Jan's Site Research: "Thanon Kao San"

DIAGRAM: Thanon Kao San Site AnalysisThe Erotic Field: Thanon Kao San

Khaosan Road or Khao Sarn Road (Thai: ถนนข้าวสาร) is a short street in central Bangkok, Thailand. It is located in the Banglamphu area of (Phra Nakorn district) about 1 km north of the Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaew. The site are combined with many generations of shophouse such as the historical reserved from the past, or the new shophouse that can be seen everywhere now a day. The aim of studying this site analysis was to use the relationship between the two opposite elements that found in the site which are 'sacred' or something dedicated to a religious purpose and so deserving veneration,in this case is the area of the temple  of Boroniwed, contrasting to 'profane' or the behaviour that not paying respectful of religious practice, which is the area of clubs and bars in the opposite direction. This relations between two elements will create the powerful erotic interaction between each other.

The diagram shows the location of the 'sacred' and 'profane' area where the blue is the profane area such as clubs and bars while the yellow represents the sacred area which is the temple. the green is the 'in between' between the sacred and profane which is the semi sacred where the facade of the shophouse is historical reserved but the programs is flexible due to the time which is profane. 

The diagram shows the frequency of population in the site during day time and night time where during the daytime people seems to gather around the area contrasting to night time where the only place that people gathered is the profane area.

 The diagram shows the programs that can be found within the site during the day and to see the relationship between them.

 The diagram shows the section of the shophouse and the program at the choosing building which is the 'Swensense' where it was in between the two opposite elements.

 This diagram shows sections of the different purposes of coming to the site between foreigners and local people where they go to the temple with different purpose but the same at night at Kao San Road.



The Program

The program that i use to do is the crossing between sacred and profane where in one building combines between two forbiddingly opposite programs in order to create the erotic feelings towards the buildings.