Thai architecture

In light of challenges resulting from the unprecedented rate of technological advancement, increasing social and economic disparities, dangers from natural disasters, and most recently, the global pandemic, the ‘Sufficiency Economic Philosophy’ elaborated by His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand in 1974 has gained recognition as an inclusive and sustainable growth model. Ketsiree Wongwan The PANNAR Sufficiency Economic and Agriculture Learning Centre by Vin Varavarn Architects was established to provide the Thai people with an inspiring example of the King’s Sufficiency Economic Philosophy. Located on 14 acres of land in the Nakhon-Ratchasima area, the project sees the transformation of the once arid and ro... More

Welcoming visitors in quiet Mae Rim district, Thailand, the Cabin of Human Expression by SHER MAKER Architects consists of an upper bedroom, two bathrooms, and an open plan living room with a kitchen that opens up onto a spacious at grade terrace. The exterior of the building is clad on three sides with burnt wood panels, leaving the remaining side open to the terrace and mountain view. Rungkit charoenwat The form of the building is a simple steel structure, with wood cladding applied to the exterior. The construction system is common in northern Thailand while the resulting form of a simple wooden structure opening up to surrounding vegetation draws from the local vernacular architecture. Aside from its regional availability and appr... More

Located in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, this foster care village for children was funded by the Thai Red Cross Children’s Home and designed by Plan Architect with principles of self-sustaining architecture, passive design strategies in particular, at the core of the project. In total seven buildings comprise the development, each dedicated to a discrete use. The seven buildings are the Director’s House, Lecturer House, Trainee Dormitory, Children’s House, Training Hall, Canteen, and Service Building.  Ketsiree Wongwan The buildings are carefully oriented on the site in an overlapping composition to provide shade to their neighbouring building while also allowing for cross-ventilation. Located behind the building clu... More

On a rural site located 52 kilometers north of the city of Surin, Thailand, the architecture of the new Elephant World expresses the uniquely close relationship between Thai elephants and Thai locals, who consider elephants as part of the human family structure. As such, Elephant World isn’t viewed as a collection of enclosures for undomesticated animals, but rather a large (5400 square meter) residence for extended family members Credit: Spaceshift Studio Elephant World is a government project with the aim of bringing local Kui people and elephants back to their homeland and ensuring a suitable and sustainable living conditions for elephants. The project, designed by Bankok Project Studio, includes the Kui village, an elephant... More