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Infinity Ground : Thailand and Taiwan Contemporary Architecture

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In 1915, Alfred Lothar Wegener published The Origin of<br />

Continents <strong>and</strong> Oceans, <strong>and</strong> he used the data of paleontology<br />

as evidence <strong>and</strong> joined several isolated Continents,<br />

including South America, Africa, India, Antarctica, <strong>and</strong><br />

Australia. And he found that four ancient creatures (Lystrosaurus,<br />

Cynognathus, Mesosaurus, <strong>and</strong> Glossopteris)<br />

could not cross the ocean to other l<strong>and</strong>s, so they could<br />

support these l<strong>and</strong> masses once they were connected<br />

together, explaining the “drift” <strong>and</strong> “aggregation”<br />

From the perspective of continental “drift” changes, which<br />

show the adaptation <strong>and</strong> integration of organisms in<br />

different regions, this is also like the development of these<br />

four architectural firms, such as Architects 49 Limited (A49),<br />

Behet Bondzio Lin Architekten, Duangrit Bunnag Architect<br />

Limited (DBALP), <strong>and</strong> MAYU architects, in the trend<br />

of globalization <strong>and</strong> internationalization, with a modern<br />

architectural approach to interpret the underst<strong>and</strong>ing <strong>and</strong><br />

exploration of their l<strong>and</strong>.<br />

For example, in the Velaa Sindhorn Village Langsuan by A49<br />

<strong>and</strong> the House of Roofs by Behet Bondzio Lin Architekten,<br />

the buildings explore how people can live together in the<br />

tropical climate, <strong>and</strong> the result also presents a new way<br />

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