April 2017: As part of a wider urban plan for the surrounding area in Bangkok, Architectkidd renovated a retail development occupying a large space at the busy intersection in the city. Taking an opportunity to question the typical closed “big box” model of shopping centers, the design aimed to create a more dynamic presence as […]
Materials
Live Wires
February 2016: Architectkidd has completed Now 26, a building using steel tubing as its primary material. The building – a production studio and offices for the television station Now 26 – is a renovation of an existing structure. During the initial stage of the project, the removal of the old cladding exposed the existing steel structure […]
Essence in an Eatery
October 2015: “ABC represents the starting point, the most basic essence of eating,” according to restaurateur Pakamon “Nina” Somboonvechakarn. The goal is to combine creativity along with high-quality ingredients to give taste and nutrition to the menu. For the design of the ABC Eatery, Architectkidd devised various techniques to filter natural light into the interior space. […]
Swiss Tropical
April 2015: Architectkidd in collaboration with Peter Hedrich has completed the design of this house in Bang Saray. Located near the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, this house is formed by the tropical conditions of South East Asia as well as the values of its owners, a Swiss family living in the region. The house […]
Curved Steel Fabrications
February 2015: For a recent interior design project, Architectkidd designed a steel screen for the lobby of a high rise residential building complex. The intricate pattern is made from steel plates that were individually curved. Each of the plates were then completed with a hand-finished copper coating. The challenge during the fabrication was bending the steel […]
Bangkok Flat
February 2015: This project is a design of an apartment unit in an early-generation residential high-rise in Bangkok. The design makes use of existing attributes & found conditions. The building’s location, while in the middle of the city, is away from the main roads and adjacent to one of Bangkok’s largest waterways, or ‘klongs’. As a […]
Layered Structures
February 2014: For the Hong Kong Shenzen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism / Architecture (UABB), four Bangkok design practices were invited to collectively design a piece of architecture along the waterfront area of Kowloon. The design for a viewing platform for the Biennale grew out of discussions between Architectkidd, Chat Architects, Studiomake, and Thingsmatter. Together our goal […]
4 Projects, 4 Designs, 4 Techniques
April 2013: Luke Yeung recently presented Architectkidd’s work for a lecture at Thammasat University’s Faculty of Architecture and Planning. The lecture gave us a chance to reflect on approaches and thinking that we have taken on our recent projects. The projects we showed included Lightmos (below image from Wallpaper Thailand magazine): Hard Rock Cafe in […]
Big White Forms
November 2012: The new Caffè D´Oro retail shop is nearly complete and will open to the public soon. The first shop based on Architectkidd’s new design will be located in Nakhon Ratchasima outside of Bangkok. In the meantime, take a look at photos that Luke shot during the fabrication of the plaster form at the […]
Mass Customized Architecture
November 2012: As a stand-alone retail outlet, the new Caffe D’Oro shop was designed to be produced and installed in many locations in Thailand. At the same time, Architectkidd was interested in developing a material solution that would be unique, tactile and recognizable to users and the brand. We developed our technique by adapting a […]
Please Touch !
May 2012: As architects, we don’t often have the chance to work in the scale of exhibition design. So when we had the opportunity to exhibit our work for the Architect ’12 Fair, we tried to make the most out of designing the small display space. What we observed is that people are shy to […]
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Architect Fair Opens
April 2012: This year’s Architect Expo in Thailand has been opened to the public. There are a lot different activities, exhibitions, product displays and lectures going on this year. Architectkidd has been participating in the event, with the main theme titled “Waterbrick”. Being directly involved in the Architect Fair this time, we began to realize […]
Polymer Building Skins
January 2012: During the development of the Bridgestone Pavilion, Architectkidd was able to study a variety of polymer materials. While not all materials made it to the final construction, we believe that taking an “iterative” process is beneficial. By developing a “test & review” approach, results from mockups, models and prototypes led the project team […]
Digital + Manual Construction
January 2012: As a showcase for emerging technologies, Architectkidd had the opportunity to explore some new ideas in the Bridgestone Pavilion for the BOI Fair. Instead of the typical building design process – starting with a horizontal, 2-dimensional floor plane, then extruding walls to create an rectilinear building form – we were interested in attempting […]
Cantilever Spaces
August 2011: At Architectkidd, we think each material has its own unique properties that need to be considered to realize its potential in architecture. For the design of the Kirimaya House, which is currently under construction, we certainly became more aware of the properties found in structural steel. With the efforts of structural designers Boonsaeng […]
Steel Techniques
August 2011: The Architectkidd team is currently working on a project that involves designing with steel in construction and detailing. So during a review of a full-scale mockup that is in progress, several Architectkidd designers visited a steel fabrication factory in Pathum Thani, on the northern outskirts of Bangkok. The type of projects this factory […]
Sound Wave: Hard Rock Facade
July 2011: The design for the new Hard Rock Cafe in Bangkok will mark a new approach for the global Hard Rock brand. This is probably most dynamically expressed in the facade design of the building’s exterior. For Architectkidd, the starting point for this facade design were the shapes, rhythms and structures of sound. Interpreting […]
Old Wood Details
June 2011: Construction is nearly complete for the new Hard Rock Cafe restaurant in Bangkok. This project is a renovation of an existing building structure in Siam Square, and one of the aspects that Architectkidd and designer Prinda Puranananda focused on during the construction was about re-using materials. In the interior, there will be […]
Reclaimed & Old Wood in Thailand
January 2011: In Thailand, it is difficult to source wood and timber from sustainable sources for building. At this moment, there does not seem to be many local sources of construction timber that are independently-certified for sustainable harvesting and processing practices. While it is possible to import FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) and other types of […]
From Mountains to Building Materials
January 2011: The art of stone cutting is a process that involves massive machinery, brute force and lots of water. Recently, team members from Architectkidd had the opportunity to visit several factories in Bangkok and Saraburi, a nearby province where much of the stone is processed into building materials in Thailand. Inside these enormous factories and […]
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New Directions in Thai Materials
December 2010: A new publication titled “New Directions in Thai Materials” has been released by the Thailand Creative and Design Center (TCDC). The book is written by Peta Bassett and published by Serinda Publications. Architectkidd’s project for Lightmos has been featured in this book, as well as recent architectural, furniture and other projects designed by Thai offices and individuals. […]
Design Plant Hut
September 2010: For a temporary meeting space, Architectkidd has converted an empty floor of their shophouse using palm leaves as the primary material. The space is currently being used as a venue for designers. Architect Chat Chuenruddmol of Chat Architects has brought together a group of independent designers and architects to discuss the design scene […]
Hand Made Facades
July 2010: We’re not quite facade engineering specialists, but we have been using our curiosity as motivation to investigate possibilities and materials in buildings. In the process, we hope to develop designs that are not strictly limited to functional or technical criteria. In this recent project, we have created a new 3-storey facade using hand-made […]
Library for a Monastery
June 2010: Architectkidd has collaborated with designer Prinda Puranananda to develop a small library building in a Buddhist monastery in Chiangrai. The building, to be located along a hill side of a rice farming area, aims to provide a learning space for the nearby community and visitors to the monastery. The design is defined by […]
Vertical Teak
June 2010: For the construction of a new showroom of a high-rise condominium in Bangkok, we have designed a vertical installation using strips of teak wood. The pattern for this installation was originally developed to be applied as architectural cladding on several areas of the high rise building. For the showroom space, the teak installation will […]
Klong Toey Boxes
May 2010: For the design of our food retail project, we commissioned people living in the nearby Klong Toey slum to build a wooden installation for Tessa Cafe, a gourmet food shop in the upscale K-Village shopping complex in Bangkok. Searching for alternatives to standard techniques for interior fit-outs and construction, we approached a community […]
Deep Patterns
March 2010: For the design of a new gallery, we have been developing strategies to create “deep” patterns in order to fabricate architectural walls with continuously variable thicknesses. The gallery is located inside a large commercial retail space. This existing interior space is enclosed by a strong geometrical form: a 30-meter, glass dome. The gallery will be inserted along the perimeter […]
Speckled Superstructures
April 2010: Our work on the Lightmos showroom is now completed, and the building has been receiving some coverage from web and print publications. Among the popular designer sources, there is Archdaily and Contemporist. Also, Dezeen showed the furniture designs that came from the building’s facade materials. There is ArchThai, Minimalismi, and interestingly, Trendhunter, […]
Smooth Reception
March 2009: The Thai Obayashi wood reception counter is now installed in the company’s headquarters building on Rachadamri Road. This counter is the final piece for this project, which involves the renovation of the office building’s interior spaces. What was interesting for us was that there was a high level of collaboration and experimentation compared to other commercial projects. In […]
Seamless Lobby Spaces
October 2008: Using white polymer panels, concealed LEDs, fiber optics and stretched fabric, we were able to resurface the elevator lobbies and public areas of the Thai Obayashi office building and transform them into seamless spaces. Share on Facebook
Green Walls
May 2008: The headquarters for Goodwill has been completed. The building provides a new workplace environment for administrative staff and engineers who build and maintain the industrial kitchen equipment that the company provides to its clients. In developing the design for the workplace environment, we studied the possibilities for applying soft landscape for every architectural surface of this building. We developed details to provide […]
Concrete Entrances
May 2008: Concrete is a material that has latent potential in Thailand. If we understand the limitations of how it is currently used in practice, we can then explore other advantages, such as its plastic and sculptural characteristics. For the Goodwill Headquarters building, we designed a curved stair used for the office entrance. Share on […]