Inhale Dormitory

Type : Student Housing

Location : Toul Kork, Phnom penh

Area : 600 m2

Arc.Design Studio IV| Sem 1 Year 3

Professor : Meas Kimseng

Khan Toul Kork is notable for having the majority of private residential areas as well as several high-rise residential buildings, as well as various universities nearby. When it comes to living space or location, many students from the province are likely to own a home close to their university, allowing for convenient access. Unfortunately, there aren’t many (or any) dormitories in Phnom Penh, so most students are forced to rent a house or room, which we call ‘Ptub Jurl’ (room for rent) in Khmer. Since it is cheap, some students don’t have a choice and end up living in a space that doesn’t meet their needs, such as lack of nice ventilation, learning vibe, etc... As a result, we devised the plan to relocate the dormitory to Khan Toul Kork, where it is just a few minutes’ walk to the university. Due to the Covid 19 pandemic, most areas such as coffee shops, libraries, and parks are closed to prevent the spread of the disease. Here at the dormitory, our design aims to address and deliver what the students demand, such as a mini-library, cafe shop, mini-park...

(more detail in diagram on p.15)

Site Analysis

Site’s Location

Site’s Sight

These layout representation about the architectural style in the neighborhood’s site and some views from the surrounding.

Site Analysis’s diagram

Relationship’s collage

Relationship‘s map map relationship between site to surrounding School, Entertainment centre, etc...

Target User

connection of surrounding to the site.

This collage show who is the users of the dorms.

The Concept

Program Units

Programs Body

The Void as coffee shop, library, park....are close to prevent the aim to provide all the need for the students to enjoy while

Due to Covid 19 pandemic most of the places such as spread of this disease. So, the design concept was aim keep the distance inside the dorm.

Section

This section is the perspective view of people’s activities on daily basis.

The atrium brings the natural sunlight to fulfill the whole dorm floors via the tempered glass roof along with the shade of the hanging plant surrounding the voids.

The living space for this Dorm provides such cafeteria,co-working space, cafe by that we create a seamless flow between floors, enhancing tenant’s interaction and promoting cross ventilation throughout the building.

Elevation