THIS TIME OF VIEWS BY KULTHIDA SONGKITTIPAKDEE AND JENCHIEH HUNG LOOKS TOWARD PUBLIC UTILITY BUILDING PROJECTS FROM NODE ARCHITECTURE & URBANISM WHICH RAISES AN IMPORTANT QUESTION ‘HOW CAN ARCHITECTURE MOBILIZE A CITY?’
SARAN YENPANYA CREATES ‘KHAO TOM KUI RESTAURANT CHARGED WITH A CASUAL VIBE BY FEATURING GIMMICKY ELEMENTS ADAPTED FROM ORDINARY STUFF AND REDEFINES ‘KHAO TOM KUI’ RESTAURANTS TO BE NOT JUST A PLACE TO DINE, BUT A GATHERING SPACE WHERE ONE SPENDS TIME WITH FRIENDS, AND FAMILY
85 SOCIAL DWELLINGS IN CORNELLÀ BY WHICH PERIS+TORAL.ACQUITECTES DESIGNED IN BARCELONA CONSISTS OF SUITABLE ROOM SIZE THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE DWELLERS’, AIR VENTILATION, AN OPEN COURT AND GREEN SPACE WHILE RAISING THE QUESTION – ‘WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC HOUSING DESIGN’
EVEN THOUGH FOLLY IN THE FOREST BY BANGKOK TOKYO ARCHITECTURE (BTA) SEEMS SIMPLE AND HARMONIOUS WITH LUSCIOUS SURROUNDINGS, THE DESIGN FILLS WITH AMBIGUOUS ARCHITECTURAL LANGUAGE AND FUNCTIONALITIES THAT PROMPT USERS TO INTERPRET ITS USE AND MEANING
TAKE A LOOK AT THE THREE WINNERS OF ADF MILANO SALONNE DESIGN AWARD 2022 IN BEST PERFORMANCE AWARD AND OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AWARD WHICH HELD UNDER THE THEME “RE_”
MUN ARCHITECT USED OPENNESS OF SPACE TO CREATE A PLACE WHERE BAKSTER’S EMPLOYEE CAN RELAX DURING THE DAY WHILE THE FUN ENERGY HARMONIOUSLY INSERTS TO ELEMENTS THAT ARE VISUALLY STRIKING
LOCATED IN SOI YEN AKAT STREET IN THE HEART OF BANGKOK, ‘BAAN AKAT YEN’ BY STUDIO KRUBKA FORMS A DIALOGUE OF PRIVACY AND CONNECTION BY CONCEALING ITSELF BEHIND THE HIGH GRAY WALLS AND WRAPPING INSIDE THE STURDY CONCRETE SURFACE WHILE OPENING ITSELF TO THE COURTYARDS, BOTH OUTSIDE AND WITHIN
JIM THOMPSON ART CENTER: AN ART GALLERY THAT CORDIALLY EMBRACES THE PEOPLE AND NARRATES THE STORY OF ITS PAST AND PRESENT
PHOTO COURTESY OF WATSUK ARCHITECT STUDIO
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WHO
Watsuk Architect Studio is an architectural practice with a focus on creating a design that exists in syn-chronization with its own context through an incorporation of nature, environment, people’s ways of life and needs, to enable a sustainable coexistence of all elements. That’s the concept behind Watsuk Architect Studio’s origin.
WHAT
Watsuk Architect Studio is an architectural practice with a focus on creating a design that exists in syn-chronization with its own context through an incorporation of nature, environment, people’s ways of life and needs, to enable a sustainable coexistence of all elements. That’s the concept behind Watsuk Architect Studio’s origin.
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WHEN
Founded in 2020 with the mindset to develop my own style of architecture, the actual beginning of the prac-tice dates back to my study at the Faculty of Architecture, Kasetsart University where the notion and prac-tice of sustainability has always been an integral part of my architectural education. All of the works I cre-ated during my school years were environmentally conscious and put a great deal of consideration on cre-ating usable and livable spaces for everyone. Then I had a chance to work in a design firm with a really well-organized and managed thought process, and gradually I garnered experiences and created works toward my own intended direction.
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WHERE
I’m currently based in Chonburi and I operate as a freelancer.
WHY
We’re living in the time when architecture is very diverse and people are offered greater alternatives to find a designer or architect that best suits their preferences. I believe that the typologies of residential buildings are different but there certain commonalities they all need to deliver, which include convenience and sus-tainability. Everyone should develop and learn together because it is both challenge and fun; experiencing something with the people who share the same interests as you.
Brick Cafe
Brick Cafe
How would you define creativity?
The future. I think creativity is a path leading us to the future. The development of small possibilities or even impossibilities that can benefit a society more or less; that can inspire myself and others to create even more and greater developments.
Junjao The Pool Villa Resort Diagram
Junjao The Pool Villa Resort Section & Diagram
Junjao The Pool Villa Resort Plan
Describe your practice in three words.
Emphatic I good environment I happiness.
Where do you go, or what do you do when you get stuck on a project?
Doing what I like is what I find to be a very good solution. I would draw, just about anything, and ideas would just come up. Sometimes, I would watch a movie on Netflix and some of the dialogues would catch my attention and became inspirations for me to think about my work. There was this one time where I worked on a project with my friend and our client said, “I got the inspiration behind the design of this resort from a song I was listening to. The album cover is this scene of a barbeque party in front of a house. I like how that image feels.” I think doing something else besides working really helps with how I find inspiration.
What project are you most proud of?
I’m proud of every work I did because each of them have their own context whether it’s the location, re-quirements, users or ecosystem. The Jan Jao Resort, for example, isn’t that visually striking in terms of design, but there is this quintessential Thai characteristic that makes it distinctive, as well as the experi-ences of being closer to nature it offers its users that are somehow healing.
If you could invite any creative out for coffee, who would you choose and why?
I really can’t choose. I want to invite designers from different fields so we can have a discussion about new ideas, issues and possible future directions of what we can do, and how our works can evolve. That would be interesting.
IN GOLEM 2022 – UNCANNY EXHIBITION, RUANGSAK ANUWATWIMON CREATES A HUMAN-LIKE PERFECT CREATURE FROM OTHER LIVING SPECIES SPECIMENS, POINTING OUT THE PRICE OTHER LIVING SPECIES HAVE TO PAY FOR HUMAN ENDLESS DESIRES
