Since the beginning, the client specifically requested that the temple extension should not follow the traditional architectural of Thai temples but rather be a "reflection" of it. The design for the extension block is inspired from the story of the Buddha attaiing Enlightenment while meditating under a Boddhi tree. Conceptually, the Boddhi tree can be considered as the original House of the Buddha anad the idea of a tree as a one that shelters, protects and nurures becomes the architectural strategy.
Fragmentation and Displacement of Volumes
Both wings of the "V" shaped block comprises staggered arrangement of displaced and somtimes cantilevered boxes that is supported by skewed buttress-like columns. Accenuating this volumetric displacement is a play of solidness and transparency applied on the envelope of the volumes. Sky gardens and long planters are also integrated into the envelope design of the building to break-up the building mass and this gives the illusion of an urban "tree" building.
Window and wall strategy
Abstraction of the light filtering through the gaps between the leaves of the Bodhi tree are necessarily mapped onto the facade to create an organic random pattern of triangular windows. The position and size of windows are actually tabulated in relatin to the degree of natural lighting as required by the iterior space. The constant changing and dramatic play of light and shadow through these windows can be best experienced in the Prayer Halls, reminding one-self that change and impermanence of life is the only constant.
Since the beginning, the client specifically requested that the temple extension should not follow the traditional architectural of Thai temples but rather be a "reflection" of it. The design for the extension block is inspired from the story of the Buddha attaiing Enlightenment while meditating under a Boddhi tree. Conceptually, the Boddhi tree can be considered as the original House of the Buddha anad the idea of a tree as a one that shelters, protects and nurures becomes the architectural strategy.
Fragmentation and Displacement of Volumes
Both wings of the "V" shaped block comprises staggered arrangement of displaced and somtimes cantilevered boxes that is supported by skewed buttress-like columns. Accenuating this volumetric displacement is a play of solidness and transparency applied on the envelope of the volumes. Sky gardens and long planters are also integrated into the envelope design of the building to break-up the building mass and this gives the illusion of an urban "tree" building.
Window and wall strategy
Abstraction of the light filtering through the gaps between the leaves of the Bodhi tree are necessarily mapped onto the facade to create an organic random pattern of triangular windows. The position and size of windows are actually tabulated in relatin to the degree of natural lighting as required by the iterior space. The constant changing and dramatic play of light and shadow through these windows can be best experienced in the Prayer Halls, reminding one-self that change and impermanence of life is the only constant.
Since the beginning, the client specifically requested that the temple extension should not follow the traditional architectural of Thai temples but rather be a "reflection" of it. The design for the extension block is inspired from the story of the Buddha attaiing Enlightenment while meditating under a Boddhi tree. Conceptually, the Boddhi tree can be considered as the original House of the Buddha anad the idea of a tree as a one that shelters, protects and nurures becomes the architectural strategy.
Fragmentation and Displacement of Volumes
Both wings of the "V" shaped block comprises staggered arrangement of displaced and somtimes cantilevered boxes that is supported by skewed buttress-like columns. Accenuating this volumetric displacement is a play of solidness and transparency applied on the envelope of the volumes. Sky gardens and long planters are also integrated into the envelope design of the building to break-up the building mass and this gives the illusion of an urban "tree" building.
Window and wall strategy
Abstraction of the light filtering through the gaps between the leaves of the Bodhi tree are necessarily mapped onto the facade to create an organic random pattern of triangular windows. The position and size of windows are actually tabulated in relatin to the degree of natural lighting as required by the iterior space. The constant changing and dramatic play of light and shadow through these windows can be best experienced in the Prayer Halls, reminding one-self that change and impermanence of life is the only constant.
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