WHAT AIM INTERIOR DESIGN is an interior architecture design studio founded in 2018 by Suthasinee Suwanwalaikorn. With our beliefs in the competence of interior architecture, we aim to express our philosophy through designs with the interrelationship between interior design, architectural space, and its context.
BAC Office, project in collaboration with SSAA Studio
BAC Office, project in collaboration with SSAA Studio
BAC Office, project in collaboration with SSAA Studio
BAC Office diagram
WHEN Started off as a freelance interior architect in 2018 and registered a company in 2022
WHERE Bangkok, Thailand
WHY We “aim” to curate an aesthetically pleasing space that functionally escalates people’s quality of life.
MFEC Office (Phase 2) diagram
How would you define creativity?
We believe that creativity is an act of turning anything or any idea into reality. There is no right or wrong, just different perspectives.
Describe your practice in three words.
Attentive l Collaborative l Customer-Oriented
MFEC Office (Phase 3)
MFEC Office (Phase 3)
MFEC Office (Phase 3) diagram
Where do you go, or what do you do when you get stuck on a project? Put myself in the new environments, go to new places, see new faces, listen to other people’s stories or spend time on other kinds of art that could help activate my emotions and creativity.
What project are you most proud of?
Not particularly on any specific projects but we’re always proud when our clients are satisfied with the work we deliver to them : )
Reflection Jomtien Beach Pattaya Condo, Project in Collaboration with VIDA Design Studio
Interior : AIM Interior Design, VIDA Design Studio
If you could invite any creative out for coffee, who would you choose and why? Peter Zumthor since he has a very unique design approach with thoughtful details.
Reflection Jomtien Beach Pattaya Condo, Project in Collaboration with VIDA Design Studio
WHAT A modern art studio inspired by Buddhist mythologies, expressed using various combinations of old and new techniques to cultivate an appreciation in both art and Buddhism.
WHEN It started with a senior project while I was studying Material and Context base at the Faculty of Architec-ture’s Department of Industrial Design, Chulalongkorn University. The project I did was a continuation of my experimentation on materiality with the help of Assitant Professor Dr. Takerng Pattanopas, Assistant Professor Pim Sudhikam and Assitant Professor Dr. Juthamas Tangsantikul. The work was first shared on my personal social media account and the feedback was quite good so I decided to carry on with the de-velopment.
WHERE I work at home and at temples at times (when I want to focus on my thoughts) and there may be exhibitions happening in the future.
WHY Buddhism has always been an integral part of my subconscious since I was young. It has always been a part of the environment I grew up in. I was lucky enough to be able to go to a Sunday Buddhist school when I was a kid. My friends would talk about Conan the Japanese comic and I would picture images of a Chadok tale from the Bhuddha’s teaching, Conandhawisan, in my head.
Then I started to watch a lot YouTube videos and felt inspired by many content creators so I would read the books they recommended and apply what I read to my work. My dad is an avid amulet collector but I wasn’t all that into the conventional stuff. I like art toys. So, the idea of mixing that with Buddhism sort of gives birth to this work that I’m doing.
How would you define creativity?
It’s an application of existing objects and know-how into the development of something useful. It’s some-thing that allows me to practice and learn. At the same time, the creative process helps me meditate and prepare myself to handle changes because once the production process takes place, the reality will be dif-ferent from what you envision in your head. The important thing you can do is to control your emotions at all times because it affects how your work turns out.
Describe your practice in three words?
Dharma l pop culture l ancient processes (it’s like how there’s a specific type of ice cream made with this so-called traditional process but nobody really knows for sure what ‘traditional’ really is).
Where do you go? or what do you do when you get stuck on a project? When I’m stuck with my thoughts, I would go do something entirely different from the work I was doing. If I want to keep my creative flow, I have to go take a walk outside and take time to observe my surroundings. Listening to hip-hop music helps tremendously with my creative process. Going to temples to make merits also helps me creatively. If I’m too lazy to walk, I would read. I read poetry sometimes. Ideas usually come when I let my mind wander and I would write them down. When there’s a project that comes along, I would match it with one of those ideas.
What project are you most proud of?
The Still Buddha and Cloud Robe. It was magical when I found this part of the Buddha sculpture and it was like I saw this vision of this wave and that I was supposed to create it into a sculpture, and several other works that would follow.
If you could invite any creative out for coffee, who would you choose and why? Daniel Arsham. I was such a huge fan of him since he wasn’t that very well known but his works have in-spired me so much whether it the actual making process, the thought process, how cool and expensive they are. I was in the Netherlands and saw his works being exhibited with Banksy. Being there and seeing the real thing with my own eyes, I was super impressed. With that work, he played with time and historical objects, and how the present is the past of the future. He signed his signature and dated it a thousand years from now. For example, if it was the year 2022, he would sign 3022. There are actually many crea-tive individuals that I would love to have a drink with because there is so much more for me to learn.
WHO Only Human, an architectural practice founded by 2 architects.
Only Human Studio
Only Human Studio
WHAT Only Human believes that good space has vibrations which could elevate humans both physically and metaphysically. These kinds of spaces come from concept-forming through observation and experimentation while cooperating with the users to understand their behaviors and needs.
Sohelou St.Marc Catholic Chapel l Photo: Acki
Sohelou St.Marc Catholic Chapel (Photo: Acki)
WHEN Since 2018
WHERE In our small garden in Bangkok, Thailand
WHY We named our studio “ONLY HUMAN” to remind ourselves of how small we are in this world. To keep in mind that there are many things that we do not know and could not predict.
Baan Monmakok Resort l Photo: Acki
Baan Monmakok Resort l Photo: Acki
How would you define creativity? Creativity is a process of seeing existing things from different perspectives and interpreting them through our experiences. It keeps us searching for possibilities.
Describe your practice in three words? Humble l Appropriate l Explorative
Where do you go? or what do you do when you get stuck on a project? We surround ourselves with lots of books about design. Sometimes we drive into small alleys to get inspired by observing architecture both old and new, by architect or no architect. These elements which are out of our scope of thoughts are then reinterpreted and applied to our works.
What project are you most proud of? The Sohelou St. Marc Catholic Chapel is one of our favorites. The project received so much love from all the people involved; the client, the builders, and the villagers. They have given in so much effort.
Sohelou St.Marc Catholic Chapel Photo: Acki
Sohelou St.Marc Catholic Chapel Photo: Acki
Sohelou St.Marc Catholic Chapel Photo: Acki
If you could invite any creative out for coffee, who would you choose and why? We could not pick! Too many, it should be a feast!
WHAT An architecture firm with a focus on holistic design with the belief that a good work of architecture is an important backdrop with the ability to help improve people’s quality of life.
Baan Louk Pla l Photo: Beer Singnoi
Baan Louk Pla l Photo: Beer Singnoi
Baan Louk Pla l Photo: Beer Singnoi
WHEN May 17th 2021
WHERE Nang Linchee Road, Bangkok, Thailand
WHY I like the feeling of being a part of someone’s dreams and helping to make them come true.
K.Kanawat House l Photo courtesy of Araya Kubota architect
K.Kanawat House l Photo courtesy of Araya Kubota architect
HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE CREATIVITY? Creativity is having an understanding of different things, whether it be a brief from a client, or a daily-life situation, and the ability to further such an understanding into something new.
Baan Louk Pla l Photo: Beer Singnoi
Baan Louk Pla l Photo: Beer Singnoi
DESCRIBE YOUR PRACTICE IN THREE WORDS Delicate / Learning / Happy
WHERE DO YOU GO, OR WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU GET STUCK ON A PROJECT? Go to a nearby cafe.
WHAT PROJECT ARE YOU MOST PROUD OF? I’m proud of every project, whether its the completed ones or those that are still a work in progress, because each work has its own story that allows me to learn from different experiences and use them to further develop what I do.
Baan Louk Pla l Photo: Beer Singnoi
IF YOU COULD INVITE ANY CREATIVE OUT FOR COFFEE, WHO WOULD YOU CHOOSE AND WHY? If possible, I would love to have a cup of coffee with Dorte Mandrup because she’s one of the architects whose works I’ve admired and been studying about since I was a college student.
WHAT Office WHOM is a collective of architects, interior designers, and product designers specialized in the renovation of existing structures through the thought of environment and people for both residential and commercial purposes.
Parquet House l Photo: Thanapol Jongsiripipat
WHEN Korn Supsakorn founded Office WHOM (originally named “health of whom”) in 2018, a thesis he worked on during his master’s degree at Columbia University GSAPP, New York City, USA With the support from Stephen Cassell (ARO), Brad Cloepfil (Allied Works), Nerea Cavillo (C+ Arquitectas). I started to post my studio works on my Instagram to collect my ideas on how the built environment shape lives.
Vertical Living at State Tower level 50 l Photo courtesy of Office WHOM
WHERE The idea was inspired in New York and executed in Bangkok.
WHY We believe in an architectural coproduction that every member of a construction project has the authority to design and contribute ideas from their experience for the optimal benefit of the project including builders, artisans, architects, designers, engineers, and owners.
How would you define creativity?
Creativity is the vision beyond the existing reality. Together with wits, good intentions and a touch of humor, a creative work should be inventive, purposeful, and free of form. Our creativity comes from making multiple quick design iterations working with multiple contexts of the project.
Coconut Groove Resort House Interior l Photo courtesy of Office WHOM
Coconut Groove Resort House Interior l Photo courtesy of Office WHOM
Coconut Groove Resort House Interior l Photo courtesy of Office WHOM
Describe your practice in three words?
Harmony | Occupants | Method
Where do you go? or what do you do when you get stuck on a project? Places around the office. I would go outside and take a walk just to keep my body moving. My ideas usually pop up along the way.
What project are you most proud of?
Parquet House. It is a renovation project that fully supports our initial idea about value of construction materials and building parts upcycling.
Parquet House l Photo: Thanapol Jongsiripipat
Parquet House l Photo: Thanapol Jongsiripipat
If you could invite any creative out for coffee, who would you choose and why? Maartin Gielen (Rotor DC). He brought up the idea of deconstruction; a side i never saw in my architecture career, his lecture inspired me a lot i would like to thank him.
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
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.
WHO Kittiya Architects Co., Ltd., Architecture and Environmental Design Studio
WHAT Kittiya Architects is an architectural firm based in Bangkok, Thailand. We work in a variety of styles and scales, including architecture, interior design, furniture design, landscape design, and environmental design. Our design goal is to give each project a distinct identity by combining architectural practice and cultural ecology research to push the boundaries of sustainable possibilities. We collaborate closely with creative teams, clients, and consultants to develop feasible-innovative programs and solutions that address people, community, and environment.
Kittiya Architects was founded by Kittiya Choowanthanapakorn who went to school of architecture at Silpakorn University in Bangkok, and had practiced at Robert G. Boughey and Associates Co., Ltd. and Architect Chirakorn Prasongkit Co., Ltd., then completed her Master’s degree in Architecture at Stuart Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania school of Design in 2010. She is now a registered architect of Architect Council of Thailand.
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