TAKE A LOOK ON THE HIGHLIGHT EVENT IN ‘ARCHITECT EXPO 2022’ UNDER THE THEME “CO-WITH CREATORS” WHICH HELD A NEW CONCEPTS AND IDEAS THAT SHOWCASES THE POTENTIALS AND ABILITIES OF THAI ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY EXHIBITING NEW PRODUCTS, INNOVATIONS, TECHNOLOGIES, ETC
TEXT: PICHAPOHN SINGNIMITTRAKUL
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Architect Expo has been marked as one of the major and most anticipated events on the calendar for architects and designers across Thailand since 1986. Operated by the Association of Siamese Architects under Royal Patronage, the event has welcomed and worked with collaborators from both governmental and private sector, including educational institutes, designers, innovators and suppliers of construction materials and technologies. The annually held event proposes new concepts and ideas that showcases the potentials and abilities of Thai architects and designers, while simultaneously serving as a facilitator who brings the general public many amazing exhibitions and expositions of construction materials, know-hows surrounding new products, innovations and technologies. Through the years, Architect Expo has brought about positive impacts to Thailand’s architectural, design and construction industry, and many incredible benefits and knowledge to the members of the association, students and the general public.
Architect Expo 2022 is set to take place between April 26th and May 1st, 2022 at Challenger Hall, Impact Muangthong Thani. Themed “CO – WITH CREATORS,” this return after the long hiatus caused by the pandemic is anything but ordinary with both online and offline programs. Apart from the zone exhibiting products from several leading Thai and international brands, one of the highlights of the event are the Architect Expo’s first ever THEMATIC PAVILIONS. The pavilions aim to propose new design concepts co-created by construction material suppliers and young generation architects/designers. The designs have been developed under the “CO -WITH CREATORS concept with an additional requirement included in the brief where the collaborators were asked to use the materials from the suppliers in their designs. The four thematic pavilions, which are the results of the collaborative design processes between four leading suppliers of construction materials and four renowned young generation design studios, are EDL x SHER MAKER, TOA x ARiA Design Architects, WDC x ACa, and VG x PHTAA.
Other pavilions and activities put together by the association includes the CO-WITH COVID Pavilion designed to propose new alternatives and possibilities to experience the New Normal lifestyle with happiness and a sense of security, the PROFESSIONAL COLLABORATION Pavilion where collaborative ideas and projects by 24 groups of architects and creators nationwide are showcased in the form of models, conceptual photographs, and videos. Last but not least is the LOCAL INNOVATION Pavilion or the “CO-BREATHING HOUSE” designed to have an interior program that houses a number of rooms, partitioned with different types of walls, each designed to play with humans’ senses and tactile experiences though the use of visuals, sounds and touch. The walls have been built using local materials to enable viewers to take part in the contents of the exhibition, developed and curated to reveal their interesting connections with the construction materials found and used in different regions of Thailand.
This year’s seminar forum welcomes world-renowned speakers who will share creative ideas and new inspirations behind their works. The seminar will also include a special discussion with 12 architects and 12 creators who have been paired up specifically for the Architect Expo. They will also be sharing their thought processes and ways of working on their cross functional and cross-cultural projects. Undoubtedly, the collaborations between different parties for this year’s Architect Expo will fill the entire six-day duration of the event up with knowledge, ideas and and incredible exchange of experiences, which will lead the architectural, design and construction industry and professionals to new solutions and answers, through intriguing creative ideas and designs for the future.
Architect’22 CO-WITH CREATORS will take place between April 26th and May 1st, 2022 at Challenger Hall, Impact Muang Thong Thani.
Fore more information, visit ArchitectExpo.com