 3 (This work integrates traditional of Burmese elements and modern elements to narrate a new practice of poetic interaction and visual)

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SKETCHES

Phyo Kyaw Kyaw | 段振森 (Chase Duan) pkk.chaseduan@gmail.com +66-09-32168331