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Nomadsnomans

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Sewing the border

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laundry school game television water

climate and design

The local architecture shows many aspects of intelligent climate design, such as material use as well as construction techniques to optimize these materials. In this case the vernacular use of bamboo as a structural and cladding material are very inspiring.

energy and matter

The initial design of a factory building is based on its program of demands. The factory requires six consecutive functions with additional administrative and a connection to several local, regional and national infrastructures. These spaces with their specific needs for ventilation and lighting as well as power supply must be matched to the availability of building materials and energy resources.

architectural brief

Problem Statement : an extraterritorial building for the garment factory

opportunity : infrastructure between weak and strong nation
(availability of raw material, cheap labor, service infrastructure)

constraint : building on water that marks a political border
(between Thailand and Burma)

investigation : legislations with regard to building codes
(international and national land ownership)