Chao Phraya Sky Park
Kotchakorn Voraakhom
Bridging not just people but also wildlife. CPSP shows the importance of walkability, creating low carbon-emission construction from adaptive reuse while restoring its citizens' physical and mental health with greenery. These natural gradients promote urban biodiversity, providing a microclimate and green corridor for pollinators and insects.
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Chao Phraya Sky Park
Kotchakorn Voraakhom
At the Chao Phraya Sky Park’s hill curve midpoint. The two divided pathways merged at Sky Park’s midpoint, where the topography is raised as a hilltop curve, formed by small cascading steps that carve out a sitting area and a performance stage for special occasions.
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Chao Phraya Sky Park
Kotchakorn Voraakhom
Interweaving pathways, forming functional spaces for bridge park.The crisscross design of the varying elevations of paths ensures safe visibility, where all visitors can see and be seen. The interweaving design also opens up new Bangkok unique outlooks to admire the sunrise and sunset over the river.
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LANDPROCESS / Panoramic Studio
Chao Phraya Sky Park
Kotchakorn Voraakhom
Connecting people with various moods of speeds and activities.The project is a big step forward in collaboration and reimagination, solving the city's most pressing issues in a low-carbon context, increasing green space, and walkability, reducing emissions and pollution, or enhancing public health and enhance climate resilience city.
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LANDPROCESS / Panoramic Studio
Chao Phraya Sky Park
Kotchakorn Voraakhom
The Chao Phraya Sky Park ‘s typology With space and time constraints, the bridge park wall structures are made of precast GRC, saving construction time, material and cost. Forming walls of diverse topographies, planter, railing, seating, framing the walking, and driving experience inside out and outside in.
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LANDPROCESS / Panoramic Studio
Chao Phraya Sky Park
Kotchakorn Voraakhom
We are more in need of public space than ever. Opened during the pandemic lockdown in Bangkok, the CPSK reminds us that we could not wait any longer to take action in addressing our public green space, public health, and climate crises and in building resilient cities.
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LANDPROCESS / Panoramic Studio
Chao Phraya Sky Park
Kotchakorn Voraakhom
Connecting people from the abandoned infrastructure Adapting the abandoned infrastructure for placemaking, CPSP shows a unique possibility to increase public green space in a dense urban fabric. CPSP presents limitless public uses such as watching stars, gathering space, outdoor concerts, running track, and so on.
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LANDPROCESS / Stargazer Club
Chao Phraya Sky Park
Kotchakorn Voraakhom
Possibility is in eyes of beholders By repurposing the useless and rethinking the conventional. We can move forward to create a better city with creative use of what we have and countless future unused infrastructure that should not be left behind.
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LANDPROCESS
Hayes Group Architects Recognized for Modern Downtown Building
Hayes Group Architects
Southeast view from Forrest Avenue: At 611 Cowper, the top-floor flat floats over roof gardens and three levels of commercial space. Below, terra cotta cladding and sunscreens recall clay tile roofs found throughout Palo Alto.
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Patrik Argast
Hayes Group Architects Recognized for Modern Downtown Building
Hayes Group Architects
Entry view: Engagement with vibrant downtown Palo Alto is reflectedin the strong use of forms and the large windows which open the interior spaces to Cowper Street.
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Patrik Argast
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Hayes Group Architects Recognized for Modern Downtown Building
Hayes Group Architects
Northeast view from Hamilton Avenue: 611 Cowper responds to its urban context through open spaces and the material palette; the floating top-floor residence and concrete stair tower nod to the adjacent Marc building.
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Patrik Argast
Hayes Group Architects Recognized for Modern Downtown Building
Hayes Group Architects
Southbound view of streetscape: Drought-tolerant external plantings reduce the site’s overall water use and provide an appealing passage for pedestrians, train commuters and cyclists.
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Patrik Argast
Hayes Group Architects Recognized for Modern Downtown Building
Hayes Group Architects
Northbound view of streetscape: The building’s terra cotta sunshade and deep, colonnaded ground floor mitigates heat and glare inside and is a nod to the palette and form of nearby Spanish colonial buildings.
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Patrik Argast
Hayes Group Architects Recognized for Modern Downtown Building
Hayes Group Architects
Colonnade: The three-floor commercial space is comfortable and energy-efficient through an engaging mix of sun louvers, deep-set windows, and external plantings for shade.
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Patrik Argast
Hayes Group Architects Recognized for Modern Downtown Building
Hayes Group Architects
Sunshade detail: The distinctive ground floor façade references the surrounding architectural and context and makes innovative use of green building technologies to achieve thermal comfort and meet design goals.
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Patrik Argast
Hayes Group Architects Recognized for Modern Downtown Building
Hayes Group Architects
Roof terrace: Ample rooftop areas for residents to experience the outdoors are balanced with a cool roof to reflect building heat.
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Patrik Argast
Hayes Group Architects Recognized for Modern Downtown Building
Hayes Group Architects
Detail view of terrace: The top-floor residence is wrapped in metal panels to convey lightness and to relate to the forms of the Marc building next door.
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Patrik Argast
Hayes Group Architects Recognized for Modern Downtown Building
Hayes Group Architects
Northeast view: 611 Cowper’s site orientation, glass selection and shading design enable daylight in 100% of occupied spaces.
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Patrik Argast
Hayes Group Architects Recognized for Modern Downtown Building
Hayes Group Architects
View from the top: A strong visual connection to City Hall and downtown Palo Alto is achieved through a thoughtful mix of roof space and generous windows oriented and shaded to minimize heat and glare.
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Patrik Argast
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