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Prof. Nuno Soares was a panelist at the Thailand Contemporary Architecture Forum

2022-12-09

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Prof. Nuno Soares was an invited panelist at the first event of the Architecture Asia Forum Series, the Thailand Contemporary Architecture Forum, held on 3 December, 2022.



The Head of the Department of Architecture and Design at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Prof. Nuno Soares, was invited to be a panelist at the Thailand Contemporary Architecture Forum,  which was held online last Saturday, 3 December 2022.

The Forum explored the theme “Local Progressive”, featuring ten rising architectural practices that explore Thailand’s local context, conditions and materials to develop innovative and sustainable architecture.

The event was hosted by Architecture Asia and The Association of Siamese Architects under the Royal Patronage, supervised by the Architects Regional Council of Asia (ARCASIA) and The Architectural Society of China on 03 December 2022. This was an online live stream event with over 1000 participants from all over Asia.

Prof. Nuno Soares is a Member of the Advisory Board of the Architecture Asia Magazine, the Past Vice President of ARCASIA Zone C, and the Past Chairman of the ARCASIA  Committee of Architectural Education (ACAE).

 

Event Details:

THAILAND CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE FORUM

Date: 03 December 2022

 

Speakers:

Jenchieh Hung & Kulthida Songkittipakdee – Architectural Identity and Cultural Derivative

Nithi Sthapitanonda & Narongwit Areemit – Data Driven Architecture

Varudh Varavarn – The Possibilities of Transformation

Apichart Srirojanapinyo & Chanasit Cholasuek – Change and Continuity

Patchara Wongboonsin & Ornnicha Duriyaprapan – The Dialogues around Architecture

Amata Luphaiboon & Twitee VajrabhayaDepartment of ARCHITECTURE

Patcharada Inplang & Thongchai ChansamakArchitecture as Literally Life

Jeravej HongsakulContextual Interpretation

Sinn Phonghanyudh & Jittinun JithpratugsNew Challenge in Architectural Design

 

Panelists:

WU Jiang – Chief Editor, Architecture Asia; Professor, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University

ZHU Xiaofeng – Founding principal of Scenic Architecture Office

Veronica Ng – Associate Professor, Head, School of Architecture, Building & Design, Taylor’s University, Malaysia

Nilda Valentin – Professor, Faculty of Architecture, Sapienza University of Rome

Nuno Soares – Head of the Department of Architecture and Design, University of Saint Joseph Macau

 

Moderators:

ZHOU Minghao – Managing Editor, Architecture Asia; Associate Professor, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University

WANG Yanze – Executive Editor, Architecture Asia; Assistant Professor, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University