Lotus Heritage Hotel_Thesis Book_Spring 2015

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ABSTRACT

RESEARCH

PRECEDENT STUDIES

DEVELOPMENT

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FOCUS AREA BUILDING B

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INTRODUCTION

SITE ANALYSIS BUILDING ANALYSIS CLIENT USER PROFLIE

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DESIGN CONCEPT LANDSCAPE DESIGN PROGRAMMING PROPOSED PLANS

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A ABSTRACT woman with lotus flower, bright ornate pattern

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INTRODUCTION

Thailands capital city is Bangkok. The city is enriched with abundant nightlight, history and culture. These characteristics make this “City of Angel� a fascinating travel destination, not only for both local and international tourists, but also an economical destination for business investors. This thesis will transform an inefficient local museum into a hotel and spa, supporting the demand of potential users as well as promoting Thai history and culture. The site is located at Rattanakosin Island, the heart of Bangkok, which has significant values in culture and history of Thailand. The surrounding communities and the historical landmarks around the area attract millions of tourists throughout the year, making the increasing demand of new hospitality businesses. Furthermore, ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), which will begin its vision in 2015, has been promoted with the aim of reducing the economic and development gap between ASEAN member countries. As a consequence, Bangkok, the capital, will rapidly gain a number of visitors, in both cultural heritage tourism and business investment. Communities surrounding Rattanakisin Island present the uniqueness of Thai culture, giving the inspiration of this proposal. Moreover, the unsuccessful museum, which lost its attention shortly after the opening, offers a beautiful architecture and showcases the sense of Rattanakosin Island. These will enhance the distinctive atmosphere, style and concept of the proposal for visitors to begin their investigation of Thai culture.

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In order for the hotel to accommodate the need of potential users, this hotel and spa will offer international levels of services, such as, guestrooms, spa, restaurant and bar, coffee shop, business center, and retail space. The public functions such as spa, restaurant and bar are envisioned to be the new hot spots in town, generating an improvement not only to the hotel itself, but also the surrounding area as well. In conclusion, the thesis will retrieve important values of an inefficient museum and the surrounding context, added together with world-class amenities. This hotel and spa will not only be a new destination, but also demonstrate a unique environment, which will attract both local and international visitors.

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SITE ANALYSIS

Site Location BANGKOK

Bangkok is located in the center of the country, along the Chao Phraya River, with fertile land for agriculture and has a long history as a capital of Thailand since the Rattanakosin period for over 230 years. Moreover, it is home to significant sites concerning history, art, architecture and buildings of tremendous value, such as the Grand Palace, the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, Sanam Luang, the National Museum, the Bangkok City Pillar Shrine, etc. These sites are Bangkok’s main tourist attractions for both Thais and foreigners.

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CENTRAL THAILAND

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1. Showing a part of Thailand in world map 2. Map shows center of Bangkok and on a right bottom shows map of central of Thailand 3. Site is located at old city(Rattanakosin Island) 4. Project site thesis

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This is surrounded by most spectacular and revered historical attractions, which will attract travelers and local people, and it can connect to Suvarnabhumi Airport by using Airport Rail Link (ARL) 45 minutes then transfer to underground and sky train (MRT and BTS) around 30 minutes. The travelers can take a short time to visit the site by Private car, Taxi, Limousine form Suvarnabhumi Airport about 50 minutes through Toll Way, and the site has a parking lot available to serve the travelers and local persons. If you travel from the center of Bangkok you can use MRT because the station is in front of the sites.

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1. Site access and Transportation 2/3. Photo: Private car and Taxi in Bangkok 4/5/6. Photo: MRT, BTS, Bus in Bangkok

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The site is located close to the historical area, there is a lot of gorgeous architecture. There is a market place that tourists can go from the sites by walking around 10-15 minutes to get a feeling of Thai culture.

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1. Map of the site 2/3/4/5. Photo: North is Soi Setthakarn and Tungtrongjit Panitchayakran School, South is Phra Rajchawang Police Station, East is Wat Ratborpith School and West is Chakrabongse Palace

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Climate The climate of Bangkok can be divided into three seasons, which are hot, rainy and cool seasons. The period between November and February is the driest period in Bangkok. The humidity levels remain high during this period. The climate in Bangkok is at its hottest from March to August, while the rainy season occurs between June and October. At this time of the year the monsoon on the west coast brings a fairly steady season of continual rain, short spells of rainy weather, with frequent afternoon showers, and spells of thunder at times.

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1. Wind and climate of the site 2/3/4. Photo: Summer/Rainy/Winter in Bangkok 5/6. Graph of average monthly temperature and rainfall in Bangkok

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BUILDING ANALYSIS

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There are four main reasons why The designer chose this building.First, there are three buildings in this area, which consist of a museum (This building used to be the Ministry of Commerce.) or (Building A), a coffee shop (Building B), and an office (Building C). It is not financially viable in its current status and it tends to be closed.

Second, the zoning of this site is close to the conservative and historical zone which we can call as landmarks of Bangkok, Thailand. People did not give much attention to the museum. People used to give an attention when it opened but that has rapidly decreased. Third, there is another museum that is not far from here and more popular. It is located in the main street and easy to reach. Finally, this location is not proper to be a museum because self-directed learning centers should be located at a public center or a place which people can easily noticed.

Therefore, this area should be changed to be a business instead of knowledge learning center because currently this site is more efficient to transform into Boutique hotel and Spa rather than museum.

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Building A Dimension: 272’-4” x 114’-1” Building Height: 64’ - 1” Square Footage: 62,310 sq.ft RATCHA BORPHIT SCHOOL

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There are three floors in this center building. The traditional style front has a “drop off” which is connected by the garden to the main structure. The designer had to keep the column, pillar, and stairs in the same style, and they had to remain in the same place. The designer propose to transform this building to be a hotel, with a variety of room sizes and vacant areas to help support and welcome people to stay at the hotel which is located in the landmark area of Bangkok.

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Building B Dimension: 235’ - 0” x 44’ - 10” Building Height: 18’ -9” Square Footage: 11,050 sq.ft RATCHA BORPHIT SCHOOL

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It is a building at the right side of building A. There is only 1 floor in this building. There is exhibition here inside the building and coffee shop in front of building.

The surrounding area has a garden in front and the side of building with an entrance and walls. It will be changed to be a conference room or ballroom hall to serve business trips or events, such as a wedding ceremony or seminar.

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1. Existing siteplan’s building B 2. Existing floorplan’s building B 3/4/5. Photo: Exterior and interior of building B

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Building C Dimension: 160’-0” x 34’-10” Building Height: 63’ - 10” Square Footage: 33,590 sq.ft RATCHA BORPHIT SCHOOL

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This building is 6 floors which is on the left side of building A. One needs to walk out from building A into the building. Currently there is a parking area in front of the building. So, it is to be transformed into a hotel office, spa, retail shops and teahouse restaurant. As the location is the landmark area of Bangkok, the designer would like to serve all the customers and tourists a massage, buy some souvenirs, a choice with a variety of room styles and tea on a rooftop with a view of Bangkok.

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1. Existing siteplan’s building C 2. Existing floorplan’s building C 3/4/5. Photo: Exterior and interior of building C

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CLIENT

Mr. Anant Asavabhokin is President of Land & House Public Company Limited, which has be-come the country’s largest housing development company in less than 10 years. He was ranked the 18th richest man in Thai by Forbes magazine with an estimated net worth of $840 million. In 1990s, Land and House had been shaping enthralling success by adopting a new development strategy. As in the past most developers preferred buying large land plots and concentrating on the entire plots.

Land and House was the first to acquire small and medium sized plots around Bangkok and suburban areas to accommodate its projects. He would like to expand his business to focus on hotels. As he was successful in focusing on the small and medium sized housing business, he would like to start a new business in hotels focusing on small and medium sized also. “Lotus Heritage Hotel� is one of the medium sized hotels that he loves to start with. It is not only a size that he expects but the location and the concept can represent Thais tradition which he thinks will be great for both travelers and local people.

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USER PROFILE

Tourists

Foreign tourists traveling on trips in Thailand account my eyes open and see different things, learn different for 67% of all tourists (Thai and foreign tourists) where- cultures, moving forward to have the best vision for my by the main objective of coming to tour in Bangkok is, company in the future. namely, to visit, admire and study art and culture, as well as to see important historical and religious sites. On the average, most foreign tourists spend approximately three to eight days of their tour time in Bangkok before returning home or taking trips to other provinces.

Local people

Thai people generally enjoy visiting various popular sites in Bangkok where tourists from Bangkok and those who travel from other provinces can both be found. The main objective is tourism for relaxation, making merit. The types of tourist sites popularly visited are shopping facilities, such as markets or department stores, and restaurants. When the aforementioned data was analyzed, it became apparent, apart from an exhibition site, the project site will become a special attraction for this target group.

Businessmen

Business sees the advantage of liberalization which will be achieved in the formation of the Asean Economic Community (AEC). In 2015 Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar would be the des-tination, and Maesot city in Thailand is one of the best gateways to Myanmar. For business reasons I have to travel a lot and I have to keep

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C PRECEDENT STUDIES floating lotus in the air

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Cavallo Point Location: Sausalito, California, USA Architect: Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects Status: Completed Function: Hotel Cavallo Point Lodge is a hotel known for being a sustainable luxury hotel through its use of ma-terials and overall design. For both historical and contemporary lodging, the designer created four rooms into one lodge. The contemporary lodges are comprised of ecofriendly materials, recycled linen used for the carpet.

This allows the hotel to sustain and maintain an equal environment from outside in. Because it is an historical lodge the building structure has been maintained as the original, but the inside has been restored for use as a modern hotel.

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Burke Williams Location: San Francisco, California, USA Architect: Lucas Fladzinski Status: Completed Function: Spa Burke Williams in San Francisco is the newest branch of Burke Williams family. Here is one of their largest and most luxurious facilities. There are 15 massage rooms, 6 facial rooms, 4 nail care chairs and one wet room.

The interior space uses black and white dĂŠcor throughout, beginning at the reception desk. The spa treatment here is designed for relaxation. You can consider the choices of treatments because there are varieties of them: massage, skin care, nail care, and spa baths.

These treatment programs are located on the same floor with the area of over 16,500 square feet.

There are about 79 lockers for the clients to keep their belongings. After changing, a facilitator takes you to your service. Clients can appreciate the relaxing aroma from the oils. There are many Burke Williams Spa locations in the country reinforcing its success.

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W Hotel Location: San Francisco, California, USA Architect: Hornberger + Worstell Status: Completed Function: Hotel The W Hotel in San Francisco is designed to feel modern and luxurious. The wood of the welcome desk and the purple, pink and blue light between laths of the desk give a feeling of modernity. The guest rooms have 6 modern styles: Wonderful Room, Spectacular Room, Cool Corner Room, Fabulous Room, Fantastic Room, and Extremely Wow Suite. Bliss San Francisco Spa, is located on the fourth floor of W San Francisco. Boasting 5,000 square feet of tension-fighting facilities. There are manicure nail stations, nine treatment rooms, and men’s and women’s lounges with adjoining outdoor escapes. The space also showcases Bliss trademark products. For the fit-ness center, they just restyled this place with 1,875 sq. ft. gym, called FIT. It is open 24 hours 7 days. On the roof of the center there is a glass dome which can let the natural light translucent into the center. This fitness center provides much equipment, cardio, strength training, Pilates and much more. The most attractive feature in this fitness center is a central seating structure and self-service bar. The bar area has color changing light fixtures.

One last important attraction of this hotel is “Lumina”. It is a vibrant and otherworldly light sculpture towering 27 feet, inside the hotel’s three-story entrance at the corner of 3rd and How-ard streets. This Lumina was made from four energy-efficient LED Luminators, all of which are housed inside a large translucent globe.

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An endless array of light and color effects are possible through a wireless 54-channel DMX panel, allowing for sophisticated audio and video synchro-nization, as well as other sensor-controlled inputs such as temperature, humidity, and ambient sounds.

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DESIGN CONCEPT

Concept Statement

Most people who come from America or Europe will not be familiar with “Lotus�. Lotus plays an important role in many aspects of Thai people. It is associated with Buddhism. Lotus is a tradi-tion of Buddhism, this tradition has come from the spiritual symbolism. In the mind of Buddhist, we compared the personality of people with the growth stages of lotus. Lotus grows in muddy water. When the lotus is able to come above the water, it means they are achieved. The first stage of lotus is in water it needs time to grow out above the water and sunlight to bloom. This stage reacts like a person who is unable to understand and learn new things. The second stage is to struggle and grow out from the mud. It means that a person had started to open up and learn. During the third stage, after it has already grown out of the mud, it stays under the water waiting to grow up above. This person is trying hard to understand, but has not succeeded. The fourth stage is when it finally comes up above the water. It will be able to receive sunshine and starts blooming, like a person who can understand clearly and easily. From the favor of lotus, came an inspiration in designing this hotel.

1. Showing a process of growing lotus

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Conceptual Sketches

Entering the lobby, the main elements of the hotel are obvious white fiberglass curved objects, suspended along to the ceiling that guides tourists to come inside and stop at the reception area on the first floor. The designer started with the growth of the lotus as my inspiration, from the root to the blooming lotus, using the stem to be a part of this idea. The lounge is inspired from where the lotus has growth, which is mud water, when the lotus moves it will ripple in the water, so it makes a design. A sculpture, which was inspired from pet-als of the lotus flower, will be seats and dinner tables.

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1/2/3/4. Drawings have been Explaining at a context on a left handside 5. Conceptual map

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Conceptual Models

More than ten-thousand of miles between the designer and the site location, models were built to serve as physical representations. This provided the best visual understanding of the building, allowing the designer to stroll around the scaled model and understand how fulfilled the spaces.

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1/2/3. Part of Lobby: Starting to use the growth of lotus to be a inspiration 4/5/6/7. Part of Restaurant: Using petal of lotus to create the model 8/9/10/11. Part of Bar: the lotus moves it will be ripple in the water 12. Overall Models: Lobby, Restaurant and Bar

LANDSCAPE DESIGN

This is a part of Lotus Heritage Hotel that represents the Hotel’s uniqueness and telling the history of lotus.

In Thailand we believe that the main purpose of lotus is traditional of Buddhism. This tradition has come from the spiritual symbol. Also, lotus is an interesting image of the city’s life representing the distribution understanding of the places, and historical sites nearby such as temples and palace. The historically rich site where Lotus Heritage Hotel is located has been taken as the desired site.

The landscape of hotel is separated into three areas, including the pathway to connect the three buildings. In front of the main building there is a roundabout with a lotus fountain that vehicles can encircle. The building is surrounded by big palm trees.

For the customers who come for a business trip, they can walk through the pathway from the main building to connect to the convention building. Along the pathway to the convention build-ing there is a swimming pool that was inspired by the blooming lotus. There is a bent sculpture that can be protection and shade from the sunlight. Behind the sculpture of the pool, there is a way to the SPA building. All the outdoor areas, have a lot of palm trees and there are shrubs all the way of the pathway. The buildings were designed and used more than a hundred years ago, that is why the buildings are unique and antique in Thai style.

Building front design rendering

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There are some sketches and programs that show the situation on the site, the planting and circulation. It presents all functions and elements of landscape which are clearly seen at the Lotus Heritage Hotel.

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SECTION A Section A shows the swimming pool and the bent sculpture that helps protect the shade of light and faรงade of building A. Section B represent the fountain and pathway in front of building C, hotel and SPA. Section C shows the front of the lotus fountain and the main building which is building A. Section D shows the long section from the convention hall and garden through the swimming pool, walkway, fountain and the SPA.

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These are parts of the Lotus Heritage Hotel that represents a perspective point. The first one shows the over all image of the hotel. The second and third pictures show the sculpture of the swimming pool, space, and the inspiration together with a history of the lotus.

Rendering: Swimming pool view Rendering: Convention building view

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Rendering: Hotel & spa building walkthrough

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PROGRAMING Kitchen Restaurant Room Service Reception/ Lobby

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Lotus heritage hotel covers an area of 106,950 sq.ft divided into three buildings.

Building A provides the main function of the project namely, hotel restaurant and bar. On the first floor there will be a main entrance from the main building, the customers will be able to feel comfortable to check in at the lobby. The designer also provide two elevators and a huge staircase for the customer to connect to the second and third floor. The first floor includes a bar and lounge on the right hand and a restaurant is on the left hand behind the reception.

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The second building is building B, and is it has one level.

This building consists of a ballroom room, three meeting rooms, a kitchen, and storage. The kitchen and storage room are to prepare food and beverages when there is a business event or general affair. There is a small office for people who need information or make a reservation for these rooms.

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The last building is building C. There are six floors in this building, which consist of a SPA and two styles of room service. The first floor has a concierge, a small lobby, SPA, changing room for male and female, and souvenir shop. There is an outside pool for SPA treatment. The second floor also provides SPA service to individual rooms, SPA treatment, manicure, pedicure, and facial treatment. On the third floor and fourth floor, there are seven rooms in loft style and seven regular rooms on the fifth floor in the modern style. The sixth floor is a teahouse.

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Entry

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Meeting room A/B 904 sq.ft

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Waiting aera 188 sq.ft

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Pedicure / manicure 487 sq.ft

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Treatroom room size 140 sq.ft

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Facial room 320 sq.ft

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Storage / House keeping room 174 sq.ft

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Restroom 100 sq.ft

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Stair exit 1 142 sq.ft

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Loft size 670 sq.ft

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Room for loading to laundry

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Lobby

The building was constructed in 2008. It consists of three main buildings under the concept of lotus flower.

It is influenced by it is natural growth process, the designer desired to evoke the mysterious characteristics associated with the flower to become the main inspirations for this hotel.

The lobby is one of the public spaces that the user will encounter with the blooming sculpture when they first enter the main building. The facade of the ceiling is considered as a petal of lotus, which is in a process of growing lotus with the light-emitting diode (LED).

This structure enriches the plain ceiling by adding many layers. These layers will give a feeling of the blooming lotus when they are merging. The overall environment in the lobby makes all feel comfortable when they go in the building because there are light colors, green, white, and yellow. That will give a feeling of coolness and relaxation. The reception area plays an important role with scale and proportion through using level surfaces, as well as, materials and patterns. The reception desk is painted in white gloss fiber and together with the chandelier over the reception area the reflections create a nice and shiny room.

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Lotus restaurant is located on the first floor at the main building. The restaurant offers fine dining which consists of international and Thai cuisines. All of the part from lotus flower has been used in this restaurant starting with the waiting are through the whole restaurant.

The reception at the waiting area uses the lotus pod as a table. At the waiting area the user will see the decoration, with the leaves of lotus which are suspended from the ceiling. The design is intended to respond to the sensation of experience embodied with the building.

The overall design of the restaurant is bold and calm with the use of lotus flower and leaves. To make the restaurant a more dramatic experience for customers, besides from the table dinner, the designer creates a table for two which is covered with the blooming lotus to make it more private. On the wall there is a lotus-lined pattern which can be seen when the light is turned on.

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There are four different room options, suite, standard, loft, and standard with modernity. They are divided into two buildings. However, each room is still different in terms of the use and ma-terial.

The first building or main building has suite and standard rooms. The suite comes with an adjoining living area and dining area for greater comfort. There is a scene, engraved as a lotus to separate between private bedrom and living room. The LED light from the bedroom can be reflected through the engraving scene to the living room, vice versa the LED light or any light from the living room can also reflect through to the bedroom. Thus, the user does not need to open the light from both sides and it will give a romantic feeling.

A bedroom is designed as a high ceiling to make the user feel comfortable with a king size bedroom and the head board is designed from the lotus petal. There are two additional pendant lights hanging from the ceiling under the concept of lotus’s stem. The A flat screen TV in each room with cable and in-suite movies means that everyone can watch what they like. Other amenities include wet bar, refrigerator, microwave and Wi-Fi. You’ll also have a coffeemaker, iron with board and hair dryer for added conven-ience. So make yourself right at home. The dining area comprises a two to four-person table and chairs.

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In the main building it has a standard room available. It is designed as normal and simple. There are beige and white tones, with four LED lights from the ceiling and two bed lights with a de-sign of the petal of lotus. At the headboard there is a translucent lotus image decoration. On the partition at the back of the television there is a lining with green and with a little curve out and edge. This was inspired by the folding of the petal of lotus.

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Ballroom

The design is inspired by the lotus takes a fluid shape in an abstract approach from the wall through to the ceiling. The ballroom is simple but with plenty of the facilities, which can be used at all times and can keep when not in use. On the floor, the designer used the lotus pattern granite at the center of the floor which surrounded by the wood.

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As the SPA room should be the best place to do a massage to help relax after a tired day or for people who need to relax and get fresh. White and beige are the main colors of this room. The concept in the SPA room is inspired by the growth of lotus in the third step, which is under the water surface. Therefore, there is not much light in this room. The ceiling is designed from the petal of lotus that dovetails together and there is a little hole which the light can break through, that is the place where the brightness comes from.

The facial room is serving for another kind of SPA. The white wave wall and the placement of the LED lighting strip from the ceiling down to the floor create illusionary perspective in the facial room.

The manicure and pedicure room is focused on the spa chair. The chair’s backrest lining with the cushion and the chair that is designed to let the user feel comfortable with the curve for the armrest. The white fiber glass of the walls also have a petal of lotus which is reflected from the ceiling.

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“Loft” is the last type of room option in the second building. There are circular stairs in this room type to connect between bedroom and living room. The first floor of the loft consists of table with two chairs, couch, and flat television. The floor is covered with light wood and uses the white fiberglass tile panels lit with artificial lighting to make it look modern. There is a single bed and the LED light which hides behind the lotus sculpture over the bed head.

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Standard room with the modernity in the second building comes with the modern style. All the furniture in this room type is in white color. It makes the room look simple but modern with white fiberglass. The distinctive point in this room is the lotus’s lamp on the wall over the bed head. There is a light which hides under the ceiling but can illuminate all the room.

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H ABOUT photo: by german photographer, erik johansson

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

RESUME

My name is Sirimon Banchoetsakun. I was born in Bang- I realized that it would be great if I can learn new things

Education: Academy of Art University San Francisco, CA • Master’s Degree, Interior Architecture & Design May 2015 Thammasat University Bangkok, Thailand • Bachelor’s Degree, Urban Planning March 2010

kok, Thailand. Bangkok is a small and beautiful city it in the same field. Therefore, I decided to pursue a major is a capital city which also can be a good commercial in Interior Architecture and Design at Academy of Art and residential area. My family owns a business about University, where I have learnt several things related to Architecture and Interior Design. My father’s business design, and I can learn knowledge from professionals to deals with construction. Most of my father’s works are become an expert interior designer. I have background concerned with palaces and temples. He takes respon- from urban planning and I have absorbed two cultures. sibility for Thai paintings both for interior, exterior de- I would like to work on the project, which can help sussign of many palaces and temples in Thailand. I can say I tainability, and I would like to have my own firm. Before was born in the architecture and design field. My family that can come true I plan to work at least two years to background is one of the reasons that made me pursue gain more experience. a career in architecture. I graduated from the faculty of Architecture in Urban-Planning, Thammasat University.

When I was in my third year, I had to do an internship.

I had a chance to work at the Phuket Municipality. My responsibilities were to survey Phuket city and analyze the problem of the city, rearrange the area of transportation, and develop the overlapping territorial claims area. In the meantime, I had to do internship at my father’s company. My duties were to survey temples for renovation, develop blueprints using AutoCAD, and design temple grounds. After I graduated with a bachelor degree in Urban-Planning and gained more experience,

Experience: Intern, Jindaporn Freelance Bangkok, Thailand May - July 2013 • Visited client’s home site • Programmed client’s needs from schematic design • Designed floorplans and perspective views for client • Participated in furniture selection and documentation of the specification Intern, P.V.C Likhitgarnsarng Bangkok, Thailand April - December 2010 • Surveyed temple for renovation • Developed blue prints using AutoCAD • Designed temple grounds Intern, Phuket municipality Phuket, Thailand March - May 2008 • Surveyed the Phuket city and analysis the problem of the city • Rearranged the area of transportation • Developed the overlapping territorial claims area

Skills: Office Tools • Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint Autodesk Tools • AutoCAD, Revit and 3ds Max Google Sketchup Adobe Tools • Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign Languages: Thai English

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