Architecture Asia Special Issue - ARCASIA Awards for Architecture 2020

HONORABLE
MENTION
Rabindhorn: Arsomsilp Community
and Environment Architect
B-3
Public Amenity:
Institutional Buildings
Architect:
Arsomsilp
Community and
Environmental
Architect Co., Ltd.
Location:
Bangkok ,Thailand
Arsomsilp Community and Environmental Architects, a professional architectural studio, was
established to support "work-based learning” for the school of architecture at the Arsomsilp
Institute of the Arts. The school came up with the idea of “One Roof” to create strong linkages
between academia and professional studios. The design keeps the strong character of old
wooden trusses as the remembrance of the old gymnasium. Glass boxes are designed as home
bases for each architect team and student studios. The main open well and stairs provide a
vertical and horizontal relationship that creates interconnecting interaction among people as
a whole learning community space.
JURY CITATION: The utilization of the building converted from a gymnasium to an architecture
school is very serious and healthy. Under the slogan of 'One Roof' learning space ideology,
glass boxes are designed as home bases for each architect team and student studio, while
space in-between are left as common spaces for group learning and discussion. This project
rethought what space an architectural school should provide for its unique way of education,
which combines teaching, learning, and practicing.
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