Sansiri Saensopa Design Portfolio by Sansiri Gaem Saensopa

SANSIRI SAENSOPA Architecture Portfolio Selected Works 2021-2023

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syracuse university bachelor of architecture august 2020 – may 2025 (expected) cumulative gpa 3.91

national organization of minority students (NOMAS) syracuse chapter communications chair (2021 – 2022) – designed informative publication materials – managed social media account – planned school-wide events

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peer advising program may – december 2022 – supported and provided guidance and resources to incoming class of 2027 – organized and led activities during the orientation of school of architecture

studio ingegneria simone guanieri architectural intern (september – december 2023) – visited construction sites and attended on-site meetings of at least 4 projects in florence, italy, including a restoration project in the historical, medici-era Boboli Gardens selldorf architects architectural intern (january – march 2023) – worked on the design of over 6 commercial and residential projects at different stages – produced detailed architectural drawings, renderings, diagrams, and conceptual sketches for client presentations – corresponded between partners, senior architects, and project architects architect database research assistant february 2023 – may 2023 – researched and compiled database of architects in states where abortion remains legal to provide design services for clinics spatializing reproductive justice exhibition exhibition curation (june – august 2022) – worked with professors and students of columbia gsapp and ccny ssa advanced studios to curate student works on reproductive healthcare network into a traveling exhibition undergraduate teaching assistant syracuse university (august – december 2022) – worked with over 30 students of varying skills – provided interactive demonstrations and assistant for hand and digital drawings – planned assignments and prepared class materials with the course professor

+ awa rds & press c overage SOURCE undergraduate research grant april 2023 – may 2024 (expected) – awarded $7500 grant to research on reproductive justice and produce resource guides and design responses to support abortion clinics and employees in new york ‘Specializing Reproductive Justice’ The Architect’s Newspaper ; march 2023 imagine the future scenarios competition shell thailand ; may – august 2022 – thailand’s national first runner up architecture portfolio award syracuse university ; march 2020

+ technic al s kills 3d modeling rhinoceros (advanced) ; grasshopper graphics adobe suite (advanced) ; autocad rendering v-ray ; enscape analyses arcgis ; google earth pro ; climate studio ; climate consultant fabrication CNC mill ; laser cut ; vacuum form ; woodwork ; slip mold casting others microsoft office suite ; bluebeam ; python ; photography ; videography ; web design

A N A LY T I C A L S K E TC H E S B r i o n C e m e t e r y, I t a l y

c o n t en t s i s o la d ’elba ba ckro oms

speculative dystopian design on Elba Island post-overtourism

c ata lo g u e o f c are

feminist ethics of care and reproductive justice in post-roe america

p r o ject c ano py

multifaceted, community-connecting public square

r i ver beads

water environment protection and education center

th e fr i ends hip ho us e

self-sufficient home in extreme environment

i s ola d’e l ba ba ck room s speculative dystopian design on Elba Island post-overtourism

Design Studio VII ; Fall 2023 Instructor _ Luca Ponsi Collaborators _ Yicheng Wang & Yiting Zhong Site _ Rio Marina, Isola d’Elba, Italy

Island overtourism is an issue faced worldwide, and Italy is among the forefront countries suffering from the unrestrained influx of crowds. Analyses conducted on the commune of Rio Marina on Elba Island in Livorno province proves that majority of the population of the town has been converted into hotels, hostels, and airbnbs, while others are offered as apartments for rents. Isola d’Elba Backrooms is a speculative design project which comments on the exploitation of the site by assuming and depicting Rio Marina in an absolute dystopian setting. The project looks to present the dreadful extreme circumstance in which the locals surrender their places of residence to tourists and move to live in temporary “parasitic” structures during high tourism season. A call for action, the project cautions not only the potential incoming tourists, but serves as a reminder to the local community and the authority to the state of affairs within the house.

0 1 : I N I T I AT I O N : S I T E D

The commune of Rio Marina may be characteristically categorized into 4 conditions, each of which is attributed to a stage of development of the parasitic structures. Site D embodies the backyard condition which faces the hill. Utilizing the advantage of the blind spot away from the eyes of the tourists on the main street, it is the first and foremost development, an experiment to passing the privileges in Rio Marina to the tourists. Site C furthers the model initiated by Site D. From the unregularized, individually-established backyard structures, Site C appropriates overlooked, landlocked buildings in the middle of a certain town block, and fills in. Systems may begin to appear for societal maintenance.

02 : SUBSTITUTION : SITE C

Site B requests for collaboration and agreement from multiple households of the same apartment block in order to fill narrow, unpurposed alleys. Amid such alleys hence flourishes an entirely new community. Site A magnifies the scale of local parasitism by acquiring an open plot of land and transforming it into utility work field. On this site, locals gather to carry out all the backstage chores to upkeeping a tourist paradise. Mass laundry service is one of the instances.

03 : PARASITISM : SITE B

04 : POSSESSION : SITE A

S E C T I O N SITE B : PARASITISM parallel between locals and tourists as they live unobtrusively side-by-side

S U M M E R P L A N HIGH SEASON: locals surrender dwellings to tourists

W I N T E R P L A N LOW SEASON: locals reclaim their dwellings

0 2 c a t a lo

feminist ethics of care and reprod

storage

table

planter fields little library

community garden low density ; high influx ; less space

include: drop-off area high density ; high influx ; more space

kitchen + greenhouse greenhouse

planter

school

fields

shed

school garden low density ; low influx ; more space

g ue o f c are

ductive justice in post-roe america

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supportive housing low density ; high influx ; less space

clinic: freestanding low density ; high influx ; more space

fields

storage shed green house

urban farm high density ; low influx ; more space

planter

Reproductive rights and abortion are issues of longstanding debate in society and rose to the center political stage in June 2022 when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The Catalogue of Care acknowledges the truth that abortion process does not start nor stop at the procedure room but expands to fill one’s entire life.

Through a process of research, site survey, and data analyses, the project argues for a comprehensive Network of Care which takes into account basic necessities, including access to food and groceries, means of transportation, and temporary accommodation, along with their availability and affordability in the cities of Buffalo and New York, the two gateway cities into New York State.

This preliminary research and design proposal is part of the research study funded by the Syracuse Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Engagement (SOURCE) which will expand on the previous findings and will feature onsite clinic visits and employee interviews. Design Studio V ; Fall 2023 Instructor _ Lori Brown Collaborator _ Victoria Vardanyan Site _ New York State

S P AT I A L C O L L A G E S exploring and visualizing embodied experiences

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SURVEYS OF RESOURCES SURROUNDING AN EXISTING CLINIC

Brooklyn Abortion Clinic

New York, New York

$172/night $157/night

$309/night $148/night

H E A LT H C A R E C E N T E R S

TEMPORARY HOUSING

clinics, family planning services, pharmacies

Brooklyn Abortion Clinic

New York, New York

FOOD

restaurants, cafes, bakeries, diners

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hotels, hostels, airbnbs

T R A N S P O R TAT I O N

roads, parkings

CLINIC FIRST FLOOR PLAN p h a r m a c y, w a i t i n g a r e a , d r o p - o f f a r e a s , c o m m u n i t y e d u c a t i o n r o o m s

CLINIC SECOND FLOOR PLAN pre-surgery and surgery rooms, community kitchen, recovery rooms

0 3 proje ct c a n o py multifaceted, community-connecting public square

Design Studio III ; Fall 2021 Instructor _ Jesse McCormick Collaborator _ Jiwei Wang Site _ Syracuse, New York

The lasting impacts of 2019 pandemic on urban landscapes all around the world beg for architects to rethink public spaces in post-pandemic cities. In response to the once-animated site of downtown Syracuse, the Canopy recognizes the natural irregularities and constant evolution of the city and aims to restore the deserted square as the center of civic life through a freeform structure which expands and contracts in relations to the levels of activities at any particular time. The partially constructed framework allows for any type of program to not only construct upon and become part of the project, but also detach and be replaced as demands of the occupants fluctuate over hours and seasons. Boundaries will shift, and spaces may overlap and overflow during the square’s bustling hours, while left vacant or repurposed on its deserted days.

OF THE COLUMBUS CIRCLE HISTORICAL DISTRICT

John H. Mulroy Civic Center Theaters

1904

The Fourth County Courthouse

1910 Alterations made to the Wesleyan Methodist Church, including adding in the tower

Wesleyan Methodist Church

1846 – 1863 The Wesleyan Methodist Church remains the gathering site of anti-slavery and of the African-American community.

1846

2000

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

1976

1900

Saint Mary’s Church

1800

The First Baptist Church

1958 The baptistry is added to the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

1904

1874

February 1915 The First Baptist Church is turned into the Mizpah Hotel

1821

From past to present, from an original building constructed to its repurposed renovation. The physical record of time which lays out the historical paths of the building and points to the future directions of preservation and development.

1932

Columbus Monument and Fountain

2021

Luna Loca

2021

BRIEF TIMELINE

R A M P C I R C U L AT I O N

POOL PLACEMENTS

MARKET PLACEMENTS

P O O L C U TAWAY D E P I C T I N G R A I N W AT E R H A R V E S T I N G S Y S T E M

01 | THE CANOPY

92 FT

95 FT

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72 FT

r i ve r b e a ds water environment protection and education center

Design Studio IV ; Spring 2022 Instructor _ Julie Larsen Collaborator _ Huilin Wu Site _ Cocoa Beach, Florida

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The River Beads is a string of natural, porous structures which span along the banks of Banana River and the Cocoa Beach Causeway, an area in Florida endangered to sea level rising and runoff pollution. Large clumps of essential minerals currently deficient in the river are embedded along the structure’s underside, where they are to be washed away and dissolved by natural currents over time to improve the condition downstream. The growing voids generated by disintegrated minerals render the underside of the structure porous and rugged, increasing the surface area for the embedded water purification system while caved in areas perform as various-scale habitats for marine animals. Sequences of interior spaces encourage occupants to descend further under water, where barriers between the protected interiors and the open water body narrows, allowing them to conceive the imminent threat of rising sea level while fully experiencing the structure’s dynamic systems as it comes to life beneath the surface.

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49 FT

176 FT 169 F

95 FT

112 FT

107 FT

17 FT

26 FT

12 FT

SEAWATER LEVEL

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30 FT

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59 FT

SECTION B – B’ 7’ = 1”

POROUS STRUCTURES

SKYGLIDING LEVEL

FLOOD LEVEL

TIDE LEVEL

PHASE 2

PHASE 3

PHASE 1

WATER PURIF I C AT I O N ACR OSS T HE R I V E R

INTERACTION WITH MARINE LIFE

C O N C E P T C O N F I G U R AT I O N

05 the f rien ds hi p ho u s e self-sufficient home in extreme environment

Extreme Habitat 2022 Volume Zero Architecture Competition Collaborators _ Jiwei Wang and Huilin Wu Site _ Khuiten Peak, China-Mongolia border

Rising over 14000 ft above sea level, the year-round snow-capped Khüiten Peak of the Altai Ranges marks the triborder between China, Mongolia, and Russia. The Friendship House is a tiny house for four, inserted into the jagged landscape of the high camp area such that the structure is invisible from the landscape. A combination of complex solar and snow water harvesting and traditional Mongolian food storage and thermal chamber allows the house to become self-sustainable in the extreme environment. The house offers any visitor of the mountain a temporary shelter against the frigid conditions, hence facilitating a shared living space which promotes interactions between inhabitants of different cultures.

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