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
THE JAPAN-BASED ARCHITECTURE FIRM, N O T ARCHITECTS STUDIO, ENWRAPS THE HOUSE WITH THE MAIN WALKWAY AND THE CHAIN-LINK MESH THAT BLENDS THE HOUSE TO ITS NEIGHBORING GARDENS
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WHO
HAA STUDIO
WHAT
HAA STUDIO is a small design team established from the members’ shared passion among a group of students from Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi. When the right time came along, the name HAA STUDIO was dusted up and the dreams shared during school days are now being reignited. One of the group members still creates works with a modern style that continues to inspire the younger generation.
ART4D TALKS WITH THE DESIGN TEAM BEHIND THE SUPALAI ICON SATHORN PROJECT ABOUT THEIR INSPIRATION AND THE ORIGIN OF THIS MIXED-USE PROJECT THAT IS GOING TO BE BUILT ON THE PLOT OF LAND WHICH USED TO HOUSE THE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY
CHATRI PRAKITNONTHAKAN, HUES DEVELOPMENT, AND SITTHA LERTPHAIBOONSIRI STRIVE TO FILL THE FORGOTTEN VALUE OF ‘THE ARCHITECTURE OF PEOPLE’S PARTY’ WITH THE SETARA, THE HOLIDAY HOUSE IN MAE-ON, CHIANG MAI
HAVING TRANSFORMED THE DEFUNCT RICE MILL INTO ‘MKM MUSEUM KÜPPERSMÜHLE’ IN 1999, HERZOG & DE MEURON HAS A HAND IN THE MUSEUM ONCE AGAIN WITH THE ADDITION OF THE EXHIBITION SPACE THAT ASPIRES TO KEEP A BALANCE BETWEEN OLD AND NEW
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WHO
Studio Path / The name is a play on words between the word ‘path’ in English and the Thai word ‘พัฒน์’. They are pronounced similarly but the meaning of the Thai word is ‘development’.
WHAT
Our studio’s design direction aims to fulfil the clients’ needs and demands. We don’t limit our approach but we develop our design based primarily on each project’s context.
THAWEEWAT MONGKOLADISAI, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THAWEEMONGKOL CONSTRUCTION, TOGETHER WITH OPENBOX ARCHITECTS TALK ABOUT THEIR TRUST-BASED RELATIONSHIP
PHOTO: SONGTAM SRINAKARIN
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WHO
Piangor Pattayakorn & Songtam Srinakarin
WHAT
Architectural practice who believes architecture is not only to embrace human yet to connect them back to nature. We are obsessed with architectural language that speaks implicitly through its simplicity and details
