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 two primary […]
Vertical Teak
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 extend over […]
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Thailand & Venice Architecture Biennale
Vichayuth Meenaphant & Phuttipan Aswakool have developed a design that has been awarded first runner-up in a competition to represent Thailand for the 2010 Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy. The proposal, titled “Fog”, responds to the Biennale’s architecture curator, Kazuyo Sejima, and her mission to exhibit architecture for a “post ideological society”. In addition, the Thai competition […]
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 […]
Deep Patterns
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 of the […]
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 […]
Thai Parliament Competition
How to design a parliament for a fledgling and sometimes fragile Thai democracy? For us, we believe that the answer does not lie in creating monumentality or visual symbolism, but rather in the power and significance of public spaces. We can all see that most open spaces in Bangkok are neglected landscapes that are subservient […]
Integrated Ceiling System
A full-scale mockup of our design for an integrated ceiling solution has been completed. The objective was to develop a new ceiling that can accommodate different functional systems of an office building, while maximizing vertical height and daylight reflection. We first mapped out the existing ceiling condition of the office space, which covered 5000 square […]
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, […]
Seamless Lobby Spaces
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
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 […]
Concrete Entrances
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 Facebook
