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Ban Bat

Bangkok, Thailand
DCC Projects 2018
Instructors :

Gian Maria Socci
Rebecca van Beeck


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A series of participatory design workshops, meetings, and a communal ‘dinner and dance’ event were organized by the Thai students with the Ban Bat community in preparation for this design-build project. Residents’ opinions were oriented around three main objectives: to represent their identity in a mural, to preserve their craft, and to increase social activity. Everyone agreed that better signage and facilities were needed. Through an assessment of spatial challenges, it was noted that the entrances were undefined and difficult to locate.

After a student design charette and approval from the Royal Crown Property Bureau, shop drawings were made for prefabricated bent steel pipes which were modified on-site with guidance from skilled workmen from local design practice, StudioMake. Once all vertical pipes and archways were secure and level, canvas panels were attached. In addition, an eight-meter-long mural represents each step in the bat-making process and includes scenery inspired by the alleyways.

One month after completing the installation, we returned to Ban Bat to hear feedback from the community and inaugurate the project. Residents seemed very pleased, especially with the mural and signage, and they shared some suggestions for how best to initiate engagement from an even larger number of residents.

Student :

Alena Limwattanayakorn

Atitep Rungkeeratikul

Chularach Engchanil

Chutimon Suetragulwong

Ishita Akther

Lisa Kamolkornpannatat

Natdanai Wareerinsiri

Nathnicha Nimitmongkol

Nattha Dhamabutra

Palita Tungjaroen

Panisa Kleosakul

Panyanus Jansomwong

Ranchana Rungwatanawong

Sakdipat Chitsawaengsrap

Santasak Apasuthirat

Sarida Thanakarnjanasuth

Shwe Yi Nwe Oo

Sisilpa Srisukson

Woraphan Jampachaisri

Yamin Kosittanakiat

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2019 Design-Build Projects

Ephemeral Events

This design-build project focused on the production of a single pop-up event held in the Nang Loeng district. Students became both designers and organizers, curating a public event and the infrastructure needed to support that event, such as urban furniture, market stalls, public amenities, and artist installations. During the development of the project, students conducted a series of community engagement meetings and mapping workshops, understanding the identity and values embedded in the neighborhood. Taking on the role of festival organizers, the students independently coordinated the design and promotion of media content, met with the district office and police to establish site permissions, and prepared the site for all of its potential infrastructural needs. Throughout the month-long process, students worked directly with community leaders, market vendors, arts and crafts specialists, and local cultural hubs to curate a series of interactive workshops, where the public was invited to learn about the identity of Nang Loeng through participatory events. These workshops included desserts made from banana leaves, sewing methods with Ban Narasilp, dancing workshops with Khon performers and ballroom instructors, Thai chess instructions with local champions, and other food-related crafts. During the opening, the public was invited to participate in a live “memory wall” where responses to a series of questions on the past, present, and future of Nang Loeng were displayed for collective reflection.

2020 Design-Build Projects

Pipo Project

Childhood is a time of wistfulness and innocence. Throughout this period, one learns to engage with the surroundings and associate them with certain emotions. Consequently, joyful moments and freedom of imagination are often abandoned as people mature. In spite of this, some places, things, events, or even familiar atmospheres can evoke sentiments of the past—nostalgia.  This project proposes a hybrid spatial design that reminds ourselves of these collective childhood memories through innovative experiences. In order to connect with a larger audience, Pipo, a well-known jelly cup confectionery, is introduced as a retrospective medium. Combining material interaction with digital manipulation, the design development utilizes both virtual and physical experimentation. The project uses multiple communication strategies to provoke particular emotions and senses of the ‘afterlife.’ How have our lifestyles, eating behaviors, and habits been challenged and altered? How can a small scale architectural intervention provide the experience of inclusivity in our collective memory?

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