HAS design and research is an internationally recognized and leading architectural practice, founded in Bangkok and Shanghai by architects, artists, and educators Jenchieh Hung and Kulthida Songkittipakdee. Together, they have emerged as two of the most critical and innovative figures among Thai and Asian architects. Hung And Songkittipakdee (HAS) explore Asia’s architectural language through a unique “design + research” parallel approach. Their work emphasizes the relationship between natural and man-made environments, seeking to create a new kind of natural architecture derived from the context and evolution of the city itself.
Jenchieh Hung started his career, working at the Japanese firm – Kengo Kuma & Associates (KKAA), where he became design manager and project in-charge in 2018. During his tenure at KKAA, Hung was responsible for Yangcheng Lake Tourist Transportation Center in Suzhou and Shipyard 1862 in Shanghai. At present, he is the principal architect of HAS design and research, founder of Chinese-Thai Research Studio, guest editor of International Journal of Interior Architecture + Spatial Design, and member of The Association of Siamese Architects under Royal Patronage Thailand. Hung received a Bachelor of Architecture and Urban Planning with 1st honor, a Master of Architecture with the Best Research Paper Award, and a full scholarship of advanced master program in Czech Technical University in Prague.
Kulthida Songkittipakdee was the first Asian architect among thousand applications around the world to be awarded the scholarship of Renzo Piano Foundation working at Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) in Paris. During her tenure at RPBW, she involved in Jerome L. Greene Science Center, Columbia University and Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Expansion. At present, she is the principal architect of HAS design and research, guest editor of Taiwan Architecture, and member of the Association of Siamese Architects under Royal Patronage Thailand. Songkittipakdee received a Bachelor of Architecture with honor from Chulalongkorn University, and she pursued studies abroad and obtained a Master of Urban Design from the L’Ecole National Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris-la-Villette including the exchange program study at School of Architecture and Design, Aalborg University in Denmark.
Beside practice, Jenchieh Hung + Kulthida Songkittipakdee | HAS design and research giving architectural lecture to several universities such as Arsom Silp Institute of the Art, Assumption University, Chulalongkorn University, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi in Thailand; and East China Normal University, Shanghai University, Tongji University, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University in China. They also invited to speak in public lecture, including American Institute of Architects (AIA Shanghai), Bund Finance Center, Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai Library, Tencent Talks.
