With the vision and acknowledgement in the importance water management, the Royal Irrigation Department initiates Thailand Irrigation Park with the desire to turn the area into a public space whose new program will serve as a learning center that provides a comprehensive knowledge about water. With the geographical location that is the water basin of Nonthaburi province’s Pakkred district, the area, which was once occupied by the Royal Irrigation Golf Course, is developed following the master plan to become a public space that will contribute to the sustainable development of the quality of living of the people in the local community.
From the aforementioned brief, IF (Integrated Field) and Cloud-floor realize the master plan that encompasses the development of the expansive 95.5-acre land of the golf course by dividing the functional area into 4 sections. The first part houses ‘Thailand Irrigation Park’, a public park that will provide the knowledge about water and human life through the program of Water Pavilion surrounded by public spaces and recreational areas including the project’s organic paddy fields.
The produces harvested from the fields will be processed and sold at the project’s farmers’ market. The second section of the program houses Thailand Irrigation Museum with the permanent exhibition showcasing the history and story of irrigation in Thailand, the royal initiative projects of King Bhumiphol Adulyadej the Great and the evolution of irrigation in Thailand from, past, present to the future.
The third part of the program is called ‘The Future of Agriculture’. This outdoor experimental ground of the project consists of the Agricultural Innovation section that acts as a classroom for different agricultural technologies such as solar cell, drone including other future innovations. The last part is situated further to the farthest end of the program and is referred to as The Kitchen of Self-Sufficient Agricultural Projects with the functional program that simulates the outcomes of the project’s Ecosystem of knowledge, which nurtures comprehensive know-hows about water, irrigation system and agriculture designed to be the simulation of a sustainable and self-sufficient agricultural Ecosystem.
Every part of the program of Thailand Irrigation Park can be accessed via three main circulations; the Cultural Route, Water and Irrigation Study Route and Agricultural Study Route, seamlessly linking different areas of the project together to enable users to participate in different activities. Through this experience, the users are able to participate in different activities taking place inside the project as they learn the importance of water management in the city where the potential of irrigation is still a question unanswered and the body of knowledge about water basin, water flow reduction and drainage are the matters that need to be made realized to the public.
The renovation of the apartment building for employees of a factory in Samut Sakhon province is a result of the deterioration of the building and problems caused by standardized construction that led to problematic structural components and sanitary system. With the owner’s idea to improve the building into a safe and healthy living space for the employees, the design puts its emphasis on providing the most efficient solutions to the project’s problems. The architect redesigns the wet area or the bathroom of the living units including the sanitary engineering system, causing the physical environment around the building to be more pleasant. The third floor of the building is demolished due to the damaged roof structure. The functional program of the third floor is made more diverse with the new layout, adding multi-functional space in the form of an outdoor space situated between each living unit with the freedom and flexibility that accommodate different types of functionality. The architect works out the limited time frame and budget of the project by replacing the original reinforce concrete structure with alternative materials such as steel, artificial wood, etc., allowing the construction time to be diminished and the negative environmental impacts to be minimized.
Location: Phetchaburi, Thailand Building Type:House Completion: 2020 Architect: Black pencils Studio Interior Designer:Black pencils Studio Landscape Designer:Black pencils Studio Structural Engineer: – System Engineer:– Building Area: 570 sq.m
Hamilton Residence is a private residence situated in Phetchaburi, Thailand. With the location being an open field with no particular focal point in sight, the architect comes up with the idea of creating a point of interest for the project through the physical presence of a ‘plane’. As an architectural element, the plane serves a variety of purposes, from creating an order of accessibility and priority of various functional spaces of the house to determining the enclosure of the house’s outdoor periphery (horizontal plane), including the partitioning / dividing the interior functional spaces with the walls (vertical plane) whose masses are stretched to be physically higher than the roof structure. The design grants a higher level of privacy to the living space by directing the perspective of every room of the house towards the ‘Tearoom’, which functions as the focal point of the program, following the owners’ intention for the residence to become their very own ‘Teahouse’.
Dusit Laguna Resort Villas and Hotel is conceived as a result of the growing demand for both short and long stay of foreign tourists in Phuket through the years. The program houses a hotel building and a cluster of 22 villas as the architect delivers a floor plan that opens itself up to the massive lake to fully embrace the spectacular view. Allocated to be horizontally overlapped with the axes thoughtfully twisted, the buildings’ structures visually shield each other’s functional interior space, offering a greater sense of privacy for the guests.
In terms of the design concept, the architect combines the architectural compositions of a traditional Phuket house such as the openings to enable natural airflow to the design elements of Tropical architecture to enhance the program’s natural ventilation. Thai patterns are selected and simplified, rendering a look that is more contemporary. The ornamental details of patterns and colors are also inspired from traditional buildings in Phuket Old Town, reflecting the Thai and regional architectural identity as well as the characteristic of Dusit Thani hotel chain through the aesthetic of both the hotel building and the villas.
Cherng Talay is a small district located to the west of Phuket Island, en route between the Phuket International Airport and the city center. The area houses a number of beaches and natural travelling destinations. Still fairly a quiet beach town, the place is home to accommodations that welcomes foreign travellers, especially families who are on a long-stay vacation. The owner of the project had the idea of developing this particular piece of land into an open air lifestyle retail, which will serve as a new lifestyle hub in Phuket.
The core concept of the design put an emphasis on facilitating user experience that engages and embraces the external natural surroundings. The idea leads to the allocation of buildings as a part of the site’s existing trees. The form of waves is simplified into an architectural structure and interior space with details of the openings that take the inspiration from the architectural proportions of Chino-Portuguese buildings in Phuket’s Old Town. The 8 structures are comprised of the main buildings, five of them are retail spaces which are up for lease, and 3 other smaller structures and service buildings. Derived from the simplified shape of awave, the roofing structures of the buildings are designed to overlap, resulting in the interesting spatial characteristic of the interior space as well as the ample presence of natural light.
The spacious wooden terrace runs around each built structure, serving as a semi-outdoor area that physically links the buildings to the exterior garden. An interior court is added to the functional program to bring in natural light to the retail spaces with the use of transparent glass for the walls that are not exposed to sunlight, collectively maximizing the spatial flow between the interior and exterior spaces.
The end walls are mostly dense, rigid masses that prevent the heat from the sun to radiate from the east and the west. These walls are claded with concrete blocks, constructed in a pattern similar to that of the roof structure, adding an interesting decorative element to the buildings.
The materials used for the architectural structures are mostly simple materials. The architect uses corrugated cement sheets as the roofing material for their simplistic aesthetic details, visually soothing color and low price. Instead of real wood, wood-patterned tiles are used for the floor of the outdoor terrace due to the convenience in its maintenance. Concrete blocks with triangular sections isthe chosen material for the end walls, constructed in a pattern that physically mimicsthe shape of the roof. The material is used, not only for its affordable price, but also for the fact that it can be prefabricated in the desired module with the color and texture which are aesthetically pleasing and blend nicely with the roofing material without the need for additional finishes such as coating or painting.
Choice Property’s new headquarters on Sankampaeng road in Chiang Mai is a four-storey, 5,300 m² building that contains offices, meeting rooms and versatile spaces.
The design concept by Plan Associates combines characteristics of the local architecture and modern styles while situating the building within nature. The plan that was developed is of a simple, cubical, four-storey building with spaces that bring together those who work within the organisation. The building contains a courtyard that allows natural sunlight and green spaces to be part of the architecture along with an open, extended entrance with a large staircase leading up to the second floor, where there is a multi-functional area.
Apart from glass, concrete, and aluminum, which are all standard elements, the architects also chose to use clay bricks as one of their building materials in order to maintain a sense of cohesion with the surrounding areas. Additionally, the light and temperature of the building are controlled by the panels on its exterior.
A single house designed for a small family who used to live in a condominium with limited space and now seeking a house to expand the family. The architect comes up with an idea to bring green space into every corner inside the house by stretching building form to enclose a small courtyard in the center which can be reached from all areas of the house. This is also convenient for the owner in terms of maintenance. The building exterior facing the road and neighbourhood is designed to be enclosed massive wall of screening and plants while the inner building surfaces around the inner court are mainly open and all round connected, with an outdoor terrace and a walkway providing vista to the inner garden and the living areas of the house. The materials used are low maintenance and mainly are of warm and homely touch such as stones and composite wood.
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