NAI MONG HOI THOD
Category: VIEWS
EXPO 2025 OSAKA: ARCHITECTURE OF POSSIBILITY
EXPO 2025 OSAKA TURNS ARCHITECTURE INTO A DIALOGUE BETWEEN HUMANITY, FRAGILITY, AND THE POSSIBLE HOPES OF THE FUTURE
LIGHTNESS, LOST IN TRANSLATION: MARINA TABASSUM AT THE SERPENTINE PAVILION
MARINA TABASSUM’S SERPENTINE PAVILION 2025, ‘CAPSULE IN TIME’, AND THE SPIRIT OF THE GLOBAL SOUTH THAT WAS LOST EN ROUTE
BIG C BOAT BRIDGE
ARCHITECTS JENCHIEH HUNG AND KULTHIDA SONGKITTIPAKDEE OF HAS DESIGN AND RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT THE NOTIONS OF ‘SHIFTING’ AND ‘CONNECTING’ THROUGH THE EVERYDAY LIFE ALONG SUBURBAN CANALS, AS EXPLORED IN THEIR RESEARCH ON THE BIG C BOAT BRIDGE
SANYUANLI CITY VILLAGE
IN CHINA’S NEW URBAN DISTRICTS, ORIGINAL COMMUNITIES HAVE TRANSFORMED INTO CO-LIVING SPACES THAT REFLECT SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGES. THIS SHIFT HAS LED TO MORE FLEXIBLE USE OF HOMES, SHOPS, AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. ARCHITECTS JENCHIEH HUNG AND KULTHIDA SONGKITTIPAKDEE EXPLORE THESE CHANGES IN THEIR LATEST BOOK, ‘CHAMELEON ARCHITECTURE: SHIFTING / ADAPTING / EVOLVING.’ THE CHAPTER REVEALS ARCHITECTURE THAT IS NOT STATIC. IT MOVES, ADAPTS, AND GROWS WITH ITS CONTEXT AND TIME.
MAEKLONG RAILWAY MARKET
THE MAEKLONG RAILWAY MARKET, LOCATED ALONG THE MAEKLONG RIVER, IS ONE OF THE SITES RESEARCHED BY ARCHITECTS JENCHIEH HUNG AND KULTHIDA SONGKITTIPAKDEE, FOUNDERS OF HAS DESIGN AND RESEARCH, IN THEIR LATEST BOOK CHAMELEON ARCHITECTURE: SHIFTING / ADAPTING / EVOLVING. IN THIS RESEARCH EXPLORES THE IDEA OF ARCHITECTURAL SHIFTING, NOT MERELY AS A MEANS OF SURVIVAL BUT AS A STRATEGIC FORM OF COEXISTENCE WITH THE SURROUNDING CONTEXT
PERFECT DAYS
THE OUTER WORLD AND THE INNER WORLD: A DAY OF EXQUISITE PERFECTION IN PERFECT DAYS
THE ROBOT’S CHALLENGE: THE OTHER’S (POST?)MODERN
CHOMCHON FUSINPAIBOON TAKES US TO EXPLORE ‘THE ROBOT BUILDING’ WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE FOR THE ’THIRD WORLD’ ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN TO CHALLENGE THE GLOBAL ARCHITECTURAL MOVEMENT BEFORE THE BUILDING IS TRANSFORMED
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CONNECTING STATION
SUPITCHA TOVIVICH, TAKE US TO A RENOVATED WALKWAY BETWEEN THUNGSONG RAILWAY STATION AND THUNGSONG CITY MUSEUM AT NAKHON SI THAMMARAT THAT TRANSFORMED THE IMAGE OF THE UNATTRACTIVE LOCAL TRAIN STATION INTO A VIBRANT PAVILION AND WALKWAY
CULVERT GUESTHOUSE BY NENDO : A CRITIQUE
KRAIPOL JAYANETRA FROM ALKHEMIST ARCHITECTS EXAMINES EVERY ASPECT OF NENDO’S CULVERT GUESTHOUSE WHICH IS DEFINED AS AN ENLARGED PRODUCT DESIGN TO FIND OUT THE INTENTION BEHIND THE DESIGN