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AHO WORKS STUDIES 2012-2013
Highlights
Exhibition
40.000 Hours,
Architecture
Biennale Venice
July-November
2012
AHO in Bangkok
3-8 September
2012
AHO’s Studio for Research + Production of Architecture participated in
the exhibition 40.000 Hours at the 2012 Architecture Biennale in Venice,
with a series of models produced by students in their studio courses. This
Biennale installation directly presented the work of students from an in-
ternational group of architectural schools. The simplicity and ubiquity of
the presented material helped create common ground and a common lan-
guage for creative production between the different architectural schools,
across geographic boundaries. From this amazing mass of projects we
could start to understand the waves forming the world of architecture
today and the new emerging interests and ideas.
As part of the current collaboration between AHO and Chulalongkorn
University Bangkok, IDE’s Institute leader Rachel Troye and research
fellow Ted Matthews were invited to run a workshop in Kudee Cheen,
situated in the north western part of the city. The workshop focused on
design’s role as a driver of social innovation as well as how design can
serve a tool for interrogating sense of self and community identity. Two
hectic days together with local design students resulted in deliverable
design responses that drew on the ingenuity of locals and reflected the
‘adapt and adjust’ nature of Thai culture.
Rachel Troye and Ted Matthews also held a lecture on design at AHO
including the institute’s initiative: Design for Social Innovation, at TCDC
(Thailand Creative and Design Centre) in front of a broad audience of
Thai design professionals.
