Adaptation and Flux: Learning from the Khlong Toei Port

Adaptation and Flux: Learning from the Khlong Toei Port Year 4 Undergraduate Design StudioFall 2011

Instructors: Kerrie Butts and Nilay Mistry

International Program in Design and Architecture (INDA)Chulalongkorn University, Faculty of ArchitectureBangkok, Thailand

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Successful architecture and interventions within the urban context often rely on facilitating a multitude of programs, users, and infrastructures at varying timescales. Recognizing the cycles, networks and systems of the city create conditions for sustainable design from economic, natural and social perspectives. Increased development of static and isolated projects within Bangkok new spaces from the dynamic and sentient qualities of the common Bangkok street. Relics from past real estate booms loom near cranes assembling a new generation of single use generic condominiums and globally franchised retail outlets.

With the issues of sea level rise and political instability facing Thailand in the 21st century, new models of architecture interventions need to question existing typologies in order to accommodate a variety of demands and to maintain long term contributions to the city. Longstanding as well as recently inhabited informal settlements within Thailand exemplify adaption and ingenuity to maintain survival through a variety of socio-economic cycles. Located in relationship to a catalog of public infrastructures and land uses within Thailand, can attributes of informal settlements be enhanced to improve their interface with the formal city? This studio employs analysis of the conditions surrounding informal urbanism in Thailand and proposes architectural projects exploring flexibility, adaptation and transformation reacting to those conditions.

The following projects are selected from a parallel studio conducted in Fall 2011 at International Program in Design and Architecture (INDA) at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok.

Adaptation and Flux: Learning from the Khlong Toei Port Design Studio, Fall 2011INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM IN DESIGN AND ARCHITECTUREChulalongkorn University Faculty of Architecture, Bangkokwww.cuinda.com

Transformative Urbanism Workshop ETH and INDA StudiosHosted at Chulalongkorn University Faculty of Architecture, BangkokOctober 21-28, 2011

APANEE WONGSAKON 70 Rai

‘Trans(ap)parent’ Border Crossing



Apanee Wongsakon


Apanee Wongsakon


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Apanee Wongsakon


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Apanee Wongsakon


Apanee Wongsakon

SIRICHAT SIRIWATWIMOLKhlong Toei Market

Market Worker Housing



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NITAYAPORN SITHIPRASASANALock 123

‘Infrachange’ Pedestrian Connector



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DAWIT PRAPAYONT70 Rai

‘New Meditation Hub’



Dawit Prapayont


Dawit Prapayont


Dawit Prapayont


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Dawit Prapayont

ATTACHAI LUANGAMORNERT70 Rai

Community Multifunction Hall



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ITTHI POLDEENANALock 123

Media Viewing Space



Itthi Poldeenana


Itthi Poldeenana


Itthi Poldeenana


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Itthi Poldeenana


Itthi Poldeenana

RATIPAN PANPINIILock 123

‘B.O.G. Biogas Station’



Ratipan Panpinij


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Ratipan Panpinij

NITHIDON KANGSANAN70 Rai

‘Canal Cleaning Corridor’



Nithidon Kangsanan


Nithidon Kangsanan


Nithidon Kangsanan


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Nithidon Kangsanan