The young thai architect’s work seeks to revitalize the historic a Ngsila fishing village’s struggling fishing/ seafood economy thanks to the project of an oyster eco-tourism bamboo prototype.
The Angsila Oyster Scaffolding Pavilion is located off the coast of historic Angsila fishing village in Chonburi Province, Thailand. The community-based project aims to re-vitalize Angsila's struggling fishing/seafood industry through the creation of a new oyster eco-tourism infrastructure prototype.
The pavilion design draws on and “bastardizes” the widely deployed bamboo scaffolding, traditionally used for oyster cultivation. In use, local fishermen bring small groups of visitors from Angsila to the pavilion where they can handpick oysters pulled up from the ocean below, which are then prepared fresh to eat …a sea-to-table dining experience in a remarkable coastal setting. When not utilized as a tasting pavilion for eco/tourists, the covered platforms become recreational fishing piers for local fishermen, who bring their families to the platform with fishing poles, bait, and hook - to catch a variety of local fish, which are naturally drawn to the clean, shellfish-filtered waters surrounding the oyster and mussel bundles in the waters below.
The pavilion design innovates from existing everyday, sustainable, inexpensive materials, labor, and construction techniques. Like the traditional oyster scaffoldings, the new scaffolding is built entirely by Angsila fishermen, utilizing local shallow-ocean bamboo construction techniques which requires no power tools.