Environments to interact. Mo(nu)ments by Pareid
30/12/2020.
[Makkasan - Bangkok] Thailand
metalocus, JULIO RODRÍGUEZ
metalocus, JULIO RODRÍGUEZ
Architecture firm Pareid has designed Mo (nu) ments, an Event and Exhibition of a Design Space for INDA, the International Design and Architecture Program of Chulalongkorn University, in the Makkasan district, in Ratchatewi, in Bangkok, Thailand.
The project will serve as a place to display the work of the school's students, but at the same time, the composition of the space and the different volumes proposed must be understood as a sculptural piece and not as a simple exhibition panel.
The project will serve as a place to display the work of the school's students, but at the same time, the composition of the space and the different volumes proposed must be understood as a sculptural piece and not as a simple exhibition panel.
Axonometric 2. Mo(nu)ments by Pareid
Mo(nu)ments by Pareid. Photograph by Pareid
Mo(nu)ments by Pareid. Photograph by Pareid
Mo(nu)ments by Pareid. Photograph by Pipeder
Mo(nu)ments by Pareid. Photograph by Pipeder
Mo(nu)ments by Pareid. Photograph by Pareid
Mo(nu)ments by Pareid. Photograph by Pipeder
Mo(nu)ments by Pareid. Photograph by Pipeder
Mo(nu)ments by Pareid. Photograph by Pipeder
Mo(nu)ments by Pareid. Photograph by Pipeder
Mo(nu)ments by Pareid. Photograph by Pipeder
Mo(nu)ments by Pareid. Photograph by Pipeder
Mo(nu)ments by Pareid. Photograph by Pipeder
Mo(nu)ments by Pareid. Photograph by Pipeder
Mo(nu)ments by Pareid. Photograph by Pipeder
Mo(nu)ments by Pareid. Photograph by Pareid
Mo(nu)ments by Pareid. Photograph by Pareid
Mo(nu)ments by Pareid. Photograph by Pareid
Mo(nu)ments by Pareid. Photograph by Pareid
Mo(nu)ments by Pareid. Photograph by Pareid
Ground floor plan. Mo(nu)ments by Pareid
Plan, front elevation and side elevation. Mo(nu)ments by Pareid
Hedjuk perspective. Mo(nu)ments by Pareid
Axonometric 1. Mo(nu)ments by Pareid
Axonometric 3. Mo(nu)ments by Pareid
Constructive axonometric 1. Mo(nu)ments by Pareid
Constructive axonometric 2. Mo(nu)ments by Pareid
General diagram. Mo(nu)ments by Pareid
Diagram - Gates. Mo(nu)ments by Pareid
Diagram - Totems. Mo(nu)ments by Pareid
Diagram - Components. Mo(nu)ments by Pareid
Diagram - Presentation Panel System. Mo(nu)ments by Pareid
Diagram - Exhibition Panel System 1. Mo(nu)ments by Pareid
Diagram - Exhibition Panel System 2. Mo(nu)ments by Pareid
Diagram - Tables. Mo(nu)ments by Pareid
Diagram - Tables. Mo(nu)ments by Pareid
Diagram - Joints. Mo(nu)ments by Pareid
Mo(nu)ments by Pareid. Photograph by Pareid
The exhibition space for architecture students Mo(nu)ments, designed by Pareid, where the different projects of architecture students will be placed, has to be understood as different scenarios, environments to be able to interact or where the students themselves talk about their works, another space to observe the proposed models or the different elements that will be displayed in a single route, from the "Front Gate", crossing the different spaces until reaching the end.
The architects are very skilled when composing and designing the space, everything boils down to a journey, with a beginning and an end, highly hierarchical by the use of color and those proposed panels that, according to their distribution and placement, determine different spaces exhibition.
The architects are very skilled when composing and designing the space, everything boils down to a journey, with a beginning and an end, highly hierarchical by the use of color and those proposed panels that, according to their distribution and placement, determine different spaces exhibition.
Project description by Pareid
Mo(nu)ment utilizes a repurposing strategy to create new formal arrangements and motifs in the design of a temporary end-of-year exhibition space for an architectural school that is able to host student work and events while simultaneously retaining a degree of autonomy as a monument (or a moment).
The design consists of two primary materials that are deployed in two different ways. The first is cardboard, which is used as planar surface elements for hosting work on display; and the second is MDF used as components for joining the cardboard in different ways.
The cardboard is reclaimed from the previous year’s exhibition where the top edges are cut into either arches or angles allowing visitors to distinguish between transitory spaces (such as hallways) and sedentary spaces (such as review spaces). This strategy is also a means for preserving the appearance of the cardboard as it removes any damaged edges and corners it might have incurred in its previous life.
The MDF joints are designed as a series of discrete pieces that configure and can be reconfigured into different families and types which are referred to as joints, components and totems.
The joints work as connections between two cardboard panels by locking them side by side. Alternating joints are fitted with an additional interlocking element that connects to the triangular pieces of cardboard on the backside of the panels that are propping the spaces up (much like a picture frame stand or easel).A change in each spatial zone is geometrically driven by which joint is used where, providing the option for various arrangements, configurations and spatial sequences.
Every other panel is connected at the top with components composed of discrete MDF parts that are assembled in an interlocking manner. The parts can be configured to attach to the rounded cardboard in review spaces, or partially disassembled and reconfigured through different notches in order to fit the angular panels in the transitory spaces.
Cut from 1.2x2.4m. boards, the CNC cut files of the components are strategically organized to maximize the material output while also creating a figure-like presence. Hence, the negatives of the component boards are erected double as totems and large joints between each space.
The tables echo a figural presence, and are able to take on multiple formations as either independent elements scattered about or grouped and joined together through interlocking elements.
Finally, the use of color as having the capacity to generate various spatial and organizational effects is also considered as a material in it’s own right, as it is through the color scheme in the various patterns on the totems that they are able to be read as AR markers, which in turn grant visitors access to the virtual portion of the exhibition via the customized app.
The combination of the aforementioned explores the transformative capacity for reuse to become 'new', as well as how the creation of a space and functional artifacts imbued with some degree of character can produce an affective quality, allowing the space to alternate between background and foreground as well as a medium between the physical and the virtual.
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Architects
Project team
Lead Architects.- Déborah López, Hadin Charbel.
Collaborators
Project Sponsors.- INDA (International Program in Design and Architecture), Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University. App Development.- Michal Jurgielewicz. Video production.- Pipeder.
Client
Area
1,200sqm.
Dates
2019.
Contractors and suppliers
Tanadon Wanitnunttada, Peera Tayanukorn, Kandanai Sudsanguan, Phatchanon Varanukulsak.
Location
Kamphaeng Phet 7 Road, Makkasan, Ratchatewi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
Déborah López, Hadin Charbel. Pareid
Pareid. Déborah López and Hadin Charbel are architects and founders of Pareid; an interdisciplinary design and research studio currently located in between London (United Kingdom) and Ponferrada (Spain). Their works adopt approaches from various fields and contexts, addressing topics related to climate, ecology, human perception, machine sentience, and their capacity for altering current modes of existence through iminent fictions (if).
They are both Lecturers (Teaching) at The Bartlett School of Architecture UCL in the B-Pro program where they run Research Cluster 1 in Architectural Design entitled “Monumental Wastelands” focusing on cli-migration and autonomous ecologies through climate fiction (Cli-Fi).
Previously they were Adjunct Professors and Second Year Co-cordinators at the International Program in Design and Architecture (INDA) at the Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University (Bankgok).
Awarded with the Monbukagakusho scholarship (MEXT) between 2014-2018, they received their Master in Engineering in the Field of Architecture from the University of Tokyo (T-ADS), after which they remained as researchers and tutors. Hadin received his B.A in architectural studies from UCLA and Deborah a Bachelor of Arts and Master’s of Architecture from the European University of Madrid.
They are both Lecturers (Teaching) at The Bartlett School of Architecture UCL in the B-Pro program where they run Research Cluster 1 in Architectural Design entitled “Monumental Wastelands” focusing on cli-migration and autonomous ecologies through climate fiction (Cli-Fi).
Previously they were Adjunct Professors and Second Year Co-cordinators at the International Program in Design and Architecture (INDA) at the Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University (Bankgok).
Awarded with the Monbukagakusho scholarship (MEXT) between 2014-2018, they received their Master in Engineering in the Field of Architecture from the University of Tokyo (T-ADS), after which they remained as researchers and tutors. Hadin received his B.A in architectural studies from UCLA and Deborah a Bachelor of Arts and Master’s of Architecture from the European University of Madrid.
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