THE ARBOR RAMINTRA – WATCHARAPOL
Tag: Modern Architecture
SPACE SEEKING – SOUTH SUKHUMVIT ARCHITECTURAL TOUR
HAVE A LOOK AT A SERIES OF MODERN ARCHITECTURES IN SOUTH SUKHUMVIT, ALONG WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE HISTORY OF THE ARCHITECTURE IN A TOUR BY ART4D AND CREATIVE LAB BY MQDC
FOREST VILLA
A HOUSE IN CHINA BY HAS DESIGN AND RESEARCH ACHIEVES A TRANQUIL ATMOSPHERE THROUGH THE INTEGRATION OF INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR AND CONTROLLING THE QUALITY OF NATURAL LIGHT WITHIN THE HOUSE TO BE SOFT AND GENTLE
VERS UNE ARCHITECTURE
ON THE OCCASION OF THE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOOK ‘VERS UNE ARCHITECTURE,’ ART4D EXPLORES THIS SEMINAL ARCHITECTURE BOOK BY LE CORBUSIER WHO PRAISED ENGINEERING AND MECHANICAL INVENTION AS THE SPIRIT OF ‘MODERN DESIGN’ Read More
STUDIO MINIMUS
THIS ARCHITECT AND INTERIOR DESIGN STUDIO KICKS OFF FROM THEIR PASSION FOR SIMPLICITY, UNIVERSALITY, AND ART, USING ‘CONTEMPORARY DESIGN’ AS THEIR STYLE TO CREATE SPACES
KHAO YAI PRIVATE MEDITATION CENTRE
KHAO YAI PRIVATE MEDITATION CENTRE, SITUATED IN EXPANSIVE FORESTED TERRAIN OF KHAO YAI, WAS EMERGED FROM THE QUESTION ‘ HOW TRADITIONAL THAI ARCHITECTURE COULD HARMONIZE WITH THE UNIVERSAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ARCHITECTURE ’
EVERYDAY MODERNISM: ARCHITECTURE AND SOCIETY IN SINGAPORE
THE BOOK INVESTIGATES THE BUILT STRUCTURES CONSTRUCTED IN SINGAPORE BETWEEN THE 1930S AND THE 1980S, FOCUSING ON THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE FORMATION OF THE NATION AND THE LIVES OF ITS PEOPLE Read More
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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NEW KHMER ARCHITECTURE
TEXT & ILLUSTRATION: POUM MEASBANDOL
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Having an education in architecture, I am inspired by the works of Cambodian and foreign architects during the Sangkum Reastr Niyum between the 1960s and 1970s in Cambodia. I started researching and began collecting old photos of Cambodian modernist buildings and sharing my finds with social media. I found out that not many young generations knew about architects in the 1960s. In addition, there was still little research on Cambodian modernism in the country, and this architectural legacy was gradually being destroyed everyday. Witnessing this over the years motivated me to engage with the topic more intensively and to record it in the form of illustration.
In this graphic series New Khmer Architecture, I highlight distinctive elements of buildings designed by Cambodian national architects such as Vann Molyvann, Lu Ban Hap, Mam Sophana, Ung Krapum Phkar, and the works of foreign architects like Henri Chatel, Leroy & Mondet, Georg Lippsmeier, and others.
The creation aims to reminisce great past achievements and represent the unique Cambodian modern architectures in a new and impressive look and feel. The illustrations depict unique elements from each buildings. The result is a great homage to the pioneers of Cambodian modernism, whose legacy is slowly but surely threatening to disappear.
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Poum Measbandol is an architect based in Phnom Penh. He graduated from the school of architecture and design at Pannasatra University of Cambodia.
NIEMEYER PAVILION AT CHÂTEAU LA COSTE
‘CURVES’ PLAY A PROMINENT PART IN OSCAR NIEMEYER’S BODY OF WORKS, INCLUDING THIS PROJECT WHICH IS HIS FINAL ONE. EXPLORE THE IDEA BEHIND THE DESIGN AND HIS IDEA OF THE CURVE WHICH IS ONE OF HIS MOST INFLUENTIAL IDEA IN THE HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE