14 Hammock - final presentation 3/6

Joe, Hin, Toey and Pao were interested in the idea of a 'hammock'. Because of its ability to transform quickly a space and its function with a very simple act and technology. Moreover, it also signifies something relaxing and friendly. However, they accepted that the degree of temporarity and flexibility of an actual building is not actually so simple. There for they divided the project into two parts: the most compact building that houses the necessary interior functions (or when it rains), then the outdoor plateforms and roofs that would act more like a hammock. In the conceptual model you can see that the 'hammock-like' part is a kind of extension of the building into the trees.


Their working models when we were at Phi Phi island.


Their one-to-one-scale model was simply made out of two sheets of canvas brought randomly from Bangkok but they could communicate pretty much the idea.


The building is very compact, only one building. It takes advantages of the contour of the site that the main space of the building is extended from the main access from the school field which is higher than the left part, so the left part can house the functions being stacking into two levels - the lower part is kitchen, toilet, storage, the upper part is the bedrooms for the guests. The planning is very simple but they have spent a lot of time refining it.



The final model. Very compact and simple.


The path connect the bedrooms on the second level also helps to create a small courtyard where all kinds of training could be conducted too.


The back part of the building is not higher than the trees.

13 In Between the Trees - final presentation 2/6

Meth, Ta, Sai and Tip were interested in the space in-between the existing trees in the site. It is very nice and pleasant - they believe. Their idea is to create the space between the trees usable for some outdoor fuctions without too much interruptting the terrains. And then they want to have the building in the area where there is not tree at all, and create the building space similar to the space in between the trees. They like the very flexible, gentle and soft quality of it.

The began with studing the space at the site with their one-to-one scale model.


Then they keep developing their study of the space between the trees and the contour of the site.

The come up with a diagram of spatial relationship between the trees and the activties that could be places in between.
The contour could be fixed and extended to meet different kinds of activity.

The space for one person sitting is simplified as one square of 1 x 1 m. and can bee placed in different shapes in between the trees upon different activities.



The final model. The main space where most of the activities for training are the platforms in btween the trees. The guest rooms and the other indoor activites are scattering around in the same manner where there are not so many trees on the left side of the site.




The try to immitate somehow the similar kind of space in between the trees and the one with the guestrooms - the small holes in the roof that would let the trees inside grow, quite a nice space.


The buildings are disguised looking through the trees.

12 Water Collector - final presentation 1/6

Benz, Zing, Name and Tool came up with this idea of a building that besides the required functions, it should be able to act as a rain water collector and preserve. Although presently, the school has several rain water preserve tanks, they are not enough to keep water to spend for the whole year. They began with the idea of big roofs that act as rain water collectors. When the rain water falls from one level to another, it could create a temporary wall. Also water tanks could be part of some walls of the building.


They got the idea from visiting the Sea Gypsy Village where the villagers just use simple metal sheet to get water from the roof into their simple containers.


The roof diagrams.




The mapping of the rain directions and contours of the site. Since the do not want to cut the big trees in the site, the only area where they can build the big roofs is only on the left part of the site.


The models during the design process.

The one-to-one scale model at the site.

The final planning of the project. The main space for all the training activities is a big space on the front part of the building, also a big roof to collect the most water for the building itself and the school. The small rooms on the back of the site are the guest rooms where the smaller roofs could collect water to be used within each unit.


The lower level of the building is simply toilet and water tanks.



The final model. The space in between the buildings is quite nice pleasant. Congratulations guys! You did quite a good job.