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Resort & Spa
Client: Private 4.5 m GBP, Design development (Stage A-D) 7,000 sqm Loei, 2007-2008 This resort & spa compound sit on a series of small hills.The quiet town in the northeast Thailand is on the Thai-Lao border and is a famous tourist destination.This particular site enjoys the best view of the Mekong River.The design has its root from local materials and geometry of local house, huts and everyday objects such as boats and weaving handicrafts serving the client’s objective of promoting local characters with modern hospitality.
Project cost calculated in Thai Baht according to local market cost models converted into GBP.
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Resort & Spa The buildings are made of local wood and rock with RC structure.Taking advantage of river views at the front and mountain views at the back, the resort is oriented along north-south axis and not directly facing afternoon sun. All buildings are located to retain as much as possible existing trees and stone formation in the site.
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Resort & Spa The hotel roof are inspired by the shape of boats seen travelling up and down the Mekong River. Long eaves let light and views in through openings over the hotel balconies and corridors. At night the interior light and the day’s heat can escape through these roof openings.
Hotel
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Resort & Spa
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Resort & Spa
Villas
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Resort & Spa
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The Book Club
Client:The Book Club franchise Retail spaces 1, 2 and 3: 155k GBP, Completed (Stage A-L) 400 sqm, Bangkok, 2001-2003 Create identity of a new bookshop franchise to distinguish it from competitors. Located in three busy shopping malls, design includes the franchise logo font design and features unique shelving solutions to maximise shelving space and for ease of shopper navigation in the shops. Attracting a young, fashion conscious readership, design used lightweight materials that were easily assembled and disassembled when the franchise moved location. Awarded ‘Best design & Best selling’ prizes byThe Publishers and Book SellersAssociation ofThailand.
Project cost calculated in Thai Baht according to local market cost models converted into GBP.
Spatial & Identity design
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Think Pad
IBM pavilion
Client: Softworld, IBM Thailand & Singapore 35K GBP, Completed (Stage A-L) 15 sqm, Bangkok Located in a highly visible space within a large shopping complex, the pavilion can be seen from above as well as all sides.The pavilion stands out from the crowded background through the use of IBM brand images that form the facades and roof of the pavilion. ‘Think’ IBM promotes the concept of the technology and strengthens consumer ideas about the brand. The pavilion was designed to ‘Think’ by being responsive to the busy environment with its interactive ‘IBM’ LED facades that reflect sound and movement in its immediate environment. The pavilion was built by integrating the IBM logo into the pavilion architecture including points of sale and merchandise display furniture.
Project cost calculated in Thai Baht according to local market cost models converted into GBP.
‘Think’ machine
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Think Shop By
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Think Accessories
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Think Pads
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Think Pad
IBM pavilion
‘Think’ machine
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Think Pad
IBM pavilion
‘Think’ machine
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Granite floor Fluorescent lamps
Dual electrical outlets with ground installed level with floor or cabinet shelf surface All electrical and other wirings must be in BMT conduits with junction boxes
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IBM pavilion
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IBM pavilion
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Jotun pavilion
Client: Jotun International Design development (Stage A-D) 56 sqm, Bangkok A spiral wall defines and wraps around the pavilion space and was inspired by brush stroke movements. From the ground level, moving through the pavilion to become an overhead plane, a rotating display mechanism along the wall“paints� Jotun information and colours in space for internal visitors and external viewers.
Brush stroke image by Roman Verostko
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Jotun pavilion
Rotating display on spiral walls
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King Power kiosk
Client: King Power Design development (Stage A-D) 9 sqm, Bangkok King Power is a major retail company specializing in duty free merchandise with retail spaces in Thailand’s largest airports. This kiosk was designed to be a point of sale and a space for exhibiting merchandise. Blue and gold ‘K’ figures, derived from existing the brand’s colour scheme, are used as a visual cue for the brand. The kiosk structure is made of large K figures. Counter tops, display shelves made of green tinted glass are encased in smaller K shapes. Together the design and materials create a sparkling, faceted effect that echoes the luxury merchandise and the brand identity while complementing the structure and materials of Bangkok’s international airport.
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King Power pavilion
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Benetton showroom/office Client: Benetton Group Design competition 12,000 sqm Tehran, 2009
Located on the corner of the main shopping avenue in Tehran, the spatial layout design of the building divides the rectangular corner block into three smaller and more dynamic triangular blocks. This way the building promotes new spatial integration with the city and its pedestrian movement. The main circulation cutting into the block creates the ‘Bazaar’ walk space in the city block as well as provides more merchandise display areas and brings more footfalls into the shop space. The Bazaar space can also be used as catwalk space in fashion show events. Adjustable colour louvres provide extra climate control in Tehran’s extreme seasons and become the building’s fashion statements in different seasons and collections. The building contains two floors of Benetton shop, five floors of office space, roof gardens for offices and a penthouse. 52 parking spaces are available on four underground levels.
Bazaar walk in the city
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Two-bedroom flat
Office zone
Office space
Benetton showroom/office
5th & 6th: One large open-plan office with open wells connecting lower floors. 3rd & 4th: Three independent areas with two bridges connecting all three offices. 2nd: One large open-plan office which can be sectioned into three offices. 1st:Commercial areas connected to ground fl. with double height atriums. G: Three commercial areas connected to the city by‘Bazaar-walk’ space.
Commercial zone
Benetton shop
Benetton shop
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Section A
Benetton showroom/office
Section B
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A Our Colors Our Seasons Our Worlds: Spring
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Bazaar Walk from above
Section C showing Bazaar Walk
Benetton showroom/office Our Colors Our Seasons Our Worlds: Summer
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Fashion show in the city
Benetton showroom/office Our Colors Our Seasons Our Worlds: Fall
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Benetton showroom/office Our Colors Our Seasons Our Worlds: Winter
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Winter: More sun through & keep the warmth
Fall: Medium-high sun through & create variations
Four-Season Louvres
Spring: Medium sun through & create variations
Benetton showroom/office
Summer: Less sun through & keep the cool Keep warm
Keep cool
Components
Variations & materials
Installation
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Benetton showroom/office
Rapit Suvanajata Architects Council of Thailand Association of Siamese Architects,Thailand Architect Registration Board, UK Royal Institute of British Architects, UK Fellow, Higher Education Academy, UK Institute for Sustainability, UK PhD (Design strategies, Bartlett, London) M.Arch (Pratt Institute, New York) B.Arch (Chulalongkorn, Bangkok)
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