Along with our recent move to our new studio location, Architectkidd has launched “SPARKLAB”. Sparklab will be a series of year-round design challenges to ignite ideas, push limits, and sharpen our creative edge. Our goals are to spark new perspectives with small scale projects and activities by exploring materials and approaches. Our first Sparklab project […]
Architectkidd
Pleated Walls
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Bird Sanctuary Wins Holcim Asia Pacific
“Protective Wing“, our project for a bird sanctuary in Chiang Mai, has received top honors in the 2014 regional Holcim Awards for Asia Pacific, an award recognizing the most innovative and advanced sustainable construction designs. Each year, thousands of birds are smuggled in and out of Thailand, to be sold on the world’s growing black market. […]
4 Projects, 4 Designs, 4 Techniques
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 Bangkok: Caffe […]
