ASA Journal 05/22

SUTE ARCHITECT STUDIO
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ผลงานออกแบบ Wind Clinic
Could you tell us briefly how Sute
Architect started?
It started with myself, Sittipon Komolwet;
I am a graduate of the Faculty of
Architecture, Urban Design and Creative
Arts, Mahasarakham University. Then I
went to work as an architect at a multinational
design company at Koh Samui,
Surat Thani, to gain more professional
experience. After a while, I decided to
move back to work in the northeastern
region, which in the beginning, I just returned
to work at my hometown in Amnat
Charoen Province. At that time, I was
still a freelancer designing mainly small
projects. As the work began to come in
continually, I invited one of my close architect
friends, Sutinon Thawisin, to join
and founded Sute Architect. Our office
is located in Ubon Ratchathani because
it is a large city and we think it is more
conducive to working in the design field.
What are the working style
and design approaches of Sute
Architect?
We understand well that every project
owner or homeowner has their preferences
and needs. First, we have to
be good listeners and be open to the
owner’s requirements and the design he
wants. Sometimes even the client’s taste
might offend us, but we will gradually
compromise and fine-tune, trying to find
the middle path and propose a better
idea and design. Sometimes we have a
good chance to work with homeowners
with good taste, which is also good because
it allows us to open up the world in
terms of design. So the design approach
of each project is not fixed. Most of them
are based on the requirements of project
owners and then lead on to exchanging
ideas, and gradually we develop the
design and make it more interesting.
Would you name a few
challenging designs or works that
you find impressive?
As said earlier, our concept starts with
the owner’s needs. A few projects that
come up with challenges are those we
have put 100% of ourselves and our
ideas, such as the Baan Khun Po project,
the Honda Big Wing Ubon showroom,
and the Wind Clinic. The Honda Big
Wing Ubon showroom is quite an impressive
one, and we are very proud of it
because it got published in a Korean design
magazine. The Wind Clinic project
has got published in many media as well.
In this Covid-19 situation, has
Sute Architect been affected?
Surprisingly, we are almost unaffected
by the pandemic situation, probably
because many of our customers are
medical doctors. And also, it’s more of a
house-scale job than a big project. So I
would say there is not much interruption.
The doctors were not much affected
during this situation anyway. Our project
sites are mainly outside Bangkok, which
is not under strict control measures, so it
causes very little effect for us.
From the first day until today, how has
the work of Sute Architect developed
and changed?
Throughout the ten years since the establishment
of our studio, the scale of our
work has been getting bigger and bigger
and has increased immensely from
where we started. Before we officially
started the studio, we initially intended
to have only five employees, accepting
five jobs a year, but it has now turned
into a total of 20 employees. Due to the
ongoing projects, we unavoidably have
to expand the team to carry out the work
comprehensively and quickly. We also
see the opportunity to get more projects
in other provinces in the northeastern
region - Khon Kaen, Sisaket, Amnat
Charoen, and in other areas such as
Phuket, which is from my previous professional
connections during the time I
worked in Koh Samui. Who knows, in the
future, if the incoming projects continue
to increase, there could be an additional
team expansion because we want the
work to come out with quality, and we
want to implement all projects smoothly.
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