PHOTO CREDIT AS NOTED
WHO
Bangkok Tokyo Architecture
WHAT
BTA is an architecture and design firm founded by Takahiro Kume and Wtanya Chanvitan.
HUA HIN APARTMENT | PHOTO COURTESY OF BANGKOK TOKYO ARCHITECTURE
WHEN
2017
WHERE
Bangkok and Tokyo
RIKYU BY BOY TOKYO | PHOTO: THANAWATCHU CREATIVE PRODUCTION CO., LTD.
HOMME PLISSÉ ISSEY MIYAKE / THAILAND (PROJECT COLLABORATION WITH TORAFU ARCHITECTS) |
PHOTO: THANAWATCHU CREATIVE PRODUCTION CO., LTD.
WHY
We want to create generative and connective structures that enable humans to explore different possibilities of living. For us, architecture is the means by which we connect with the world, gain understanding of society, culture and history.
MAKER’S HOUSE | PHOTO COURTESY OF BANGKOK TOKYO ARCHITECTURE
HOUSE K | PHOTO COURTESY OF BANGKOK TOKYO ARCHITECTURE
HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE CREATIVITY?
We believe that creativity is instinctive. It is the phenomenon that emerges from the human impulse to modify and adapt. Creativity is born out of “limitation”, “shortage” or when there is a “lack of” something.
DESCRIBE YOUR PRACTICE IN THREE WORDS.
Open-Ended, Structure, Assemble
DADAD MARKET (PROJECT COLLABORATION WITH OPH) |
PHOTO COURTESY OF OPH ARCHITECTS
WHERE DO YOU GO, OR WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU GET STUCK ON A PROJECT
We go for a walk or play with the cat.
WHAT PROJECT ARE YOU MOST PROUD OF?
It is impossible to say since all projects are unique.
PLANT HOUSE | PHOTO COURTESY OF BANGKOK TOKYO ARCHITECTURE
IF YOU COULD INVITE ANY CREATIVE OUT FOR COFFEE, WHO WOULD YOU CHOOSE AND WHY?
We would invite Martin Creed because he seems to have an interesting outlook on ordinary and everyday situations.