Chatpong Chuenrudeemol & Eakapob Huangthanapan

Chatpong Chuenrudeemol is an architect deeply impacted by the beauty and ugliness of Bangkok. His architectural firm, CHAT Architects, focuses on multi-scalar projects derived from their “Bangkok Bastards” research, or the documentation of the Thai capital’s live street vernacular, often overlooked for their informality but brimming with architectural invention and cultural authenticity. In 2020, Chatpong received Thailand’s “Silpathorn Award,” the country’s highest award for contemporary artists, presented by the Ministry of Culture of Thailand.

Eakapob Huangthanapan is a multidisciplinary designer and urban strategist whose work spans architecture, resilience planning, and community research. Based between Phuket and Bangkok, he co-leads the MIT Resilience Collective Thailand, part of MIT Urban Risk Lab founded by Professor Miho Mazereeuw. Together with the collective’s co-leads, he explores how design can foster resilient cities and communities through both physical and systems design, bridging ecology, infrastructure, and community.

CHAT Architects and the MIT Urban Risk Lab, together with their collectives, have collaborated on a range of community-driven urban initiatives.

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Angsila Oyster Scaffolding Pavilion Chat Architects 1   Eakapob H

 

Chat Samsen Street Pool Court 03   Eakapob H