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SEAM DESIGN & ARCHITECTS

November 1, 2022
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WHO
Seam Design & Architects

WHAT
An architecture firm whose work encompasses both exterior and interior contexts of architectural design. The name Seam doesn’t just denote a connection between tangible objects such as materi-als or spaces, but also the abstract elements that are crucial to how a work of architecture is formed.

WHEN
We have been practicing as professional architects since 2014. We officially founded Seam Design & Architects in 2020.

WHERE
Bangkok, Thailand

WHY
We believe that architecture is a human creation, designed and constructed by humans to improve the quality of human life.

What is your definition of “creativity”?
Creativity is the pinnacle and crystallization of the learning process. It’s the genesis of something new and original.

When it comes to work, what are your inspirations?
One of our highly respected college professors once said that there is more to architecture than just the physical components. There are also other intangible aspects involved, and as architects, we are given the privilege to create such a creation. I find the honor that comes with the role of creator to be tremendously inspiring.

Three words that describe your work philosophy?
Man I nature I what’s in between

What is the project you’re the most proud of?
Every project, but perhaps for different reasons and aspects.

What do you do or where do you go when you have a creative block?
Going through my book collection, playing tennis, traveling, and talking to people. Getting away from work allows me to see a bigger picture or a different perspective with a clearer mind.

Do you have any studios, designers, or creative individuals that you particularly like?
Louis Kahn and Kerry Hill are two people who have had a huge impact on me and my work.

African School competition 2019 Isometric (Competition Project)

Introduce yourself to the people who want to know more about you.
We are a small group of architects who strive to build architecture that is responsive to people’s needs. We use our finest knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience to modify and incorporate eve-rything in order to offer the most appropriate and satisfying solutions possible. One of our convic-tions is that architecture is a seam that can connect, bridge, and create something meaningful to people in some way.

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WATSUK ARCHITECT STUDIO

June 28, 2022
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WHO
Watsuk Architect Studio is an architectural practice with a focus on creating a design that exists in syn-chronization with its own context through an incorporation of nature, environment, people’s ways of life and needs, to enable a sustainable coexistence of all elements. That’s the concept behind Watsuk Architect Studio’s origin.

WHAT
Watsuk Architect Studio is an architectural practice with a focus on creating a design that exists in syn-chronization with its own context through an incorporation of nature, environment, people’s ways of life and needs, to enable a sustainable coexistence of all elements. That’s the concept behind Watsuk Architect Studio’s origin.

House Farm

WHEN
Founded in 2020 with the mindset to develop my own style of architecture, the actual beginning of the prac-tice dates back to my study at the Faculty of Architecture, Kasetsart University where the notion and prac-tice of sustainability has always been an integral part of my architectural education. All of the works I cre-ated during my school years were environmentally conscious and put a great deal of consideration on cre-ating usable and livable spaces for everyone. Then I had a chance to work in a design firm with a really well-organized and managed thought process, and gradually I garnered experiences and created works toward my own intended direction.

House Farm

WHERE
I’m currently based in Chonburi and I operate as a freelancer.

WHY
We’re living in the time when architecture is very diverse and people are offered greater alternatives to find a designer or architect that best suits their preferences. I believe that the typologies of residential buildings are different but there certain commonalities they all need to deliver, which include convenience and sus-tainability. Everyone should develop and learn together because it is both challenge and fun; experiencing something with the people who share the same interests as you.

Brick Cafe

Brick Cafe

How would you define creativity?
The future. I think creativity is a path leading us to the future. The development of small possibilities or even impossibilities that can benefit a society more or less; that can inspire myself and others to create even more and greater developments.

Junjao The Pool Villa Resort Diagram

Junjao The Pool Villa Resort Section & Diagram

Junjao The Pool Villa Resort Plan

Describe your practice in three words.
Emphatic I good environment I happiness.

Where do you go, or what do you do when you get stuck on a project?
Doing what I like is what I find to be a very good solution. I would draw, just about anything, and ideas would just come up. Sometimes, I would watch a movie on Netflix and some of the dialogues would catch my attention and became inspirations for me to think about my work. There was this one time where I worked on a project with my friend and our client said, “I got the inspiration behind the design of this resort from a song I was listening to. The album cover is this scene of a barbeque party in front of a house. I like how that image feels.” I think doing something else besides working really helps with how I find inspiration.

What project are you most proud of?
I’m proud of every work I did because each of them have their own context whether it’s the location, re-quirements, users or ecosystem. The Jan Jao Resort, for example, isn’t that visually striking in terms of design, but there is this quintessential Thai characteristic that makes it distinctive, as well as the experi-ences of being closer to nature it offers its users that are somehow healing.

If you could invite any creative out for coffee, who would you choose and why?
I really can’t choose. I want to invite designers from different fields so we can have a discussion about new ideas, issues and possible future directions of what we can do, and how our works can evolve. That would be interesting.

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AIM INTERIOR DESIGN

May 31, 2022
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WHO
AIM INTERIOR DESIGN COMPANY LIMITED

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

 

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OFFICE WHOM

March 22, 2022
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WHO
Office WHOM

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.

Parquet House l Photo: Thanapol Jongsiripipat

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LESS ARCHITECT

March 16, 2022
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WHO
Less Architect

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

Otter House l Photo: Chaichoompol Vathakanon

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SILP ARCHITECTS

July 14, 2020
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WHO
Silp Architects co.,ltd. is design studio. Established by Sasicholwaree Sawatdisawanee who graduated   Bachelor of Architecture Chulalongkorn University. She has been experienced in house, residential,   restaurant, hospitality, commercial, and installation design projects in Thailand and oversea countries for   over 10 years.

WHAT
We are practicing architecture, planning, interior, installation design, and other related to design disciplines   regarding project requirements.

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