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PHOTO ESSAY : BANGKOK DEEMED
TEXT & PHOTO: CHATCHAVAN SUWANSAWAT
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Ever since I was a child, I’ve always lived in Bangkok, and never moved anywhere. My parents were quite protective of me and didn’t let me go out that much. When I grew up, it turned out that the restraint from childhood has become some sort of a complex that urges me to walk around Bangkok as much as I can now that I’m an adult. I always find weekend city walks to be exciting and addictive. I like to keep on walking, sometimes with a destination in mind. At times, I would just wander aimlessly. The walk always leads me to unusual places and things, born out of unintentional clashes between humans and nature, all struggling to survive in the city that many both love and hate.
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Chatchavan Suwansawat is an architect and occasional writer. He wrote ‘Architect-Jer,’ the book that talks about the quintessential Thai characteristics through design objects created by people living in the city. He founded Everyday Architect & Design Studio where he works on architecture and its relation to his interest in Thai-ness.
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THE STUDIO APOLLO
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE STUDIO APOLLO
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WHO
The Studio Apollo, founded by Paul Theeratuch Thammatuch–Aree and O Chisanapong Tanateerasawat. We have been good friends since college and know each other’s style of working well. By the odds, we both have always planned to ask another to start a design studio together without ever mentioning it to each other. Eventually, we then found out about the mutual intention and ended up being partners. We mutually respect each other’s choices and opinions when it comes to designing, which gives us rooms for open and constructive discussions.
WHAT
A graphic design studio that specializes in visual identity design, brand strategy, and interactive media design.
MUSLIM.ARCHITECT.FOR.COMMUNITY
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WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY
“Muslim.Architect.For.Community” or MAFC, is a group of young people gathered together, using professions of architecture, interior design, landscaping and engineering together to develop global society. We define architecture as “Pace to practice goodness.” It means every work we’re involved with must be placed where people use to practice good deed. It must support daily basic needs to user in both physical and spiritual way. We truly believe that architect is an important profession because architecture is a key component in keeping develop house, town and human civilization peacefully. Today, we focus on architecture that plays a large part in society. There are works that develop rural and urban communities, which are mostly educational, spiritual, culture and public buildings that come in various typologies according to each context from research.
POWWOWWOW
A GLIMPSE INTO BANGKOK’S LATEST GO-TO PLACE DESIGNED BY ALL(ZONE) THAT HOPES TO USHER IN ANOTHER CHILL VIBE TO THE COMMUNITY
SOMEWHERE
ART4D SPEAKS WITH JUNNARCHITECT ABOUT THE ORIGIN AND CONCEPT OF ‘SOMEWHERE,’ THE LATEST HOTSPOT THAT HAS BEEN EAGERLY FREQUENTED BY BANGKOK’S CAFÉ HOPPERS
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KHAO SAN HIDE AND SEEK
LET’S CONTINUE WITH THE POST-LOCKDOWN EAGERNESS FOR OFFLINE EXHIBITIONS WITH “KHAO SAN HIDE AND SEEK”, THE EVENT THAT INVITES EVERYONE TO REVISIT BANGKOK’S FAMOUS ROAD
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GREEN ISLAND
