Journal of Research Creative Architecture and Design

Ceramic Products to Create Value and Enhance the Image of Auspicious Thai Desserts.

Phiphat Chit-arirak, Gita Winata, Piyachat Sueb-in — Tue, 27 May 2025 00:00:00 +0700

Auspicious Thai desserts are a national identity of Thailand. They are commonly used in auspicious ceremonies. Current packaging for auspicious Thai desserts lacks appeal and fails to meet the needs of the target group. This conducted to the development of a product design project aimed at creating value and enhancing the image, with the following objectives: 1.To design ceramic products that add value and enhance the image of auspicious Thai desserts. 2. To design versatile ceramic products that are appropriate for contemporary use. 3.To study and analyze data for designing ceramic products suitable for industrial production. The design is inspired by the needs of the target group: working age to middle-aged women who purchase Thai desserts for use in auspicious ceremonies. The design concept draws inspiration from the arrangement of ceremonial trays and folded banana leaves, incorporating these elements into elegant and contemporary forms and patterns. It is useful and can display 9 types of auspicious Thai desserts. There are 3 sets in total, including small, medium and large sizes products. Molded by slip casting, decorated with colored clay and liquid gold. The product has white tones and yellow tones. This project can respond to the target group, create value and enhance the image of auspicious Thai desserts so that they can fit with the times and the product can be used in other ways as well.

The Gold Living Life Resort

Kritsada Sangsuriya — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0700

Thung Song City, Chamai, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province is a “secondary city” where tourism is not yet widespread. It mainly serves as a stopover for travelers en route from Nakhon Si Thammarat. One of the key problems is that the design of hotels and resorts remains conventional, with rooms arranged in long, adjacent rows to meet legal requirements. The emphasis is often on maximizing the number of rooms, which compromises quality and makes the facilities less appealing to tourists. The project “The Gold Living Life Resort,” located in Thung Song city on an orange-zoned area of 2 rai and 1 ngan. The design is inspired by the concept of laminar airflow, which serves as the core idea for developing a new form of architectural design. By strategically spacing the buildings, green spaces are integrated into the layout, creating building gaps that allow natural wind flow to pass through the site efficiently. The project consists of 36 guest rooms, along with support areas and various building systems. The total building floor area is 1,187 square meters, while the landscaped area covers 2,689 square meters. Open space accounts for as much as 70% of the total site area. The design creates a cluster layout with a central courtyard. In addition to promoting effective natural ventilation, the building arrangement provides mutual shading, resulting in a cooler and more comfortable overall environment. The courtyard also functions as a seating area, enhancing the ambiance and supporting various activities. This has allowed the project to increase the value of its rooms beyond those of other accommodations in the area and attract tourist interest through its distinctive design and unique atmosphere.

Harmonizing Aesthetics and Functionality: A Steel Superstructure at LaLaport BBCC, Malaysia

Pratchaya Moranithisawat, EcoWorld Development Group Berhad — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0700

The LaLaport BBCC entrance improvement project, a collaboration between Apluscon Architects and EcoWorld, aimed to enhance the building's prominence within spatial constraints. The new design focuses on creating harmony with the existing environment while adding visual interest. The project employs geometric forms and vertical louvers to complement the surrounding architecture, utilizing steel structures for rapid construction and minimal disruption on department store users. The double-skin design and rough textured aluminum materials add dynamic elements to the building. The result is an entrance that is both aesthetically pleasing and functional, serving community needs while promoting local economic growth.

Integrate living elderly plus kids

Sukpansa Uttaranakorn, Purin La-teja, Panida Kunawan — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0700

Architectural design centers on creating a residence for retired elderly individuals who receive a pension, with thoughtfully designed spaces and activities appropriate for their stage in life and incorporate activities suitable for preschool-aged children. The design makes a benefit environment through comprehensive research, data analysis, and application in architectural design, the project aims to establish shared spaces that bring together the elderly and young children. This interaction allows the elderly to reintegrate into a social setting, enhancing their emotional well-being through the joyful presence of children. In turn, children benefit from the care and attention provided by the elderly. This intergenerational environment is designed to be mutually supportive, promoting psychological wellness, social connection, and meaningful engagement for both age groups.

Study of the Mean Radiant Temperature (MRT) and the Furniture Layout to Create Thermal Comfort Working Zone, Case Study: Department of Architecture, Building 41, Faculty of Architecture and Design, KMUTNB

Amornrat Chintanawat, Georges Khedari — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0700

This study aims to investigate the factors affecting the Mean Radiant Temperature (MRT) as influenced by furniture layout, which contributes to heat accumulation under thermal comfort criteria in university lecturer's office. The case study focuses on an air-conditioned building where cooling is provided individually to each room, while the circulation areas remain unconditioned. The building comprises of theoretical classrooms, with both theoretical and practical classrooms designed with flexible furniture layouts to accommodate various teaching methods. In addition to classrooms, there are spaces with furniture layouts tailored to specific functions. Rooms that are irregularly occupied, such as large conference rooms and computer labs are used only during specific activities, whereas regularly occupied rooms, such as permanent lecturer's office Department of Architecture maintain fixed furniture arrangements suited to their continuous usage. The arrangement of furniture has been found to cause heat accumulation, thereby increasing the load on air-conditioning systems. For this study, a lecturer's office of the Department of Architecture was selected as the case study. Temperature and humidity variations were recorded continuously over a 24-hour period. The findings revealed that the most significant factor affecting MRT was the group of storage furniture, particularly large closed cabinets positioned against the building envelope, which acted as major sources of heat retention. As a result, an appropriate furniture layout was proposed to promote thermal comfort with

key considerations including designing circulation routes to serve as thermal buffers along building perimeters, arranging furniture in a grid layout to position work areas along cool airflows, selecting furniture that facilitates ventilation with smooth surfaces in light tones, employing partitions not exceeding 1.5 meters in height and positioning high-mass, heat-retaining furniture in ventilated areas to effectively remove accumulated heat from the space.

A Comparative Study on Energy Efficiency of Badminton Court Lighting between High-Bay Luminaires and High-Bay Combined with LED T8 Tubes Case study: 40 Year Building KMUTNB

Supreeya Pongsai, Thanwarat Silawatanawongse — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0700

Playing badminton effectively consists of various factors, with lighting and luminaires being among those factors. The selection of luminaires and determination of installation layout affect lighting performance. Currently, the 40 Year Building at KMUTNB has badminton courts primarily for instructional purposes. From actual use of the courts, it was found that the lighting within the badminton courts of this building causes visual fatigue and glare while playing, resulting in suboptimal performance in the sport. Therefore, this article presents a study of virtual simulation within the badminton courts of the 40 Year Building at KMUTNB. The objective is to take the simulated badminton court with improved luminaire positioning to study luminaire placement according to BSI Standards as referred to in BS EN 12193:2018 Light and lighting - Sports lighting, and then to compare lighting performance and energy efficiency between Case 1: using only High Bay luminaires (HB), and Case 2: using a combination of High Bay luminaires and LED T8 tube (HB-T8).The analysis included lighting power density (LPD), average illuminance (E_av), uniformity(U₀), and unified glare- rating (R_UGL). The study and simulation were conducted for all four badminton courts using DIALux evo 13.0 to ensure lighting performance met Class III standards for local competition and recreational activities, sufficient for university badminton courts used mainly for instruction and recreation. The results showed that the average illuminance of both cases was similar and met Class III standards. When comparing energy efficiency between Case 1 (HB) and Subcase 2.2 (HB15.5-T8), it was found that Case 1 (HB) had better energy efficiency in terms of both total power consumption and lighting power density (LPD), achieving approximately 14% greater energy savings than Subcase 2.2 (HB15.5-T8).

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Netipong Photanang, Onvalee Amornleetrakul — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0700

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Netipong Photanang, Onvalee Amornleetrakul — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0700