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Architecture Library Chulalongkorn University

Department of Architecture

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Comments
Innovation
Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
Total
JURY VOTES
Learning Space
8.38
8.31
8.15
5.54
7.6
Caro Lundin
Caro Lundin Co-founder & Creative Director at ARC Club
4
5
4
5
4.5
Esra Lemmens
Esra Lemmens Founder & Design Strategist at Esra Lemmens Agency
5
5
5
5
5
Rosie Morley
Rosie Morley Principal at Fender Katsalidis
4
5
5
4
4.5
Martijn Hoogendijk
Martijn Hoogendijk owner / creative director / designer at Martijn Hoogendijk
3
5
5
4
4.25
Venelin Kokalov
Venelin Kokalov Design Principal and Principal-in-Charge at Revery Architecture
The selection of decorative items i...
4
4
4
4
4
Sergio Mannino
Sergio Mannino Founder at Sergio Mannino Studio
5
6
5
5
5.25
Amrita Mahindroo
Amrita Mahindroo Director at DROO - Da Costa Mahindroo Architects
4
5
4
4
4.25
Nasim Köerting
Nasim Köerting Head of Design at The Office Group (TOG)
4
5
5
5
4.75
Anne-Laure Pingreoun
Anne-Laure Pingreoun Founder at Alter-Projects
5
6
5
5
5.25
Roel Slabbers
Roel Slabbers Interior Architect Co-Founder at De Nieuwe Context
5
6
4
5
5
Shao Feng
Shao Feng Architectural Photographer at SFAP
4
5
4
5
4.5
Waad El Hadidy
Waad El Hadidy Design Director at SH Hotels and Resorts/Starwood Capital Group
6
6
6
5
5.75
Comments
Innovation
Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
Total
JURY VOTES
Governmental Interior
7.82
7.18
7.36
5.09
6.86
Caro Lundin
Caro Lundin Co-founder & Creative Director at ARC Club
4
5
4
5
4.5
Esra Lemmens
Esra Lemmens Founder & Design Strategist at Esra Lemmens Agency
5
5
5
5
5
Rosie Morley
Rosie Morley Principal at Fender Katsalidis
4
5
5
4
4.5
Martijn Hoogendijk
Martijn Hoogendijk owner / creative director / designer at Martijn Hoogendijk
3
5
5
4
4.25
Venelin Kokalov
Venelin Kokalov Design Principal and Principal-in-Charge at Revery Architecture
The selection of decorative items i...
4
4
4
4
4
Sergio Mannino
Sergio Mannino Founder at Sergio Mannino Studio
5
6
5
5
5.25
Amrita Mahindroo
Amrita Mahindroo Director at DROO - Da Costa Mahindroo Architects
4
5
4
4
4.25
Nasim Köerting
Nasim Köerting Head of Design at The Office Group (TOG)
4
5
5
5
4.75
Anne-Laure Pingreoun
Anne-Laure Pingreoun Founder at Alter-Projects
5
6
5
5
5.25
Roel Slabbers
Roel Slabbers Interior Architect Co-Founder at De Nieuwe Context
5
6
4
5
5
Shao Feng
Shao Feng Architectural Photographer at SFAP
4
5
4
5
4.5
Waad El Hadidy
Waad El Hadidy Design Director at SH Hotels and Resorts/Starwood Capital Group
6
6
6
5
5.75
Comments
Innovation
Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
Total
GRAND JURY VOTES
Shortlisted - Learning Space of the Year
9.02
8.99
8.56
6.17
8.18
Caro Lundin
Caro Lundin Co-founder & Creative Director at ARC Club
4
5
4
5
4.5
Esra Lemmens
Esra Lemmens Founder & Design Strategist at Esra Lemmens Agency
5
5
5
5
5
Rosie Morley
Rosie Morley Principal at Fender Katsalidis
4
5
5
4
4.5
Martijn Hoogendijk
Martijn Hoogendijk owner / creative director / designer at Martijn Hoogendijk
3
5
5
4
4.25
Venelin Kokalov
Venelin Kokalov Design Principal and Principal-in-Charge at Revery Architecture
The selection of decorative items i...
4
4
4
4
4
Sergio Mannino
Sergio Mannino Founder at Sergio Mannino Studio
5
6
5
5
5.25
Amrita Mahindroo
Amrita Mahindroo Director at DROO - Da Costa Mahindroo Architects
4
5
4
4
4.25
Nasim Köerting
Nasim Köerting Head of Design at The Office Group (TOG)
4
5
5
5
4.75
Anne-Laure Pingreoun
Anne-Laure Pingreoun Founder at Alter-Projects
5
6
5
5
5.25
Roel Slabbers
Roel Slabbers Interior Architect Co-Founder at De Nieuwe Context
5
6
4
5
5
Shao Feng
Shao Feng Architectural Photographer at SFAP
4
5
4
5
4.5
Waad El Hadidy
Waad El Hadidy Design Director at SH Hotels and Resorts/Starwood Capital Group
6
6
6
5
5.75
Client
Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University
Floor area
1260 ㎡
Completion
2019
Architect and Interior Architect
Lighting Design
Environmental Graphic Design
Ceiling Graphic Design

The Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University had planned to renovate the library entirely in its existing location. The project has explored the meaning of a library in the digital age where the idea that people come to libraries to only read books could become obsolete. The project has expanded the meaning of the library for an architecture school as a learning space to become a ‘creative incubator.’ To re-activate the library, its entire programming has been reworked. The library is to be a place for exchanging ideas and exploring knowledge not only through books but through different kinds of media. The design has integrated a variety of new programs into the new library. They range from a co-working space, an exhibition space, an experimental art space, a pin-up space, to an occasional lecture space where the library becomes a platform for dialogues and interactions, and it includes not only physical books as sources of knowledge and inspiration but also digital media, movies, exhibition, etc. Although the project is mainly an interior design project, we proposed to redo the east and west exterior facade to be double walls and to reduce the glazing surface area to reduce heat gain while maintaining necessary openings for the visual connection to the outside. This new exterior wall system has saved much of the energy consumption in the space appropriate for the hot climate of Bangkok. The project has set out a possibility of how a future library could become.