#ko kred

The method of fixing starting from finding pieces and attach it together in the process called kintsugi which will allow never ending possibilities of outcome

Experiment of arrangment and outcomes

Panopticon means can be view from all angle which is the main concept in this design. People can enjoy their experience as the go to the higher level

workshop on downstairs

Constrction details and developing mass model

Cooling Interventions

Moisture Interventions

Contextual Agendas

KO KRET: Trash Collector

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The project is focusing on identifying the different layers of information on the selected site. These layers manifest themselves at every scale, form the macro territorial systems to the smallest aggregation of spaces. The information are then analyzed to create the Patrimonial device, objects or spaces, from the size of a glove to that of a small pavilion, I that aim to deal directly with the physical and social structures and, especially, human routines and/or rituals, related to the specific information collected from the site. In this case, I decided to design the ‘floating trash collector’

2.1 : Contexts & Routines: Ko Kret

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The selected study area is ‘KO KRET’ which is an isolated island near Bangkok. The place is a closed (cut off) community where the island itself is a resilient structure and infrastructure. The type of housing is a temporary or floating structure, Amphibious architecture. The people living there are self-sustain, growing their own crops, food, etc. They use boats as main transport and logistics. They are famous for pottery and have a very rich culture and religious belief.

An object Catalog

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- Different boat types

- Pottery & Kiln

- Spiritual objects

Atmospheric representation

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The image shows the housing types on the island where houses are elevated above and have a floating platform to access their spaces, the floating pipe around their houses in order to prevent the trash and water plants floating into their area.

2.2 : Patrimonial Device

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From the data analyzed from the previous phase, here we have to design a device to reinforce, rebuild, restore or dilute, deviate, contrast one of the Humans Routines or Rituals studied before. The device’s scale should be small, going from the body scale (wearing device) to the approximate scale of a room.

The device is a boat that collects floating trash( mainly plastics and bottles) and water hyacinth plant. It revolves around the island collecting trash from the already existing pipe that prevents floating stuff entering the people houses. The material used for making the device is all recycled or could be found easily on site. The device is made of two longtail boat with extended arms, a bamboo structure, water hyacinth rope that hold the pots that is use to store the bottle in place.

As the boat goes around collecting floating trash, the person operating the boat fill up space on the roof with the collected bottles stored in pots and then reassemble them on the land. It creates the new type of skin for a building, roof, partition for different purposes, and this device is kind of a pre-fabrication center for this type of skin. Bottles are then going to be recycled and the water hyacinth plant would be transformed into ropes and other products for the community.

Atmospheric representation 1

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Device  float around the island collecting stuff from the floating pipe network

Atmospheric representation 2

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Device  float around the island collecting stuff from the floating pipe network

Physical prototype

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Context-New Landscape

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Space is located near the river and the site has been flooded every year. The new landscape is being raised and can protect the area up to 3.5m rise in water level.

Phytofiltration System

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The place offers a community naturally treated water by treating the unhygienic river water, giving the community the natural pond which is essential for the typical lifestyle of the local people where people rely on river water.

Self-organization of the floating log

The experiment is conducted to study the organization of wood when float on water with the current applied on one end, mimicking the actual wood logging in the river. In the end, the form was extracted.

The floating Mechanism

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Here is where the plastic bottles collected by the device play a role in creating movable structures and form specific shape season to season due to the rise and fall in water level.

Program, Plan & Circulation

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Space offers multiple programs, from the playground to the learning center with the already existing biodiversities. The circulation around the space is what makes the place playful. The circulation is designed by using multiple loops so that the user may define and create their own path.

Sections

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These sections show how the design is integrated with the surrounding, how the water gets into the area to be stored, and how the design is creating the landscape from intersecting planes.

Atmosphere

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The seasonal lab of water offers users a new way to learn how to naturally improve water quality, experience nature, and site-specific biodiversities, and enjoy the new playscape including the natural pond. 

Therefore, it is neither a theme park nor an ornamental garden, “It is a site-specific project, inspired by the design tries to find the right local biodiversity, the topography, and HYDROLOGY that are proper to KOH KRET”

Ko Kret’s pottery workshop remodeling

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Context-New Landscape

Space is located near the river and the site has been flooded every year. The new landscape is being raised and can protect the area up to 3.5m rise in water level.

Phytofiltration System

The place offers a community naturally treated water by treating the unhygienic river water, giving the community the natural pond which is essential for the typical lifestyle of the local people where people rely on river water.

Self-organization of the floating log

The experiment is conducted to study the organization of wood when float on water with the current applied on one end, mimicking the actual wood logging in the river. In the end, the form was extracted.

Program & Circulation

The space offers multiple programs, from the playground to the learning center with the already existing biodiversities. The circulation around the space is what makes the place playful. The circulation is designed by using multiple loops so that the user may define and create their own path.  

The floating Mechanism

Here is where the plastic bottles collected by the device play a role in creating movable structures and form specific shape season to season due to the rise and fall in water level.

The seasonal lab of water is neither a theme park nor an ornamental garden, "It is a site-specific project, inspired by the design tries to find the right local biodiversity, the topography, and HYDROLOGY that are proper to KOH KRET"

I start to identify the position for the proposal by using the low-high land mapping to identify the low area and  guideline path 

This diagram shows how I create the bike path by using the relationship between those circles and the tangent lines

These are the plan of each station which shows the circulation form the bike path through each station and how they circulate around.

section shows how piping system work to coporate with each station filtering system to serves and benefits activities inside 

In this space, it provides an archieve of all the broken pieces hanging from the roof, allowing people to freely pick and search for their perfect one to fit in their broken ceramics. If they cannot find one, this space also provided a workshop space to make a new piece from koh kret clay 

The space is designed under the concept of panopticon, meaning that when you stand at one point you can see 360 degree around you, which will make people to find the pieces easily

How can those pieces arrange so that people can find pieces easily, whether it arrange by color or by sizing. Therefore, I experiment by doing one of it and the result surprinsingly that it is easy to fit the piece