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Works 2023

Peabody Terrace, Cambridge, MA 02138 NATCHANON BHUNTO 2nbhunto@gsd.harvard.edu +1 617 682-5928

EDUCATION 2023.09 - Present

Harvard Graduate School of Design Master of Architecture in Urban Design

2014.07 - 2019.07

Chulalongkorn University Bachelor of Architecture

Cambridge, MA

Bangkok, Thailand

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2019.09 - 2023.08 Sa-haai Architects Bangkok, Thailand Co-founder, Lead Architect 2018.12 - 2023.08 A n ē (Online apparel store) Bangkok, Thailand Co-founder, Designer 2019.03 - 2021.12 Actarch Werkshop (Architectural pre-school workshop) Bangkok, Thailand Architectural Software Tutor 2018.03 - 2018.06 Department of Architecture Co. Bangkok, Thailand Architectural Intern 2017.03 - 2017.07 Kraftwerk Architect Bangkok, Thailand Architectural Intern COMMUNITY WORK 2021.12

Child Development Center, Samut Sakhon Public Hospital + Voluntary designer of renovation plan for underprivileged and disabled children

2017.01

Rural School Pavilion + Voluntary design & construction team of rural student’s learning pavilion

Samut Sakhon, Thailand

Kanchanaburi, Thailand

EXHIBITION/INSTALLATION 2019.06

'PERSPECTIVE' Thesis Exhibition

2018.04

“Thai Architects Exhibition”, Ratchadamneon Contemporary Art Center Design and installation team for Department of Architecture Co. exhibition

2017.10

'Chiangmai Resort' | fourth-year Studio Design Exhibition

2016.10

“CU100” | Chulalongkorn University 100th Anniversary Expo Design team and construction administrator for University’s landmark pavilion

Bangkok, Thailand Bangkok, Thailand

Faculty of Architecture, CU

Bangkok, Thailand

EXTRA-CURRICULAR EXPERIENCE 2018.09 Architectural Conservation Workshop Research team on Mrigadayavan Palace Restoration

Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand

2017.01 Laos Workshop + Vientiane Architecture Conservation Workshop + Royal Thai Embassy in Vientiane site analysis. 2016.08 Faculty of Architecture, CU Faculty of Architecture Openhouse Student representative Vientiane, Laos

HONORS & AWARDS 2019.07 Second Class Honors, Bachelor of Architecture Chulalongkorn University 2017 2nd Prize, Pruksa Condominium Competition Pruksa Development Co. and Faculty of Architecture, CU 2016 Finalist (Top 10), Artico Architectural Design Competition 2016 1st Prize, 'Art & Farm' | Dept. of Architecture & Koh Sarn Chao Community 2015 1st Prize, 'Pichet House' | Dept. of Architecture

SKILLS AutoCAD, Revit, Rhinoceros, SketchUp, ArcGIS Pro V-ray, Enscape , Lumion, Twinmotion Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro Hand Sketching, Laser Cutting, CNC Mastercam, Model Fabrication

INTEREST History , Culture , Traveling Graphic Design , Sketching Cloth tailoring , Music, Golfing

BANGKOK NURSING HOME Serviced Apartment for Foreign Patients

BASIN LOOP Designing Experiences along the Flood

RE-SUBURBIA Re-imagining Life in the Burbs

SIAM OASIS Superblock Rehabilitation

BANGKOK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Airport Renovation

VERTICAL FORESTATION Plant Life Densification

IN THE GLASS Private Gallery & Showroom

CHIDLOM PLACE Historic Condominium Rehabilitation

L'AVALLON ELDERY CARE 60-bed Private Senior Healthcare

COMPETITION

PROFESSIONAL

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CONTENTS

View from Convent Alley / Street facade

BANGKOK NURSING HOME SERVICED APARTMENT FOR FOREIGN PATIENTS Academic project I B.Arch Thesis, CU I Individual Building type : High-rise, Mixed-use, Healthcare Year : 2018 Site : Sathon, Bangkok, Thailand Area : 30,000 sq m. Advisors : Prof. Chatchai Wiriyakraikul Asst. Prof. Sarayut Supsook Asst. Prof. Dr. Vorapat Inkarojrit Due to the progressive growth of medical tourism in Thailand, the demographic transition towards an aging society, and undefined building codes, hospitality real estate firms in densified areas accessible to JCI standard hospitals have repurposed services and spaces for foreign patients and retirees. Newly constructed wellness residential architecture affiliated with private hospitals are erected in Bangkok’s fringe are sprawling mid-rise typology with newly built hospitals. However, potential sites near existing major hospitals in high-density areas are not developed using such a business model. The thesis raises problems of wellness property trends hindered by regulations and dense settlements. Thus, it is necessary to reinterpret building codes to prototype new building typologies corresponding to densification, urban intervention, and multicultural recovery environments. Regarding the principle of healing environment design integrating cultural aspects and urban intervention, a historical site with a colonial hospital in Silom-Sathorn, Bangkok’s CBD, was chosen for the proposal. Located on Convent alley, with its prolific historical colonial architecture by the Christian community since the 1890s, BNH hospital (Bangkok nursing home) was established in 1897 by the king’s endorsement of the proposal by Christ Church and the British community nursing foreign patients. Chronologically associated with multinational fellowships, the hospital became a leading private hospital specializing in pediatrics and obstetrics. Nowadays, the alley urban context is saturated by French and English-colonial heritage architectures enclaved by modernized business districts. The quality of the neighborhood is rendered by colonial architecture, ranging from embassies, Christian communities, and schools, and by contemporary adaptive/reuse residential buildings and modern medical facilities. Consequently, the area has become a cultural-wellness island for medical tourism.

STACKED COLONIAL HOME

BANGKOK NURSING HOME

COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE

Doctor & nurse home 1928

Church: English/French 1905-27 House: Italian/English 1900-28

renovated home 1996 HOME CARE REHABILITATION

Hopital 1928-96

MACRO-SCLAE ANALYSIS

R=500M.

R=1000M.

ACCESSIBILITY

railway public road

R=1000M.

MEDICAL FACILITY RESEARCH

private hospital public hospital

R=1000M.

MARKET RESEARCH

5-star hotel 4-star hotel 3-star hotel apartment

MICRO-SCALE SITE ANALYSIS

ALLEY NETWORK

food & beverage hotel & apartment church school hospital

URBAN NODE

commercial area residential & hospitality area religious area academic area medical area

URBAN ZONING

HISTORICAL BUILDING

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HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE

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ROOM TYPE DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS based on 4-5 stars hotel & apartment market research STUDIO: 40 sq m. 1BED: 60 sq m. 2BED: 120 sq m. 3BED: 210 sqm.

USER TYPE ANALYSIS based on BNH hospital IPD&OPD case short-stay recovery

AREA REQUIREMENT FORMATION 1.)ROOM TYPE ANALYSIS Based on market share research, the synthesized percentage of room types and unit sizing was derived by arithmetic mean of competitors' units & pricing distribution.

4-14 days

long-stay recovery 1-6 months

short-stay apartment 3-14 days

long-stay apartment

2.)USER TYPE ANALYSIS User classification and proportion were based on IPD and OPD case data from BNH's and Nation's statistics, combined with durations of disease treatments. The conclusion is percentages of 2 patient groups (regular and recovery bed), which were subcategorized into short- and long-stay types.

1week-2months

MAX. RESIDENTIAL AREA ANALYSIS FAR=10 OSR=3 MAX.buildable=30,000 sqm. residential area (50% of buildable area) =15,000 sqm. total saleable area (75% of residential) =11,200 sqm.

3.)RESIDENTIAL AREA ANALYSIS The Sum of residential area was synthesized from minimum tower circulation and total buildable area based on building codes. 4.)SALEABLE AREA DISTRIBUTION By integrating 1+2+3 analyses, the total project number and percentage of room types for each resident group were formulated. 5.)Perform a feasibility study based on medical facilities and saleable areas to iterate and finalize area requirements.

SALEABLE AREA DISTRIBUTION TOTAL RESIDENTIAL UNIT = 180 UNITS short-stay recovery 134 UNITS long-stay recovery short-stay apartment 46 UNITS long-stay apartment UNIT TYPE STUDIO: 40 sq m. 1BED: 60 sq m. 2BED: 120 sq m. 3BED: 210 sqm.

01 TOWER SETTING

02 FLOOR PLATE ITERATION

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With healing environment criteria: culture + human interaction+nature, integrated with historical values of Convent alley, the design intention is "Thai Colonial House Reorchestration." The concept is implemented by retrospective modernization reflected on space sequence, plan order, vertical-horizontal transition, architectural expression, and materiality.

Space order is executed by reanalyzing the order of colonial house; transition spaces are composed between every public-to-private (exterior-to-interior) sequence moving from exterior frontal courtyard, to porch(transition), to house interior, to inner patio, from a ground entry to each unit entry.

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F22 - F29 TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN

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F4 - F5 COMMON SPACES PLAN

F2 - F3 MEDICAL COMPLEX PLAN

INNER COURTYARD 3-STOREY SCHEME

F3 SPA INTERIOR

F2 BALCONY PERSPECTIVE

GROUND FLOOR APPROACH

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FACADE LAYERS

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OVERLAID DIAGRAM

Story-Scheme of colonial house is rearranged through macro-to-micro scalar, from superimpositions of tower-base and unit-unit, inner elevations, to materiality and component articulation. On facade expression, 2-floor-stacked clusters of residential units act as stacked 2-story houses with planting decks representing a ground floor for each cluster. Due to visual privacy and excessive sunlight issues by the tower form with a large area of building surfaces, the solution is a double-skin facade designed by a series of long casement louver windows, inspired by Thai colonial elements, with the sub-layer of sliding glass door. Wooden structure of "the house" is adaptively modernized using steel and vertical aluminum elements arranged by analyzed column-aperture interval ratio. Material palette is inspired by localized material found in the area's colonial architectures, such as greyscale/ natural colored terracotta roof and floor tile, painted redwood on structure and partition, and roughcast and plastered wall texture, that are integrated with insulated glass panels, aluminum framing and steel joints distributing lateral loads. Reconciliation of the dichotomy between old and novel material is achieved and inspired by the whitish colorization concept of colonial wooden houses, the harmonization of vintage v. modernization, and Thai v. multi-cultural tectonics.

Site Portrait: Impressions, analyses, and intentions upon South Boston neighborhood and Massport's industrial dockyard.

BASIN LOOP

DESIGNING EXPERIENCES ALONG THE FLOOD Academic project I MAUD, GSD I Core Studio I Collabolative project Type : Urban Design, Superblock, Waterfront, Mix-used, Housing Design Year : 2023 Site : South Boston, Boston, MA Area : 840,000 sq m. Instructor/Advisors : Yun Fu, Prof. Peter Rowe, Asst. Prof. Stephen Gray, Michael Manfredi Collaborator : Asmita Patniak The "Basin Loop" project aims to activate public spaces in South Boston by reimagining the city's relationship with water in response to the pressing challenges of flooding and sea level. Inspired by the need to address these issues and informed by a 2022 flash flood in the neighborhood, the project proposes a transformative vision for Boston as a more amphibious and porous city. The project integrates into Boston’s broader Emerald Necklace vision, crafting an amphibious landscape with blue-green formations. It deploys strategies to manage floodwater through four key ideas – ‘delay through the creation of wetlands, an elevated route for experiencing the sea edge, canals for absorption, and a secondary pathway to rebuild after inundation. Residential development, strategically placed, prioritizes flood resistance with flood-proof ground floors and flexible seawalls to protect homes during crisis. The project prioritizes human experiences and the potential of activating the ground as a public realm. This has led to the programming of housing to be a series of open spaces and courtyards at different scales that open to the canal, the harbor, and the street as integral sight lines and edges.

MOVEMENTS Between-urban movements Along-canal movements Elevated broad way movements Over-sea wall movements

PROGRAM ZONING Housing Retail Social Commercial

BLUE & GREEN NETWORK

Swales and Farmlands Parks/Grasslands Wildered vegetation/ wildflowers and grass Coastal wetland

Waterfront elevated pedestrian

Commercial

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Maps showing completed Emerald Necklace by neighborhood interventions responding to flood events.

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RECONNECTING TO THE WATER EDGES The intervention responds to the existing neighborhood and coastline edges, celebrating the amphibious landscape and allowing people to connect back to the water. Dealing with stormwater runoff and inundation, the canal and porous landscapes balance the changing water level, leading to the development of island land reformation.

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Embracing human experiences within midhigh density urban areas, the project activates the ground floor as a public realm where programmed blocks respond to its contexts; for instance, the block juxtaposing the street hosts commercial programs while the functions besides coastal Broadway and wetland represent waterfront retail and office space. Exploring the possibility of bar typology, building blocks gradient from the rectangular arrangement of single-type bar reflecting the existing triple-decker scheme to the articulation of more diverse types of units responding to the organic canal line and the softened wetland coast. These blocks present various types of mixed-used programs that interact with different modes of movement, which are then superimposed by the diversity of housing units, allowing the mix of homeowners and renter communities.

1 BD 66% 2 BD 34% Studio 40% 1 BD 66% 2 BD 34% Studio 70% 1 BD 20% 2 BD 10%

Reprogrammed Commercial

Housing

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Retail programs: - storefront - transportation Wellness programs: - cafe & restaurant - healthcare - sport Commercial programs: - waterfront retail - community hub - office space

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Cafe Commercial tower Landmark/Community hub Master plan representing the blue and green land formation and modes of movement within the intervention and existing neighborhood.

The pathway hugs wetland ecological incubator areas allowing non-human lives to grow while pedestrian can experiences during different seasons.

Delay

The wetland hardscape walkway allows pedestrian movements within different levels of water level rises. The elevated broadway becomes means of access during high-tide season.

The landform of the entire site is divided by the canal which creates multiple programmatic islands. The canal as a system balances the water levels and creates spaces for socializing along its edge. The canal builds different experiences at different adjacencies to the water along the project.

Absorb

View the elevated movements. Rebuilding the relationship between the community and their edges, the elevated routes meander along the water edge openning up in certain points to become plazas that bring out the vantage points of South Boston.

View the central canal. The land is designed to ensure flood-proof hou within the landscape and helping reimagine Southie

The seawalls have wetlands between that create barriers during high tide.

Resist

The commercial buildings drop down solid walls during extreme weather conditions to protect the people and create and additional barrier to the high tide. The elevated plaza is connected to the housing scheme allowing for ease of escape.

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During summer, the plaza opens up and the commercial tower sits above the pilotis

The seawall and the elevated walkway become opportunities of experiencing the coastal edge and enjoying the biodiversity within the wetland.

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View along the street. The street is opened up to allow alternative modes of transportation and mobility within the neighborhood. The commercial edge is recessed to allow more social engagement and activation at the ground level

Site Portrait: Impressions, analyses, and intentions upon South Boston neighborhood and Massport's industrial dockyard.

Site Portrait: Impressions, analyses, and intentions upon Westwood's residential neighborhood, commercial center, and river edge.

RE-SUBURBIA

RE-IMAGINING LIFE IN THE BURBS Academic project I MAUD, GSD I Core Studio I Collabolative project Type : Urban Design, low-mid density, suburban development Year : 2023 Site : Westwood, MA Area : 1.65 sq km. Instructor/Advisors : Yun Fu, Prof. Peter Rowe, Asst. Prof. Stephen Gray, Michael Manfredi Collaborator : Asmita Patniak Through the progression of industrialization, policies, and the idea of freedom, the American Suburban has become a monofunctional residential zone with lawns as natural open spaces and private vehicles for movement. "Re-Suburbia Westwood" looks to break away from insularity and rebuild a sense of connection for a better quality of lived experience between human and non-human entities by creating 20-minute walkable suburbs. Along the I-95 highway belt, "town centers" or strip mall areas connect and support activities of residential areas by a modal system of micro-mobility movements, which can be modulated to other suburban areas and connected by cycling infrastructure. Strategies of reconnecting the ecological belt, reprogramming, and re-mobility promote car-reduced lifestyles by the reciprocal relationship between densification and diversification of programs and experiences along types of "loop" movements throughout densified single-family areas and town centers. Destination-based suburbs with car-dominated asphalt ground are transformed into porous landscapes between mixed development programs retrofitted from warehouse and strip mall large structures where communities meander from place to place. With phasing developments and place-making schemes, Westwood depicts the possibility that mixed-income communities and natural inconsistencies are interconnected within the suburban lives that are accessible for all. ACTIVITIES & STAKEHOLDERS

Local grocery/cafe Micro-mobility connected Shopping Wetland treking Yoga in wellness yard Basketball in housing court Farmer market Orchard garden Elderly pick up at hospital Drop-off at hotel

MOBILITY LOOPS

15-min bus Emergency access

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SUPERBLOCK REHABILITATION Academic project I B.Arch, CU I Year 5 Studio I Collabolative project Building type : Superblock, Mix-used, Commercial & Office Design Year : 2018 Site : Siam square, Bangkok, Thailand Area : 200,000 sq m. Advisors : Asst. Prof. Sarayut Supsook Collaborators : Posatorn L., Yotsawadee P. Contribution : Research on physical, Facade analysis, Feasibility study, Visualizer, Green & public space and landscape design. Since 1940, Siam Square has proliferated with 3-story rowhouses for craftsmen and Chulalongkorn University (CU) academic faculties forming their startups. Due to the block's nature of art and culture combined with the arrival of Bangkok's first elevated commuter railway interchanging node and mega commercial facilities attached to the block, Siam square has been overly densified by retail programs in existing structures and by the duality between the creative class and tourists. Studio sector (a group of 9 students) proposed the superblock renovation scheme based on design codes synthesized from research on quantity and quality of urbanism. During the latter half process of architectural design, my contribution was to the primary green and open space, coalescing polarities of user types, acting as a transition between macro-micro scales urban circulations integrated with the mix-used program from two other students. My proposal is a "college market," a creative incubator in shaded open space with district cooling, corresponding with urban axes and ground levels where Thai youth, international tourists, and working people converge.where Thai youth, international tourists, and working people converge.

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OFFICE, RETAIL & DIGITAL GALLERY Tin K. , Tan P.

FACULTY OF ART & ARCHITECTURE Biew L., Sita T.

Posatorn L. Yotsawadee P.

OFFICE, RETAIL & URBAN COURTYARD

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OFFICE BUILDING Sudarat P.

LABORATORY & OFFICE Jinjin S.

SITE ANALYSES EXISTING CONDITION

EXISTING GREEN SPACE on-building green area plaza, open space

LINKAGE & NODE BY USER TYPE elevated linkage tourist, shopper office worker college student schooler

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EXISTING PEDESTRIAN & NODE pedestrian circulation node landmark

EXISTING LANES & PARKING vehicle lanes

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EXISTING ZONING

retail, commercial school, bank, theater, cultural residential

SITE DEMOGRAPHY Multi-national Tourist, Office worker, Thai, College student, The youth

FACADE ANALYSIS regulating line

SUPERBLOCK PROPOSAL FACADE CODE & GREEN AREA degree of facade perception high intermediate mid low green space

DESIGN CODES

CIRCULATION & OPEN SPACE Elevated platform (h=6-9m.) Level transition Ground level Vehicle

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DISTRICT COOLING

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SOUTH-FACED SECTION

BANGKOK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AIRPORT RENOVATION

Academic project I B.Arch, CU I Year 4 Studio I Individual Building type : Airport, Transportation, Architectural Rehabilitation Year : 2017 Site : DMK airport, Bangkok, Thailand Area : 450,000 sq m. Advisors : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vorasun Buranakarn

The studio design was a collaborative project Between AOT (Airport of Thailand public company) and the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, CU, studying and proposing schematic designs for airport expansion under conservation, congestion, urban, and infrastructure constraints. Bangkok International Airport is Asia's oldest operating airport; inaugurated by Royal Thai Airforce in 1914 and turned into full domestic and semi-international terminals. Suburbanization has encapsulated the site and evolved an air force plateau to become a negative urban space interstice attached by tollways and low-rise proliferation. Neighborhood analyses on highways, transportation nodes, zoning, and constrained rehabilitation options regulated curb-front design, concourse, and runway typologies.

SITE CONSTRAINTS

Through the project briefing, students conceptualized and symbolized the "Thaism '' integrated within the complexity and technology of airport functionality. This proposal aimed to work with Thai vernacular houses' wooden tectonics, contemporary construction technologies, and parametric long-span structure. Inspired by aviation's air pressure and buoyancy, the design analyzed the psychology of passengers and the physics of domestic aircraft and then synthesized into sequential modes of space suiting the order of landside and airside airport functions. Departing passengers move through a gradient from local to global spaces, defined by dynamics of degrees of sunlight, roof, and floor plates. The terminal long-span structure is a reconfiguration of "Lanna" wood tectonics; stacked-mounted bent hardwood rafters and compounded columns incorporated with steel tension members and truss are composed in a cultural manner.

en route gate holder climbing

1500 ft.

DEPARTURE

concourse

flightpath: function:

taxi check-in , concession

ground/no direction

LOCAL THAI

function: flightpath:

bus lounge landing

take-off control

ground acceleration / direction baggage claim

lifting / acceleration / direction

airborne / scatter / no direction

landside functions >< airside functions LOCAL >< GLOBAL

GLOBAL

INTERNATIONAL

approach concourse descend

gate en route

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A RAFTER: x7 20x40cm. vertically mounted hardwood B GIRDER: 30x40 cm. WF pratt truss, H=200cm. C BRACE: wood-steel composited built-up section,80x240 cm. D COLUMN: quadruple, hardwood + H-section steel core.

SITE CONSTRAINTS

TERMINAL ROOF PROTOTYPES

airside, global

landside, local

FUNCTION DISTRIBUTION BY LOCAL & GLOBAL

landside, local

airside, global

PERCEPTIONS OF DEPARTURE (left to right)

LOCAL --> TERMINAL --> CONTROL

AIRSIDE FUNCTIONS SPACE INTERPRETATION

CONCOURSE --> GATE

CONCOURSE

elevating direction acceleration

GATE HOLD

CONCOURSE ROOF PROTOTYPES

floating no direction static

GATE --> GLOBAL

1st Growing

1st Harvesting, Building

2nd Growing

2nd Harvesting, Building

3rd Growing

3rd Full-grown

human sprawl

human densification

start vertical grow

dispense green

VERTICAL FORESTATION PLANT LIFE DENSIFICATION

Academic I Individual eVolo Skyscraper competition 2018

In a future era, human-expanding settlements will extract resources and land from most global ecological areas. Urban sprawl will displace forests and non-human dwellers from habitats through deforestation and human land privatization; while mankind densifies in one area, natural entities are dispersed, otherwise condensed by urban codes. Cities' green area percentages, an indicator of citizen health, have been deficient in many developing countries due to cities evolving without zoning codes, combined with constant land claims. Hence, green areas through future scenarios are inevitably shrinking. The proposal raises the question of how to augment forest areas in the future with limited green spaces within a world crowded with urban areas. The notion of the human densification scheme of the skyscraper is applied to tree lives; men vertically stack themselves for area requirements, and so do the forests. The main objective of the tower is for the trees and by the trees. Initiated by humans, the skyscraper sequentially grows itself by an outer living diagrid structure. Reaching its first maximum height, humans intervene to harvest wood for their constructions as a renewable material and help build the second platform for new trees to grow ascendingly. The repetition through the tower's optimum height creates both a wood extraction cycle for humans and reproduction success for trees pollinating and dispersing seeds from high altitudes over landscapes of concrete areas. Vertical Forestation promotes plant lives, human settlement and rehabilitation, and both entities' urbanizations reciprocally.

1st PLANT & SHAPE

Wrapping structural trees, shaped into diagrid exo-skeleton frame. Core = grid of planted trees

2nd HARVEST

Met an optimum height, the core is partly harvested for the city’s utilities and for upper section shaping frame

3rd PLATFORM

Human constructs second platform for the second rise

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Repeat the order, perimeter structural trees grow in parasite species manner. Only inner wood for harvest need nutrient and platform; the outter fortify the belower by clinging.

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Repeat the harv The trimmed inne date functions fo gineers, botanist

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vesting process. er trees accomoor architects, ents and scientists.

7th SPREADING

Appropriate height for scientific programs, research camp. Airbrone spreading seeds create greener ground and urban forests

6th STRUCTURAL

Due to gravitational distribution, upper platforms is smaller, the outer frame is tapered inward, reflecting tree + skyscraper characteristic

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THE GLASS PAVILION vernacular architecture reconfiguration of structural system and materiality

IN THE GLASS PRIVATE GALLERY & SHOWROOM Professional project I Sail & Sa-haai Architects Year : 2020-present (under construction) Site : Bang Na, Bangkok, Thailand Area : 1,000 sq m. Collaborators : Sail Kong-Akara, Wai Thanawat Northforest Studio Ltd., Wor Consultant Co.,Ltd. Contribution : Preliminary design, Schematic design iteration, Detail development, Permit & construction documents, Semi-construction management. Client : InTheGlazz Co.,Ltd. The family running InTheGlazz, an architectural & interior glass manufacturer and distributor based in Bangkok, planned to create space for product exhibitions and collective experiences for their target customers, ranging from architectural offices to construction firms inspecting glass materials, through spaces imbued by starkness and truth of material/tectonic. Also, design processes were influenced by the family members' appreciation of oriental craftsmanship, vernacular architectures, and multicultural heritage traditions ranging from Japan, Africa, India, to Southeast Asia. Situated on Bang Na, the family assigned the land lot of 1,500 sq m., encapsulated by private lands and commercial-residential buildings, to preserve an optimum open space for forestation. Inspired by Southeastern vernacular architecture and Thailand Lanna heritage, the design intends to accentuate the novelty of glass material in tropical manners and to integrate the modernity of glass and steel with local tectonics and materials by local-and-contemporary construction methods. Vernacular approaches and reclaimed wooden shingles and structures promote local manufacturing and building performance, from heat-and-noise insulation to heavy rain, while reducing the carbon footprint through the reduction of material logistics and on-site wood reproductions for construction and reparation of small-member structures. From the maximization of open space for the rain forest's native-species ecological rehabilitation, the proposal is a prototype of a private property introducing Green link to Bang Na ecologies reclaimed wooden shingle

reflective curved glass

patina steel

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Horsfieldia irya (Gaertn.) Warb.

Terminalia chebula

Freshwater mangrove tree

Cajuput tree

Carlia brachiata (Lour.) Merr.

Melaleuca cajuputi Powell.

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"Sathon"

Rose apple

Millettia leucantha Miq.

Euqenia javanica larnk

Milkey Tree Manikara hexandra

6.0 m.

3.0 m.

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Cloister cross section

3.0 m.

COURTYARD CANOPY Ceiling : exposed wooden shingle Roof structure : sun dried hardwood wall : hydrated lime plaster floor : washed concrete

COURTYARD ELEVATION Roof : wooden shingle wall : hydrated lime plaster pavement : stone grass block landscape : rain-forest plants

L OCA L MA TE R I A LS

EX ECUTION

GLASS PAVILION Ceiling & Floor : jute mat Concrete structure : smashed concrete Roof structure : blacken steel wall : frosted/reflective glass

WICKER & JUTE MAT Thai north-eastern customized mat

SMASHED CONCRETE On-site drilled-smashed concrete

HYDRATED LIME PLASTER Thai northern traditional plaster

RECLAIMED WOODEN SHINGLE Myanmar's sun-dried hard wood

LOCAL MATERIAL & TECTONIC Materials and construction techniques found in Thai and Southern-Asia vernacular architectures are studied by in-office and on-site mock-up prototypes done by the Thai-northern locals and the owner's workers. Sample development of clay plaster, adobe brick, hydrated lime, acid-washed/ smashed concrete, wicker and jute, and sun-dehydrated wood were tested and finalized by constraints of application and durability. By revising shop drawings directly with workers, customizations on local materials influence finishing and detail expression

MEZZANINE

display: glass sample (50x50 cm. x120 pcs.) area = 18 sq m. (10.0 x 1.8 m.)

COURTYARD CARNOPY

display: permanent glass collection (90x240 cm. x40 pcs.) area = 40 sqm. (1.5 x 21 m.)

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EXHIBITION AREA REQUIREMENT GLASS PAVILION

display: large panel glass + artwork area=120 sq m. (11 x 11 m.)

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radial viewing distance : object height = 1:1 H=90 cm. x10 H=180 cm. x5 H=270 cm. x1

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viewing distance : object height = 1:1 large panel (120x240 cm.) x4 mid panel (90x180 cm.) x10

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DEPARTURE

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By utilizing a 0-meter setback area, Max. Forestation area= 790 sqm. (50%)(BAF=0.58). Iteration of space composition is regulated by sequences of perceptions from different times and locations. The synthesized scheme is an architecture with no elevation expression; observers perceive tropical ecosystem pass-through novelty of glass material from sequential-shaded spaces.

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compression ring= rec.pipe 175x175x5mm. 01 rafter= rec. pipe 150x50x3.2mm. 02 lower strud beam= WF 100x150x6x9mm. 03 stud beam= WF 200x150mm. 04 composite column= 4xL 65x65x5mm. 05 bracing= SCH pipe 76.3x3.2mm. 06 tempered conic-curved glass, thk=12mm. 07

Glass wall load distribution method is reinterpreted from tapered wooden wall of vernacular houses. Clerestory pediment aligns east-west axis gathering morning sun, while creating stack effect.

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DETAIL B

1 CHS pipe 76.3x3.2mm. 2 Tempered glass, thk.=12mm. 3 composite cruciform column, 4xL 65x65x5mm. 4 stifener plate, PL thk.=10mm. 5 C-channel 65x125mm.

DETAIL C

1 wooden shingle+bitumen underlayment+12mm. OSB 2 triangular wall plate= rec.pipe 50x150x3.2mm. 3 stud beam= WF200x150mm. 4 PL thk.=6mm.+L 25x25x2mm. 5 tempered glass, tnk.=12mm. 0

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View from front entrance: Red materials visualization

CHIDLOM PLACE HISTORIC CONDOMINIUM REHABILITATION Professional project I Sail & Sa-haai Architects Year : 2020-2022 Site : Chit lom alley, Bangkok Area : 12,000 sq m. Collaborators : Sail Kong-Akara, Wai Thanawat Contribution : Restoration study, Facade rendering material study, (Lead architect) Facade design, Landscape & common spaces design Lighting design, Construction documents & coordination. Client : Chidlom place juristic person Savills Thailand.ltd Erected during the pioneering era of Bangkok's high-rise residential buildings in the 1980s, Chidlom place was the new CBD's first ultra-luxury high-rise condominium, situated at Chit Lom Rd., hosting Thailand's first Expat group. Designed by American architect John Rifenburg, design language using vivid mosaic on the façade recurred in a yellowish building named Ban Kai Mook in Huahin, Thailand, and such a design signature can still be seen in buildings of the same era in Hong Kong and Singapore. The material palette of red mosaic, red granite, and laterite stone influenced peripheral properties upon material colorization and created a sense of place in urban scales. Due to the owner's appreciation of Asian artifacts and the majority of residents being Indian, Mughal heritage and Red Fort in Delhi influenced the spatial characteristics and cultural reflections. Early Mughal + Indo-Islamic architecture: red sandstone building material of 17th-18th century AD Indian architecture is reflected on the building's red mosaic façade, and the elegance and shrine of Arabic influence are reflected on the white marble interior. Water features have connections to the multicultural dwellers (Thai-Chinese and Indian). According to these intersectional beliefs, water is religiously/culturally regarded as abundance and survival. Stepped ponds are incorporated into the design, reflecting monumental survival. The White marble pool, referred to reflecting pools, represents elegance of entering perception. Red mosaic and underlying concrete had deteriorated from the humidity of a tropical-rain-forest climate; the facade renovation and saleable price resurgence were thus correlated. The proposal intended to preserve historical merits concerning urban intervention, by construing John Rifenburg's design languages of local fabrication and red color conservation, which are coalesced with modern technologies and requirements. The new landscape concurs with the original influence of a Persian garden. Common species of tropical plants are aligned in the linear figure; the central water separates the garden into four quadrants. Referring to the preceding architectural details, the solidness of materials creates value and high-end sensibilities.

Red Fort, Mughal Architecture

Red Sandstone construction material

Red terracotta mosaic Main building finishing

Chidlom place

Mughal pavilion Sri Saraswathi, hindu goddess

Ivory marble

Black stone fountain Abundance, survival

Chand Baori Stepped well

White marble pool Elegance upon entering MATERIAL & MEANING

Taj Mahal, Reflecting pond INFLUENCE 1

1. Red terracotta mosaic 2. Local red granite 3. Antique brass 4. Saraburi white marble 5. Black marquina marble 6. Local laterite stone

ORIGINAL MATERIAL PALETTE

Manhattan chidlom

Somkid Place

Chidlom Place

1996 . Red cemented painted wall

1986 . Red mosaic

2007 . Red painted podium & facade

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28 Chidlom, condominium

Central Chidlom

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Orakarn office building 1989 . Red cement plastered wall

URBAN COLOR ANALYSIS

Porte cochere -old fountain -insufficient daylight

BUILDING CONDITION ASSESSMENT

Verandah

-wind block panel -planter & landscape

2012 . Red aluminum composite

Upper facade

-light tile infilled wall pattern -low wooden ceiling

Gym facade

Mercury Ville, mall

-worn out red mosaic -east and west side leak

Inner courtyard -outmoded pool tile

Mughal Pavilion -Stainless steel fountain

Outer wall

-light tile infilled wall pattern

Material experiment process

- to assess:

paint sample: 300x300mm.

- color - rendering method - painted groove line

red mosaic sample: 300x300mm.

2 months

- tile size & texture - grounting line - coloring method

material expression: 300x600mm.

2 months

- texture type - aggregate - glossiness

mock-up wall: H2.4m. x W6.0m.

4 months

- texture on 1:1 scale - reflection vs. color - color variation

color fading test: reapply upper section after 2 and 4 months

FACADE RENDERING MATERIALS SAMPLE DEVELOPMENT & MOCK-UP WALL

Due to cost, material durability, and design intention, the facade solution was to preserve the first 3 stories as red mosaic portraying a street facade, and the upper surface was rendered by elastic resin-based paint. During material sample development, 4 factors of color, texture, glossiness, and time are used to assess the harmonization of tile-and-paint appearance.

F4 - F21 : ELASTIC PAINT RENDERING FACADE EXPRESSION

Primary groove: Black U-aluminum W15xD15 mm.

Secondary groove: PU striped paint W=5 mm. Blacken brass U-brass groove W25xD15 mm.

FACADE PATTERN SCHEMATIC DESIGN

F1 - F3 : RED MOSAIC

Red mosaic 25x50 mm. grout W=5 mm.

01 STORY SUPERIMPOSE

02 CLASSICAL MANNER

03 HORIZONTAL GROOVE

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05 VERTICAL GROOVE

06 THE TAXIS

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FINISHING SCHEDULE

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SECTIONAL AXONMETRIC PLANT LIST:

1 Calathea lutea 2 Licuala paludosa 3 Mondo grass 4 Arboricola 5 Dark grey marble pebble 6 Cordyline fruticosa 7 Licuala paludosa & Malaki green palm 8 Monoon longifolium

ZONING:

01 Facility building hardscape 02 Mughal Pavilion 03 Inner Courtyard 04 Steppinng pond 05 Swimming pool 06 Verandah 07 Outer wall 08 Porch Cochere 09 Cascading fountain 50

FINISHING SCHEDULE:

Honed Saraburi white marble A Black slate stone slab B Honed Carrara white marble C Customized Red mosaic D 100x100mm.White marble pool tile E Light grey Washed sand F & African black marble inlay . Black volcanic stone G Black washed sand,T-brass joint H

A B C D E

PORTE COCHERE

CASCADING WATER FEATURE SPECIFICATION: A Saraburi white marble, THK=20mm., honed finished B Black slate stone slab,THK=20mm.,polished finished C 1" pressure pipe D Customized linear drain, concealed SS. with natural stone cap E 3" PVC drainage pipe

VERANDAH

MARBLE & CEILING DETAIL SPECIFICATION : A 9mm GYP. board on C-line galvanized steel stud, lime plastered finish B COVE CEILING-100x100mm LED striped light 3000K C CORNICE-100x200 mm., mounted bent plywood THK=9 (3x3) mm. D Carrara white marble, THK=25mm., honed finished, on Angle steel clip + adhesive stone mortar E Edge joint: rounded cornerR=20mm. F Shadow gap, W=5mm.

A B C D

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COMMON SPACE REHABILITATION

After assessing demolition and extension areas concerning building condition and accessibility to natural light and ventilation, design iteration on the ground floor courtyard and inner site boundary translated from the original material palette and design language of geometric regulating grids. Geometry and detail of Indian architecture are adopted to design ranging from Mughal Empire architecture, Agra, and Red fort, Delhi.

A B C

Expressions of white marble vs. red terracotta mosaic were reintroduced. Local white marble installed on the swimming pool and Verandah wall attributed to space lightness and singularity of living environments. Marble finishing process and detail were customized at local quarries. The concept of marble detail development is to view the material as a solid load-bearing mass, dematerializing slabs by rounded corner detail and vein continuation.

STEPPING POND:

STEPPING POND AXONMETRIC

Sawn-cut, charcoal grey lava stone A FLOOR INLAY: 100x100 MM., Diagonal B TOP BORDER: 300x600 MM., Stack pattern C WALL: 100x100 MM., Stack pattern

POND DETAIL:

A 100x100mm.THK-10mm.straight stacked pattern, black cemented grouting B rounded corner, R=10mm. C 300x600mm.THK-20mm.straight stacked pattern, black cemented grouting D 100x100mm.THK-10mm.diagonal grid pattern, black cemented grouting E linear skimmer pool drainage F skimmer drainage cover, SS. with THK20mm.volcanic stone infill

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VIEW FROM FRONT STEET, ARTICULATION OF RAMP, STRUCTURE & FENG SHUI

L'AVALLON ELDERLY CARE 60-BED PRIVATE SENIOR HEALTHCARE

Professional project I Sail & Sa-haai Architects Year : 2019 - present (under construction) Site : Nonthaburi, Thailand Area : 1,700 sq m. Collaborators : Sail Kong-Akara, Korn Korntawat, Wai Thanawat, Napadon T. Contribution : Project study, Market & Feasibility study,Design iteration, (Lead Architect) Visualization, Permit & Construction documents, Project management, Construction coordination Client : Chuachamsai Home Care Co., Ltd. The objectives of this project are to revise hospice-conceived images by Thai families and promote uplifted standards of elderly care in Bangkok. Regarding surging demographic trends towards an aging society in Thailand, modern sentiment on elderly care property, and the scarcity of business competitors in the area, the project branding is potentially aimed at high-end senior healthcare. The owner is a party of doctors operating in the area's primary private hospital, specializing in cardiovascular and orthopedics. As such, the project is affiliated with private hospitals. Target clients, besides bedridden patients, are lower-aged retirees; thus, the design and service are targeted to be a Wellness and Rejuvenation Resort. The design intention is to propose a private realm with an optimized open space footprint accessed by all beds. To harmonize the polarity of generational perception towards modernity and elderly care among Thai families, the design introduces Southeast Asia's cultural aspects coalesced with contemporary construction technology. FENG SHUI, a Chinese belief influencing spatial planning in Thailand, provided the rationale for the design towards harmony and tranquility sought by the target clientele (older Thai residents and their families). Water flowing inwards, from the glass frontal block wall across space to the center, provides a notion of prosperity. Weathering and chronology portray the integrity of time upon space, landscape plants, and material expressions. The courtyard and peripheral spaces engender a sense of interactions among human and non-human entities; shade and natural ventilation by balcony scheme with extended eaves around the courtyard, adopted from the Thai semi-exterior/interior space found in early vernacular houses and colonial architecture, create functional circulation spaces that Thai elders culturally perceive as gathering spaces.

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ELDERLY CARE MAP: Band Muang, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Koidulae Nursing Home

CHEWA senior care

Rattana nursing home

Bann Non elderly care

Naitan Health Center

PIYA Nursing Home

DESIGN GENEALOGY MICRO to MACRO SITE POTENTIAL AND BUSINESS MODEL ASSESSMENT: An algorithm design process starts from the most minor factor human-scale tabulation area of wheelchair functionality to the building setting scheme, a prospectus for the project, justified by feasibility vs. aesthetic capacity. The process is regulated by optimum circulation efficiency and/or optimum open space exposure PROCESS: • Initially generate the least-flexible function, the guest bathroom. Then iterate unit-type based on functional space study of specific treatments for residential care criteria. • Algorithmically composes unit groups, then building settings on-site. Illustrate possible schemes concerning ratios of saleable area vs. Circulation, Healing environment, Aesthetics, Unit density, and Nurse station operation. • Assess options based on construction and business operation costs vs. saleable prices. • After the business model is determined by setting-on-site capability, the courtyard scheme is the least number of beds with the most available view aperture and open space proportion.

05 INPUT:

- Stretcher turning radius -Wheelchair turning radius -Circulation : Room area Ratio -Single-loaded Corridor

6 BED UNIT

03 INPUT:

01 INPUT:

4 BED UNIT 1-2 BED UNIT

BATHROOM

INITIALIZATION:

- Bathroom function tabulation - Wheelchair turning raduis -minimum room width

- Wheelchair turning raduis - Hospital bed tabulation - Furniture functional area -Inner circulation width -Opendable side length

wheelchair turning radius

02 Bathroom Tabulation

Room area: 5.00 sqm. Dimension:1.5 x 3.35 m. Perimeter 9.7m : Openable 3m = 30%

04 Unit Tabulation

1-2 Bed Room area 26.7 :Circulation 9.2 = 34% Perimeter 19.5m : Openable 6.3m = 32% 4-Bed Room area 52.5 :Circulation 21.5 = 41% Perimeter31.4m : Openable 11.5m = 37% 6-Bed Room area 76.6 :Circulation 33 = 43% Perimeter 43.8m : Openable 18m = 41%

06 Unit Group

2bed : 4bed :6 bed = 3:4:2 Cluster’s dimension = 7.8 x 35.5 m. Saleable 160.2 : Circulation 68 = 42% Perimeter 79.5 : Openable 35.5 = 45%

07 INPUT:

- Maximum Site Set-back -Drop-off & Parking scheme - Ambulance turning radius - Stretcher turning radius -Room : Functional space Ratio -Open space : Total area Ratio

SETTING SCHEME

OUTPUT : AREA REQUIREMENT

UNIT CLUSTER

08 Building Setting on Site

guest room 752 : circulation 252 = 34% total area 1450 : saleable area 1004 = 69% total area 1450 : open space 350 = 24%

Iteration Order 1

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MAXIMUM COURTYARD EXPOSURE

A single-loaded corridor encompassing the courtyard is paralleled with in-room bed distribution to provide the optimal number of beds with a private view. By emergency ramp regulations, vertical circulation constrains the courtyard typology due to its proportion to plan. Thus, the ramp is accentuated at the building’s frontal approach. The scheme stipulates minor area exploitation and could render the idea of dynamic level transition and structural challenge.

The plan perimeter corresponds to the land lot shape; the least set-back of 1-meter allowance is designated for each unit service function. An opaque bathroom dimension is restricted not to obstruct natural ventilation. By tropical design, guest rooms accommodate the slimmest depth from the courtyard, intaking in natural light and ventilation.

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Spaces of Interaction & Collective visual dynamics are regulated by types of activities and visual connections between gathering functions. The core of socialized space culminates at the central hall and main greenery courtyard. Subsequent common functions are allocated at the front of every unit, creating utilizable circulation. Similarly, the stair is accented within the courtyard with a gathering function at the stair landing. This space typology is adopted from Thai-Northern vernacular architecture; the stair acts as a levitated pavilion rather than a passage.

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ARCHITECTURAL EXPRESSION The architectural expression converges Thai colonial bungalows and Southeast Asian balcony schemes with contemporized materiality and construction technologies. Modern materials -perforated steel, glass block, and glass panel- are integrated with heritage systematized steel structures reflecting hardwood elements and load distribution manners of vernacular houses. Cost-efficient solution is attained by non-cladding embellishment, exposing structural elements. Collaborating with engineers, steel sectional sizing, customized joint, and structural articulation refer to notions of cultural tectonic assemblage. The design experiment in this project is a whitish colorization, harmonizing the contents of architectural elements. Light-grey uniformity is juxtaposed with natural-local made material such as woven rattan and non-varnished teak wood railing. Degrees of color weathering clarify senses of rustic and aging reality; skeleton steel elements are lasting PU painted, concrete is semi-polished, while natural fabric and wood are sunlight bleached. Due to patient safety and recovery environment, material tactility on every touchable part is standardized natural-made.

EMERGENCY RAMP SECTION-ELEVATION

(top right) view from front street (mid right) southern inner elevation (bottom right) Stair Balcony & lobby

CSR2 = Dia-216.3x6.0 mm. (full concreteinfilled) RAFTER "2" PART 2 = WF-350x175x7x11mm. PURLIN "2" = 25x25x2.3mm. @300mm. ROD = Dia-20mm. Rounded teak wood = Dia-40mm., non-vanished Perforated steel paneel, opacity 50%, PU-painted C-channel -150x75x6.5x10mm. Pre-cated concrete slab thk.=120mm. WF -150x100x6x9.0mm. Rectangle Glassblock, PL-10mm.THK. frame @1000mm. C-channel -150x75x6.5x10mm.

GUESTROOM PORCH SECTION-ELEVATION

-Metal sheet roofing -35mm. rigid insulation -PURLIN "1" = C-channel -75x45x15x1.6mm. @1000mm. (MAX) -RAFTER "1" = WT -200x80x7.5x11mm. @3000mm. (MAX) ROOF STUD = tensile ROD Dia=20mm. Composited PL thk.=9mm. COLUMN = doubled tubular steel Dia=40mm. @150mm. Rounded teak wood = Dia-40mm., non-vanished TOP RAIL = PL thk.=9mm., COLUMN = PL"2" thk.=9mm. @1500mm. Perforated steel paneel, opacity 50%, PU-painted ROD Dia=30mm. @1500mm. Anchor PL-9mm.THK., NONSHRINK GROUT 15mm. THK.

Built-up Clevis joint, PL-9mm.THK., 8M16-125L Doubled PL-9mm.THK., PU painted TOP RAIL=Teak wood 1/2" THK., non-varnished 4" Teakwood 1" THK., non-varnished, Hardwood stud @350mm. PL panel 2mm.THK., Matt PU-painted WT-50x75x6mm., filleted edge Dia=65mm. 4" Teakwood 11/2" THK., non-varnished, Hardwood stud @350mm. PL panel 2mm.THK., Matt PU-painted WT-50x75x6mm., filleted edge Dia=65mm. 59

STAIR BALCONY SECTION-ELEVATION

Lobby, East-faced c

Weathering rustic steel Hardscape curb

Raw teak wood Hand railing Furniture

Local rattan Furniture Interior partition

Perforated steel Railing glazing Ventilable panel

Painted steel Steel structure Detail joint

Light-grey terazzo Lobby columns Lobby flooring

Hydrated lime Masonry wall plastered finish

Semi-polished concrete Exposed structure

MATERIAL PALETTE is defined by sustainability and cultural intention: lime plaster, Northern Thai traditional plaster (seen in ancient Thai temples) is used on wall instead of plastic paint. The hydrating and carbon absorbing attributes substitutes the high-cost zero-VOC paints while reflecting culturally efficient application.

courtyard elevation G

PLANT PALETTE reflects the spiritual and botanical connection to Thai culture. The primary tree specie in the courtyard is "Yang" (Gurjan tree), a vertically-growing non-shed specie with pinnacle shrubs providing shading, not blocking eye visions/ interactive views for occupants.

Hydrocotyle umbellata

Melissa officinalis

Barleria lupulina Lindl

Pandanus amaryllifolius

Tiliacora triandra

Ocimum basilicum

Dipterocarpus alatus

Carallia brachiata (Lour.) Merr