EXPLORE THAI MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN THE 20TH CENTURY (WHICH NOW EXISTS ONLY IN THE MEMORY) AND FIND THE ANSWER TO ‘WHAT IS THE VALUE OF ARCHITECTURE?’ IN THE EXHIBITION BY WEERAPOL SINGNOI (FOTO_MOMO)
SOMETHING WAS HERE
Category: ARTICLE
TAINAN PUBLIC LIBRARY
MOST OF THE LIBRARIES IN TAIWAN EARN THE TITLE OF ‘THE LAND OF SILENT’. THEY ARE PLACES WHERE TYPING AND MOUSE-CLICKING SOUNDS COULD DISTURB THE PEOPLE INSIDE. HOWEVER, TAINAN PUBLIC LIBRARY IN YONGKANG DISTRICT DESIGNED BY MECANOO AND MAYU ARCHITECTS SEEMS TO HAVE A MORE FRIENDLY VIBE AND ALLOWS ANYONE TO SPEAK UP AND DISCUSS WITH OTHERS WITHOUT FEELING GUILTY
DUBAI EXPO 2020 REVIEW
DESPITE THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC, DUBAI EXPO 2020 SUCCEEDED AS ‘THE WORLD’S GREATEST SHOW’. TAKE A LOOK AT THE ARCHITECTURE DESIGN IN THE EXPO AND HOW EACH COUNTRY REPRESENTS ITSELF THROUGH THE PAVILION, INCLUDING THAILAND
THE ‘STRICTE INTIMITE’ EXHIBITION
EMPTY FISH TANK, A PAIR OF PANTS LAYING ACROSS THE HANDRAIL, MYSTERIOUS LETTERS WORK ON GLASS WINDOW SPREAD OUT A VAGUE FEELING OVER THE SPACE OF THE ‘STRICTE INTIMITÉ’ EXHIBITION AT SHOPHOUSE 1527. THE EXHIBITION INVITES US TO CONTEMPLATE THE ‘INTIMACY’ WE ARE USED TO, OR PERHAPS IT IS SO ROUTINE THAT WE ALREADY FORGET THAT WE ARE USED TO.
FOUND
FOUND IS A WEDDING STUDIO THAT PHTAA ORIGINATES FROM THE UNIQUE THAI REPLICAS OF ROMAN ARCHITECTURE’S ‘CAPITALS’ TO PRESENT A DREAM-LIKE SPACE AND A NEW WAY TO REFLECT THE IDIOSYNCRATIC THAI CONTEXT
TAIWAN DESIGN EXPO’21 IN CHIAYI – CITY AS HOME
CHECK OUT TAIWANESE DESIGN AND FIND OUT HOW MIGHT A ‘CITY’ BE TURNED INTO A ‘HOME’ IN TAIWAN DESIGN EXPO’21 IN CHIAYI HELD UNDER THE THEME ‘CITY AS HOME’ IN CHIAYI, A SMALL TOWN IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF TAIWAN TO CIRCULATE DESIGNS TO THE LOCALS
THAPRA PALACE LIBRARY, SILPAKORN UNIVERSITY
AFTER SIX YEARS OF BEING A CONSTRUCTION SITE, THAPRA PALACE LIBRARY, SILPAKORN UNIVERSITY IS NOW UNVEILED AND EXHIBITS ITS DESIGN CONCEPT ‘BORDERLESS’ WHICH IS THE CONNECTION OF VARIOUS AREAS IN THE CAMPUS TO CREATE A SPACE FOR CREATIVITY AND FULFILL THE STUDENT’S CAMPUS LIFE
M+ MUSEUM
HERZOG & DE MEURON BID FAREWELL TO 2021 WITH THEIR LAST PROJECT OF THE YEAR, M+ MUSEUM IN HONG KONG WHICH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST VISUAL CULTURE MUSEUM. THE PROJECT ALSO RAISED THE QUESTION ABOUT THE MUSEUM’S ROLE AS A LANDMARK IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD, AN OPEN SPACE FOR CRITICISM AND THE POLITICS BEHIND THE MUSEUM
THAI PAVILION : FROM THE 1930S
CHOMCHON FUSINPAIBOON EXPLORES HOW THAILAND’S NATIONAL IDENTITY IN ARTS AND THE COUNTRY’S MODERNIZATION IN INDUSTRY AND ECONOMY INFLUENCE THE DESIGN OF THAI PAVILIONS AT INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONS IN THE 1930S WHICH RAISES THE QUESTION OF WHAT HAS BEEN CHANGED IN 2021
PHANTASMAPOLIS 2021 ASIAN ART BIENNIAL
LET’S EXPLORE THE IDENTITY AND UNCERTAIN FUTURE OF ASIAN WITH THE 8TH ASIAN ART BIENNIAL AT NATIONAL TAIWAN MUSEUM OF FINE ART, TAICHUNG, TAIWAN (ROC)