Rayong, Thailand
Bangkok-based 11.29 Studio’ Furnish Studio is an art studio in Rayong where the architects have prioritized sustainable design and the use of local materials to provide an adequate ventilated oil painting studio.
The design planning first looked for a site opportunity, the pond, which was located northeast and brings a cold breeze to the area.
The site is surrounded by an agricultural area that does not commonly appear in an industrial estate province where mass construction and production of waste products is therefore unavoidable like Rayong.
Since Rayong’s character is overly obvious, our team was inspired by the idea of creating usefulness from the unusable component.
Therefore, consuming an unusable product and local materials is the main issue to reduce transportation energy as part of designing the studio.
In terms of architecture, concrete spacers which are waste products from concrete testing, and bamboo battens were used as the building’s skin allowing flexibility of wind circulation and light filtration. It not only indicates specialty but also simplicity of construction.
According to the oil painting studio, the requirement is narrowed down to prioritize mostly open spaces, which are not only for ventilation but also for creating multiple perspectives for an artist.
The architects questioned how to make use of those industrial waste products.
The team seeks beauty and usage from the unusable component that appears in Rayong which tries to answer what the material will be at its highest potential.
Although it is already considered a waste product, do they still have the opportunity to be in other conditions and act in other roles?
This led to the answer of consuming concrete spacers in the design.
In the area, the temperature always rises along with global warming issues.
People survive with air conditioning, which also affects global warming in the future, but what if we could survive without using air conditioning or reducing electricity consumption?
Furnish studio was designed to support this idea.
The use of concrete spacers not only minimized industrial waste but also lowered the construction budget, which could be used on elevated interior space.
Flexible bamboo battens were used to answer the idea of lowering electricity consumption, bamboo is a local material that is easily found and locally grown in Thailand.
Circular swing bamboo battens allow the artist to adjust the opening angle and light density freely. This benefits both the owner and society.
Project: Furnish Studio
Architects: 11.29 Studio
Lead Architects: Kantinan Na Nakorn, Chanon Pannayang, and Thewaphon Phoonkamlang
Structural Engineers: PP Dolos Company
Client: Puntita Meeboonsabai
Photographs: Beer Singnoi
