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Renderings for design of the “Adaptable Gallery” competition, London. Studio ELEVATION, in collaboration with OVERDOSE Graphic studio Bangkok, has come up with an idea of a floating, fabric-skinned “cloud” that contracts and extrudes, thus ever-changing. In addition, the movements are to be powered by tide energy collected by the hydraulic mechanism under the raft(barge) on which the gallery is situated.

All images copyrighted by studio ELEVATION

Koh-Kaew-Games (Prisma Island Game), mixed media (ink on tracing, digital).  Work by artist Joe Chatrasingha.  Inspired by the classic folk poetry “Praapaimani,” by late World-honored Thai poet Soon Don Pu, the work portrays the scene in which the mermaid of Prisma Island races to rescue Praapaimani from the Sea Demoness, fighting off all obstacles along her way.

Go go!  The strong athletes of Siam!  You’ll always be remembered, with or without a medal!

Thanks to the nice tourist lady for a very natural post.

Besides its renowned “Church of Light,” this here is a shot taken at the Osaka Castle. 
Osaka is a city rich with culture and architecture, a major economic hub of Japan, yet not as “lost” and catastrophic as Tokyo.  As you can see there are still many peaceful space where nature can play around among built environment.

More sketches done “Napkin-style,” mostly on Starbucks napkins, used papers, travel tickets, etc. by Bangkok-based architect cum artist Joe Chatrasingha.  These series were done mostly during the trip to Japan, due to the cultural discourse in the artist’s mind’s eye between his native Thai and toyish, graphical “O-taku” culture of Japan.