meditation

center
 THE
CONCEPT

Body Organs
without without
Organs Body

hollow system
form components

lacks of organization // body isn’t components that make system a whole //

broken down into parts distinct from
each other // limit of flows within its
surface // singularity as visual
perception // concerned with outer form
and perception
creation of networking between things,
result as whole when complete // things
form into a whole not through our own
perception not as limited definition // see
as a big picture/see as a whole to see
as a complete system
 Body without Organs Organs without Body
= Hollow Form = System Components

THE
CONCEPT
concept
formation
 THE
CONCEPT Material
initial Developments
interest
Techniques&Innovations
 Earth (soil, clay, gravel and
sand)—as relevant to
contemporary and modern
THE architecture and dissolves
CONCEPT preconceptions that it is a
fragile material in use only
leading to in poorer, developing
concept nations.
formation
withstand high temperature,
hard, strong in compression,
weak ins shear and tension,
withstand chemical erosion
 THE
CONCEPT Dune wall treatment
leading to made off local material, concrete, wood,
concept and ceramic.
formation
 Body without Organs Body without Organs
= Hollow Form = Hollow Form
THE VS and
CONCEPT Organs without Body
concept Organs without Body
formation = System Components = System Components
 body & organ are
supported each
THE other
CONCEPT
concept the network of both the inside system (organs)
formation and the outside system (body) is important
equally, thus it gives different perceptions and
function of meanings
 assemblage
the understanding is interpret from the reading on Deluze’s A
Thousand Plateau

EXTENDING collections of something/

CONCEPT
assemblage
units that
has a life of its own.
The collections are
working together
yet differently when
isolate it
EXTENDING
CONCEPT
assemblage
EXTENDING
CONCEPT
assemblage
 organization
extending ‘organization’ from ‘assemblage’

EXTENDING the structure or

CONCEPT arrangement of related or
organization
connected items
the activity or result of
distributing or disposing
properly or methodically
 B

SITE C
ANALYSIS
surrounding
programs
site

temples

hotels A
B

palaces A

A. Klaikungwon Palace
B. Maruekhathaiyawan Palace

transporation hub
A. Huahin railway station
B. Bus/Van drop off point
C. Huahin Airport

Main Road through

Chaum and Huahin
(Petchakasem Road)
City Flux
(Huahin Downtown)
5 km
 Noise

Sun
direction

SITE
ANALYSIS
surrounding winter season
contexts NORTHEAST
WIND
Wind
Direction
summer/rainy season
SOUTHWEST
WIND daytime
SEA BREEZE

road/forest
view sea/forest
view
Vista

road
/mountain
/empty land
view sea view
 > Huahin, a middle-hi class resort town
> Huahin has higher standard
compare to Pattaya
> Huahin becomes more real estate
development area
PROJECT
PROPOSAL > Huahin still remain a sense of relaxation
meditation and quietness with nearby place for
center retreat within a reach of Cha-um
> The idea of “meditation space” is proved to
suit with these characteristics of quietness
and relaxation.
 CASE
STUDIES
meditation
center

BUDDHADASA INDAPANNO ARCHIVES

Vachirabenjatasana Park,
Bangkok, Thailand
 CASE
STUDIES
meditation
center

WON Claverack,
DHARMANewCENTER
York, US
 homegrow organic and toxiv-free
vegetables, herbs, and rice provide
as a food resource for everyone
in the meditation space MEDITATION YOGA

sustainable main
living
PROGRAMMES
activities & natural light and wind or known
as passvive ventilation and natural
programs
sustainable light are used as the main
sustainable design approach to
strategy reduce the use of electricity and
provide maximum natural
advantaged

LIBRARY PRAY
LISTEN TO SERMON

emerging technology of using

wind collector and solar cell to
store wind and sun energy,
transformed theelectricity to
HOME GROWN RESIDENCES
electricity to reduce usage of ORGANIC FOOD
ordianry electricity.
 residence planting

organic farm yoga

PROGRAMMES
sit/walk/talk library
activities meditation

music/art/dancing special events

meditation therapy

1 day visitor short term users long term users

(2-5 days) (1-3weeks)
 hollow form=body withour organs
>limit of flows within surface
>singularity as visual perception

system components=organs without body

>creation of networking between things,
SCHEMATIC result as a whole when complete
PROGRAMMES >Nolimitation of system components,
based on the system can be expand
concepts

When the components are linked to each

system, it then forms a so called “system component.
The boundary is visually perceived as a whole when the
system is linked. The system components and hollow
form could be said that it depends on each other;
when one forms, another is created
 fluid/
solid/ movable/
fixative/ conjuction flexbile/
heavy/ of material airy/
rough/ between light/
raw/ solid& transparent/
immovable liquid translucent

SCHEMATIC
PROGRAMMES
material

> rough granite stone > concrete slab > translucent concrete
>rough stone >wood panel/planks > tensile fabric
>gabion >bamboo >glass/translucent plastic panel
>rough brick > copper sheet/metal sheet > steel mesh
CONCEPTUAL
MODEL
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OVERALL
DESIGNS
 1
2

7 6
5
8

ZONING 9
programme 11
12
zoning

10
13

1 entrance road
2 rock/poetry garden
3 reception building
4 rice paddy
5 meditation garden/ kiosks
6 waterlandscape/ meditation
7 visitor’s accomodation
8 vegetable/herb farming
9 kitchen/ service
10 staff’s accomodation
11 library
12 dinning hall
13 meditation hall
MASTER PLAN
east elevation

west elevation
ZONING
programme
zoning
ZONING
programme
zoning
 meditation garden main waking path meditation residences area
& meditation kiosk waterlandscape
based on the concept of 10 units of residences for
tranforming of material that walkway leads to waterlandscape for cooling long term visitors who
pursuade the meditating meditationhall & beach down the space and acts practice meditation more
feeling front. The kiosks as meditation walking area, than 1 days
provides spaces for which the ground is not
meditation activities smooth thus provides sensa-
tion for meditating

section
PERSPECTIVE

Entrance road day &

night time.. The lanes are
seperated into two : toward
the meditation center and
outward, with the bicycle
lanes and footpath along
both lanes.
 Rock garden in front of the
meditation center, which acts as
a preparation meditating space
before approaching to the real
meditation space. The space is
provided for public users.

PERSPECTIVE
 front view shows the reception exterior
and front pond. the meditation center
is elevated up acts as a buffer from the
normal ground environment. . the name
of the meditation center ““is . am . are”” is
located a t the front wall.

PERSPECTIVE
 Looking toward the front of
residences and the meditation
kiosk. The meditation side and
the residences are seprated by
the waterlandscape, thus, allow
the obvious zone of semiprivate
and private.

PERSPECTIVE
PERSPECTIVE

Looking between the two lines of

residency units,, where the higher
ground untis are for female while
the lower ground untis are for male
in order to provide higher privacy
for females. The ground between
the higher ground and lower ground
provides vegetation farming spaces
for using as the main food source
for the center.
 The exterior of the library and the
bridge with canopy that links the
dining hall with the library.

PERSPECTIVE
 The exterior of the meditation center
looking toward the beach front ,
which shows the meditation hall
and how the project is elevated up
above the beach level to privides
the privacy and buffer itself from
the nosiy environment,. However ,
the meditation center still allows the
atmosphere of the beach to connect
with the center through the use of
passive designs and use the pond
in front to connect itself with the sea.

PERSPECTIVE
MEDITATION
GARDEN
MEDITATION
GARDEN
STAGE1: THE CONCRETE
concrete wall gives a sense of
burden and heavyness, thus
the feeling could be compared
as the an unpurify feeling
before meditating.
STAGE3: THE MESH
STAGE2: THE GABION
mesh wall makes it
gabion wall gives a continuity from the mesh
sense of breaking away of the gabion except
a chunk of concrete there are no more gravels,
wall, pursuade a burden therefore, exphasize the
feeling to break away lighter feeling that the
into smaller pieces, thus gravels now disappear
starts to allow calmness like the feeling that starts
into mind. to stabilize.
STAGE4: THE FABRIC TO THE EXPOSE
fabric is used to calm the feeling down after the
feeling is being stabilize. After going through
the fabric, the lstand alone thin poles will acts
as the barrier and will lead the way to the fully
expose of the environment, thus, metaphorically
refer to the feeling of one that is calm enough
to expose to the true environment
 overall meditating route

one way walk from the starting point to the

beach front

MEDITATION
GARDEN walking in a loop to gain more meditating feel-
ing. To walk in a loop pursuade the sensation
of calmness and quietness of our mind

meditation kiosks provided meditating activities

art meditation, literature meditation, and etc.
 natural sunlight

heat evaporate

cross ventilation

water reduce heat

from the sun

heat evaporate
natural sunlight

cross ventilation

PASSIVE
DESIGNS
water reduce heat plants reduce heat from ground
from the sun

heat evaporate

natural sunlight natural sunlight

cross ventilation
heat evaporate

cross ventilation
water reduce heat
from the sun
 prefab concrete
roof slab provide shading for the whole building

The largest opening that allows sunlight to get in as

much as possible

PASSIVE
DESIGNS

teak wooden planks

shading planks protect direct sunlight from getting into the building
and also acts as a screen to maximize the privacy of the resi-
dences.
 private

ZONING
users
zoning
semi-private

public
 meditation zone
rock garden meditation
main meditation garden
water landscape meditation walk
meditation hall
meditaion kiosk: art, music, literature

ZONING
users
zoning vegetation zone
vegetation farming
rice paddy
herbs planting

facility zone
reception
residences
library
dinning hall
meeting area
 toward the meditation facility access
beach area

CIRCULATION
users
zoning

transportation/ users’
services drop off accommodation staff route
access
PHASING
steps &
planing

ground preparation/ meditation hall dining hall construction meditation landscape/ water/electricity/
contour and ground construction to starts along with water landscape/ energy saving system
construction avoid problem in completion of meditation site overall check up/ installing
transportation hall/ water filling finishing
phase1 prefab residence
phase2 building/ phase4 phase5
staff accommodation
phase3