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LESS ARCHITECT

PHOTO: ANAKE FOTO EXCEPT AS NOTED

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WHO
Less Architect

WHAT
A small design practice that intends to create works of all scales with the highest level of quality, refinement and attentiveness.

Mintel l Photo: Anake Foto

Mintel l Photo: Anake Foto

Mintel l Photo: Anake Foto

WHEN
2019

WHERE
Bangkok

WHY
The design of today and the future, no matter what discipline, is moving towards a simpler path.

Otter House l Photo: Chaichoompol Vathakanon

How would you define creativity?
The fusion of processes, ideation, thinking, writing, painting, imagination and dreams.

Describe your practice in three words.
Mi – ni – mal

Prachinburi Museum l Photo: Chaichoompol Vathakanon

Prachinburi Museum l Photo: Chaichoompol Vathakanon

Where do you go, or what do you do when you get stuck on a project?
Getting out of the work environment we’re in, either going for a run, swimming, playing tennis, golfing or head to the gym. Doing something different helps ease your mind and make good ideas flow.

What project are you most proud of?
The design of the office of Seum Work Company Limited. It’s a renovation of an old building constructed during Bangkok’s Modernist era, we gave it a new life and more of a contemporary spirit

Seumworks l Photo: Anake Foto

Seumworks l Photo: Anake Foto

If you could invite any creative out for coffee, who would you choose and why?
Peter Drucker. He taught us that in addition to the design process, management is just as important

Otter House l Photo: Chaichoompol Vathakanon

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IGNITE THE RIGHTS

WHAT SHOULD THE HUMAN RIGHTS’ CONDITION IN THAILAND IN THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE? ‘IGNITE THE RIGHTS’ THE EXHIBITION FROM AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL THAILAND EXPLORES HOPES FOR RIGHTS AND FREEDOM OF 13 ARTISTS WHOSE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE FEATURED IN THE AMNESTY’S 2022 CALENDAR, AND ECHOES THE ROLE OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN CALLING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

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SAOLA ARCHITECTS

PHOTO: AKIRA SATO AND FRANCOIS HERVY

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WHO
Saola Architects refers to the rarest large animals on earth. It is the sole species of a genus of bovids, and has been known to science only since 1992, The Saola is discovered in Laos and Vietnam, known as the asian unicorn.
The architecture studio is composed by Swiss and Lao Architects, Engineers, Craftsmen, and collaborates with artists and art historian.

WHAT
We develop projects at all scales of reflection. From the object, the building, group of buildings, the landscape and to the territory scale.

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