a waterfront shaped by fishing and faithAlong the Pattani River in southern Thailand, HAS design and research has built a bamboo pier around the routines of the city’s fishing communities and the ecology that supports them. The new Pattani Fishermen Community Hub places that relationship back at the center of the waterfront. images © Rungkit Charoenwatarchitecture above and below the waterlineRaised on a steel platform, the Pattani Fishermen Community Hub allows currents and sediment to move beneath it while boats dock at the edge. Locally-sourced bamboo forms the primary structure, which brings a familiar renewable material into direct contact with the river. locally-sourced bamboo forms habitat along the water’s edgehollow bamboo surfaces support algae and small aquatic organisms