EROTICS OF ARCHITECTURE: Rin's Proposal: Decay Park

Decay park shophouse

"When negative space become positive space?"

Program: Park

Decay park is the 5 storeys shophouse that contain the erotic sense. From the first to the last project, I had consider that the erotic sense is the expression of the feeling which is deep down inside our heart that never had explained before. To be linked with project 2 the installation of neglected space in architecture faculty and the project 4 the site analyse at Chareongkrung road where most of the shophouses got ignored by the community. Thus, this chosen shophouse will express the feeling inside which will represent the feeling of every shophouse of the site, it created the darkness of destroyed construction to be "NEGATIVE SPACE"

Wood Floor

All the construction "wood" created the sense of decay in time, past period, old which conveys the feeling of user to be falling back in time. It also demonstrated that the building try to express the old period, unconcern and ignored sense.

Concrete Floor

It works the same ways with concrete level on the second floor where the destroyed concrete broken and created the seating and laying space as well as conveys the forgotten sense and expression of the building.

All this are the negative space in the shophouse which got the hidden function inside all the materials like wood system chair or broken concrete seating.

Hidden space

However when I think about hidden space, to relate this back to the charoenkrung road, I believe that the hidden area are the green area and mostly for every road. We have less trees in our community therefore this shophouse will represents the hidden, forgotten by focus on the lost thing - Green area-

This green area does shows the expression and the decay in time. As it get longer the moss on the wall will grow bigger and the building will be more green. The effort is like a virus where it could spread to the neighbours shophouse like the feeling of anger and revenge where it took over the other.

Positive space

The moss that grow more and more created benefit to the shophouse. The moss and all the plants create oxygen and decrease the carbon dioxide from the road environment. It traps the bad atmosphere and create good therefore this "NEGATIVE SPACE" create "POSITIVE SPACE".

People are mostly comfortable with the green colour where it is suitable for park and relax. The colour of flower and type of plants make the fresh environment, good smell and atmosphere. Also some of the plant are able to eat.