INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
PORTFOLIO
NATNICHA WATTHANA INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY
INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
KARMAKAMET LIFESTYLE BRAND HOTEL LOCATION : PLOENCHIT, BANGKOK THESIS INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
KARMAKAMET MAIN IDENTITY IS ALWAYS DEFINED AS SECRET WORLD WHICH EXPLAINED AS KARMAKAMET PRODUCTS ESPECIALLY ODOR(SMELL) CAN HELP YOU CREATE YOUR OWN PRIVATE AMBIENCE OR EVEN BRING BACK YOUR VERY OWN MEMORIES TO HELP YOU CREATE YOUR LITTLE SECRET WORLD . SECRET WORLD CHARACTER ALSO REFLECTS IN BRAND PRODUCT, SHOP RETAIL AND ETC. OTHER THAN BRAND CHARACTER THE THINGS THAT MADE IT SO SPECIAL IS THE THOUGHTS INPUT WITH PRODUCT FOR EXAMPLE HANDCRAFT PRODUCTS THAT SHOW CARE AND LOVE FROM THE BRAND TO CUSTOMERS TO HELP CREATE BRAND AWARENESS AND REACH THE BRAND CHARACTER, MAIN CONCERNED POINT IS TO REFLECTS BRAND IDENTITY AS SECRET WORLD AND DEFENITELY SENSES WHICH IS THE MAIN PRODUCT OF KARMAKAMET ESPECIALLY ODOR (SMELL)
THE BRAND ALSO TRYING TO PRESENTS OTHER SENSES LIKE TASTE, TOUCH THROUGH SEPERATED BRANDS EX. KARMAKAMET CONVEYANCE, EVERYDAY KARMAKAMET TOO, WHICH MAKE THIS HOTEL EVEN MORE SPECIAL THAT IT’S CAN PRESENTS THE SENSES IN ANOTHER LEVEL BECAUSE ITS INCLUDING SENSE OF TIME AND PLACE TOO. AND LASTLY TO PROVIDE A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF EXPERIENCES THROUGH THESE THINGS IN ORDER TO IMPRESS CUSTOMERS THAT THEY WOULD COMEBACK AND BUY OUR PRODUCT HOME TO REMINISCE THEM OF THE VACATION HERE. IN ORDER TO REACH THESE POINT(WITH LIMITED AREA AND LOCATION) I CHOSE CONCEPT DAYDREAM TO DESIGN. TO GENERATE NEVER EXPERIENCE OR SEEN BEFORE HOTEL, UNLIKE ANYWHERE ELSE TO FEEL ALMOST LIKE A DREAM AND ALLOW CUSTOMERS TO HAVE THEIR OWN SECRET WORLD WHILE EXPERIENCING IT THROUGH EXTRAORDINARY SIGHT, TASTE, TOUCH AND SMELL THAT FEELS ALMOST LIKE A LIVING DREAM. A DREAM IS SOMETHING UNREAL, ILLOGICAL, SURREAL, NEVER SEEN BEFORE AND SOMETIMES IT SHOW OUR DEEP DESIRE AND PRIMITIVE INSTICNT
AN EXPERIENCE YOU CAN CARRY HOME
INTERPRETING THE CHARACTER OF DREAM THROUGH ARCHITECTURE BY 1. MAKING THE ABSURD, ILLOGICAL 2. UNVEILING THE UNSEEN 3. LIBERATE THE PSYCHOLOGY TRUTH
EVOKE SENSES TRANQUIL SEDUCTIVE ALMOST UNREAL
POETIC JOURNEY SINCE EXPERIENCE IS THE MAIN CONCERN THEN THE HOTEL NEED TO BE SLOWLY EXPLORE STEP BY STEP. TO REFLECTS THE BRAND WITHOUT REPEATING THE SHOP RETAIL CHARACTER I CHOSE TO USE WHITE AS A NEW COLOR, YET THE WAY TO USE IT IS STILL SECRET AND INTRIQUE OUTSIDER TO COME IN AND EXPLORE.
IN THE LOBBY AREA THINGS INSIDE SEEM TO BE CAMOUFLAGE AND HIDDEN BUT THE CLOSER YOU GET THE MORE THINGS WILL BE UNVEIL TO YOU.
IN THE MOST HOLY SPACE, WHICH MUST REPRESENTS BOTH SECRET WORLD, SENSES, DAYDREAM WITH LIMITED HEIGHT AND AREA, I DECIDED TO CREATE SCULPTURE THAT REPRESENTS THEM. NOT ONLY TO BE USE TO CREATE SMELLS, LIGHT UP SPACE BUT ALSO TO SHOW THE SENSE OF TIME DURING THE DAY THE CUSTOMER CAN SEE THE SCULPTURE CHANGING SLOWLY AND NATURALLY.
THE MATERIAL NEEDS TO REFLECTS THE KARMAKAMET BRAND WHICH ARE BLACK GOLD AND RED AND ALSO PROVIDE A VARIED SENSE OF TOUCH AND SENSE OF TIME SUCH AS FALLEN LEAVES, WALL THAT REFLECTS SHADOW V. THE IDEA TO REPRESENT DAYDREAM CONCEPT IS TO USE GOLD REFLECTIVE IN SPECIAL AREA SUCH AS EXPENSIVE ROOM AND CORE SPACE, BECAUSE WHEN NIGHTS COME OTHER MATERIAL WILL DIMS AWAY YET THE REFLECTIVE ONE WILL REFLECT WITH THE CANDLE LIGHT FROM AROMA PRODUCTS AND MAKE THE SPACE AWAKES AT NIGHT AND EVEN MORE EXTRAORDINARY.
ISOMETRIC
TRYING TO CREATE UNRELISTIC SCENES THROUGHOUT THE HOTEL, IN THE BEDROOM I CREATE ALITTLE ILLUSION THROUGH MATERIAL AND STRANGE COMPOSITION TO FEEL A LITTLE SURPRISED BUT NOT TOO MUCH, TO BE TOO OVERWHELMED TO SLEEP
SPA IS TO SHUT DOWN OTHER SENSES, TO FEEL THE SENSE OF TOUCH COMPLETELY BY USING SAME COLOR MATERIAL WITH DIFFEENT TEXTURE TO LET THE EYES LIES TO YOU AS ONE MATERIAL BUT THE TOUCH DONT.
NOT ONLY INTERIORS THE LANDSCAPE OF THE HOTEL IS AN UNSEEN PICTURESQUE SCENE WHERE YOU CANT FIND ANYWHERE ELSE TO LET YOU EXPERIENCE THE SENSE OF SMELL THE SENSE OF PLACE THE SENSE OF TIME AND LASTLY THE SENSE OF TOUCH
VIMUTTI HOSPITAL LOCATION : BANGKOK YEAR 4 INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
HOSPITAL DESIGN WAS CHALLENGED BY THE PERCEPTION OF HOSPITAL ITSELF, IT IS UNDENIABLE A SCARY DANGEROUS - CHAOTIC PLACE. MY DESIGN IS TO ORGANIZE BETWEEN PATIENT AREA AND SERVICE AREA, TURN THEM INTO A CO-EXIST ENVIRONMENT, BY THE CONCEPT CALM IN THE CHAOS SEPERATE THE PATIENT FROM CHAOTIC CIRCULATION, HIDE UNWANTED SCENES WITH THE LEAST COMPLICATE DESIGN TO GENERATE A CALM, WELCOME AND WARM PLACE BEST FOR HEALING.
CALM IN THE CHAOS
INTERIOR ELEMEMTS ARE SIMPLE, EXCLUDE UNNECCESSARY DETAILS AND USING A COMBINATION OF CALM COLOURS. IN THE FIRST FLOOR WHICH WILL BE THE FIRST IMPRESSION, I CREATE A CALM REFLECTIVE POOL THAT EVERY SEATING LOOKING AT, TO BE THE MAIN FOCUS FOR EVERYONE TO ABSORB THE NATURAL CALMNESS. THE LIGHTING ABOVE IS ANOTHER ELEMENT TO CAPTURING NATURE 'RAIN' CHARACTER WHICH HELP MAKES THE AMBIENCE MORE RELAX AND SOOTHING CLEAR AND WIDE CIRCULATION ARE PREPARED FOR ANY EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES AND MANY WHEELCHAIRS POSSIBLE. DIFFERENT MATERIAL ARE USED ON THE FLOOR TO GUIDE AND SEPERATE BETWEEN CALM AND CHAOTIC WALKWAY SUCH AS ENTRANCE, RECEPTION, EMERGENCY WAY ETC.
RECEPTION AND WELCOME AREA
INTERNAL MEDICINE DEPARTMENT FOR ELDERLY MOST PATIENTS HERE ARE THE ELDERLY WHO SUFFER FROM A DISEASE OR A SICKNESS FOR A LONG TIME. UNLIKE EMERGENCY PART. THESE PATIENTS HAVE TO TOLERATE WITH SICKNESS NOT ONLY PHYSICALLY BUT ALSO MENTALLY WITH A VERY CLEAR WIDE CIRCULATION ,EASY TO UNDERSTAND ROUTE. THE SEATING ARE ALSO FAR APART FROM EACH OTHER TO CREATE PRIVATE AREA. I DECIDED TO PLACE A EYE-FOCUS IN THE MIDDLE WHICH IS THE KEY TO GENERATES CALMNESS IN THIS FLOOR BY CHOSING A CLEAR , LESS LEAF TREE TO REDUCE DETAILS. AND GROUP THEM WITH GLASS THAT CREATE REFLECTION TO HELP DRAWN PATIENTS MIND TO FOCUS AND CREATE IMAGINATION TO REDUCE STRESS AND ANXIETY BEFORE GET IN THE EXAMINATION ROOM
DENTAL CLINIC
MATERIAL AND ELEMENTS USING IN THIS HOSPITAL ARE AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE TO REDUCE UNNECCESSARY DETAILS FOR PATIENT TO FEEL COMFORTABLE TO TAKE IN, AT THE SAME TIME THE SIMPLENESS WERE USED IN VARIOUS WAYS TO CREATE UNIQUE CHARACTERS FOR EACH DEPARTMENT
IN DENTAL CLINIC GRADIENT COLORING ARE USED TO FEEL LIGHT AND LEVITATE TO PSYCHOLOGICALLY REDUCE ANXIETY AND ALSO SERVES AN AESTHETIC DELIGHT
INTROVERT SUPERMARKET LOCATION : YEAR 5 INTERIOR DEPARTMENT THE PROJECT IS A CHALLENGE FOR STUDENTS TO INTRODUCE A NEW WAY TO DESIGN A SUPERMARKET, THEN I CHOSE TO DESIGN A SUPERMARKET FOR INTROVERT PEOPLE WHIH WILL REFLECT AND GET ALONG WITH THEIR BEHAVIOURS SUCH AS
AVOID CONTACT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE MAY NOT PREFER SHOPPING ASSISTANT FEEL TIRED AFTER BEING IN A CROWD TAKE TIME MAKING DECISIONS EASILY DISTRACTED NEED QUIET TO CONCENTRATE WHY INTROVERT? THESE DAY ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNER ARE MAINLY FOCUS ON DESIGNING A PLACE FOR GATHERING , A CONNECTING SPACE OR CO SPACE BUT NOT SO MANY PLACE PROVIDE FOR INTROVERT PEOPLE WHICH MAKE THEM STAY INDOOR AND ISOLATED EVEN MORE. INTROVERT IS NOT A DISEASE OR PROBLEM TO BE CURE, INTROVERT IS A PERSONALLITY AND CHARACTER THAT NEED A LITTLE MORE UNDERSTANDING (AND ALSO SPACE!) FROM SOCIETY.
EXISTING OBSTRUCT ON SITE SUPERMARKET IS AN UNAVOIDABLE CROWDED PLACE, THEREFORE I DEFINED THE MAIN ROUTE SERVES FOR DAILY PRODUCT IN THE MIDDLE AND MAKE IT SUPER WIDE AND DIRECT IN ORDER TO MAKE LESS CONTACT BETWEEN A LOT OF CUSTOMERS. AND PROVIDE ANOTHER INTROVERT SPACE FOR PRODUCTS THAT NEED MORE TIME TO CHOOSE FOR EXAMPLE WINE, SKIN CARE, BOOKS ETC. FOR THOSE INTROVERT TO FEEL FREE TO SINK IN AND MAKE DECISION.
ANY ACTIVITIES ARE HIDDEN AMONG SHELVES SUCH AS SELF CASHIER, SELF INFORMATION ARE CONTACTLESS AND PRIVATE SUITS FOR AN INTROVERT
THE GAP BETWEEN SHELVES ALLOW PEOPLE TO HIDE AND TAKE TIME TO READ PRODUCT INFORMATION AND MAKING DECISIONS WITHOUT INTERRUPTED THE MAIN CIRCULATION
DEFINE DIRECT ROUTE FOR FAST/ GRAB AND GO PRODUCTS EVERYDAY USE PRODUCTS WHICH NEED TO BE CLEAR AND WIDE.
SUNKEN INNER POCKET AREA AROUND THE OBSTRUCT
SEPERATE THE CIRCULATION WITH SHELVES WHICH ACT AS ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS
CREATE INTROVERT FUNCTION ON THE LOWER LEVEL AND EXTROVERT FUNCTION ON THE UPPER
THE SHELVE WALL IS AN ELEMENT TO SEPERATE THE SUPERMARKET. WITH MORE DEPTH AND RANDOM LEVEL OF SHELVE IT MAKES PEOPLE UNABLE TO SEE BEHIND THE WALL IN SOME PARTICULAR ANGLE WHICH CREATE MORE PRIVATE AMBIENCE FOR INTROVERT
SUNKEN FLOOR TO INTROVERT AREA IN BETWEEN EXISTING OBSTRUCT WHICH IS NATURALLY DARKER AND NARROWER TO CREATE SECURE SPACE FOR AN INTROVERT WHO PREFER TO BE ALONE AND OUT OF SIGHT
INTROVERT SUNKEN AREA ARE A PLACE TO RECHARGE WHILE OTHERS HAVING PARTY ON THE UPPER LEVEL INSIDE, INTROVERT PEOPLE WILL FEEL COMFORTABLE AND SOLITUDE WITHOUT ANYONE DISTURB THEM. ALL FURNITURES TURN AWAY FROM EACH OTHER TO AVOID EYE CONTACT.
GATHERING SPACE ARE ALSO PROVIDE FOR EXTROVERTS TO HAVE FUN
EDUCATIONAL LIBRARY LOCATION : EDUCATIONAL FACULTY, CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY YEAR 4 INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
TEACH WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED IS ONE OF THE BEST WAY TO STUDY AND FOR ANY PERSON WHO ARE BOTH STUDENT AND TEACHER-TO-BE, THIS WAY OF STUDY COULD HELP IMPROVES BOTH ROLE. NOT ONLY TO YOURSELF BUT ALSO OTHER STUDENTS HERE TOO. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CREATE A GOOD ATMOSPHERE SUIT FOR LEARNING. A SPACE WHERE STUDENTS FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO TEACH OR LEARN FROM THIER FRIENDS AND TO LET ANYONE THAT ENTER THIS LIBRARY EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT READING ANYBOOK, GET TO LEARN SOME KNOWLEDGE FROM THIS PLACE.
A GOOD LEARNING CAN LEAD TO A GOOD TEACHING IN THE FUTURE.
ON THE 1ST FLOOR WHICH IS A PUBLIC ZONE, WAS SET TO THE BE THE “TAKING ACTION” FLOOR. BY USING WOOD BATTENS WITH 10 CM. GAP TO ENCLOSE SPACE MAKING STUDENT FEEL HALF PRIVATE/PUBLIC BECAUSE THE BATTENS GIVES AND EFFECTS OF HALF CLOSE/HALF OPEN. SO THEY WILL NOT FEEL TOO INTIMIDATE/ INTENSE AS SITTING IN A METTING ROOM OR TOO SHY AS SITTING IN PUBLIC AREA AND THIS CAN LEAD THEM TO A COMFORTABLE SITUATION WHERE THEY COULD START TAKING ACTION LIKE TEACHING, DISCUSSING AND BRAINSTORMING WITH EACH OTHERS
1ST FLOOR PLAN
GROUP WORK
DISSCUSING
TEACHING
WHILE RELAXING YOU CAN SEE AND LEARN ALONG WITH THE GROUP NEARBY.
ON THE 2ND FLOOR, MAIN USER ARE BACHELOR STUDENTS AND THEIR MAIN ACTIVITIES ARE GROUP WORKING ,DISSCUSING ETC. SO THIS FLOOR WAS CREATE TO SUPPORT THEM. BOTH SIDES ARE STEP STUDY THAT ALLOW STUDENTS TO LOOK OVER TO WATCH OR ARRANGED A GROUP TEACHING IN THE MIDDLE.
2ND FLOOR PLAN
COMMUNICATE
DISSCUSS
WATCHING
ON THE 3RD FLOOR ARE MOSTLY FOR MASTER DEGREE STUDENTS WHO WORK ALONE. I CREATE A READING FRAME AND TABLE WHICH LOOKING OUTWARDS TO NATURE TO AVOID SPEAKING AND A MORE CONCENTRATE ATMOSPHERE.
FOCUS
LISTEN
CONCENTRATE
WHILE SITTING ALONE, YOU COULD LISTEN TO THE DISSCUSSING GROUP NEXT TO YOU
3RD FLOOR PLAN
GEI SPA JAPANESE BEAUTY SPA LOCATION : CHITLOM, BANGKOK YEAR 3 INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
“MYSTERIOUS SECRETIVE ETIQUETTE”
JAPANESSE PEOPLE VALUE BEAUTY IN UNFAMILIAR WAY, ONE PHILOSOPHY IS “YUGEN” GEISHA MEANING IS “MOVING WORK OF ART” WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT CONCEPT IN ACCORDING TO THEIR HARD PRACTICE AND TRADITIONAL JAPANESE AESTHETICS. WELL PREPARED RITUALS. EVERY MOVING OF GEISHA IS A COMPLETE ART ALONG WITH FLAW- MEANING AS A BEUTY OF HIDDEN,UNSEEN, LESS SKIN OF THEIR OWN. INCOMPLETE SPACE THAT ALLOW YOU TO FULFILL IT WITH YOUR IMAGINATION. THIS SPA OFFERING GEISHA-BEAUTY SECRETS INGREDIANTS, WHICH ARE GREEN TEA, RICE SIMILAR TO GEISHA, WHO COVERED BARN, SAKE, INDIGO, CAMILIA OIL AND EXPEN- HERSELF WITH LAYERED OF CLOTHES BUT SIVE NIGHTINGALE DROPPING STILL ABLE TO CAPTURED EVERYONE BY JUST SHOWING VERY LITTLE SKIN OF HERS OR ALLURING MEN BY HER LITTLE HINT OF PERFUME. THAT IS A BEUTY OF BEING HIDDEN AND MYSTERIOUS “YUGEN”
GEI SPA THIS SENSASIONAL SPA MAIN CONCEPT IS YUGEN, I HAVE CREATED MYSTERIOUS SECRETIVE AMBIENCE TO IMITATE MYSTIC PRESENCE OF A GEISHA GIRLS. AND IMPLIED YUGEN BEAUTY PHILOSOPHY IN EVERY STEP OF SPA SPACE TO PROVIDE A MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCES FOR OUR CLIENTS.
TO REPRESENTS YUGEN PHILOSOPHY , I CHOSE TO LOCATE INCOMPLETE MOONGATE CIRCLE BEHIND THE RECEPTION WHICH IT WILL BE REFLECTED THE OTHER HALF FROM THE SHALLOW POOL BEHIND IT.ONLY SPA CLIENTS WILL ABLE TO SEE IT FROM THE INSIDE AREA. HERE, THE WATER WILL ACT AS AN IMAGINATION YOU FULFILL.
THE CIRCULATION LEAD TO THE SPA ROOM ALLOW PEOPLE TO CATCH A HINT OF A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN WITHIN IT THAT WILL ATTRACT PEOPLE AND MAKE THEM WANT TO SEE MORE. BUT ONLY ABLE TO SEE THE HIDDEN PART IN FULL PANORAMA FROM THE INSIDE.
TRANSLUCENT SHOJI PARTITIONS WITH INK PAINTING ARE USED TO SEPERATE MASSAGE AREA, WHERE THEY REQUIRE SOME PRIVACY . OVERLAPPED PARTITIONS WILL GENERATE A SHADOW THAT HAS DEEP DIMENSION GRADIENTLY AND ALLOW MASSAGE THERAPIST WHO DRESSED AS GEISHA, BECAME AN ACTUAL MOVING WORK OF ART.
I INTENTIONALLY PLACED HALF CIRCLE TUB IN FRONT OF A CIRCLE VOID IN A NIGHTINGALE PREMIUM SPA COURSE. TO IMPLIED YUGEN PHILOSOPHY. ONCE THE CLIENT GET IN TO THE TUB, SHE WILL BECOME THE COMPLETE CIRCLE ORTHE IMAGINATION OF THE HIDDEN PART.
NIGHTINGALE PREMIUM SPA
NIGHTINGALE PREMIUM SPA
AROMA SPA
SERVICES
AROMA SPA
RELAXING
PLACED 2 DOUBLE SPACE ON AN OPPOSITE ANGLE TO LET LIGHT CAME THROUGH AND REFLECTED. TO GIVE A DIFFUSE LIGHT WHICH GIVES MYSTERIOUS AMBIENCE.
MASSAGE
RELAXING AREA BEHIND RECEPTION FOURTH FLOOR PLAN
FIFTH FLOOR PLAN
NIGHTINGALE PREMIUM SPA
SIXTH FLOOR PLAN
WASHING HAND AND TOE AREA BEFORE SPA COURSE
ARCHITECTS AND ASSOCIATES ARCHITECT OFFICE LOCATION : WANGLANG ,BANGKOK YEAR 4 INTERIOR DEPARTMENT A&A IS AN ARCHITECT OFFICE WHICH HAS WORKING THROUGHOUT YEARS. WITHOUT GOING OUT OF STYLE. TIMELESS IS THEIR MAIN CHARACTERISTIC. AND ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS,MOST ARE FORMAL, SERIOUS, GOVERNMENT - RELATED WORK. ALONGWITH THEIR SITE WAS PLACED IN THE MIDDLE OF OLD TOWN BANGKOK -WANG LANG SURROUNDED BY TEMPLE AND THAI ARCHITECTURE
MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE WORKING RELATIONS BETWEEN EMPLOYEES ARE ABOUT TEAMWORK, WORK LIKE A BROTHER - SISTER TOGETHER WITH CLOSER-FRIENDLY RELATIONS I DECIDED TO DEVELOP THIS PROGRAM WITH THAI CONCEPT, CHAN ชาน WHICH ABLE TO REPRESENTS THE OFFICE CHARACTERISTICS WHICH ARE THAI - TIMELESS - TOGETHER
CHAN ACT AS A SPACE WHERE PEOPLE GATHERING OR SPENDING TIME TOGETHER.I THEN CREATED A STEPS UP OR DOWN SPACE TO IMITATE CHAN. TO GATHER PEOPLE AND MAKE IT A TEAM-WORKING ZONE.
THE CORE SPACE OF THE WHOLE OFFICE IS THIS MEETING AREA WHERE STAFFS AND BOSSES CAN GATHER AND DISCUSS THEIR PROJECT WITH DOUBLE SPACE THAT ALLOW THE REST OF THE TEAM TO WATCH OR LISTEN FROM UPSTAIRS. IN ORDER TO LEARN OR DEVELOP TOGETHER.
TEAM A BOSS ROOM
MEETING AREA
BRAINSTORM
TEAM B SECRETARY
ADMINISTRATION
ISOMETRIC SHOW HOW CHAN SPACE (BRAIN STORM AREA AND MEETING AREA) ACT AS A GATHERING SPACE TO CONNECT BETWEEN EACH ZONE.
CHAN : GATHERING
1ST FLOOR PLAN
CHAN : MEETING
2ND FLOOR PLAN
CHAN : BRAINSTORM
3RD FLOOR PLAN
PLAN
MATERIAL AS AN ARCHITECTURE FIRM,I TRIED TO USE “THE TRUTH TO MATERIAL CONCEPT” WHICH WAS ADORNED BY MANY ARCHITECTS,IN MOST OF MATERIAL FROM WALLS TO FURNITURES. THEN SPECIALISED THE SPACE BY A TOUCH OF THAI-RED COLOUR แดงน้ำหมาก WHICH I CONSIDERED AS A TIMELESS RED. THAI-RED COLOUR ALSO GET ALONG WITH OTHER MATERIAL QUITE WELL. LASTLY THE COLOUR PRESENTS THE THAI CHARACTER OF THE OFFICE.
SYMMETRICAL IS A CRUCIAL DESIGN CONCEPT THAT AFFECTS A LOT IN THAI ARCHITECTURE WHICH STILL REMAIN TIMELESS NOWADAYS AND DEFENITELY REFLECT HERE IN OUR OFFICE.
VIVA LA VIDA MEXICAN RESTAURANT LOCATION : EKKAMAI , BANGKOK YEAR 3 INTERIOR DEPARTMENT “VIVA LA VIDA” MEANING AS “LONG LIVE LIFE” MEXICAN PEOPLE HAVE A DIFFERENT ASPECTS ABOUT LIFE IN A VERY INTERERESTING WAY, EVEN IN A LIMITED AND POOR SOCIETY THEY ALWAYS FIND A WAY TO APPRECIATE IT, HAVE FUN AND TURN BAD INTO GOODS.
“DOWN SIDE UP”
FOR INSTANCE, DEAD FESTIVAL THEY TURN DEAD AND SADNESS INTO FESTIVE AND FUN FRIDA KAHLO WHO TURNED HER BAD EXPERIENCES INTO PRECIOUS ART AND MOST IMPORTANTLY TURN POOR INTO PRECIOUS AS BEING POOR AND THE LACKING OF FOOD IS THE REASON THAT LEAD THEM TO DISCOVERED DELICIOUS INGREDIANTS LIKE ANTS THAT AFTER BECAME ONE OF THE MOST PRECIOUS INGREDIANTS OF ALL. THE PURPOSE OF THIS RESTAURANT IS TO CHANGING PEOPLE PERSPECTIVE AND LET THEM EXPERIENCE MEXICAN FUN SPIRIT CULTURE.
TO CAPTURE THE ESSENCE OF FUN, FRIENDLY SPIRIT OF MEXICAN SOCIETY I CHOSE TO RENOVATE THE NORMAL HOUSE INTO STAIRCASE DINING WHICH IMITATE SHOW-WATCHING SEATS SO PEOPLE CAN OVERLOOK BOTH STAGES AND CONNECT THEM TOGETHER.
STAIRCASE DINING ALSO CONNECTED PEOPLE TOGETHER AND ACT AS ONE BIG FAMILY DINING TABLE.
I DECIDED THAT PEOPLE WILL ENTER THE REATAURANT FROM MEZZANINE FLOOR TO CHANGE THEIR PERSPECTIVE AND THEIR FIRST GLANCE OF THE RESTAURANT WILL BE “LOOKING DOWN” “LOOKING DOWN” WHICH MOST OF THE TIMES MEANING BAD BUT HERE THEY GOING TO SEE A BEUTIFUL AND FUN SIGHT OF THE RESTAURANT. THE STAIRCASE DINING WILL LEAD THEIR FOCUS TO DANCE FLOOR PARTY UNDERNEATH THEM TO IMPLIED THAT “LOOKING DOWN” COULD BE FUN AND BEAUTIFUL TOO.
DOWN SIDE UP MATERIAL BROKEN GLASS TO MAKE BEAMING LIGHT EFFECTS. “KINTSUGI WALL” AN ART THAT EMPHASIZE BROKEN LINE (WHICH CONSIDERED AS FLAWS) INTO BEAUTY. ROUGH PLASTER - COLOURED WALL,MEANING THAT FLAWS COULD TURN TO BEAUTY DEPENDS ON YOUR PERSPECTIVE. MATERIAL WILL BE USE IN VIVID COLORS TO CAPTURE TRUE MEXICAN CHARACTER.
OUTDOOR AREA WAS DESIGNED FOR A DRINKING, NIGHT PARTY TO ATTRACT CUSTOMERS AT NIGHT AND GIVE THEM A MEXICAN PARTY EXPERIENCES WITH TEQUILAS AND MAGARITAS!
OTHER THAN THAT, I USE CONFUSIONAL SCALE AND LOGIC TO CHANGE THE WAY THEY USED TO SEE THE WORLD AND THE VARIETY AND UNUSUAL SELECTION OF FURNITURE ALSO REPRESENTS MEXICAN FUN - LIVELY CHARACTER. FROM THE PICTURE, I BROUGHT CURTAINS THAT MOSTLIKELY STAYED INDOORS OUT AND CONFUSE PEOPLE WITH UNUSAUL HUGE SCALES. ON THE OTHER HAND, LOOKING IN FROM OUTSIDE,YOU WILL SEE PENDANT THAT IMITATES MOON, IN ORDER TO CONFUSE PEOPLE THAT MOON/SUN ARE NO LONGER IN THE SKY BUT INSIDE THE RESTAURANT INSTEAD.
THE CLOSER SERVICED APARTMENT 4 BUILDINGS LOCATION : BANGKOK YEAR 3 ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT UNDER LIMITED AREA ,THE ARCHITECTURE MUST REACHED BOTH AESTHETHIC AND ECONOMIC DISIRE OF THE PROGRAM OWNER. I CHOSE TO BRING EACH BUILDING CLOSER TO EACH OTHER TO LET EACH CREATE A SPACE THAT BENEFITS BOTH ITSELF AND OTHER BUILDINGS NEARBY.
IN RESULT OF AREA LIMITATION, I DECIDED TO LAY THE BUILDING OVERLAPPINGLY TO LET ALL BUILDING HAS ITS OWN GARDEN AREA. THEN SOLVED THE PROBLEM OF SOME ROOM THAT ARE TOO CLOSE TO ANOTHER BY ADDING GARDEN IN EVERY 2 LEVELS, ARRANGED IT DIFFERENTLY ON LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE AND PLACE THE NEXT BUILDING BY FLIPPING IT THE OTHER WAY IN ORDER TO CREATE GARDEN VIEW FOR THE OTHER ROOM NEXT TO IT.
PEOPLE NORMALLY AVOID ANY ROOM THAT PLACE CLOSE TO ANOTHER BUILDING BECAUSE OF PRIVACY REASON. BUT HERE THE CLOSER THE MORE NATURE AND THE BETTER VIEW.
STUDIO
ONE BEDROOM A
ONE BEDROOM B
IN RESULT, EVERY ROOM WILL BE ABLE TO CONNECT TO NATURE WITH BEST ACCESS TO FACILITIES
MORE SPECIAL SPACE
ON THE OVERLAPPING AREA I DECIDED TO CONNECT ALL BUILDINGS WITH TERRACE LOBBY TO CONNECT PEOPLE TOGETHER AND MAKE THE LIMITED SPACE LOOK EVEN WIDER
AMA’S CHAIR YEAR 4 FURNITURE A DINING CHAIR DESIGNED FOR GRANDMOTHER. OUR MAIN CONCERN IS TO DESIGNED A CONVENIENT CHAIR FOR ELDERS WHO HAS HARDTIME GETTING UP AND UNABLE TO LEAVE THE CHAIR BY THEMSELVES. OUR SOLUTION IS SHORTEN ONE OF HANDRAILS TO ALLOW ELDERS TO TURN AND GETUP EASILY, WITH OUT MOVING THE CHAIR. AND ALSO REMAIN SOME HANDRAIL SPACE FOR THEM TO PLACE THEIR HAND AND PUSH THEMSELVES UP WHILE THEIR OTHER HAND PLACE AT THE EDGE OF TABLE.
OTHER PROJECT
55 SQ.M. ONE BEDROOM CONDOMINIUM LOCATION : BANGKOK
OTHER PROJECT
PAGE CAFE LOCATION : HANGDONG, CHIANGMAI STATUS : ON HOLD TO CREATE A CAFE HOUSE WHICH FEELS LIKE A HOME
OTHER PROJECT
OTHER PROJECT
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