One of the subjects that I found to have erotic qualities is the "purity that got tainted".
This project aim is to "regain the honor" of the tainted subject, by implying on how to cope with the situation
of the taint (construction and the coverage of site hoarding walls) during the remaining 4 years of the MRT
construction in front of the blocked, traditional shophouses.
The Overview of the Project
The Erotic Site Research: The "blocked" row of shophouses
Master Axonometric: Extruding the systems within the proposed project
[1) The Lottery System 2) The Memory Wall 3) The Movable Transaction]
The Condition of the Site Prior to the Project Installation
Leading back to the installation of Project 2 which revolves around "the tainted purity",
this proposal came about in regards to the site, at Charoenkrung Road in Yaowarat,
where the traditional shophouses with historical backgrounds (the "purity" of tradition)
are being knocked down in order to build the MRT (the "taint" of the approaching technology).
The construction causes a part of the row of the shophouses to be "blocked"
even though the business themselves are still operating. This means, the visibility
of the shophouses are reduced, and respectively the customers and visitors.
The blocked shophouses; the state of before and during the construction
After the construction: Will the visitors increase and revive the area?
The Effects of the Site Hoarding Wall
The Affected Area from the Construction
Researching on Similar Conditions: "Exodus" by Rem Koolhaas
Depicting the desperation to cross over to the other side and be released from the blockage.
The Project
The proposed project is focused on the revival of the blocked, operating shophouses.
The aim is to make the "forgotten" shophouses "re-emerge" into its surrounding area
and be prosper once again in visitors and witnesses.
Introducing the System
The first floor of the shophouses have been relocated to the second floor.
Thus, the "non-visible" aspects will once again become "visible", with an attached platform to enter
the shophouses directly to the second floor via a movable, wheeled-ladder to show the surrounding
area that "the shophouses are still in operation" and that they are still "accepting visitors".
The enlarged and extruded view of the system
The Lottery System:
The system is introduced to provide a "lottery" platform which allows
people to draw their luck and exchange the lots of the winning
number with the shop's "promotion" to attract more visitors into the shophouses.
The Movable Ladder and the Memory Wall:
The Movable Ladder: To allow direct transaction into the second floor of the shophouses
The Memory Wall: To paint the hoarding-construction wall, overlay it with white, to be able to "write" on it.
Rather than being a nuisance that blocks the view for another 4 years of the construction, the wall turns into
a memory note of the visitors who stumbled upon the area, and the residents who lived on with it.
The Axonometric View: The Site and the Destroyed Shophouses
The Demolished Shophouses: Located directly in front of the site
The Raised platform on the movable ladder allows the users to see the "on going change"
or the "taint" in realization of the occurring incidents
The Existing Shophouses: The current prosper of the area, located right beside the blocked shophouses
The system allows the the site to re-emerge into the visibility of the prospered area
The Erotic Illustration
Depicting the state during the construction, to the revival of the purity,
as the ravished maiden regains her "honor".
The Model
One Fragment of the Site hoarding Wall
Direct Transaction:
The wheeled-ladder which outwardly connects
the first floor to the second floor
The Lottery Counter:
Towards the second floor, a lottery counter is placed to
provide the exchange of the Lottery System
In Front of the Shophouses:
The lottery box and the wheeled, sliding ladder
