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MAIBANTAT DESIGN IS A DESIGN STUDIO FROM KORAT THAT BELIEVES IN DESIGNS BORN FROM CONTEXT, QUESTIONS, AND THE SEARCH FOR NEW ANSWERS, WITHOUT A FIXED STYLE
TEXT: MAIBANTAT DESIGN
PHOTO: BANDIDTAT TOSAYANCHAI
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WHO
Maibantat Design is a group of architects and designers formed through collaborations between students and teachers from an architecture school in Nakhon Ratchasima. At its center is Bandidtat Tosayanchai (me), a teacher and mentor both inside and outside the classroom to many of the studios’s members. We are brought together by a shared love of design and a willingness to learn from and exchange ideas with one another.
WHAT
We do not fully define ourselves as architects. We see ourselves more as creative designers who wear many hats, working across a wide range of fields and scales, from urban design, architecture, landscape, interior design, model making, graphic design, exhibitions, photography, content creation, and consulting. Yet everything we do is grounded in the same core purpose: to arrive at thoughtful and meaningful design.
Maibantat Office
WHEN
It has been ten years since I returned from working as an architect in Bangkok and opened my own design office in Korat (Nakhon Ratchasima), my hometown. It has been a slow ten years, a gradual process of shaping a direction that feels true to us and responds to the context of the city. Now, in 2026, I feel that this is only the beginning of a journey we are excited to continue.
Maibantat Office
WHERE
In 2026, Maibantat Design began to take on a clearer identity with the establishment of a permanent office in Mueang District, Nakhon Ratchasima. The office itself is an experimental piece of architecture. It rejects the elegant, luxurious, and expensive image often associated with architects’ offices designed to welcome affluent clients. Instead, it is composed of inexpensive materials and old repurposed materials, left exposed in their raw state, forming a space interwoven with greenery and natural light, with the working environment placed at the center of the design.
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WHY
Having had the opportunity to learn from and work alongside master architects on several international projects, I wanted to bring that knowledge back, share it, and adapt it to the context of a provincial city. The goal is to create meaningful work and continue contributing to the development of my hometown.
Sixnature House
How do you define your own style of work?
We do not have a fixed style of our own. There is no ego in our design process, no need to hold on to a predetermined language. We allow the context and the work itself to lead us, searching for new answers and new approaches according to the conditions of each project. Even when the result may appear ordinary or familiar, that, to us, is often what makes the work both more enjoyable and more challenging.
What inspires you and what principles do you apply to each project?
To continue accumulating experience in search of ‘The Masterpiece Architecture’ for as long as I live.
Gutti House
Which project are you most proud of and why?
Gutti House. It is the smallest project, the one that took the least amount of time, had the lowest construction cost, and even the lowest design fee, yet it has had the greatest impact on people. It is a small garden house designed in response to a brief for a home that could support walking meditation. The project holds great value for us because it was built from teak trees that the owner had planted himself from seedlings, then waited more than 30 years, almost half a lifetime, for them to grow into the house that stands today.
Gutti House
Which part of the process do you enjoy the most during work?
The first day, when pencil first touches paper in a sketch, and the final day, when the building is complete, when I can step inside, experience it, and say to myself, “I can feel the architecture.”
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Kru Yod Restaurant
If you could invite any ‘creative’ for a coffee, who would it be and why?
It could be anyone who likes to ask ‘why’ about everything. Someone who begins with basic, ordinary things, but is willing to ask the questions no one has asked before. Someone who can always think of new questions and invite others to search for answers from different perspectives, leading to new answers and innovative outcomes. I think this is the starting point of creativity, and what would make that cup of coffee all the more rewarding.
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