Based on what I observed at the site, focusing on the openings, activities, and lighting to contribute to my topic of voyeurism relating to public and private space, I still hesitate on choosing which would be my second house to analyze. I actually like the house on the left or the house behind it. From the activities I found, I see that the site is actually pretty peaceful unless there are cars or motorcycles that pass by. The circulation of the site area is a circular flow which is one way for cars, but two way from motorcycles vendors. I saw vendors selling flowers and drinks. One of them looks temporary and just keeps on moving while the other settled under the big tree. I noticed that all the shop houses are open with workers sitting and not doing much. I like the house on the left (yontakarn) since i like how there is a connection between them in the soi there is right in between the two houses. That way there is a gap between the two houses which leaves some space of privacy for each. However, i like how they share a public space of a circulation space where people walk pass it to get to the back soi. I also noticed the facade of the two houses and i noticed that the windows match at some area while some doesn't. There are some area on the facade of Yontrakan house that has no window and is just a plain wall while for the other house, it have windows. Even though the gap between the two is just a small soi, the lighting is pretty bright in this soi.
The house at the back of the assigned house is also interesting in another way because the two houses share a common space of a public food area. There's a small restaurant in this area. The fact that the two houses is still private from each other is the fact that the gap between the two houses is more than the gap between the assigned house and Yontrakan house. However, the shared space between the assigned house and the house at the back is pretty dark and dim. It is also pretty loud since people appear very busy here as well as people use this space as a circulation space to get to their destination.
I am still deciding on which house to choose. I will also go to the site at night soon to explore the difference in activities and lighting. I also have short vdos of the site based on what i observed but it's on my iphone and can't be transferred yet. However, I will definitely show it to you in class.
