LIST OF SPACES
Finished products and improvements
c
Silks Making Process: preparation and weaving
a
b
A, B
Colour dyeing Room and equipment storage
A, B
Space for drying the dyed silk
A, B
Transfer from cone to spindle
A, B
Prepare the warpc
A, B
Shuttles and spindles storage Weaving room
Additional spaces
A, B
Fabric storage Pattern Design Studio
A, B, D, I, F
Souvenirs shop
A, B, D, E, F A, B, C
Playing with pigmente
C, D, E, F, I
Playing with scrap thread or fabricf
C, D, E, F, I
Garden
Story-telling corner Children’s works display space The House
A, B, D, F
Transfer of dyed thread to coneb
‘The Nostalgic Walk’
f
The Passive**
Pigment storagea
Weaving classroom
e
Benefits to Gen Z
Raw thread storage
Workshop/ activity aread
d
Parties involved The Active*
Silks Making Process: colour-dyeing
CURATED ACTIVITIES and INTER-GENERATIONAL REL ATIONSHIPS
Name of space/ Function
G A
*The Active - instructor, demostrator, the party who pass on the knowledge. **The Passive - knowledge receiver, observer, participant etc.
Gen Z
Ban Krua Resident
Parents
Staff
A
Learn to appreciate local heritage, the traditional handicrafts
B
Increase their attention span (Short attention span as a result of exposure to technologies)
C
Muscle development, eye-hand co-ordination - skills which children need for writing later on.
D
Learn to share, interact with others
E
Learn to be responsible for cleaning up, tidying up, putting things away (e.g. learn to put their toys back into storage boxes at home)
F
Learn names of colours and shapes
G Improve observational skills for science - through activities such as examine trees, feel its bark, and draw picture of it) H
Raise their self-esteem - when their creativity is valused, children feel valued people, as part of the society
I
Improve inventive skills, creativity, and imagination. e.g. a boy wonders what happen if he were to paint with three paintbrushes
A, D H
Food preparation area and The Kitchen
A
Accommodation
A
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SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMS Addressing the whole site
Ch aro enp ho l br idg e
Story-telling corner
Children’s works display arcade
‘The Nostalgic Walk’ - walk through vanishing scenes of Bangkok
Accommodation Food preparation and the Kitchen - ‘Learn Grandma’s secret recipes’
Ca na l
Existing Ban Krua community
Play with scrap thread or fabirc - make a silk chair, maybe? or make a new outfit for your teddy bear here. Weaving classroom - Have a go at the handweaving machine- it only works when two of you work together!
Play with pigment - ‘feel free to splash the paint everywhere’
The Garden - growing plants for natural dyes
Pattern design studio - Meet the artist
Children’s works display arcade
Souvenirs shop
Entrance pier
Workshop/ activity area semi-outdoor space able to accommodate a range of activities Other types of arts and crafts maybe demosnstrated here.
DEVELOPING THE DESIGN FURTHER FROM THE 1:6 MODEL: Space could b e come an interactive machine
Studying the structure of bicycle wheel roof
Sketch studying how the bicycle wheel roof structure works
Design precedent Ifema building, Madrid by Andres Perea
Proposed deisgn Bicycle wheel roof spans over the space where children can observe the elderly working on silk weaving. The desired experience is that children would walk underneath the roofscape of hanging silk thread to get to the centre of the space where the elderly is working.
Roofscape of hanging silk
PROPOSAL: S e ction v ie w