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Welcome to Supermachine Studio’s official blog. (***Don’t look for official Supermachine Studio’s website. It does not exist) The content in this blog is all related to the projects we are involved. They are published and updated according to what we are doing at that moment of time. If you would like to look at some projects in particular, please click the categories organized on the right hand side column.
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RU-YERB, Green strategy for Thailand’s urban trees for ASA Change 2013
Design Team: Pitupong Chaowakul with Korakot Meesathien and Sujinda Khawkam
Ru-Yerb (inverse in Thai of Love-You) is a conceptual project of ASA Change 2013 aiming to address the contemporary urban problem in Thailand, in our case the electrical lines and pedestrian trees. With our long frustration on the city’s easy attitude on cutting down trees that are taller than electrical lines, we come up with an idea that allow the lines to go through the trees more safely. Ru-Yerb is a double skin insulator in which the inner skin shield group of wires from touching tree leaves while the porous outer skin attached to tree branches allows small animals access for inhabiting. By creating network of safe passages for wires to go through city trees, big city in Thailand will be able to see big trees growing along side with skyscrapers.
BU Student Union Construction
Very very very close to completion, the Bangkok University Student Union. Very excited to show the world how much one building can be transformed by design.
TUKCOM Sriracha
TUKCOM I.T.mall Sriracha
Design Team: Supermachine Studio
Pitupong Chaowakul, Suchart Ouypornchaisakul, Santi Sarasuphab, Nuntawat Tassanasangsoon, Kasidis Puektes,Jetsada Phongwasin and Korthong Thongtaem
Location: Sriracha, Cholburi, Thailand
Commission: Façade Renovation
Height: 24 meter
Façade Area: 1,200 Square meters
TUKCOM I.T. mall has been rising with the rapid evolution of information and technological products from 2000 on. The market has changed dramatically with the recovering economy from 1997 crisis. Asian consumers update their I.T. products in routine fashion. From Laemtong shopping mall built in the early 90’s for diverse product oriented, the building was then converted into a shopping center devoted to communication and technology products (computers, mobile phones, camera, gadget etc.) and renamed to TUKCOM I.T. mall. Since then the new brand has been expanding and new TUKCOM building is built one every 2 year. After 5 years, there are 3 TUKCOMs in Thailand and a few more at plan.
Once TUKCOM, as a brand of mall that gather all technological gadgets, has been established among local consumer at large, they want to facelift their original design of the building to something that reflects the characteristics of the products being sold in the mall. TUKCOM as a brand has already been something that people remember. Now they would like people to recognize its building as well. TUKCOM Sriracha is one of the first 3 buildings we came up with Black & White pixel façade concept (the other 2 are in Cholburi and Udornthani).
The 1,200 square meter façade is undulated and divided into 765 economical triangular pixels. The black, white and mirror finished aluminum composite panels are distributed through outs in random algorithm. Framing by the dark red aluminum panel, the existing advertisement billboard has been expanded along the side façade to the front face marking the main entrance of the building. A lot of existing building skin are still intact but refurbished. TUKCOM Sriracha is the prototype project for the new TUKCOMs that will be built in the near future, not to be exactly the same but to share certain characteristics for better recognition as a brand.
TUKCOM CHOLBURI (Complete images)
The first Tukcom I.T.mall black&white series; Tukcom Choluri, Thailand.
Design Team: Pitupong Chaowakul with Wattikon Kosolkit, Yupadee Suvisith, Nuntawat Tassanasangsoon, Suchart Ouypornchaisakul, Santi Sarasuphab and Peechaya Mekasuvanroj
Khmar Market at BMMF4
Having become the icon of public activity at Big Mountain Music Festical, The Khmar Market takes the shape of circular UFO in BMMF4 during December of 2012. The 4th edition of the temporary shading uses 1,344 pieces of Khmar bands.
BUSEM (Bangkok University School of Entrepreneurship and Management)
Design team: Pitupong Chaowakul and Yupadee Suvisith
Location: Bangkok University Kluaynumthai Campus, Bangkok Area: 720 SQ.M.
Completion: Febuary 2013
Tank Store, Mega Bangna (Complete images)
Design team: Pitupong Chaowakul with Yuppadee Suvisith, Peechaya Mekasuvanroj
Photos: Wison Tungthunya
Bangkok University International Center
We have been developing series of educational facilities for Bangkok University, whom we have completed BUCC and IMAGINE LOUNGE for. One of the recent projects that will be under construction soon is Bangkok University International Center. It is a facility mainly to prepare the students for a broader communication with ASEAN community in 2015.
Design Team: Pitupong Chaowakul with Suchart Ouypornchaisakul, Yupadee Suvisith and Korakot Mesatien
Super Cutain; a 16 color-shade custom-made partition as a welcoming facade
Mercury Ville, Chidlom
Mercury Ville… The 8,000++ SQ.M. lifestyle shopping mall is under construction and scheduled to be completed Q2 2013. We have been taking care of the renovation of the facade and redesigning all interior space.
Design team: Pitupong Chaowakul with Suchart Ouypornchaisakul, Yuppadee Suthvisith, Jetsada Phongwasin, Kasidis Puaktes, Korakot Meesatien, Teerayut Somtua
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