Architecture Portfolio 2016 - Newcastle University - Stage 2

ARCHITECTURE 2015 - 2016 PORTFOLIO

STAGE II ACADEMIC PORTFOLIO

SIRAWAT THEPCHAROEN

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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STUDY TYPE

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LEITH 2025

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DWELLING PLUS

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INHABIT

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ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE

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EXPLORING EXPERIENCE

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APOLOGIA Visiting the site in Leith was a clear indicator into how the design would be formulated. Leith 2025 concept was to create a community within the centre of the site and bring the public more into the residential area by opening up routes through shops and restaurants and introducing vegetation to the existing car park. From that proposal I knew that I would be looking at Leeser architect who also takes that same approach in their design of Emquartier building in Bangkok where the design is to draw people into green central space in this high density city. Leith has a lot of vernacular architecture where my concept could be too strong and doesn’t fit in with Leith’s existing context. From looking at other precedents this helped the design incorporate Leith’s existing context in relation to my concept. A University in Budapest designed by O’Donnell & Tuomey helped direct and focus ideas for the facade to blend in with the existing context whilst still maintaining their contemporary style. Not dissimilar to Sanaa Toledo’s Museum concept, I have incorporated an open-air courtyard with full glazing to connect the interior and exterior as one. Internal atmosphere depends on the time of day and weather.

The lessons that I was able to learn from inhabit are the quality of different spaces in the building, how the materiality works internally and the sense of scale and routes throughout the spaces.

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STUDY TYPE

HOPKINS ARCHITECTURE

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P2.3.2 LEITH 2025

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DEVELOPMENT Car Park

potential green area

residential and shops

potential routes

Drawing on site

lights and routes

Traffic

This collage reflects the site as it is industiral and has the potential to make use of renewable energy.

Site

Wind

Sketches

Section of the Broad Wynd showing the quality of materials.

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SITE ANALYSIS

Routes Amenities

Skip and Skip recycle

Residential

Artificial lighting on Site

Shops and Restaurants Both

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Busy Traffic

Vegetation

Traffic during rush hour Little Traffic

Wildlife research: otter, Golden Plover, Oystercatcher and Turnstone

Noise pollution recorded during the survey

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By create routes through the shops and restaurants (access both side) will draw people into the central space of the site.

Potential routes to connect the public with the community. This connection will draw people into the space which will create a bigger community.

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SITE PROPOSAL

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DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT JOURNEY JOURNEY

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MASSING MODEL

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DEVELOPMENT MASSING

First I extruded the plot as one solid block to the height I needed

Separate the central area to be private and public garden spaces and divided the live and work spaces but both still connected by a bridge

Pushing the building back to increase sunlight entering the central spaces. Concept of twisting each floor in different direction inspired from Leeser Achitecture (Pintrest)

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Introducing curves and full glazing to the central space to reduced block like formation and tried to connect interior with exterior.

Inspired from Sanaa Toledo (Pintrest)

Flatten the facade on Constitution Street to keep the simplicity and connect with the surrounding. Increase circulation into the building by making an open route through the building on ground floor

Add another level to create a gallery/communal spaces and reducing the mass of the back facade by moving the landlord apartment to the south corner of the site

Pushing the facade back to reduce the volume and reduce the noise from the main road entering the dwelling area

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From pushing the facade back it’s also to keep the flow and blend in with the two buildings next to it

FINAL DEVELOPMENT

In my design I have followed the concept of the site proposal (to connect the public with the site community) by creating a route through my building - Constitution Street with the New Bell’s Courtyard. First the public will enter from Constitution St. into the central space of my building which represents the new and clean technology of the office and walking through the journey of my building into green area of New Bell’s court.

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LEVEL - G

LEVEL - 1

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LEVEL - 2

LEVEL - 3

Residential Communal areas Shared work spaces Shared public routes Gallery

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ELEVATION 36

Connected/link the two building next to my site together. I continued the brickwork and the window size over from the building on the left to the right. Coffee shop repeats the same pattern as the arch on the right and same glazing size from the left. Blending facade was to represent the original of Leith but at the same time to represent the modernist by using modern materials and the layout of the structure.

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SECTION

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SCALE 1:100

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PRECEDENTS

My design for this project was inspired from many different buildings around the world.

With the study of precedents I am able to understand why these architectural forms are constructed in this way.

O’Donnell & Tuomey Central European University In Budapest :The use of patterns and materials to blend in the new with the old existing structure.

Leeser Architecture Emquartier In Bangkok: Floor plans of independent form are stacked to generate dynamic spaces and overall create a unity within the architecture.

Sanaa Toledo Museum: Glass wall creates a connection between the interior and exterior through visual. Interior environment changes depending on time of day and weather.

Graux & Baeyens architecten: Wooden pannels reduced the intensity of solar gain and natural material blended in with the surrounding nature.

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P2.3.4 INHABIT

The space is divided into multi functions: gallery, workspace, and other communal spaces. Full glazing facing the south letting the heat and lights in at all time. Light colour marble wall and timber foor refects the lights into the space deeper. Morning: the space could be used for sitting and relaxing for the residents, Mid day during work hours it could be used for meeting clients and socialising with colleagues. During evening the space can turn into hosting social events e.g. a gallery show from the local artist and architects. A large storage space right next to the gallery to make the transport of furniture and white board more convenient.

Balcony connected to the gallery and looking into the central public space of the building. The space can also be divided into 2 spaces using bi-folding door between the gallery and the sitting area increases privacy.

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Dwelling: The apartment is divided into three spaces, entering the door first is the open kitchen and living. The other part of the dwelling is a small studio for the architect or artist.

The studio looking into the central space of the building and the office increases working atmosphere to the studio

The Coffee shop: The space is designed for short stops, entrance the front and exit at the other end so there is no traffic within the cafe. 4 seating space for quick sitting down breakfast and meeting clients.

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APOLOGIA The Engineering Experience helped determine how material qualities interact with the senses to form unique experiences. What was especially interesting was exploring how light and sound can create an immersive feeling. From this, the consideration of experiential qualities involving the senses were further explored within the Exploring Experience project.

The Exploring Experience studio brief primarily focuses on “crowd sourced research”. The experience that interested me was climate change and the effects on the planet. This research interested me because the effects that scientists had predicted in the past would result in global climate change, which are now occurring for example loss of sea ice, sea level rises and longer, more intense heat waves. These problems need to be raised more intensely as people are not fully aware of the impact it causes. I designed thin layers of clouds in the atrium to create an interesting experience, which directly relates to the weather conditions outside. As the external weather changes, the proportion and colour of the interior clouds do so too. This represents the effects of the world’s climate cycle. By utilising the existing building to enhance the design this has made the building more sustainable and by creating a glass slither between the existing and the new to show a clear separation between the existing structure and the new research centre to both accentuate the modern via contrast and demonstrate the importance of maintaining the existing. The clear divide is created through the use of a glass roof that allows light to form the partition rather than a physical barrier.

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ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE

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INITIAL IDEAS

DYSTOPIC FUTURE The futuristic imagination of a disfunctional world in segmented parts.

UN-EASENESS The feeling of loneliness and hopelessness runs thorugh the whole scene.

IMPENETRABLE AND IMPERSONAL Scale and depth dwarfs the main character, making the viewer uncomfortable and feeling a sense of emptiness.

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READINGS OF THE FILM

DIFFERNECE OF TWO WORLDS Film clip shows transformation between the two worlds.

Is the character truely able to break between the two worlds?

Replicant world is a strange place which we are not truely able to understand.

UPPER SOCITIES INHABITATION Narrative driven by the distance between the two worlds.

Light fills the space through the punchered holes in the buildings.

Vast space observed from aircraft which could feel claustraphobic and uncomforting.

Why do the scenes make you lonely and hopeless?

Hidden depth below creates unknowing and a smokey emptiness is created.

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INSPIRATION AND KEY CONCEPTS When we began to look into existing installations and exhibitions which gave us many ideas going into this project. Installations which truely inspired us were the Infinity Mirriored Room by Yayoi Kusama.

Aswell, the installation by Richard Serra really inspired us for our claustraphobic spaces.

CONTRAST

OF THE TWO WORLDS Ideas formed in that there would be two seperate entities for the maquette that reflected the two seperate worlds and the meeting of the both.

Two designs were made, the first responding to the shape of the upper socities housing within the film. The second was a curved dome which, when mirrored, would create a vast, expansive infinity.

We wanted to create a clear journey, which reflected upon that of the main character in the film, travelling between the two worlds.

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FINAL MAQUETTE

For the single maquette, a mirrored dome was created. During the group work we developed how to form this shape and make it as effective as possible.

The maquette was used during the film footage and by using light and the reflectiveness of the mirrors we were able to create the different worlds represented in the film.

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INSTALLATION PROPOSAL

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UNABLE TO BREAK THROUGH Our installation developed from the key concept of having a claustrophobic, uncomfortable space which is representive of one world, shown in the film as the aircraft. Within the tight space, we wanted to represent the attempt to break into the other world. This however is not possible as the two worlds are so drastically different it is impossible to break through. It is only possible to see glimpes of this alternative world. Therefore, within our installation our four individual films which give a glimpse of vast, expansive space. A space which you cannot get into. The space is designed to make you feel uncomforatble and give you the feeling of wanting to break through, but being unable to.

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READING OF THE FILMS

ENTRYWAY TO THE MIRRORED WORLD The first film depicts the entrance of the mirrored portal of a world you are never truely able to get into. Starting from a still, empty world, the film transforms into a calming reflection of mirrors. Using the maquette, you are drawn into this world where, even though it is unknown to what is going on, there is an intrigue to find out more.

EXPANSIVENESS OF THE MIRRORED WORLD The calming world transforms into this bright, questioning space. Unsureness becomes greater throughout the film, leading deeper into the unknown world.

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DEVELOPMENT OF UNCERTAINITY The third film makes the transformation of a world of calm and peacefulness to a chaotic world. The flashing of different colours and use of the maquette confuses the eye. This is reflective of how much uncertainity there is when entering the other world.

BREAKING OF UTOPIA The breaking of this world is depicted in the fourth film. The flashing scenes are meant to represent the destress and uncomfortablness that would be felt. The breaking means that we are unable to break into this world. This is a world which is broken to all external entites.

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SUMMARY OF COLLABORATIVE WORK

COLLECTION OF APPROACHES AND EXPERIENCES The collaboration of three seperate degree programs allowed the group to have a vast amount of ideas and skills. Surprisingly, we all stepped out of our comfort zones of our own degrees and worked in each others fields. The engineers, artist and architects shared all the roles, from the artistic thinking to the mechanical building. We all learnt from each other and picked up skills that we did not that before.

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STATEMENT

From the Engineering Experience weeks, I have learnt new ideas and team work. Working with an artist and engineers has taught me new skills in abstract way of thinking and construction methods. I’ve experiment with model making in a larger scale and tried new ideas such as working with filming and mirror to create expansion of the space. I’ve also experimenting with photographing the models and incorporate that into Photoshop to create the scenes we want before we built it in real life. By create atmospheric image it help us a lot in decision making and save time in experimenting with other materials. When building a maquette I have learnt how to use laser cutter and testing with other machine in the workshop.

The main problem that we had in the group was clashing timetable which made it difficult to discussed and get decision as a group so to solve this problem we’re mainly communicated through social network to update the work we’ve done as well as keeping tracking of are schedules. My most fair was time scale we had to build our installation so I’ve plan out a time table so we don’t lose track of are schedules. I have learnt a lot from building installation with the engineers and artist as it was a real life scale space. The installation taught me that working in scale on computer and paper is much different to what I was expecting. Throughout this project I’ve learnt a lot that this could help me develop my ideas in the future project especially in filming models and used wider range of materials.

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EXPLORING EXPERIENCE

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SITE SURVEY

BUILDING SURVEY

ROUTES

GEOGRAPHY

SATELLITE IMAGE

SITE PLAN

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Train Station: 12 minutes walk to the Site

Silver Street (Site 1)

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Berwick Upon Tweed is a small town between England and Scotland.

Sloping Landscape and ancient and historic venacular.

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EXPLORING

I chose to design a Science research Centre on climate change called Climate Research Centre Meteorological Service Berwick. This is because the studying climate and a changing climate is important, this will affect people around the world.

Rising global temperatures are expected to raise sea levels, and change precipitation and other local climate conditions.

Changing regional climate could alter forests, crop yields, and water supplies. It could also affect human health, animals, and many types of ecosystems. Deserts may expand into existing rangelands, and features of some of our National Parks and National Forests may be permanently altered.

My aim is to create facilities that will support the research for scientist and crowd sourced research. Also it should incorporate an Exhibition hall that teaches and shares the research with the public raising awareness of the problem in climate change.

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METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE SINGAPORE Meteorological service centre in Singapore uses a concept similar to my own. The TV programme on this centre has helped me to understand the function and facilities of what I need and the construction approached to make it a green building.

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ADJACENCY

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FACADE DEVELOPMENT

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EXPLORING & DEVELOPMENT

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MASSING DEVELOPMENT

First I focussed on both sides of the building to be symmetrical and have central circulation but due to the function didn’t work and open space in the centre couldn’t get enough solar gain as the facade blocking the sun path.

In this adjustment I decided to open up the facade and have an open space connected with the existing furniture shop. Pushed back circulation and make the existing building become a private staff only.

I made the facade and entrance in a simplified form and push the circulation in the centre of the building. connected the existing with the new construction (old and new). showing the contrast between the structure by opening up the space in the central space to show the most of the existing building

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Finally, I pushed back the new building with the existing building with glass construction in between to let more light into the central space of the building and to have that separation between the new and old materials.

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FINAL DEVELOPMENT

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LEVEL - 1

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SCALE 1:250

LEVEL - 2

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Public Private

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1. Existing and New

2. Climate change Exhibition

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3. Roof Top: outdoor Garden 4. Experience Climate change

EXPERIENCE Experience reception hall inspired from Cloudscapes Tetsuo Kondo Architects and Transsolar in Tokyo. A cloud within a clear glazing habitable entrance hall. Their colour, density and brightness are constantly changing in tune with the weather and time of day. “The temperature and humidity inside the container are controlled to keep the clouds at their designed height. The air inside the container forms three distinct strata, one cool and dry, at the bottom, a warm and humid middle stratum, and a hot and dry stratum at the top. The warm, humid layer is where the clouds form�.

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Glazing

EXISTING AND NEW I wanted to form a clear separation between the existing structure and the new research centre to both accentuate the modern via contrast and demonstrate the importance of maintaining the existing. The clear divide is created through the use of a glass roof that allows light to form the partition rather than a physical barrier

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1:200 DETAILS 6

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1. Metal Cap

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2. Mechanical systems to turn the panels 3. 100mm Insulation

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4. Maintenance platform 5. 300x255mm I - Beam 6. 18mm tongue and groove plywood walking surface

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7. 50mm Cavity

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8. Cavity barrier 9. 40mm Timber Panels 10. 75mm Sandstone Hazeldean 11. 75mm expanded polystrene Insulation 12. 300mm Hardcore (Pad foundation) 12

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