WITH ART4D’S INVITATION, VICHAYA MUKDAMANEE, DEAN OF SILPAKORN UNIVERSITY’S FACULTY OF PAINTING, SCULPTURE, AND PRINTMAKING, SPEAKS THE NEW DIRECTOR OF BANGKOK ART AND CULTURE CENTRE (BACC), ABOUT THE BACC UPCOMING GOAL UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE NEW GENERATION, FUTURE OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN THAILAND, AND THE ROLE OF ART SPACE AS A PUBLIC AREAS OF MANY IDEOLOGIES.
MOST OF THE LIBRARIES IN TAIWAN EARN THE TITLE OF ‘THE LAND OF SILENT’. THEY ARE PLACES WHERE TYPING AND MOUSE-CLICKING SOUNDS COULD DISTURB THE PEOPLE INSIDE. HOWEVER, TAINAN PUBLIC LIBRARY IN YONGKANG DISTRICT DESIGNED BY MECANOO AND MAYU ARCHITECTS SEEMS TO HAVE A MORE FRIENDLY VIBE AND ALLOWS ANYONE TO SPEAK UP AND DISCUSS WITH OTHERS WITHOUT FEELING GUILTY
85 SOCIAL DWELLINGS IN CORNELLÀ BY WHICH PERIS+TORAL.ACQUITECTES DESIGNED IN BARCELONA CONSISTS OF SUITABLE ROOM SIZE THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE DWELLERS’, AIR VENTILATION, AN OPEN COURT AND GREEN SPACE WHILE RAISING THE QUESTION – ‘WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC HOUSING DESIGN’
BESIDES A DISTINCTIVE DESIGN OF CAMPAIGN SIGNS IN THE 2022 BANGKOK GOVERNOR RACE, MOST CANDIDATES ARE ALSO WORKING ON THE SMALLER CAMPAIGN SIGNS TO AVOID PATH BLOCKING. WEE VIRAPORN INVITES US TO CONTEMPLATE A DEEP-ROOTED ISSUE – THE PLACEMENT OF CAMPAIGN SIGNS ON THE PUBLIC PAVEMENT
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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.
