Chulalongkorn University Visiting Professors Jenchieh Hung and Kulthida Songkittipakdee Win Prestigious French Award
Jenchieh Hung and Kulthida Songkittipakdee, the founders and acclaimed architects of HAS Design and Research, as well as visiting professors at Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Architecture, have received the prestigious 2025 Créateurs Design Award for Best Commercial and Cultural Project in Interior Design in Paris, France. The award was presented for their Simple Art Museum project by Jenchieh Hung + Kulthida Songkittipakdee / HAS Design and Research. Jenchieh Hung and Kulthida Songkittipakdee have been teaching in three departments at Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Architecture, including the Department of Architecture – Master of Architecture in Architectural Design (i+mARCH), the Department of Interior Architecture, and the International Program in Design and Architecture (INDA) since 2020.
Yuri Xavier, co-founder of the Créateurs Design Awards in Paris, praised the project for redefining space as an immersive narrative that blends heritage craftsmanship with innovation. The Créateurs Design Award for Best Commercial and Cultural Project in Interior Design recognizes how the duo transforms traditional crafts into tactile experiences and reimagines historical design traditions into fluid, contemporary forms—bridging the past and present. The Simple Art Museum by Jenchieh Hung + Kulthida Songkittipakdee / HAS Design and Research is not just an interior; it is a cultural expression that shapes how we engage with history, community, and ourselves.
The 2025 Créateurs Design Awards also go to globally renowned architects, such as the British architectural firm Norman Foster / Foster + Partners, which has received the Créateurs Design Award – Andrée Putman Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Japanese architectural firm Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA, which has received the Créateurs Design Award – Le Prix Charlotte Perriand, as well as the Thai architectural firm Jenchieh Hung + Kulthida Songkittipakdee / HAS Design and Research, which has received the Créateurs Design Award – Best Commercial and Cultural Project in Interior Design. The photos are by Thomas O’Brien and the Créateurs Design Awards.
