In a recent retail design, Architectkidd conceived of pleated surfaces on all the walls of the interior space. Continuing our interest in materials and finishes, we found that pleated walls can be applied to spaces to create dynamic, textured surfaces. The folded nature of the pleats add subtle visual depth and a sense of movement. […]
Completed Projects
Veils for Gaa
For a recent addition to Restaurant Gaa in Bangkok, curved veils introduce a wispy and flowing nature to the interior space and provide for a serene and tranquil experience. Veils are delicate things – layers of thin materials that hide and obscure views from beyond. At the same time, veils elevate the objects from within […]
Gaa – Tranformation of a Thai House
Architectkidd creates new possibilities with an ancient Thai House for Gaa, a contemporary restaurant by Michelin starred chef Garima Arora. Gaa is a transformation of an ancient Thai house into a modern fine dining space. With the new design, Architectkidd reflects on the ongoing journey of the house, which originated from Ayutthaya, Thailand. The wood […]
Green Scaffold
Architectkidd’s design for Megapark is meant to be a kind of a “green scaffold”. The structure can accommodate vertical vegetation, and together with the planting and landscape design, forms an environmental filter between the interior and exterior spaces. The design allows for daylight and natural ventilation to permeate the building within a tropical climate. The […]
Creating Community & Public Space in a Shopping Mall
Architectkidd has completed the design of Megapark, a recreational and retail center for a shopping complex in Bangkok. The program introduces communal facilities, park, shopping and recreational areas across three levels to the existing shopping center. The challenge in the design was to transform a formerly closed commercial space into a more extroverted one for […]
Architecture for Horses (and People)
Architectkidd has completed the design of a horse-riding school in Bangkok. Named The Hay Equestrian Center & Eatery, the design is located on the outskirts of the city in Ekachai Soi 131. The main intention is to design a place that is friendly for both horses and people. Emphasis is made to create an architectural […]
Light Space Hotel
Located 200 km west of Bangkok, Hua Hin is a resort town where people go to escape the big city. Architectkidd’s design for the Palayana Hotel in Hua Hin aims to maximize its natural qualities and to create a place to escape from the chaos of urban life. The Palayana tasked Architectkidd to build on […]
Play Based Architecture
Architectkidd’s design for the Apple Tree Kindergarten is a school for children between the ages of 1.5 to 5 years. The school aims to foster a positive and stimulating environment that inspires and enables holistic development through play-based learning. Simplicity, Clarity and User-Friendliness were the key concepts of Architectkidd’s design. The building is curved, with […]
Permeable Shopping Center
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 well as […]
Live Wires
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 along with […]
Essence in an Eatery
“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. Among the […]
Telescopic Spaces
Architectkidd has completed the flagship store for a fashion hand bag label. With this retail design in Bangkok, the aim was to challenge some of the limitations posed by conventional spaces. Instead of a fixed layout, the design is composed of three rectangular frames that form the overall enclosure. These frames are nested inside each […]
Swiss Tropical
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 follows […]
Curved Steel Fabrications
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 plates in […]
Bangkok Flat
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 result, upon […]
Layered Structures
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 was to […]
Food & Archaeology
Good ingredients. Rare antiques. Local materials. These are the main elements for Architectkidd’s design of Peter’s Pan restaurant on Sukhumvit 20. On display are the amazing collection of antiquities collected by Peter, the owner & head chef. Some of the artifacts, such as the clay vessels, are over 2,000 years old. We were inspired by […]
Bridgestone Pavilion
The BOI Fair (Board of Investment Fair) aims to highlight Thailand’s rebuilding efforts after last year’s floods. In addition to public events, activities and venues, over 40 companies and organizations have constructed pavilions to showcase their products and technologies. Architectkidd developed the building design for the Bridgestone Pavilion. The Bridgestone Pavilion aims to communicate the […]
Hard Rock Cafe: Design Summary
The Hard Rock Cafe in Bangkok is now complete and open to the public. Architectkidd and Prinda Puranananda designed the restaurant with the aim to re-connect Hard Rock back to its core values: music combined with food and drink to create a dynamic experience. Inspiration 1 – Music Experience:We started by thinking about the rhythms […]
VR Museum Opens
The VR Museum at the King Power Complex is now open to the public. It is named after founder Vichai Raksriaksorn and contains one of the most comprehensive collections of classical Buddhist art in Asia. The inaugural exhibition is titled “Journey of the Buddha”. The exhibition includes Buddha statues from the 2nd to 12th centuries, […]
A Different Kind of Food Court
Architectkidd was recently commissioned by the food management company Fooditude to develop a food court for a new mega-shopping complex (40,000+ sqm) outside of Bangkok. With this project, we asked: Is it possible to introduce some aspects of a public space within the strict boundaries of a commercial shopping environment? As fixtures in a shopping […]
Hard Rock Cafe Launches
The Hard Rock Cafe in Bangkok officially re-opens today with a launch party.Architectkidd was on hand to take part in the event. Apparently it is a Hard Rock ‘tradition’ to celebrate the launching with something called a ‘guitar smash’. After the ceremony outside, there was a performance by Thai Music Superstar Da Endorphine on the […]
Parco Condo
Parco is Supreme’s first high-rise condominium project. Architectkidd designed the interior of the recently completed showcase unit for prospective buyers. Eschewing the ‘theme-based’ approach that is common to many new condo developments today, we proposed to develop a more subtle direction towards the design. As much as possible, we made use of natural and longer-lasting materials combined with a […]
Architecture Biennial Beijing
Over 50 emerging practices from around the world have been invited to participate in this year’s Architecture Biennial in Beijing. Architectkidd has contributed a few of our projects for this event, which comprises of exhibitions, student work and a symposium focusing on advanced digital design in architecture. The exhibition is the fourth in a series […]
Design Plant Hut
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 in Thailand […]
Hand Made Facades
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 woven plant […]
Klong Toey Boxes
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 of carpenters […]
Speckled Superstructures
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, in which […]
Smooth Reception
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 order to […]
A Thin Office Building
Construction has been completed and staff have moved in to the new headquarters of Bewcon, a leading electrical and mechanical contractor in Thailand. The design is characterized by 2 thin parallel buildings that are connected by the main stairway. The arrangement of the office space emerged after studying various options based on the site conditions […]
Wallpaper Fashion Shoot
Architectkidd was on location with stylist Ananda Chalardcharoen and photographer Tanapol Kaewpring as well as their creative team. They selected the Lightmos showroom as a location for “Shedding Skin”, a feature for Wallpaper Thailand. See the full results of the fashion shoot in the November 2008 issue (“Design Report 2008”). Share on Facebook
Office Light Boxes
For the renovation for one division of the Thai Oil Group in Bangkok, we designed oversized “Light Boxes” to provide appropriate lighting for office functions without having to remove the existing ceiling. Share on Facebook
T House in “Houses by Thai Architects”
To mark the publication of the book “Houses by Thai Architects: Volume 1”, an event took place at the Thai Creative and Design Center (TCDC). Jariyawadee and Udomsak were invited to present the T House project in Khao Yai. How would we describe the design of this 400 square meter house? As a residential project, […]
Green Walls
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 for plants […]
