Thailand

This city home is located in a residential area in Prawet district, Bangkok. It was designed in a relatively limited land area. The form of the land is at the corner of the road which helps making the house on the south and east to be a ventilated areas. But it has the effect of opening up perspectives that neighbors can easily look into as well. Because it is an area with quite dense housing. The building's form must help reduce heat from the sun's rays on the south side, which is on the left side of the land and must be able to create privacy from neighboring buildings that are surrounded by surrounding buildings. So that the home owner's lifestyle is private and meet the owners' requirement of usability as much as possible.  Capt... More

Ciao Everyone ! We are pleased to welcome Ar.Yann Leroy for our next episode of Tete-a-Tete series powered by ArchValor and hosted by none other than Ar. Kritika Juneja. Yann Leroy is an architect, planner, and consulting hospitality specialist. He helms Studio Aria, Bangkok and Yann Leroy Architects, New York and has designed some of the most notable projects worldwide like Sofitel New York, St. Regis Bangkok, Westin Beijing, National Stock Exchange Jakarta. His firm was recently taken over by a leading 4 decade old Indian architectural firm Access Architects. Yann Leroy Architects KJ:-So, to begin with, could you tell us about your early brush with architecture? How has your background and upbringing influenced your design principle... More

K House is a peaceful and private residence in Nakhon Phanom, a land of happiness along the Mekong Basin. The area has a unique culture and way of living, and the house offers stunning views of the mountains in Laos. Rungkit Charoenwat Rungkit Charoenwat The house is designed to give a sense of calmness, privacy, and relaxation. The design is based on the owner’s character, a doctor who spends most of his free time relaxing and doing activities like exercising or gardening. The living area overlooks a walkway that surrounds the house, which is lined with gardens on either side. This creates a peaceful and serene atmosphere. Rungkit Charoenwat Rungkit Charoenwat Nakhon Phanom is a city with a rapidly expanding eco... More

Baan Krua Community, one of the oldest large Muslim communities in Bangkok, is a community that has a distinctive identity with beautiful architectural value and a way of Muslim culture of Cham origin being passed down for a long time since the reign of King Rama I. With a long history and a shared religious core Baan Krua community remains a strong community as there has been a success history of them protesting the expressway construction projects which planned to cut through the community in the past. Pat Phuchamni The coming of the urban development project over the past has resulted in the physical and community being which was once unite being divided into three communities. The changes in society, economy and urban development... More

Benjakitti Park is an urban park located in the former Tobacco factory area, owned by The Treasury Department, Ministry of Finance. The site covers 720,000 sq.m. After The Tobacco factory was relocated, the site was developed to become an urban park in Bangkok. Royal Thai Army - 1st Development Division The design concepts are, firstly, to improve public understanding and knowledge about the ecology, forest, hydrology, and environment to the urban community. Secondly, to become ‘Initiative’ of Ecological Park Development. Lastly, to serve the urban communities and preserve the ecological environment of the city retaining the 128,000 cu.m. of water in the rainy season and producing clean water 1,600 cu.m./ day. Royal Tha... More

Tha Chalom, the first sanitation district in Thailand which is the habitation of the Thai-Chinese fishing community settled in the past. Presently it is facing challenges from multidimensional change, from dense urbanization caused by a large non-registered population of migrant workers, a lack of public spaces to promote people's health, and the fading of historical identities. In particular, the fishery economic and cultural lifestyles of Tha Chalom are being severely affected by international fisheries law and regulation. Srirath Somsawat   To found a prototype of a public space co-owned by the community and promote the holistic wellness of community Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth) and Arsom Silp Institute of the... More

“ Freedom is the soil, air and fertilizer that will grow the flora of thought and when bringing thought to ideal, the ideal can only happen when people in society are able to think freely.”Puey Ungphakorn , 1974 Pat Phuchamni Pat Phuchamni "Dedicate life for the nation and the people" PUEY UNGPHAHORN CENTENARY HALL FOR ALL Thammasat is a long-established university in Thailand, formerly named “The University of Moral and Political Sciences”. This project was initiated in 2016 in the occasion of 100thanniversary birthday of Prof. Dr. Puey Ungphakorn, the 10th chancellor of Thammasat university. He was named by UNESCO as one of the world's most important people for his "impeccable ethics". He dedicated... More

Thammasat University is an academic institution that has contributed to the reform of Thailand's socio-economic and political system throughout the eighty years of its history. The university has agreed to establish the Faculty of Learning Sciences and Education to support Thailand's reform of the educational system. The faculty's objective is to support and educate teachers who will be leaders and agents of change in the academic sector. Apart from pedagogical reform, the goal is to establish a community for social development, research, and innovation for long-term sustainable development. Thus, the building must fulfill the curriculum requirement and become a space to demonstrate, support, and improve teaching and learning methodology, w... More

Combining the balance of city living together with nature. Home design ideas with natural light and breeze. Leaving space around the house for a garden area, including inserting plants on the balcony to create a good atmosphere for living. It is the heart of home design. Rungkit Charoenwat Rungkit Charoenwat The design process begins by considering the limited usable space and modification to support the space adjustment to future lifestyle changes. The living space is designed to accommodate any lifestyle. Designing the space to suit growing families involves creating areas for in-home work and responding to work-from-home or changes for the home office setup. Rungkit Charoenwat Rungkit Charoenwat Turning away from th... More

Kaomai Tea Barn is a continuously adaptive-reuse project within Kaomai Estate 1955, the revitalized project of a multi-decade tobacco processing plant estate in Chiang Mai. In 2018, Kaomai Estate 1955 was awarded by the 2018 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation in New Design in Heritage Contexts category. As part of the incremental plan to unite new commercial programs in the estate, the project location is carefully placed to respect, yet link the surrounding ecology, landscape and existing buildings together. As a result, the design envisions Kaomai Tea Barn as a connection platform to link Kaomai Avenue, the Amphitheater, and Kaomai Cafe both horizontally and vertically. Spaceshift Studio Following the cons... More

Vacation Home is a perfect place for relaxing that the family belongs to during holiday or a place to live in retired life. For this reason, the design based on understanding of surrounding environment is important to enhance an incredible retreat for this place. This house is located along Nakhon Nayok River with many questions arises towards this place like “How to put the river view into every room in this house and how to enhance the enjoyment of family members who live in this house?” Rungkit Charoenwat Rungkit Charoenwat Rungkit Charoenwat When we start the design , we selected to position the building on the highest area to ensure that everyone could experience the river view from all rooms. We also keep t... More

The site is on the biggest Thailand petroleum supply on land. The owner (PTTEP) started to build an office building to commemorate 30 year of exploration. Ground is an important element of the design. It is a representation of  ”Oil” underground. By shifting ground up, the space under fold concrete slab plane covered with grass can be used as a building entrance. Caption The top of the fold plane also can be use as flexible space. For The 2nd floor, it is represent PTTEP as innovative company. it is divided at the center to have a courtyard. The ground plane that shifted up can directly touch with the 2nd floor office. Finally there are meet each other “office and ground”. Caption Concept Site: PTTE... More

The owner needs a prominent showroom for Honda cars that easily seen from the main road. It is located in Petchakasem Rd. Nakonpratom which is the main road to the west of Thailand. Caption Program: The main programs of the project are showroom, office, reception area, resident ,cars service area and 100 cars parking. Total areas are 10,000 sq.m. Caption Volume: After put all programs in to the site, the project is divided in to 2 parts. The back part, maintenance building, is put on the back of the site. It served as car service and parking. The front part which is the major part, car showroom, is close to main road. It is included cars display reception, office and resident. Caption View:  The car showroom is folded... More