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Kukrit Institute 2.5m GBP, Completed (Stage A-L1) 2,700 sqm Bangkok, 2009-04.2011 Canopy + Trunks
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Kukrit Institute celebrates the life and work of a former Prime Minister of Thailand and UNESCO World Historic Important Figure - MR Kukrit Pramoj. Located in the heart of central business district of Bangkok, the Institute is set to become the new landmark for art and cultural activities.
Project cost calculated in Thai Baht according to local market cost models converted into GBP.
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Kukrit Institute The design of the Institute takes a distinctive geometry from the concept of space in traditional Thai houses and the culture of architecture as crafts.Parts of the building are spatially linked and yet they are independent units that make the whole. Setting on a triangular site, the building contains series of exhibition spaces, offices, a library, conference and seminar facilities,food and beverage functions and a 200-seated auditorium Units-Platform The Institute was opened to the public by the Royal Princess of Thailand in April 2011.
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Auditorium
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Elevations have bespoke facades inspired by decorative elements in Thai architecture. These facades provide shade and privacy to the building during the day and become devices reflecting light around the building at night.
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Relational Syntax analysis was carried out during the design process of the Institute to ensure that the locations of key spaces (e.g.spaces 81 and 56) are well placed on the site and well integrated within the building’s own spatial configuration. This evidence-based method helps architects and clients make wellinformed decisions that engage both the deep structure of space and activities in everyday use of space by relating structure, experience, function and architectural elements to design strategies.
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Thailand Cultural Centre Design competition, Official publication Bangkok, 2006
The design responds to national need for a world-class cultural venue. Through organic forms, spatial and geometrical configurations of the design aim to express the nation’s characteristics of peace, nature-loving and festivity. The centre is designed to promote and generate all-day activities in order to revitalise urban environment of the area and the existing cultural centre.
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Thailand Cultural Centre The New Thailand Cultural Centre comprises two auditoriums, art gallery, library, educational facilities, offices, commercial spaces, amphitheatre and workshops.
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D - Library, E - Exhibition, H - Cinema, I - Gateway, J - Art shop/ Office, K - CafĂŠ, P - Data bank, Q - Sound library, R - Backstage, S - Catwalk, V - Restaurant
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+17.50 Member facilities Machine rooms
+14.80 Upper circle Research centre
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+11.30 Middle circle Library Art gallery
+07.80 Main auditorium Small auditorium Art gallery Library Workshop
+04.30 Main hall Library Exhibition Workshop Cultural plaza
+00.10 Backstage Service/storage Rehearsal fac.
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Thailand Cultural Centre Wood is used as the main material on the facades and roof of the centre providing friendly and relaxed atmosphere found in traditional Thai architecture. Through time,the centre evolves and matures like a natural setting or a piece of art.
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Thailand Cultural Centre
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City Plaza + facilities
The design communicates to the city and its people the contemporary identity of life and culture of the city. The plaza works with eight ‘landscape’ buildings to generate the new meeting point in the city.The design is proposed as a landmark that can be seen from all levels: pedestrian, buildings and from the air, from dawn until dusk.
Project cost calculated in Thai Baht according to local market cost models converted into GBP.
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6m GBP, Phase 1 completed (Stage A-L) 112,000 sqm Udonthani, 2003-2006
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Space Syntax analysis (with C+A Lab)
City plaza + facilities All eight buildings become‘second layer’ of the City plaza providing much needed green areas in the city centre. Accessible from the plaza level, the building offer unique and comprehensive views across the whole plaza and the city Local sand stone Stainless balustrade Polished stainless steel panels
Artificial grass Polished stainless steel panels
Black granite sheet
Stainless steel bench with hardwood seating Metal sheet Aluminium grill
Drainage
WC entrance Machine room entrance
Green tinted tempered glass in aluminium frame
Drainage Polished concrete floor
Polished concrete floor
Building facility, Phase I
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City plaza + facilities Plaza & fountain, Phase I
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Stainless steel fence Grass
City plaza + facilities
Grass Waterproofing membrane
Compact soil
Waterproofing membrane Concrete block Sand stone
Concrete slab Metal deck
Concrete block Concrete slab Metal deck
Stainless steel panel Steel truss Steel truss RC wall
Metal sheet
Translucent PVC corrugated sheet Steel frame RC wall
Grass Stainless steel fence Stainless steel strip
Sand stone Stainless steel strip Granite panel
Stainless steel + wood bench
Granite panel Polished concrete
Gutter
Aluminium grills Polished concrete Gutter
Building facility, Phase II
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City plaza + facilities
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Evolutionary planning & Landmarks
Housing Estate Client: Hathairaj Estate 4.5m GBP, Master planning & Design development (Stage A - C) 135,000 sqm, Bangkok, 2004 The project is planned and designed for middle-upper income inhabitants. The site is located in the up-and-coming area of the city. The design of the master plan is influenced by space of real communities which have evolved over time. As a result, the estate contains rich spatial varieties in the shapes of land plots and spatial configurations of each living cluster. Each plot and each living cluster influences space of the next one. These qualities establish the uniqueness of the development and give the estate dynamic spatial sequences that promote the sense of belonging within and between communities.
Project cost calculated in Thai Baht according to local market cost models converted into GBP.
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Housing Estate Six clusters of communities and common facilities are planned to be built in phases compatible to the investment plan and demands.The sizes and numbers of land plots available are guided by the feasible study which suggested two appropriate sizes: 240sqm (88 plots) and 400 sqm (107 plots).
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Land plots at the corners are treated as prime spots where one-off bespoke house designs are offered. These corner spaces and architecture become landmarks which give special characters to the whole development in a similar way to the way squares and public buildings do for urban space.Road layout is also planned to integrate with further development to the north and west sides of the site. The final phase will use the land in front of the development for mixed-use and retail facilities which serve the communities in the estate and integrate with the existing urban fabric of commercial streets.
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Courtyard Housing Design competition, On-line exhibition Portland, Oregon, 2007
www.courtyardhousing.org/entrieseastern.html
The ‘weaving’ concept creates a sustainable net of densely shared space. In housing environments the requirements of privacy and social interaction must be balanced so that a sense of individual ownership exists alongside neighbourhood security. External, internal and in-between spaces of housing units are continuous ‘threads’ of sharing possibilities.
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Courtyard Housing Space is squeezed, twisted, shifted, and overlapped at the local scale of a unit and continues to intertwine at the global scale of plots. Individual characters of housing units are attained through tenants’ choices of materials and the locations of units in the system.Individual sharing space and housing units weave and tie together to form the ‘fabric of the scheme.
Rain water
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Wind trap
Privacy Solar cell & machine room Common Green
Winter wind
System feed
Shared court
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Hometropolis 250K GBP, Completed (Stage A-L) 300 sqm Bangkok, 2003-2005 Private residence in city centre was designed to accommodate domestic and work/business space. Brief specified future expansion desirable resulting in cantilevered beams and duct space that can be shared with expanded units.
Project cost calculated in Thai Baht according to local market cost models converted into GBP.
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A - New two four-stories houses B - Renovated four-stories house C - New two-stories service building
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Private residences 500k GBP, Planning permission package (Stage A-K) 890 sqm (A), 545 sqm (B), 447 sqm (C) Bangkok, 2006-2007
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Two independent four-stories houses are united under one roof responding to concepts of extended family living. The two houses sit in a living compound with a newly renovated four-stories house and a new two-stories serviced building. The two houses are designed to have the same functional programmes with a shared large living area on the ground and first floors. Natural ventilation flows through the shared double-height space between the two houses which creates more view points, allows heat to escape and becomes a reference point that marks the start and the end of each house.
Project cost calculated in Thai Baht according to local market cost models converted into GBP.
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Private residences Safedeck 0.57 mm metal sheet 240mm profile Steel truss with rust-proof coating, Detail in structural engineering drawings
Snap-on teak panels 1"x 6" Polished 1mm stainless steel sheet
Safedeck 0.57 mm metal sheet 240mm profile Spray-on insulation, chemical bond
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Southeast corner
South facade detail
Private residences
Space between two houses
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1st floor terrace - stairs - backyard
Teak handle 2"x4"
Stainless steel railing 2"x2"
Wood vinyl floor board 1"x2" 2mm steel plate with rust-proof coating Matt-finished stainless steel casing I-beam Steel frame with rust-proof coating paint I-beam
Hollow steel tube with rust-proof coating paint
Steel plate with rust-proof coating paint RC foundation cap
RC pile
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1st floor terrace - stairs - backyard
Atrium space between two houses
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From backyard
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Private residences Client: Private 450k GBP, Planning permission package (Stage A-D) 1160 sqm Bangkok, 2007-2008 A three-bedroom house completed with indoor tropical garden, swimming pool, home office and a service quarter was designed to take full advantage of its suburban location where open space is reserved on the east side of the house. The west elevation acts as the ‘shield’ against the strong sun and noise from the common area of the housing estate. Future expansion of two more bedrooms can be incorporated within the shield toward the back of the house.
Project cost calculated in Thai Baht according to local market cost models converted into GBP.
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View analysis
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Ground floor
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First floor
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Second floor
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South elevation
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Pool Garden
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The building in urban context and its influence on the spatial configurations of the apartments
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Design competition, On-line exhibition San Isidro, Lima, 2007
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The orientation of the building is towards an ancient pyramid in the city. Design of apartments takes advantage of the orientation while answering to popular ‘loft’ lifestyle in Lima.The design of the building considers preserving order and vista corridor of neighbouring buildings on one side while introducing unusual mass at the corner of the urban block.The design offers varieties of room types both one-floor and two-floor apartments. All rooms have view to streets and the pyramid. 22 out of 28 units have direct and panoramic views toward the Inca shrine. The communal space on top of the building commands 360 degree view of the city.
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The loft living with strong character and reference to the unique element of contemporary community and historical pride. The building takes the maximum advantage of its location and visual link to the pyramid, Huaca Huallamarca.
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Apartment-Loft building The massing of the building response to the street in terms of open space to the sky as well as the pollution concerns. Building B is tilted upward to create a better view from apartments and lessen the noise and air pollution impact on Jorge Basadre Avenue. Building A marks the boundary of the site and becomes landmark on the streetscape.
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Pool +27.00 Water tank Roof garden+24.00
8th floor +21.20
7th floor +18.40
6th floor +15.60
5th floor +12.80
Jorge Basadre Ave.
4th floor +10.00
3rd floor +7.20
2nd floor +4.40
1st floor +1.60 Lobby&office -090 Basement 1 -3.00 Bsement 2 -5.10
Apartment-Loft building The circulation promotes communal sense with its location and great view toward the Inca shrine. The main circulation core provides the support to all building systems and garbage management while the diagonal ‘Inca’ corridor provides dramatic access to the living units.
Pool +27.00
Roof garden+24.00
8th floor +21.20
7th floor +18.40
6th floor +15.60
5th floor +12.80
Los Cipreses street
4th floor +10.00
3rd floor +7.20
2nd floor +4.40
1st floor +1.60 Lobby&office -090 Basement 1 -3.00 Bsement 2 -5.10
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ventilation
ventilation
Apartment-Loft building Inspired by the Inca shrine, the facade system is designed to lessen the noise and heat through its pyramidal shape.The gap between the ‘pyramidal skin’ and the living unit’s wall provides thermal insulation which circulates heat near the building surface upward as well as acting as sun shading device.
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Pool/roof garden
Apartment - view towards side street
Apartment-Loft building
Apartment - view towards the pyramid
Apartment - view towards the front
Pedestrian entrance from sidewalk
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Resort & Spa 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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Villas
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Resort & Spa
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Market
County council
Farm School
Local government office 420k GBP, Planning permission package (Stage A-H) 1,250 sqm Supanburi, 2007 The design of the office for a newlyformed local government is the reflection of the project site, the local characters of built environment and the attempts to create the heart of the community.The building accommodates various departments providing state services as well as new civic facilities by the river. The building programmes and areas were carefully discussed and calculated through series of workshops collaboratively arranged with social scientists from central government and local academics. The design of architectural elements are influenced by simple yet unique solutions found in local architecture of houses, shops,furniture,crafts and canal boats.
Project cost calculated in Thai Baht according to local market cost models converted into GBP.
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Local government office
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Local government office
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Local government office
Metal sheet 0.57mm Stainless steel sheet Steel truss
Stainless steel sheet Steel frame
Stainless steel rainwater pipe dia.4�
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Local government office Materials and construction methods are low-cost and straightforward. Wood panels will be sourced from old abandoned sheds around the area.They will be treated and cut into small pieces to create the facades of the building. Local craftsmen will be employed to assemble the facades which integrate t r a d i t i o n a l - s t y l e f u r n i t u re a n d balustrades design found in buildings in the community. Construction cost is kept to the minimum by using readily-available prefabricated construction material such as locally-made concrete planks for floors, steel frame and corrugated metal sheets. This approach will also help keeping the cost of the maintenance low and the building will be compatible with its surrounding where such materials are widely used by the community.
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Local government office
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Primary school & Kindergarten 2.5m GBP, Planning permission package (Stage A-H) 6,480 sqm Supanburi, 2007 Based on Montessori principles, the school is seen as experience connecting children to nature, environment and to one another.Space is linked with series of curves suggesting possible connections and meeting points. The concept is translated into architectural elements which become walls leading children’s movement from one activity to another, openings focussing children’s attentions and landscape of steps linking classrooms to the school environment.The skylight on the roof provides indirect light for the classrooms and office space. The design complies with legislation concerning the minimum size of land for school building, classroom size, fireescape location and number of toilets. Cooking and waste m anagement facilities have a dedicated and direct connection with public utilities and are placed in semi-outdoor zone of the building for fire and odour consideration. Pump, MDB and transformer rooms are kept in service zone with direct access to the main road for easy connection. Project cost calculated in Thai Baht according to local market cost models converted into GBP.
Link and Learn
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East elevation
Primary school & Kindergarten All parts of the school are designed with child-friendly features. The classroom walls are colourful polycarbonate sheets which soften light through.Ventilation of the classrooms is through small voids incorporated in the classroom polycarbonate walls. These voids are placed at the top half of the walls so that students can concentrate during class. Walls of other buildings are made of wooden planks fixed on wooden struts; local techniques are used on these walls. Extra slit windows are scattered along the walls to gain indirect light reflected from the ceilings.
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Primary school & Kindergarten The building is raised over the ground to allow extra ventilation and to prevent flooding and insects.Children can run out to private playground at the back of the building. Teachers’ offices are located across the hall from the kindergarten classrooms.
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Primary school & Kindergarten The building is designed to float above the ground to help with high humidity of the site. The classrooms are set back under big roofs. All buildings have reinforced concrete beams and columns, metal sheet roofs with large insulated space gaps between the roof and the classroom ceilings. Classrooms have walls made of polycarbonate sheets which are tough but lightweight and soft to the touch with a wide range of colours to choose from.
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Extra protection for kindergarten pupils includes prefabricated panels fitted along classroom corridors. The panels have aluminium frames and local bamboo sticks are used as balustrades.
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Cement board
Ventilation board
Gypsum board
Steel tube
Translucent sheet
Metal sheet
Metal sheet
Translucent board
Aluminium flashing
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Community Theatre 150k GBP, Planning permission package (Stage A-H) 160 sqm Supanburi, 2006 The theatre is located in an old floating market and connected to wooden walkways on one side and the river on the other. The theatre occupies a small plot in a row of shophouses along the main thoroughfare in the market. The character of the theatre was inspired by local design of shophouse and pier construction techniques. The materials used in the theatre are also inspired by what is used in shops and houses in the market. The site is flooded during the rainy season and the theatre can be reached from the canal by boats. It becomes a meeting point and the gateway of the community.
Project cost calculated in Thai Baht according to local market cost models converted into GBP.
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walkway
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River
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Seating area level Market walkway level
Wall details
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Community Theatre The theatre incorporates three main types of structure: steel trusses on the roof, wood panels with metal struts for the walls and floor and precast piles. This small theatre is in a fresh market next to a canal where only pre-cast RC piles can be manually transported to the site, are used for theatre foundations. A pile is driven down 12 metres in the ground by three men using traditional tools. Columns are cast on site and rise to support steel beams under the theatre’s wooden floor. Prefabricated theatre walls are attached to steel columns that support a lean-to roof.
Construction process
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Community Theatre
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Steel frame Roof beam level Steel truss Aluminium cladding Aluminium frame @ 1.00 m. Aluminium cable Aluminium frame grid system (200 x 600 mm) Hardwood shingles 200 x 600 x 25 mm
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Spatial strategy: Inside-Out/Outside-In
Bermondsey Project undisclosed budget (Stage A-D) 140 sqm February-May 2012, London
Partnered with Architecture for Humanity London and Crisis charity, the design brings a dilapidated warehouse in East London to life as space for artists and homeless people. The design of the frontage, lobby and circulation space (the Gallery) on the ground floor of the Bermondsey Project promotes and communicates a clear and strong spatial and visual linkage from outside the building to the back of the building where the main stairs leading to other parts of the project is located. Silhouettes of rows of terraced houses, 'Streetscape', commonly seen in many parts of London, are used as visual clues linking space in front of the building to the lobby space and to the main stairs at the end of the Gallery.
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Bermondsey Project Public involvement The designs of the frontage, lobby and the Gallery work together to provide a strong visual attraction and induce further public involvement.The red walls serve as information/ announcement/ exhibition spaces that extend to the space outside of the building giving visitors an access/ introduction to what the project is about. Made with plywood or MDF boards, the walls of Streetscape are economical, quick to build, easy to maintain and suitable for public use.The scheme suggests using twinwall polycarbonate sheets for the internal suspended ceilings. Lighting can be incorporated into the walls and ceilings to illuminate the planes and/or provide spotlights for exhibitions. One low-rise steplift is also integrated into the wall in front of the building.
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Bermondsey Project
Inside-Out
Find theWay Home The Streetscape presents a familiar image of home and a welcoming notion of the organisations involved in the Bermondsey Project. Once inside the building,the Streetscape concept is used on both walls and ceilings to define the space, lead the circulation and align visual directions. The current proposal features a colour scheme of red walls and dark yellow ceilings based on the colour scheme of the Crisis website (www.crisis.org.uk). Outside-In
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Spatial & Identity design
The Book Club 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.
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Think Pad
IBM pavilion 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.
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‘Think’ machine
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King Power kiosk 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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Jotun pavilion 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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Jumeirah mosque
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2003 business bay
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2010 sports city
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2010 the lagoons
2008 2007 2002 silicon oasis 2007 academic city
Dubai Star Tower
2003
Design competition, Exhibition Dubai, 2008
Floor configurations of the tower are informed by memories and places in City of Dubai Project design process informed by a system that shows relationship of historical timeline, important cultural locations and physical context of Dubai city. Arabic art of geometrical ‘star’ pattern is used on tower facade and plans implying medium that binds past, present and future of the city and as symbolic representation of guiding tool in the sky used byArab nomads.
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Dubai Star Tower
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Dubai Star Tower Stars are the guiding device in the desert; people use stars to rule the land. The locations of important places on land are often related to stars. The Dubai Star Tower relates symbolically and sequentially to the land of Dubai. People are transported through time and history in their journey in the tower taking advantage of corresponding exhibitions on each level and the extraordinary views toward Dubai city, the land governed by its stars.
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Dubai Star Tower
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Dubai Star Tower
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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
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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.
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Benetton shop
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Section A
Benetton showroom/office
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A Our Colors Our Seasons Our Worlds: Spring
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Bazaar Walk from above
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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
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The gate is located on the traffic island at the edge of the City of London on the junction of Aldgate High Street and Houndsditch. The location marks the eastern-most gateway of former City wall. Coincided with London Olympic 2012, the design strengthens the history of ‘Ale-Gate’ as the gate that welcomed all to London. The gate is designed to address all users engaging with the site: pedestrians, vehicles and city fauna passing and crossing the junction. The design concept emphasises ‘space between’ the gate and its immediate surroundings resulting in the unique geometry of the design and the inbetween space which continually changes with speed and directions of the passerbys.The design works not only as an actual gateway but also as the facilitator of many spatial gateways that define the street space around it. Its overall silhouette attempts to bridge the scales of the skyline of high-rise buildings in the City and that of medium-height buildings in the East End.
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Aldgate High Street
‘Gate for All’
Creating dynamic gates for all
Houndsditch Duke’s Place
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Ceramic brick cladding
‘Gate for All’
stainless steel mesh
steel structure
RC footings
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‘Gate for All’ Facades of the Gateway are supported by the main steel structure anchored to the reinforced concrete footings.The whole structure is wrapped with stainless steel mesh on which stainless steel plates are installed to support rainscreen panels. Openings among panels allow ventilation and light inside the structure. Over a period of time the mesh will provide support to small plants and becomes habitat for city faunas.
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‘Gate for All’
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‘Gate for All’
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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