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PortFolio Pongsakorn ‘Tum’ Suppakitpaisarn BLA University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign MLA University of Georgia PhD Student, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

type Professional Team

project City Home Phuket Condominium landscape Phuket, Thailand

organization Supalai Public Co. ltd.

Bangkok, Thailand

coworker Senior LA Chumpol Chaiyachok Senior Arch.

Vithul Pownacharoen Proj Advisor Ongarj Lertawisilpkul

ASCENDING Photograph Hongkong 2010

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JADE CURTAIN Photograph Hongkong 2010

TABLE OF CONTENTS

HOME AND COMMUNITY City Home Comfort Future Land United Neighborhood

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RESTORATION

Prairie Retreat The Way We Would Wonder

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PUBLIC REALM

The Green Dragon Healscape Design with Hope

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CITY HOME COMFORT

TYPE Professional

LOCATION Phuket, Thailand

The goal of this project was to design a landscape for a condominium complex in the middle of a congested city.

The basic requirements were to follow Thai environmental law that specifies the minimum amount of green space per acre, and of course we want to maximize the recreational area and parking for the residents.

Given the architectural base plan, I created a playground and a sidewalk connecting to the swimming pool, used trees to frame scenic view from which the residents can see the canal, and placed a sculptural design at the entrance.

ORGANIZATION Supalai Public Co.ltd.

ROLE landscape architect intern

I achieved the client’s desire to mix eastern and western architectural influences by using ornamental elements such as fountains, doorways, fence posts, and decorative wall textures with the accents from both cultures.\ On the rooftop, I used the trees to shelter people from wind and sunlight. I added 275 feet track so the runners can run in laps and provided the seating area to enjoy the vista of the sea. In the middle of the open area, I applied the helicoptor landing to welcome special guests as well as to prevent fire hazard.

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FUTURE LAND

TYPE Academic Team

LOCATION Urbana, IL

Our mission as a team was to plan for community fifty years in advance on a land that is now the 16 acre pomology research farm at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

We wanted to introduce to the site a new way of living that had more green space, more local food production, and as little carbon footprint as possible.

For individual detail elaboration, I selected the south eastern corner of the community, where there are variations of housing, transportation, and life style.

ORGANIZATION UIUC

ROLE graphic designer landscape architect

I placed the orchard in the center of this area for production and to encourage a peaceful lifestyle. Toward the east side are more condensed, younger residents in there 20-30s are welcomed to the modern lifestyle adjacent to the monorail station and the business district.

Each of the housing design aims for one principle: to optimize the green space. I made a transition between the private to semi-private to public green space to encourage the residents to come outside, meet the neighbors, and bond as a strong community.

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UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD 2009 HIDEO SASAKI DESIGN COMPETITION FINALIST

TYPE Academic

LOCATION Chicago, IL

Songsville is a community design project with in achievable price that locates in the middle of the city. The developer company requires this approximately 6-acre site to contain at least 34 housing units, 80 parking spaces, and a preschool for 100 children. The project aims to create a strong and positive relationship between neighbors to create a healthy community.

To encourage residents to meet more often and generate social interaction, I aligned the doors of the residences, added sidewalks, and applied the courtyard into the design.

ORGANIZATION UIUC

I included three major green spaces to the site: a rain garden at the low point of the site to manage storm water, the community garden, and the active recreational cafe that the community can gather.

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PRAIRIE RETREAT

TYPE Academic Team

LOCATION Urbana, IL

The Eco-Ducation is a neighborhood park in Urbana, created for recreational and educational purposes that integrates the prairie plantings. Our goal led to a design that aims to ‘educate,provide habitat, beautify, and inspire,’ as Scheler, a scholar in planting design lays his agenda upon.

Educate: The design informs people about prairies and sustainability. The Rootball Interpretive Center displays the prairies from roots to tips.

Provide Habitat: The southwest quarter of the design is dedicated to provide habitat for birds and small mammals.

The rolling prairies will also be a food supply for insects, Beautify: The plant palette of the design provides all sea-

ORGANIZATION UIUC

ROLE landscape architect graphics

son interest. Never once in a season that the field would turn into an undesirable ‘weed patch.’ The selection of plant mass is color-oriented, which give an organized feel to the entire design.

Inspire: This design is also for people and community . In every corners, the social spaces are provided for usage and interactions.

My role in this design is to develop the design and create perspective graphics.

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THE WAY WE WOULD WONDER

TYPE Academic Multi-disciplinary

LOCATION Athens, GA

With the project to connect the city of Atlanta and Athens via the rail system, the College of Environmental Design, University of Georgia, requested for the collaboration between environmental planning and landscape architecture students to create a campus design based on the transportation agenda.

Our team main goals are to create a transit stop that embraces the opportunity for light rail transportation system, campus connection and expansion, and the new wave of ecological urbanism. With the site of student residence and the sports and recreational center, we redesigned the residential buildings, create a train station from the expansion of the recreational facilities, and strengthen the green corridor running across the site.

ORGANIZATION UGA UGA-Transit

ROLE graphics technical traning team management

Throughout the process, I helped the team established the team goals, came up with the structural schedule, researched the precedent studies, designed and illustrated site details, as well as operated the technical training for teammates.

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THE GREEN DRAGON

TYPE Academic

LOCATION Busan, Korea

Busan is a port city in South Korea. However, Kwang Bok Street, the commercial district, is cluttered and lacks a distinctive identity.

I researched the history about the Dragon Head Mound, the relationship of the park with the city, and the sea, and I found the legend of the dragon inspiring. I designed the link of the park and the street to resemble the dragon twirling its tail. The scales of the dragon consist of green infrastructures that snake over head, unify the signature of the district.

ORGANIZATION UGA

I used triple-bottom line approach for this design by generating more tourists, adding stormwater management functions, and createing more fascination for attention restoration of the residents

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HEALSCAPE

TYPE Academic

LOCATION Athens, GA

As the University of Georgia expanded their Heallth Sciences Campus, there is a need to create an open clinic for students and neighborhood to interact. Throughout this assignment, I selected the size, location, and design of a small healthcare facility. Then I designed the landscape using theories of evidence based design.

I designed the building so that it has an open courtyard with planting interest. The front and back landscape is design according to Ulrich’s stress management theory. I assigned the butterfly garden at the corner of the street for visibility.

ORGANIZATION UGA

I furthered my communication skill with 3D Max software and Adobe Premiere to render the design in video as well.

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DESIGN WITH HOPE

TYPE Academic Professional

LOCATION Macon, GA

Perkins+Will offers a studio project to work with Healthcare studio at the University of Georgia. In this project, I designed a landscape for an acute care facility. Three main groups of patients at the landscpae include cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and occupational therapy.

Through the research about each diseases, I propose the design with sweeping movement, soft and gentle slopes, and rich in texture. The design also complies with acute care design theory, allowing the patients to socialize, move freely, exercise, and have positive distraction from pain and discomfort

ORGANIZATION UGA Perkins + Will

I added many seatings, both in social and individual setting, lawn and vegetable gardens, sensory garden, meditation hut, exercising steps, outdoor nature exercise machines, and swings to create a softly fascinating active engagement with nature.

The name of the project is HOPE. The patients come to the hospital because of sickness. They need hope to get well and recover soon.

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Pongsakorn ‘Tum’ Suppakitpaisarn (217)502-3906 613 W Healey Street, Apt 3, Champaign, IL 61820 psuppak@gmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Education University of Georgia, Master’s Degree in Landscape Architecture, 2013 Thesis: Human Behavior in Modern Lunch Landscapes Certified in Conservation Ecology and Sustainable Development University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Bachelor’s Degree in Landscape Architecture 2011 Final Project: Oak and Owls: Habitat Restoration in Crystal Lake Park, Urbana, IL Computer Technical skills include: ArcGIS 9-10, AutoCAD 2009-2013, GoogleSketchUp 6 -8, Adobe PhotoShop, InDesign, and Illustrator CS 3-6, 3Ds Max Design Specializations: Landscape & Health, Habitat restoration, Stormwater Management

Experience Department of Community Affairs, Athens, GA Graduate Design Assistant, Spring 2012-2013 ● Designed historic sites to accommodate new infrastructure (ie. parking, etc.) ● Produced graphic renderings of architectural rehabilitation/ reinstallation ● Research historical records of cities Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand Visiting Instructor, Summer 2010-2013 ● Instructed in Basic Landscape Construction section of Senior Landscape Contracting class ● Arranged workshops in public speaking, graphic presentation, and creativity management ● Organized Landscape Architecture Exhibition about Faculty of Agriculture master plan proposal ● Co-design The Royal Tobacco Factory Research Field entrance, Chiang Mai, Thailand Supalai Public Company Limited, Bangkok, Thailand Landscape Architect Intern, Summer 2009 ● Participated in designing residential grounds and gardens ● Ensured the materials selected for construction were within budgets

Awards and Honors American Society of Landscape Architecture Student Merit Award, IL Chapter, 2011; GA Chapter, 2013 College of Environment and Design Dean’s Study Abroad Scholarship: Summer 2012 University of Illinois Sasaki Day Design Competition Finalist, 2010 and 2011

Activities and Conferences -Chulalongkorn University, August 2013 Lectured in a class ‘Landscape Appreciation’ about modern, sustainable projects in landscape architecture -Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, March 2012-2013 Spoke in ‘People and Environment’ Section March 2012 - Add the Green, Cut the Grease: The Relationship between Landscape and Obesity March 2013 - Design Elements and Applications to Solving Obesity: The Behavioral Responses in the University of Georgia Lunchscapes -Georgia Society of Landscape Architecture (GSLA) Graduate Students Representative, 2011-2013 Organized, planned, and invited people to participate in GSLA activities and LABASH conference