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CHONBURI MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDING 2024  Chonburi / THAILAND

BANGKOK APARTMENT 2024  Bangkok / THAILAND

CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSTIY AUDITORIUM FINALIST / 2022  Bangkok / THAILAND

PAN LIGHT FIRST PRIZE / 2022 VIABIZZUNO LATUALUCE DUE / Bologna / ITALY

VITHA RECEPTION 2021  Khao Khor / THAILAND

REPURPOSING BANGKOK ROWHOUSE 2020  Bangkok / THAILAND

GREY MATTER RUNNER UP / 2019  EUROPAN 15 / Auby / FRANCE 
KIC TRIPOLI 2019  Tripoli / LEBANON
100% WOODEN HOUSE FIRST PRIZE / 2019  Montlouis-sur-Loire / FRANCE

PARIS APARTMNET 2019  Paris / FRANCE

FINLAND NATIONAL ART MUSEUM ANNEX 2019  Helsinki / FINLAND
LA CHARTREUSE DE NEUVILLE  2018  Neuville-sous-Montreuil / FRANCE

COLOR LAB SALON 2018  Bangkok / THAILAND
RUSSIAN STANDARD HOUSING THIRD PRIZE / 2018 Moscow / RUSSIA
KYOTO HOUSE  2017  Kyoto / JAPAN
SEOUL ART COMPLEX  2017  Seoul / KOREA
YOYOGI PARK INSTALLATION FOR 2020 OLYMPIC 2017  Tokyo / JAPAN
LOMBADINI ANTIPAROS RESIDENCE 2016 Antiparos / GREECE

CHANDRA RESIDENCE 2014  New Hamshire / USA

HOLDING GROUND  2018 New York City Penn Station / USA

REHABITAING SWOPE CENTER  2019 Wood Hole / USA

SHIKUMEN LI LONG HÔTEL SALON 2019  Shanghai / CHINA

LASTING TIMBER  2020  Raleigh Durham / USA

COLUMNIZATION  2020  Raleigh / USA



Bangkok Apartment

Client: Private
Contractor: Studio Na Craft Company Limited
Program: Residence
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Area: 156 m2
Status: Completed
Photographs by Pornpanit Intapat


The apartment layout is remade into an open and connected space where the dinning, living, and study share a large sliding wooden panel, which can be retracted to create on large volume. The visual corridor connects the master bath and dressing area to the hallway and the study room, challenging the ides of private and public occupation in a residential unit. Materials are selected with a minimal palette, highlighting natural finishes and the expression innate in the grain of wood, roughness and the vibrant color of the stones, and the texture of earth and lime walls.



The complete renovation of a 159m2 apartment in central Bangkok not only aims to enhance its aesthetic appeal but also seeks innovative ways to address the challenges of heat and humidity for improved thermal comfort. To achieve this, a mixture of lime and local earth serves as the base for both wall surfaces and cupboard fronts, providing a soft texture with varying granularity. The thickness of this material allows it to absorb and release a modest amount of humidity, contributing to a more comfortable indoor environment.



Additionally, the strategic use of stone pieces, totaling roughly 800kg, along with a study room desk weighing 325kg, serves dual purposes. These pieces function as practical elements like desks, bedside tables, and living room coffee tables, while also acting as thermal masses. Their gradual exchange of heat and coolness with the surrounding air aids in passive thermal regulation. During the night, when mechanical air conditioning is utilized, the stones absorb and retain lower temperatures. In the early morning, when the air conditioning is off, the stored coolness is slowly released, contributing to a balanced indoor climate.



This intentional integration of passive thermal regulating mechanisms not only optimizes temperature profiles within the living spaces but also serves as visually and functionally appealing design elements. By incorporating these performative aspects of materials, such as thermal capacity and humidity modulation, into the design process, the living conditions and environmental impact can be significantly enhanced.

I imagine that this is a version of what innovation and technology can look like – building elements that enhances the performance of the larger context and that which can be executed by anyone, independently of large manufacturing facilities. In our current context of extreme temperature fluctuations and economic uncertainties, I look for advances that can be made in the setting where high precision, predictability, and overall reliability of the social context is not a guarantee. I want to develop the framework to imagine how progress, technological advances, and beauty may take shape in the context where the standard definition of growth is challenged and hardly overcome. My vision for the future is that progress happens and is equally acknowledged at every location, that each specific cultures and climatic zones warrant their very own idiosyncratic responses to the shared challenges experienced globally. This approach is vital to successfully integrate the developing sectors with the developed economy, and I believe design can create a bridge to doing so.