RATCHU SURAJARAS PORTFOLIO | 2012-2019 “An Exploration Journey of Landscape Understanding”
RATCHU SURAJARAS
e: rsurajar@alumni.risd.edu m: +1.917.855.7761
2019
EDUCATIONS
2017 - 2019 2008 2012
Rhode Island School of Design Master of Landscape Architecture 2-years program [ MLA-ll ] Providence, Rhode Island Kasetsart University Bachelor of Landscape Architecture [Second-class Honours] Bangkok, Thailand.
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES
2019
Research Assistant For Helen Kongsgaard on Rhine Riverfront and San Antonio River
20182019 2019 2019
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES SWA Group, Sausalito Office Full-Time Landscape Designer. Sausalito, CA.
2018
Hargreaves Associates Summer Internship [June-August] San Francisco, CA.
2016 - 2017 2013 2016
Freelance Landscape Architect. Bangkok, Thailand. RAFA Design Co., Ltd. Full-Time Landscape Architect Bangkok, Thailand.
2011
Shma Co., Ltd. Summer Internship [ March-May ] Bangkok, Thailand.
HONORS AND AWARDS
2019
ASLA, American Society of Landscape Architects, Rhode Island Chapter: Merit Awards 2019
RISD ASLA Representative, Student Chapter | Professional Liaison
2019
Rhode Island School of Design : The Landscape Architecture Department Thesis Awards 2019
RISD Landscape Architecture Department Search Committee Liasons: Student Team
2018
RISD Architectural Studies Travel Awards 2019 Travel and Research Program
Thesis Coordinator and Assistant Instructors: Helen Kongsgaard
2018
Helen Hackney McColl Scholarship 2018 RISD Landscape architecture
2019 Teaching Assistant and Guess Critic [Spring] for Representation ll Instructors: Johanna P. Barthmaier/ Courtney Goode
2018
Honorable Awards TALA Awards 2018: Master Planning Category [Thai Association of Landscape Architects] : Wayu Wind Farm
2019 Guess Critic for Research Methodes in Design [Spring} Instructor: Helen Kongsgaard/ Jacob Michell 2019 Teaching Assistant for [Winter] Constructed Ground Studio Instructors: Johanna P. Barthmaier/ Adrian Flores/ Joseph James 2018 Teaching Assistant for Topic in Representation I [Fall] Instructors: Suzanne Mathew
2017
Outstanding Awards IFLA APR Awards 2017: Analysis and Master Planning Category [International Federation of Landscape Architecture Asia Pacific Region Awards’ 17] : Wayu Wind Farm
2016
Honorable Awards TALA Awards 2016: Master Planning Category [Thai Association of Landscape Architects] : Pak Phanung Wind Park
Teaching Assistant for Representation II Instructors: Johanna P. Barthmaier/ Karly Molter
2012
TOY: Thesis Of The Year Awards 2012 Bangkok, Thailand: Finalist 30 Selected Project
2018 [Spring]
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Climate Adaptive Infrastructure
RECHARGING BANGKOK
: A Climate Adaptive Vision for the Saen Saeb Canal Bangkok, Thailand. |Academic Work : Master Thesis, MLA | Sustainable Master Planing
WAYU WIND FARM
: Innovative Sustainable Energy And Farming. Huay Bong, Nakorn Rachasrima, Thailand. |Professional Work|
Park and Natural Restoration
PAK PHANANG WIND PARK
: Long-term development and natural restoration. Pakphanung, Nakorn Si Thammarat, Thailand. |Professional Work|
Urban Infrastructure Network
PATCHES AND CORRIDORS
: Rethink Figures and Grounds for Hartford's Green Infrastructure Networks South Branch Park River, Hartfort, Connecticuit |Academic Work|
Outdoor Class Room
TRANSFORMATION OF RISD FARM : Site Dynamic and Outdoor Class Room Tillinghast Farm Barrington, Rhode Island. |Academic Work|
Competition
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: INTERNATIONAL GARDEN COMPETITION 2019 Reford Gardens, Québec, Canada. |Professional Work|
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RECHARGING BANGKOK A Climate Adaptive Vision for the Saen Saeb Canal Bangkok, Thailand
“Exploring the extensive roles of water infrastructure under extreme environmental conditions”
Thesis proposal aims to investigate an extensive role of Bangkok’s canal system that can potentially serve as a climate-adaptive and multifunctional infrastructure to help address the city’s environmental issues and to support the complex social needs. Together with municipal hydrological systems, the canals can mitigate flooding, land-subsidence and sea level rise while regaining lost cultural functions specific to Thai ways of living with water in both a contemporary context and future scenarios. The investigation focuses on Saen Saeb canal as a primary study area which is historically one of the most important canals at the heart of downtown of Bangkok that connects Chao Phraya River and Bang Pakong River in Chachoengsao Province; it encompasses different transects of the capital city and context conditions form in the urban core to the periphery area. Relying on the fact that Bangkok is a delta city, this project has strategically turned the issues of flooding and land subsidence common in this kind of terrain into opportunities for social and cultural improvements by rethinking the relationship between canal and adjacent open spaces as flood mitigation tools and reconnects people to canal-scape, which can establish long-term strategies for the city to live with water. The study of the dynamic relationships between water, city, people and canal tectonics have been proposed as adaptive strategy that provides the diverse public realms, hydrological functions, and could be apply as rational principles applications for the other canals of the city.
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02. How can canal play multiple roles of mitigating flooding, retaining, recharging and draining water at the same time ?
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01. How can canal play multiple roles of mitigating flooding, retaining, recharging and draining water at the same time?
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Bangkok Noi Canal
Charan Sanidwong Rd. EL +1.27
This thesis investigates several strategies for flood mitigation in Bangkok. It also critiques single function hydrological infrastructure with a by two crucial questions which there by set the goals of this project:
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East Bangkok Canal Network and Land Subsidence Analytical Map Land Subsidence Rate 1981 50
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Flood Risk Map: Worst Case Scenario
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Climate Adaptive Canals and Open Space Networks |Adaptation – Connection – Response| Design proposal focuses on the canal edge tectonics and adjacent open spaces along the canal in order to hold the water as monkey’s cheeks (water retention area) to mitigate flooding and increase the holding capacities. At the same time, design intervention enhances the public spaces for the city, which can be used in every day and flooding seasons by providing access and connections between canal edges and city area. The design strategies aim to transform the canals from linear engineering solution to multi-functional infrastructures in both hydrology and public realms for the city. T– behavior and perception to live with water not live by water.
Transect | Urban Core Transect | Mixed Use Transect | Periphery
Release : Transforming the rigid canal to climate adaptive multi-functional infrastructures
Recharge :Enhance flood-able public open spaces by Re-coding the adjacency spaces along the canal to serve as both water and social spaces for neighborhood and public
Reconnect : Connect water corridor within the fabric by Recreate connections and accessibilities between canal and city
Reread :Re-organize the fabric by Negotiating the building orientations and concern Primary Connections to the future development in order to provide a relationship of open spaces to the fabric of the city Improve Exisitng Green Spaces Vacant Lands Re-Organize fabrics
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Release A | Canal
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A2 Floating
A6 Vegetation Step and Filtration Tank
A5 Energy Generation
A3 Vegetation Step
A7 Perforated Filtration Tank
Recharge | Retain B | Monkey’s Cheeks : Retention Pond
B1 Multi-Purpose Monkey’s Cheeks
Exisitng Retention Pond
B2 Multi-Purpose Monkey’s Cheeks
Reread | Reconnect C | Small Monkey’s Cheeks : Adjacent Open spaces
C3 Floodable Multi Functional Plaza
C1 Temple’s Water front as Cultural Terrace
C4 Re-organize Informal Settlements/ High density Community as a part of the city
C2 Floodable Terrrace for Recreation and Ecological Improvement
D | Adapted as Infrastructure Networks
D1 Recharged Road
D2 Recharged Railway
D3 Transform Expressway as Green Corridor
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Projection | Design Intervention Testing ideas Design intervention focuses on holding capacity, connectivity and extension spaces by using the adjacent open spaces along the canal to hold the water as monkey’s cheeks (water retention area) to mitigate flooding and reduce the limitation of canal capacities. At the same time, design intentions to enhance the public spaces for the city which can be used in every day and flooding seasons by providing access and connections between canal edges and city area. The axon diagrams illustrate the variations of path types and multi-components that transform the rigid infrastructure to generate either ecology or holding more water combining with the in-land strategy. The primary concern of the intervention highlights on the existing conditions of the edge and fabric consists of existing elevation, edge condition, existing building and structure, and also the landowner. The variation of design applications would be applied to the specific site condition as a guideline for new infrastructures.
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Connecting Pathway with Floating Garden
Step-Vegetation Edge with connecting Pathway
Connecting path along row house
Hybrid Concrete Slope : Improve canal ecosystem
Cantilever Path with step vegetation edges
Multi-purpose terraces for temples
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Re-organized informal settlement for floodable open spaces
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Urban Core Commercial District
For the urban core commercial district, the strategy applies to the existing inaccessible experimental field to be a recharge area for the city. The wetland terrace and folded back retention space will provide more room for water while enhancing the urban ecology for the city. In addition, the narrow strips along the other side of the canal covered by property fences will transform to promenade that improve the urban connectivity. In order to achieve, the negotiation process with the different landlords and stakeholders play a significant part of the implementation process to contribute the canal edges for the public.
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Saen Saeb Canal
Treatment Terrace
Flood Plan Forest and Rain Water Harvesting Building
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Detention Pond
Recreational Path
Retention Pond Main Recharge Area
Upland Forest
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For the mixed use and high-density urban area of Bangkok, most of areas are blocked by the property fences of the private properties that were mixed with the low-income community area along the canal side. The cantilever edge tectonic type is introduced to increase the flow rate to release the water out of the city through the wider canal profile. Combining with the retain operation by turning adjacent vacant lands to pocket sponge civic parks to hold the water during flood season and also benefit the neighborhood as a community space.
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Community Mosque
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EL+2.50M Promenade With Cantiliever Type
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Multi Purpose TW+2.50M Promenade with Pocket Space Stepped Wetland
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Raise Ground Floor Above 2.60M.
As a part of the culture, temple is the center of Thai community. The water front site transformed to the multi-functional promenade with terracing, pier, and floating platform for either everyday spaces or cultural events such as water festival, Loy kratong festival. The formal geometric language combines the main walkway with function and retention spaces including multi-purpose lawn, sunken gathering spaces, meditation forests, and waterfront plaza.
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Water Front Promenade
Saen Saeb Canal
Floating Platform and Pier
Cultural Promenade
Pocket Recharge Area
Floodable Meditation Space
Stiff Silty Clay Layer
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| MONKEY’S CHEEKS | Retention Pond
An example site highlight on the future development for the adjacent retention pond. This pond is used as a kidney of the city by operating the air system to purify water from the Ladprao canal and drain into Saeb Saeb canal and direct to the Chao Phraya River by the great tunnel. The existing pond is covered by concrete edges and high-density informal residences; the proposal will turn the critical hydrologic site in to 100 floodable spaces by introduce the step wetland combined with the natural edges of the slope to increase the holding capacity of the pond and canal. By reorganizing the community into the modular elevated buildings that can live with flood and help the city as flood motivational tools for the future development.
Renovated Museum
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Floodable Terrace
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AffordableHousing for Rama 9 Pond Community
Terraced Wetland
Retention Pond: Combine Aerated and Vegetated Purification System
AffordableHousing for Rama 9 Pond Community
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Multi Purpose and Pocket Space
High Point Path
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Permeable Road and Parking Spaces
Highway Stormwater Cathment and Recharge Strip park
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WAYU WIND FARM Design Proposal |25|
WAYU WIND FARM Master Plan for Innovative Sustainable Energy And Farming Huabong Distric, Nakorn Ratchasima. Area: 793.1 acres
“Exploring the opportunity of waste land”
Located in Nakhon Ratchasima province, Northeast of Thailand, Wayu Wind Farm development project aims to enhance the leftover land (totally 793.1 acres), creating public benefits and ultimately yielding environmental, social and economical sustainability. The construction of 30 wind turbines and needed infrastructures, has caused numerous broken pieces of land with various sizes of borrow pits scattering over the area. The disconnectivity of patchesand corridors creates real challenges for ecological restoration within the site. Thus, this project has strategically turned site limitations into opportunities to reclaim the land, optimize resources, and establish long-term sustainable agricultural system. With the concept “turning waste land to prosperous land”, three main strategies for land reclamation including hydrological planning, soil remediation and reforestation processes are proposed along with the 3-phase planning of physical structures and supported facilities for agricultural, research, producing and recreational activities. Practical strategies with step-bystep planning that could be real implemented to the site and specific techniques in each process are clarified. The proposed programs with cooperative activities do not only create a complete cycle of agriculture operational system but also help generating career and thereby income for the locals as well as find ways to share benefits back to the public.
Exisiting Condition
Existing Agricultural Field : Low quality soil
Uncontaining water from surfaces and sub-surfaces
Mono-agricultural process : Lost of humus and nutrient
Reforestation to protect borrow pit slope and create The green ring for a restoration process
Green borrow pit with variety of programs
Zero-wasted organic products
Sustained agricultural processes
Create natural levee and enclosed patches for water containing process
Ecological flow : Connect all patches system
Borrow-Pit Restoration
Exisitng Borrow Pit
Soil Remediation
Maintain The Agricultural Fields : Plants combination and cycle research lab
Ecological Corridor Connectivity
Re-Forestation and Connect to Remnant Hadgerow Corridor
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Ecological Flow and Connectivity of Disconnected Patches and Corridors
Propose Technique for Land Formation Process Existing Condition
Land Formation Process
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Fast & narrow surface runoff
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Soil & Structure erosion
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Road blockade Surface runoff collected at one point and drained by culverts
Sub surface runoff from porous molecule soil
Under storm condition, water comes as a massive sheet flow gathering at drainage point
Drainage pipe
Agricultural field & Bolder Massive amount of water
Sediment trap and Gabion
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Soil Remediation process
Hydrological Planning Process
Reforestation Process
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Sandy soil Green manure planting area Future expanded forest area Rotate crop
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Water reservoir Expand moisture area phase 1 Expand moisture area phase 2
Seedling area Reforestation area phase 1 Reforestation area phase 2
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The self-produced renewable energy becomes a resource for learning as well as supplying energy to agricultural and other activities within the area. (above) Innovative farmer market and greenhouse exhibition in commercial zone. (below)
Programming and Resource Management Programming and resource management aiming to be a prototypal project bringing prosperity to the locale, agricultural, human and renewable energy resources could be innovatively utilized to maximize benefits for both locals and public. Hence the concept, “Innovative Organic Wind Farm�, is initiated and applied to the proposed planning for physical constructions along with land reclamation processes. Various activities serving 4 groups of people comprise farmers, merchants, students and researchers, and visitors are organized into five zones: Commercial Zone, Recreation Zone, Research Center, Agricultural Zone and Production Unit. Commercial activities and tourist facilities are placed near the main southern entrance while research center is located near energy substation in the middle area. The production unit would be convenient for services via sub-entrance on the north. Besides, recreation area with learning trail and pavilions are along the stream including 21.75-acre devoted land as a waterfront public park. Existing road networks are still effective with additional service buses and bikeway for visitors. The inserted programs and activities are cooperative, fulfilling a complete cycle of self-contained and selfsustained operational systems. For instances, knowledge and outcome from research and development projects on plant species can be directly applied to the real crops; agricultural products can be forwarded to production house and processing plant before being sold; and agricultural wastes can also be processed as pet food, fertilizer and fuel for biomass. Renewable energy produced from 30 wind-turbines and biomass will be sold while energy consumption within the site mainly derives from solar energy and wind energy from small wind turbines. The self-produced energy covers the operations of water pump, irrigation system and temperaturecontrolling system in the greenhouses.
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Restored existing borrow pit has turned to water resovior, now serves visitors as recreational area. (above) Recreational area in the research center serves outdoor learning activities such as energy workshop, cooperative learning, and agricultural workshop for farmer. (below)
Self-Sufficiency process
Commercial Zone
: green house and production field
Production unit zone
: Agricultural product, warehouse and waste for bio mass
Research lab and Learning Zone : Knowledge and research field
Farm Stay
: Local style Accomodation with agricultural field
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Hydrological Planning Process The urgent task is to create water reservoirs – a stream corridor in the middle of the site together with numerous borrow pits need to be restored by improving their water-holding capacity. Hence clay and PVC liners will be applied on the surface of the stream and every pit, together with the construction of check dams every 2-meter height along the stream corridor. Additional plantations on the edges will help protecting soil moisture. While waiting for rainwater level to be increased in the second phase, soil humidity around the reservoirs will gradually increase and expectedly expand to the wider area (aquatic rings), allowing vegetation to grow naturally. The last phase is to build water channels along roadways, creating a complete network of irrigation systems.
Hydrological system
BOORROW PIT AS DETENTION POND AND TOOLS FOR FOREST ENRICHMENT WATER CHANNAL NETWORK CHANNEL AND LEVEE : REDUCE RUN OFF VELOCITY
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BOORROW PIT AS DETENTION POND AND TOOLS FOR FOREST ENRICHMENT
SOIL MOISTURE
Soil Remediation Process The first phase requires land leveling and grading due to its dimple surfaces and leftover building materials. To improve soil quality in the second phase, Sunn Hemp, a fast-growing green manure, will be planted in the area outside the predicted boundary of future forest. During this period, the panoramic view of Sunn Hemp blooming can be promoted as a tourist attraction. The involvement of local labors would indirectly educate people on remediation technique. Once the soil quality is improved, choices of crop can be variety. Eventually, monoculture will turn to polyculture forests (green rings) around water resources. The following master plan is therefore designed in corresponding with the speculated future forests.
Reforestation Process Both natural and artificial reforestation techniques are adopted in this project. Young trees are highly-dense planted with additional fertilizer and mineral soil. The distribution of perennial plants among these young trees provides shading, protects soil moisture and adds leaf compost to the plants. Such technique will enable these trees to grow up-to 5-6 meters height. They are expectedly able to survive in natural condition within 3 years, follow by natural succession process within 10 years.
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WATER CHANNAL NETWORK CHANNEL AND LEVEE : REDUCE RUN OFF VELOCITY
NATURAL CHECK DAM
SURFACE RUNOFF
MAIN DETENTION AREA AQUATIC RINGS AND THE HIGHEST TIDE AREA SURFACE RUNOFF
WATER CHANNAL MAIN RUNOFF DIRECTION
Natural trail along the stream corridor in recreation zone. (above) The proposed reforestation method and specified vegetations in forest habitat. (below)
Agricultural system
Ecological system
CREATE MICRO CLIMATE FOR AGRICULTURAL FIELD BY ENCLOSED FOREST
CONNECT GREEN CORRIDOR AND PATCH AS A NETWORK FOR ECOLOGICAL FLOW AND BIO-DIVERSITY
ENCLOSED ROOM FROM THE FOREST ECOLOGICAL FLOW REFORESTATION AREA PRIMARY STREAM CORRIDOR AND WET LAND RESTORATION AREA SECONDARY STREAM CORRIDOR HEDGROW CORRIDER AND GREEN NETWORK
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GREEN RINGS : EROSION CONTROL AND GREEN CATALYZED
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PAK PHANANG WIND PARK Master Planning : Long-term development and natural restoration. Pak Phanang, Nakorn Sri Thammarat. Thailand. Area: 49.5 Acres
“Exploring the coastal ecology”
This project is an initiation to create the first “Wind Park” in Thailand. Situated in Amphur Pak Phanang, Nakhon Sri Thammrat province, Thailand, the area covers 184.5 rai consisting of 4 wind turbines, with 125.2 rai for the designed area. The main idea of the project is to create public spaces for local people with limited budget and also help promoting tourism in the province. This project aims to be an example for landscape planning and design with great respect to and understanding of nature. It also explicates that solutions to successfully integrate landscape with nature could be possible for designers with environmental concerns. Human can actually take advantages from the nature without destroying it, but at the same time should allow ecological systems to survive and be able to restore themselves naturally. The master plan was divided into three phases. The first phase (1-5 yr) is mainly for natural restoration process including reconnecting water system (destroyed after road construction) and creating break water made from a large pile of rocks to reduce sand losing. The second phase (5-10 yr) is to build up facilities in natural feature such as walkways, sand plaza, natural trail and temporary structure for community activities. The last phase occurred after natural systems are fully recovered (approx. 10-20 yr) community center, tourist pier,amphitheatre and hotel will be built for tourist attractions.
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POROUS BREAK WATER AND SAND DUNE FORMATION PROCESS
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OFFICE AND SPIRIT HOUSE ZONE 1. Future hotel development 2. Spiritual House 3. Spiritual Plaza 4. Main public entrance 5. Office and E-library 6. Seating platform 7. Pine forest wind break 8. Garbage 9. Detention pond 10. Floating platform 11. Public plaza 12. Shelter 13. Service entrance
PUBLIC PARK AND EXERCISE ZONE 14. Bikeway (Blueline) 15. CP'S Property 16. Control building 17. Exercise ground 18. Playground 19. Sport field 20. Amphitheater 1 21. Amphitheater 2
Exisiting back-swamp/ mangrove forest (left)
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COMMUNITY ZONE 22. Local cafe 23. Office 24. Garbage 25. Public parking 26. Main public entrance 27. Public plaza 28. Bird column display area
BACK SWAMP EDUCATIONAL PARK 29. Shelter & Educational trail 30. Shelter 31. Tourist pier
SERVICE ZONE 32. Service entrance 33. Service yard 34. Water inlet 35. Project signage
Site location. (right)
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BACK SWAMP FOREST : Restoring the previous dry brownfield from exisitng shrimp farming process to be a back swamp forest that either provide an ecological service for the coastal ares and also protections for the shore lines. An observation boardwalk encourages visitors to learn and explore on back swamp and mangrove forests. The specific eco-system with different programs such as bird blind pavilions, elevated trails, and cabana to observe the habitat and change of tides. |40|
Back Swamp Educational Trail Section
Back Swamp Forest
Beach Forest
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SPIRIT PLAZA : Spirit house and plaza for “Khrom-Ma-Luang Chumporn” which is highly respected by souther peolple.
COMMUNITY BUILDING : The Public Building provides visitor center, E-Library, cafe and community spaces for local people and also tourist. The building concerns about natural vetilation , light and integration of spaces between inside and outside as an eco-building.
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SPIRIT PLAZA
SPIRITUAL HOUSE AND PLAZA FOR “KHROM-MA-LUANG CHUMPORN”
COMMUNITY PARK : The southern culture recreational space surrounded by beach forest and bird cage column to enrich the Thailand southern culture.
ACTIVE PARK : Diverse active activities such as exercise stations and playgronds for visitor and local people. The blue bike lanes were created to connect all functions along the park together. The growing falkes material which can absorb the natural light and grow as a lighting system in the night to reduce energy usage for the project.
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PATCHES AND CORRIDORS :Rethink the figure and ground for Hartford’s green infrastructure networks
South Branch Park River | Hartfort, Connecticut Urban System Studio|Helen Kongaards | Claire Fellman
Patches : Roles and opportunities
Corridors :Roles and connections
Emerging Network : Re-reading the openspaces
“ Exploring the urban systems and prototypical conditions”
The integration of patches and corridors connectivity and adaptation to urban scenarios Hartford is structured by the water system which is not only by the river but also by the upland water supply as a zone of protective land. Therefore, these created the large patches upland which is connected to the historical parks and all river as one system. From the observation, the connectivity of the parks and open spaces are all disconnected and unrelated in terms of physical connection and ecological connection. Hartford has a history of Olmsted era legacy of parks and also the area that they were not developed for people because it’s a low land flood zone. Consequently, the greenway master plan is not revised and performed as a connection for the city. The project envisions to the point of connectivity either people and culture, ecological and hydrological flow for the city of Hartford by rereading open spaces in the way that re-shuffle the categories of the open spaces and what is the role of each to the city. In the way to combines the public park and recreational spaces, vegetated urban wild, flood zone and upland water supply as a protective zone as one interconnected by the water flow, and patches and corridors connectivity. The analytical process of re-thinking the figure and ground in a new way to find new image of what it could be for open space in Hartford which is owned by different landlord and stakeholder such as city, MDC, school yard or some of the private land to emerge of new network from existing patches and corridors as all one new network.
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Canal River FEMA Flood Line Conduit and Underground Drainage
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PROTOTYPICAL AND TYPOLOGY PROTOTYPICAL AND TYPOLOGY DESIGN STRATEGY DESIGN STRATEGY URBAN WILD AND WOODLAND
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Urban Wild and Woodland Ecological Flow and Wild Life Habitat
FROM POINT TO POINT | PEOPLE ACCESSIBILITY
River Hydrological Flow
Circulation Connection and Accesibility
Sediment pond : to contain nutrient, moisture and purification process
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Multi-level trail with various programs along the corridor
Enrich interaction between water, vegetation and soil
Forest Berm : more surface and soil depth from fill slope berm
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Expand the rooms for water Retention Pond to contain water in flooding seasons Connect to Norch Branch Park river
Vegetation Swale : delay the surface runoff and contain moisture for an urban forest
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RIVER RESTORATION | WILLOW STAKES AND LOGS Dechannalized River Current Conditions
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Growing of Riaparian Corridor and Urban Forest (20 yr.) Land-formation and natural succession
Slope Aspect | Light | Vegetation
Mixed Species from Natural Succession
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Urban System Diagrams
Cultural and Hydrological Hotspots
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Social Corridor and Activities
Road Networks
Pope Park Area
Hydrological Flows and Retaining Areas
Sediments and Moistures
Vegetation Types
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Model Experimentation
Corridor treated
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Connections and Experiences
South Branch Park River and Neighborhood Area
Berms and Sediment Collections
Preserve Urban Retention Pond
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TRANSFORMATION OF RISD FARM
SITE DYNAMIC AND OUTDOOR CLASS ROOM Tillinghast Farm Barrington, Rhode Island. Design Principle Studio|Suzanne Mathew
“Exploring landscape ingredients and phenomena�
The final project from Design Principles studio, first core studio for Master of Landscape architecture program in Rhode Island School of Design. On the early period, the studio focuses on iteration process to understand the smallest things such as materials or landscape ingredients. The experimentation process through analogue and abstraction of material logic, site armature, soil structure, hydrological system and dynamic of the site to reveal the relationship, structure and also natural phenomena. The project objective reveals the public area of Tillinghast Farm, RISD Farm, Barrington Rhode Island and transforms the site characteristic to the outdoor classrooms. The focused area represents the dynamic of the site and natural phenomena which naturally defines the space by the change of nature. The site located on the edge between the forest and marshland. the project focus on the fluctuation of the tides which is changing around 7 feet range as diurnal tides to understand the relationship between topography, vegetation, and hydrological system. And also to measure the dynamic of salinity on the marshland and fresh moisture in the forest both in the ground and air. The project divides into the upland forest zone and tides zone. The visitors will be leaded from the main parking space and common area to the arrival space of the classroom. The corten feature walls provide a transition space from the open lawn hill to the forest and also represent the corrosive process of fresh moisture on the walls. Inside the forest revels the fresh moisture changes between the edge and interior part of the forest and connect to the tides zone. The main classroom on the tidal zone emphasizes the change of tide by landform which scooped down the land and integrated with amphitheater space. people who reach in this area can gather in the main classroom that contained 30 people for this activity on this lawn terrace and corten steel bench which is a threshold indicator between forest and marshland. The sub rooms around the berm create the different occupation area in different time of the day. And the last area is the riparian pool which is a freshwater pool and change to the blackish ecosystem on the tide period show the variation of the vegetations that change From spratina to high tide bush and phragmites in every foot of the topography. From the narrative of the design spaces reveal the relationship from the forest to the marshland and tides that people can learn and understand the special characters of RISD farm.
Material Logic : Paper manipulation
Material Logic : Light filter and shadow
Soil Structure : Material limitaion and abstraction of porosity and soil layers
Site Dynamic : Tides and grounds
Soil profile : Particle sizes, porosity, and
The Exploration and Experimentation : to understand material logic, natural compomnets, site armatures, and phenomenas by using an analogue and abstraction processes to find a specific relationship between components and systems to represent the natural changes. The site dynamic were represented through the site design such as landform to reveal the characters of natural change. Site Armature
Room Experiment : Tidal class room
Room Experiment : Tidal class room
Room Experiment : Room and Context
Grading and space
Corten steel and Corrosion Process
Structure, vegetation change and tides
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Entrance area : Corten steel feature walls represent the fresh moisture through the corrosion process
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Site Dynamic Diagram Capturing the interaction moment of tides , topography and change of salinity and fresh mositure on both air and ground.
Corten Steel Bench Shows the thresholds between drysalinity land and wet-fresh moisture Main tidal class room Meshes bridge the vegetations changed room Sculpture berm As a wind protection to collect moisture and seperated tidaland riparian rooms Corrosive Amphitheater
Site Phenomena Diagram Shows the factors which form a specific condition within the site such as wind, light, tide, and moisture. (middle)
Section A: Narrative Section Transection through the thresholds of highland, forest and marsh land.
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Section B: Entrance area section Corrosive corten steel feature walls represent the oxidation processof fresh moisture on corten steel wall.
Section C: Meshes bridge and Riparian pool The second room that encourages visitor to explore the vegetation channge and backish eco-system around the riparian pool
Section D: In between two different pools The sculpture berm seperates the tidal and riparian pools for different experiences which reveals the site dynamics and phenomenas in the class rooms.
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STEPS TOWARDS A BLENDED FUTURE International Garden Competition 2020 Reford Garden, Québec, Canada.
“Exploring small intervention” Ideally situated in a forest, the Unity Steps allows visitors to enter the space from four separate undulating steps. The separate steps intertwine to become two paths, establishing distinct views of different environmental backgrounds and forming an interlocking platform and cascading steps to embrace the relationship of Man, Earth, and Water. One path engages views of St Lawrence River, the other engages with the forest, and both share views centered upon a mature tree. While the four steps breed different experiences for visitors, it ultimately brings people together in the act of mixing among the surrounding elements as visitors find respite at the central platform. The singular use of rebar steel speaks to solidifying the connections forged as visitors enter the space; which itself represents an essential element of structural foundations, an industry standard material for strength and integrity. This projects seeks to daylight the common material and permits it to naturally age with time. Visitors will journey through planting and be rewarded with views of a meadow blended into the platform and cascading steps once they reach the center.
Existing Tree Undulating Platform : Module 900x900 mm.
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Platform : Module 900x900 mm. Cascadeing Path : Module 450x450 mm.
Concrete Footing 19mm. Dia. Rebar Steel
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Step Typologies Cascading
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Undulating
Material and Planting Platform
Rebar Steel :0.19 mm. Diameter
Northern Maidenhair Fern : Adiantum pedatum
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“An Exploration Journey of Landscape Understanding”
- Ratchu Surajaras rsurajar@risd.edu
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