以竹材結構與微型生態系翻轉傳統碼頭，HAS design and research 打造北大年府漁民社群中心
以竹材結構與微型生態系翻轉傳統碼頭，HAS design and research 打造北大年府漁民社群中心
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位於泰國南部與馬來西亞接壤處的北大年府（Pattani），是一座擁有深厚穆斯林文化、馬來語與泰語交織歷史，並長期依賴北大年河（Pattani River）發展漁業的沿海城鎮。
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泰國建築師事務所 HAS design and research（由洪人傑 Jenchieh Hung 與 Kulthida Songkittipakdee 主持）受邀為當地 Sabarang 社群打造全新地標「Pattani Fishermen Community Hub」，試圖在振興當地經濟的同時，促進河川生態系統的修復與永續發展。
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本案總樓地板面積僅約 148 平方公尺，設計團隊採用在地竹材作為主要結構，表面塗覆無毒耐久塗層。
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利用竹竿管狀空心的自然特性，結合結構內部穿插的水體開口與水下沉石，為魚類、甲殼類（蝦蟹）與水生植物創造出極佳的棲息與繁殖環境。
鋼結構平台特別抬高於水面上方，確保河水流動與泥沙沉積不被阻斷，降至最低對河床的干擾。
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通透的結構體在一天當中分別呈現出動態的公共生活層次：早晨是繁忙的漁業碼頭，供漁民裝卸漁獲；下午成為居民與兒童戲水、跳水與觀察水生生態的親水樂園；入夜後則轉化為光影絢爛的水岸露台，提供市民散步與遠眺河景。
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此外，本案也作為宗教儀典、社群慶典與年度長舟競渡賽事的起點，串聯了北大年城柱神社、大清真寺與歷史河道軸線，將傳統碼頭升華為兼具生態修復與文化記憶的流動地標。
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此外，透過竹子所形成的空間型態，令我想起2010年時，勤美集團邀請龔書章老師在「CMP BLOCK台中人文生活美學特區」的設計，在閒置的道禾小學用地重新規劃（那片基地現在已經成為勤美術館、臺中勤美洲際酒店、勤美之森所在），龔老師利用2000根白色孟宗竹打造半開放式空間，排列形成虛實交替的牆面。
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泰國建築團隊 HAS design and research（洪人傑 + Kulthida Songkittipakdee）在泰國南部的北大年府（Pattani）打造了漂浮水岸地標。
位於泰馬邊境的北大年，擁有數百年豐富的穆斯林文化與漁業傳統。這座「Pattani Fishermen Community Hub」主要使用在地竹材搭建，最厲害的是，建築師直接把竹管的空心結構變成了魚蝦蟹跟水生植物的自然棲息地。
抬高的鋼結構平台完全不影響河水與泥沙流動。早晨它是漁船停靠卸貨的繁忙碼頭；下午變成小朋友跳水、觀察河川生態的親水公園；晚上則點起暖色燈光，變成無敵河景散步露台。
除了日常使用，它也是當地長舟競渡與宗教慶典的核心場域。團隊與在地 Sabarang 社群一起手作，用最輕柔的手法修復了河川生態，也把當地的水岸記憶帶回了大家的日常生活裡。
The value of aquatic culture. Pattani Fishermen Community Hub by HAS design and research
The Pattani Fishermen Community Hub, developed by the HAS design and research team, is located in one of the most culturally unique places in Thailand and Southeast Asia: in the south of Thailand, near the border between Thailand and Malaysia, the province of Pattani stands out for its distinctive historical, religious, and environmental characteristics.
For centuries, Pattani has developed a representative cultural heritage, defined especially by its Muslim legacy, the intertwined history of the Malay and Thai languages, the Islamic traditions centered on its mosques, the dynamic relationship between land and sea, and the daily lives of the fishing communities that have long depended on the Pattani River.
Against this backdrop, the new community landmark created by HAS design and research highlights Pattani's fishing heritage through a design that also seeks the gradual regeneration of native aquatic life. The project offers a recreational space where visitors can gather and relax while exploring the Thai river ecosystem.
In accordance with environmental responsibility criteria, the project utilizes locally sourced bamboo as its primary structural element. Combined with durable, non-toxic protective coatings, the pavilion fosters a sustainable ecological cycle, creating ideal conditions for fish, shellfish, crabs, shrimp, and aquatic vegetation to live and reproduce.
A traditional infrastructure associated with the fishing industry is thus transformed into a dynamic public space: in the morning, it functions as a bustling urban pier; while in the afternoon, residents and children gather to swim, snorkel in the river, and observe nature. As night falls, the building transforms into an illuminated riverside space, where visitors and nighttime strollers enjoy panoramic views of the river. In this way, the new Community Hub fosters a direct connection between people and the river ecosystem, encouraging a greater appreciation of Pattani's aquatic culture and environmental heritage.
Pattani Fishermen Community Hub by HAS design and research. Photograph by Rungkit Charoenwat. Images courtesy by Jenchieh Hung + Kulthida Songkittipakdee / HAS design and research.
Project description by HAS design and research
Located in Pattani Province in southern Thailand, the Pattani Fishermen Community Hub stands near the border between Thailand and Malaysia. For centuries, Pattani has developed a distinctive cultural identity shaped by its Muslim heritage, the intertwined histories of the Malay and Thai languages, Islamic traditions centered around its mosques, the dynamic relationship between land and sea, and the everyday lives of fishing communities that have long depended on the Pattani River. These historical, cultural, religious, and environmental conditions distinguish Pattani from other Thai cities, making it one of the most culturally distinctive places in Thailand and Southeast Asia.
Despite its rich heritage, Pattani's economy has remained heavily dependent on primary industries, particularly fisheries. According to statistics from Thailand's National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC), Pattani has consistently ranked among the country's poorest provinces for decades. Seeking to strengthen the province's international identity while celebrating its unique cultural heritage, Thai architectural firm Jenchieh Hung + Kulthida Songkittipakdee / HAS design and research, renowned for designing public and cultural buildings, was commissioned to create a new community landmark for the city.
Pattani Fishermen Community Hub by HAS design and research. Photograph by Rungkit Charoenwat. Images courtesy by Jenchieh Hung + Kulthida Songkittipakdee / HAS design and research.
Following several months of industrial research, ecological investigation, and cultural study, architects Jenchieh Hung and Kulthida Songkittipakdee recognized that Pattani's future depends not only on developing its fishing economy but also on restoring the ecological systems that sustain it. Their proposal introduces a public waterfront that encourages the long-term regeneration of fish, shellfish, crabs, shrimp, and aquatic vegetation while creating a shared environment where fishing families, children, and local residents can gather, explore the river ecosystem, relax, and reconnect with nature. Designed with minimal environmental impact on the Pattani River, the project employs locally sourced bamboo as its primary structural material.
Combined with durable, non-toxic protective coatings, the hollow characteristics of bamboo naturally create habitats that support the growth and reproduction of crabs, shrimp, algae, and other aquatic species. To accommodate fishing boats docking and unloading their daily catch, the steel platform is elevated above the water, allowing river currents and sediment movement to continue uninterrupted while preserving the natural riverbed. Large water-filled voids woven throughout the bamboo structure, together with strategically placed submerged stones, further create ideal conditions for native aquatic organisms to inhabit and reproduce, establishing a sustainable ecological cycle directly integrated into the architecture.
Pattani Fishermen Community Hub by HAS design and research. Photograph by Rungkit Charoenwat. Images courtesy by Jenchieh Hung + Kulthida Songkittipakdee / HAS design and research.
Throughout the day, the Pattani Fishermen Community Hub transforms to support multiple layers of public life. In the morning, it functions as an urban pier where local fishermen depart and return from the sea, providing generous communal spaces that transform traditional infrastructure into an active public realm. During the afternoon, local residents and children gather to swim, dive into the river, and observe schools of fish and freshwater shellfish, creating a direct and playful relationship between people and the river ecosystem. At night, the building becomes a vibrant waterfront destination where visitors and evening runners enjoy panoramic views of the river while experiencing Pattani's identity through its most important natural landscape.
Beyond its everyday civic functions, the hub also serves as an important venue for religious gatherings and community ceremonies while acting as the starting point for Pattani's annual long-boat racing festival. The architecture carefully responds to the site's multiple historical and cultural layers, connecting the historic axis of the Pattani River, the civic axis anchored by the Pattani City Pillar Shrine, and the religious axis leading to the Pattani Mosque.
More than simply transforming a conventional pier into an accessible public waterfront, the Pattani Fishermen Community Hub re-establishes the river as the collective cultural memory of the city while revitalizing Pattani's centuries-old fishing traditions. Serving as both a public gathering place and an educational landscape, the project introduces younger generations to sustainable aquatic ecosystems and the ecological relationships among fish, shrimp, shellfish, aquatic plants, and the local livelihoods of the Sabarang community.
By encouraging people to engage directly with the river, it fosters a deeper appreciation of Pattani's water-based culture and environmental heritage. Designed as a floating landmark along the riverfront, the Pattani Fishermen Community Hub reinterprets the identity of Pattani's fishing communities through the architectural vision of Jenchieh Hung and Kulthida Songkittipakdee, who worked and built the project together with the local Sabarang community. More than just infrastructure, it reconnects people with water, ecology, cultural memory, and public life. Through this intervention, architecture becomes not only a spatial experience but also a catalyst for environmental restoration, cultural preservation, social participation, and a renewed vision for the future of Pattani's fishing communities and Thailand's riverine cities.
Area
Site area.- 2,700 sqm.
Gross built area.- 148 sqm.
Location
Pattani, Thailand.
Architects
HAS design and research
Lead Architects.- Jenchieh Hung, Kulthida Songkittipakdee.
Project team
Jenchieh Hung, Kulthida Songkittipakdee, Darin Thonongtor, Panipak Prinyagul, Grid Ochaphan, Natchadarin Putthapornmongkol.
Collaborators
Masco Enterprise Thailand.
Structural consultant.- Surapong Sirivichayakul.
Lighting design.- in Contrast Design Studio.
Community consultant.- Hadi Wijaya, Nada Inthaphunt.
Construction consultant.- Rachit Radenahmad, Anan Kaday, Rzz Yeejehwae.
Builder
Sabarang Community.
Area
Site area.- 2,700 sqm.
Gross built area.- 148 sqm.
Dates
Completed year.- 2026.
Manufacturers
Lighting product.- Creative Lighting Asia, Best Architectural Lighting.
Photography
Rungkit Charoenwat.
Images courtesy by Jenchieh Hung + Kulthida Songkittipakdee / HAS design and research.
Jenchieh Hung, Kulthida Songkittipakdee. HAS design and research
HAS design and research is a based Bangkok architecture practice founded by Jenchieh Hung and Kulthida Songkittipakdee. The firm explores Asia’s architectural language through a “design + research” parallel approach; it emphasizes the analogy of nature and man-made nature, looking for another kind of new natural architecture through the city’s own derivatives, named “The Improvised, MANufAcTURE and Chameleon Architecture”. HAS work encompasses cultural buildings, religious architecture, installation art, exhibition design and experimental projects; and HAS research includes the train and railway markets, the charming roadside vendors, the borderless illegal constructions under the elevated freeways, and the roundabouts of dead alleys. These interesting scenes typically exist in Asian cities, where temporary structure truly reveals how people can find a “new” nature in the reinforced concrete city.
HAS developed an international reputation through winning competition entries, and their work stands out in terms of its synthesis of form, pattern, material and technology into singular, irreducible constructions. They have been widely recognized for their innovative work and received awards and honours including Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2022, Thailand Prestige Award 2021, Designer of the Year Award 2019, Design Star Award 2018, Distinguished Alumni Award 2016, WA Award 2014, art4d Design Award 2012, National Golden Award for Architecture 2011.
Jenchieh Hung started his career working at the Japanese firm Kengo Kuma & Associates (KKAA), where he became design manager and project in-charge in 2018. During his tenure at KKAA, Hung was responsible for Yangcheng Lake Tourist Transportation Center in Suzhou and Shipyard 1862 in Shanghai. At present, he is the principal architect of HAS design and research, founder of Chinese-Thai Research Studio, associate editor of the International Journal of Interior Architecture + Spatial Design, and member of the Association of Siamese Architects under Royal Patronage. Hung received a Bachelor of Architecture and Urban Planning with 1st Honor Award from Chung Hua University, a Master of Architecture with Best Research Paper Award from National Cheng Kung University and a full scholarship for an advanced master program at Czech Technical University in Prague.
Kulthida Songkittipakdee is a registered Thai architect. She was the first Asian architect among thousand of applications worldwide to be awarded the scholarship of Renzo Piano Foundation working at Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) in Paris. During her tenure at RPBW, she was involved in the Jerome L. Greene Science Center, Columbia University and Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Expansion. At present, she is the principal architect of HAS design and research, guest editor of Taiwan Architecture, and member of the Association of Siamese Architects under Royal Patronage. Songkittipakdee received a Bachelor of Architecture with honours from Chulalongkorn University, and she pursued studies abroad and obtained a Master of Urban Design from the L’Ecole National Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris-la-Villette including the exchange program study at School of Architecture and Design, Aalborg University in Denmark.
