Prangmat Wanapinyosak Portfolio2016

PRANGMAT WANAPINYOSAK PORTFOLIO 2012-2016 PRATT INSTITUTE SCHOOL OF ARCHTECTURE, B.ARCH

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SELECTED WORK

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THRUST/FOLD, Arch-301

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FLOOD HACKS, Degree Project

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LIGHT PIER, Arch-403

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ENCOUNTER, Arch-202

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THE SHELTER KIT, Int-401

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program: dormitory / critic : S. Giostra / partner: D. Floyd

critics : T. Atak + A. Elstein / partner: J. Phruttinarakorn

program: center for photography / critic : A.Elstein / partner: K. Zhang

program: library / critic : F. Levrat

program: interior disaster relief shelter / critic : D. Schneiderman

SPECIMEN, Arch-201

program: artist’s residence / critic : G. Merryweather

CALL + RESPONSE LOUNGE, Int-401 Studio Project program: lounge installation / critic : D. Schneiderman

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01 ARCH 301:“Thrust/Fold�

Program : Student Dormitory Critic : Simone Giostra Partner: Dana Floyd

This project is a student dormitory for Pratt institute in Brooklyn, NY. Inspired by the study of thrust-fold belts, which is a type of tectonic plate that folds, cuts and overturn layers of rock,the project challenges the way people traditionally interact in a residential setting.

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PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION The formation of the dorm units were generated based on the geological process of shifting tectonic plates.

thrust

shift

result

elevation

plan

1 BR

3 BR

2 BR

4 BR

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STRUCTURE

The building is composed of 8 distinctive towers in which each unit is cut and woven by its circulation, creating different spatial and visual connection between each adjacent unit. Although each tower has its own structural system, they follow the same logic: as each floor plate is a different shape, the columns are brought into the widest common points for all slabs, making the column foot print irregular and totally free from a grid. The beams are inset from the edge of the slab and trace the interior of the envelope. Shear walls are used to support the slabs where they are cantilevering from the columns.

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critic: simone giostra

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detail axon

FACADE The exterior facade of the building is a walkway that was generated by a study of thrustfold belts that vertically weaves each tower together. A wood screen is hung from the outer edge of the walkways, creating a visual effect that is reminiscent of the thrusting and folding of tectonic plates.

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02 DEGREE PROJECT :“Flood Hacks” Critic : Tulay Atak + Adam Elstein Partner: Jetnipat Phruttinarakorn

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HACK (v.) : 1) To handle or cope with a situation 2) A creative solution to a problem or limitation by taking that problem and using it to its own advantage.

Thailand has always had a fluctuating relationship with water, due to its tropical climate zone that renders the country highly succeptible to extreme climate conditions and yearly cycles of flood. In 2011, due to an unpredicted amount of rainfall, Central Thailand suffered through 6 months of flood that submerged a large portion of the Bangkok Metropolitain area under as much as 7 feet of water. This proves that the flood prevention systems currently employed are unsuccesful. and that we need rethink the ways in which we coexist with water. “Flood Hacks� operates from the standpoint that Bangkok adapts itself to the conditions instigated by flood rather than fight against it.

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PHASES AND SCALES OF INTERVENTION The project is achieved through the introduction of an additional layer to Bangkok’s infrastructure whether it be land or water, by implementing a network of nodes that that provides essential elements, from food to construction materials, during flood.

There are three phases to this intervention:

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SITE The site is a small community near the Rangsit municipality just north of Bangkok. Being right outside of the city center it became a sacrificial zone during the 2011 flood.Barriers were built around the inner city to protect it from water. This resulted in neighboring communities such as this one being submerged for over 6 months.

As a result, people employed ad-hoc modes of transportation to aid them in their daily lives.

STREET / INFORMAL MARKETS

FOOD CARTS

ORGANIZED/POP UP MARKETS

STALLS

FLOATING MARKETS

BOATS

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BAMBOO COMMUNITY Historically, bamboo is commonly used as building materials throughout Thailand, this is due to the country’s climate condition that accommodates its growth as well as its material properties that allows it to be used in different parts of the house. Because of the lack of government aid, we purpose for this particular site the cultivation of Bamboo forest. This allows the community within proximity to the site to cultivate and utilize their own materials and become self suďŹƒcient. This will eventually create a new ground for future expansion, as people build and rebuild their houses.

Extension on immediate perimeter will be the area where the owner of the house controls the desired degree of privacy. It can be fenced off,or opened up for commercial uses

As the community expand further towards each other, there is an opportunity to create shared spaces

The infills are to be completed in phases according the growth and cultivation cycle of the Bamboo. These two species of Bamboo are native to central of Thailand and each has their own size and use. Bamboo will be cultivated according to its length and width at different growth period depending on the desired size. Thus the construction of infills and nodes will be built in parts, from facade to structure, throughout the transformation.

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NODES Nodes are implanted throughout the site as entry points to the elevated platforms.

Each vary in use and program, ranging from maintenance ( for example a trash chute) to a station that changes from bus stops to boat stops depending on the water level.

ENTRANCE / HANGOUT SPOT PIER/BAMBOO DISTRIBUTION FACILITY SEATING SPACE

BAMBOO FIELD

MARKET

BAMBOO SHED ...

COMMUNITY TRASH DISPOSAL

RAMP ENTRANCE DOCK

BOAT STOP

BUS STOP

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

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FOOD BOATS

To accomodate more adaptable and immediate needs, a series of amphibious objects inspired by the ad-hoc research will allow the street life tooperate in bith wet and dry conditions.

Food Boats A re-iteration of a typical food cart.

These food boats can dock onto the infills as well as spaces activated by aggregating units.

FLOOD PACKS

tarp enclosure aluminum frame inflatable matress

space for storage

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3’

7’

5’

5’

1st configuration : seatings

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2nd configuration : transportation / storage

occupiable space

POSSIBLE AGGREGATIONS

pull up for enclosure

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7’

5’

3rd configuration : shelter

Flood Packs

GROUPED

SEAT

TABLE

CLUSTERED

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ALIGNED

The unit has three configurations : 1) Stacked 2) Pulled up and used as storage and transportation 3) As an occupiable space. Aggregation of these units will activate various types of programs. In a dry condition, these units are distributed throughout the site as urban furnitures or stored within the nodes. In a wet condition, they can be deployed as a floatable surface which can aggregate to fit the individual or community needs.

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03 ARCH 403: “Light Pier�

Program : Centre for photography Critic : Adam Elstein Partner: Kaifeng Zhang

This project is a centre for photography located in the Valentino Pier in Red Hook, Brooklyn.

Being located in a public park, the building not only pays homage to its surrounding pier / warehouse typologies, but its roof also serves as an extention of the park and is left open for the public, offering a view of the Statue of Liberty in the distance.

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PROGRAM & LIGHT DISTRIBUTION The building was designed sectionally, and is comprised of the gallery space as its main core. As visitors walk through the building, they see the other programs that are dedicated to the act of making photographsfrom a northern light studio to an imaging lab- along the way, making the project not only an exhibition space but as a quick look into the process of photography.

Because the project is facing both true north and south, the light on the southern side is diffused by a series of clerestory scoops, while the northern side is more open to bring in northern light.

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04 ARCH 202: “Cultural Encounters�

Program : Library Critic : Fred Levrat

This project is a public library located in the manhattan chinatown.

Being almost at the border of the neighborhood, it is a converging point between the lower east side, chinatown and little italy - all of which are very different in culture and ethnicity.I personally believe that a modern library is no longer for the acquisition of a book or information, but a place for discovery and exchange.Therefore a library should not just be a place to find books but also a place where different people can meet and discuss with each other.

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“FOLDED GRID” CONCEPT MODEL

A conceptual drawing and model about information gathering in New York City. These models talk about the way in which an individual receives information at all times through chance encounters throughout the city. Through these encounters, there is an exchange of information, allowing new information to emerge.

“INFORMATION GROWTH” CONCEPT DRAWING

The building is a set of different ‘bands’ wrapping around each other, creating in between spaces that become an encountering and exchanging point between the two,thus reflecting on the chaotic, multicultural attitude of the neighborhood (where,due to its diverse culture is a hub for encounters and exchange between people from different backgrounds)

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PROGRAMMATIC DISTRIBUTION The library is organized in such a way that, as the occupants spiral up into the building, are greeted with different sights and activities all at once.By having a piazza below an atrium that cuts through the building, the street is being swept inside, making the library not only a place of encounter between people but also an encounter between the attitude of a street and an academic environment.

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05 INT 401: “The Shelter Kit”

Program : Interior disaster relief shelter Critic : Deborah Schneiderman This project is a D.I.Y interior shelter to be used inside of a large shelter hall (in this case the chicago navy pier) in the event of a natural disaster. It’s goals are to provide its occupant with a sense of safety, privacy and a sense of place, which is usually lost when put under these curcumstances.

Inspired by the transportability and convertibility of low cost furniture packaging, the shelter kit is a diy shelter that compacts into a 3.5’X3.5’X2’ box. This allows for easy transportation-the box’s dimension easily fits into any type of truck thus allowing a larger number of delivered kits per trip.

Each box contains all of the necessary parts to assemble the shelter and the assembly is designed to be simple enough for anyone to put together.

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PARTS CATALOGUE

SLOTTED STEEL :

CONNECTING STEEL TUBE :

x8

INFLATEABLE MATTRESS :

x6

x1

WAX CANVAS PARTITION :

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PILLOW :

BLANKET :

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x1 D

C

x6

A blank

B desk

C hook

D shelf

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A SENSE OF PLACE The project is designed based around the basic human need for safety,privacy and a sense of place. Although they live in a disaster relief shelter,the shelter kit provides its user with the sense of being in a room. By using rectilinear walls and providing storage and working space, the users will still be able to work and behave as if they were in their own room. The kit also gives them control over their privacy as the partions can be attached or removed at will, allowing the users to either distance itself to its neighbors or combine their spaces together whenever they want to.

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ROOM (DAY TIME)

WEARABLE SHELTER STUDY The shelter kit started off at a human scale with the goal of creating an extension of the human body that can protect it.The wearable shelter is a transportable backpack that can be pulled over as a ‘hood’, but also can fold down into a seat to rest on.

textile

solid surface

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DOUBLE BED (NIGHT TIME)

A SENSE OF COMMUNITY A sense of community is created through the arrangement of the units, with are divided into micro neighborhoods. Public programs such as food distribution is dispersed throughout the navy pier hall for ease of distribution and to clear the areas around the perimeter which is where the bathrooms, adimistration and medical zones are located. Each box can also be extended on one end to provide a seat outside of the partition. This creates an outdoor seating space for people to interact.

dining neighborhood lost injured

lounge/community area injured

FIRST AID

REGISTRATION

first aid *current max. capacity : 1170

inflatable surface

inflatable surface

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06 ARCH 201: “Specimen” Program : Artist’s Dwelling Critic : Greg Merryweather

This project is an artist’s dwelling located in wave hill, a botanical garden in the bronx, NY. Inspired by a plant that can be found around the site and the fact that the residence will be located in a botanical garden that mostly caters to scientists, the intention of this project is to have the artist himself become a specimen to be observed.

This intent resulted in a long, narrow house where the artist’s activity throughout the day can be observed by the visitors.The movement of the house’s occupant is restricted, almost like a shopping mall display, while the visitors are free to roam around and watch.

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Extraction of a structure from a natural paradigm

Translation of the structure into a living unit

TECTONIC STUDY: A study of the skin of the plant in which an inner structure grows and ruptures its outer membrane.

The rupture of the skin is then applied as a tectonic strategy.

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Unfolding the unit into an occupiable wall

LIVING WORK LIVING

Thickening the wall into a space

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VISITOR CIRCULATION

ARTIST CIRCULATION

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07 INT 401: PRATT CALL + RESPONSE LOUNGE Program : Lounge installation for SOFA 2014 Critic : Deborah Schneiderman

This is a team project in which we designed a lounge at the 2014 SOFA exhibition in Chicago. Tasked with creating a space using reclaimed felt donated from factories, the contstraints and properties of the materials had to be taken into consideration.

Chicago is internationally recognized for innovation in Jazz music. The process of Call + Response, borrowed from the improvisation inherent in Jazz solos, had significant impact on the design of the lounge canopy. This is achieved through the three elements incorporated within the project:

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1. The Canopy: The laser etched cards represent the Pratt students’ call to the visitors at SOFA Chicago and the blank cards act as the response. The carpeting is etched with a series of questions that visitors are able to answer on the blank cards. The written cards can then be exchanged with the laser etched cards (an object of art and design which the visitor can keep).

In this exchange the canopy will evolve from a space generated by pattern to one formed by color.

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2. The Seating The stools and flooring are made from the post-industrial remnant felt, a material inherently tied to the sense of touch and sound. The seating was entirely handcrafted--with no use of the woodshop, machines, or glue--evoking the craft and making that was inherent in the traditional interior. We created 3 variations of felt stools, each with its own pattern and weaving technique.

TYPE 1 The first stool design is a woven pattern, taken from the strong edges of the grey felt material. The structure is a 12� cardboard concrete formwork tube

TYPE 2 The second stool design is a wrapped pattern containing a more delicate white felt within a stronger grey felt. Initially, the white felt was too weak to be incorporated into the design, but when compressed, it acts as cushioning. The same structural tubing acts as substructure.

TYPE 3 The third stool design is similar to the wrapped white design. However, the weak inside area of the grey felt is used as the primarily seating material. The tattered leftover pieces are ‘tamed’ by the same thin strong grey felt.

Early prototypes

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