Preechaya Sittipunt is the founder and former Director for the International Program in Design and Architecture (INDA). She received an M.S. in Architectural Studies and Building Systems Design from MIT and a Ph.D in Architecture in Design Theories and Methods from University of California – Berkeley. With over 30 years of teaching experience, her expertise lies in Design Thinking, Creative Economy, International Curriculum Management and Innovation Development for Academia and Industries.

Shusak is an Assistant Professor in Policy and Planning Sciences. With more than three decades of professional experience, his expertise spans a broad spectrum of multidisciplinary projects, ranging from large-scale planning to site-scale landscape design, serving both public and private clients in the U.S. and internationally. He was a senior associate at Sasaki Associates Inc. in Boston, USA, after completing graduate degrees from Cornell and Harvard University. He later earned his Ph.D. from the University of Tsukuba, Japan, focusing on research and academia.

M.L. Chittawadi Chitrabongs is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Architecture at Chulalongkorn University. She earned her MA and PhD degrees in History and Theory from the Architectural Association. Her works include “Crematoria,” submitted to the “Death, Dying and Disposal Conference” at the University of Bath; “The Politics of Dressing Up,” published in AAFiles 60; and “The Politics of Defecation in Siam of the Fifth Reign,” published by JSS 99. Her book entitled Prince Naris: A Siamese Designer was published in 2017 by the Naris Foundation and Serindia Publications. Her completed design works include a collaboration on a 40-room hospitality project in Koh Chang, a family-run eatery, and a hotel in Ayutthaya.

Namtip is a lecturer and a registered architect, who works with a multidisciplinary approach. She earned a Ph.D. in Architectural History, Theory, and Criticism from the University of Cincinnati, and an M.Sc. in Advanced Architectural Studies from the Bartlett, University College London, where she was trained at Space Syntax. Her research focus is on an architectural interpretation related to history and architectural production, both built and theoretical. She has many years of experience in professional practice since completing her B.Arch from Chulalongkorn University. Namtip now runs an architectural design studio.

Jane is an architect, researcher, and writer. Her recent work focuses on the intersection of architecture, politics, and sociology, particularly, the spatial implications of post-colonialism and nationalism in Thailand. Her alma maters include Chulalongkorn University (INDA) and Columbia University (GSAPP), where she received a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Design and a Master of Science in Critical, Curatorial, and Conceptual Practices in Architecture.

Trained architect, designer & former faculty of Pratt Institute’s Center for Experimental Structures. Professional work concentrates on fundamental study of form, material research, digitally driven design, fabrication & parametric project delivery with 10+ years of experience in the production of architectural componentry, fine art & products enabling advanced workflows combining heritage and state-of-the-art craft.

Thomas Lozada has previously worked in New York as a licensed architect and as a research editor with CLOG. He has over ten years of experience as a design studio instructor at INDA and at the New York Institute of Technology. He is currently the Assistant Director at INDA and a lecturer in Smart Cities and Urban Development at the Chulalongkorn School of Integrated Innovation. His research focuses on the impacts of artificial intelligence on architecture and education.

Warisara Sudswong (Nice) serves as an Assistant Director at INDA. As an architectural designer, she brings international experience from Thailand, Japan, and New York City. Nice holds a Master of Architecture from Cornell University. Her previous work at Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates focuses on super-tower projects and airport design, including winning the Changi Airport competition. Her passion lies in transforming traditional educational frameworks through experimental teaching pedagogies.

Per Stefan Svedberg is an architect, designer and teacher. He is a founding partner of Swedish-based architecture and design research firm EA-CR. He has previously worked for Safdie Architects in Boston, USA and CaseStudio in Sweden. He has taught architecture and design in Europe, USA and Asia, at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Chalmers University of Technology, Konstfack and the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. He holds a Master of Design Research from the Southern California Institute of Architecture, a Master of Architecture and Urban Design from Chalmers University of Technology, and a Bachelor of Arts in Spatial Design from Chelsea College of Art and Design.

Hseng Tai Lintner is a founding partner and design principal of EA-CR. Prior to joining INDA, she has taught at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Chalmers University of Technology, and Konstfack. She is the co-author of EA-CR’s contributions to Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions and Horizon 2020’s ADAPT-r (Architecture, Design and Art Practice Training – research) initiative. She has also been the recipient of research grants and scholarships from Fulbright, the Swedish Royal Academy of Fine Arts and the Sweden-America Foundation. She holds a Master of Science in Architectural Technologies from SCI-Arc, a Master of Architecture and Urban Design from Chalmers, and a Bachelor of Arts in Spatial Design from Chelsea College of Art and Design.

Wtanya Chanvitan is an architect and the co-founder of Bangkok Tokyo Architecture. She earned her Master of Architecture from Musashino Art University and has gathered professional experience in Thailand, Japan, and Switzerland. Her practice explores concepts of longevity, emphasizing open-endedness and the assembly of ordinary, everyday elements. Bangkok Tokyo Architecture is the 2024 Rice University Spotlight Award Winner and was Highly Commended by Architecture Review Emerging Awards in 2023.

Hyunju Jang is a lecturer and design instructor, specializing in environmental design and building performance. She obtained her PhD from the University of Sheffield, UK, where she conducted research on the energy-efficient refurbishment of high-rise apartment buildings. She has also been involved in major projects embracing sustainability in Bangkok. Hyunju’s research interests encompass a wide range of topics, including health, comfort, and well-being, indoor and outdoor environmental quality, and the energy performance of buildings.

Will is a UK registered architect and studied at the Bartlett, University College London. He has 25 years’ experience on major commercial and mixed-use projects with practices in the UK, France, Germany and Hong Kong. Will has also founded a restaurant in London and in Thailand is co-founder of a fermentation business start-up. At INDA, Will shares his passion and wisdom from practice and business through year 4 design studio, and classes in technology and architectural business management

Paul Cetnarski, (Duisburg, 1989) B.Arch. in Architecture and Urban Planning and M.Arch. in Architecture and Heritage preservation from Wrocław UST. Research postgraduate diploma from Strelka Institute. Since 2013 he is working in an international environment in Berlin, Chicago, Moscow, and Warsaw. Additionally to his professional work, he is researching common cultural phenomena around architecture.

Mr Chan practiced as an architect before moving into research. With a background in both art and science, he works with concern for aesthetics as well as functionality, targeting health and environmental gains. He is committed to accelerating the shift toward healthy built environments in Thailand by driving the adoption of the WELL Building Standard. RISC is the first WELL certified project in Thailand, considered the most innovative building specifications.

A partner at Minick\Bom, Bom Chinburi is a registered architect in New York with a focus on mixed-use and residential projects. He was formally trained at the Rhode Island School of Design graduating with a B.Arch and an M.Arch from Harvard Graduate School of Design. Bom continued to hone his skills at KPF where he gained expertise in the design and implementation of large-scale international developments. He now leads the global strategic management and operations at Minick\Bom.

Dream is a spatial designer & artist with the interest in collective culture, emerging technologies and the socio-politics of human futures in the age of data anxieties. She holds a degree from INDA, M.Arch from The Bartlett UCL and MA from the Royal College of Art and was awarded a Young Architect Residency by the UK’s Architecture Foundation. She is a co-founder of a London-based interdisciplinary design collective ‘X-cessive Aesthetics’ and an architecture&interior design firm ‘Fiction Büro’.

Ken is a designer who is currently coordinating courses focusing on architecture, community, ecology, and urbanism. His previous experience includes working in New York at OMA, AECOM, and BIG. He holds a master’s degree in Landscape Architecture from Harvard Graduate School of Design, having received the Norman T. Newton award, and he is one of the first graduates of INDA.

Vlado is an architect, cofounder of Studio 90 and editor-in-chief of Arhi.tek. He is interested in exploring the limits of the architectural profession and the wider cultural context. Vlado holds a Master degree from the Faculty of Architecture in Skopje and a post-master Certificate from Strelka Institute in Moscow. His project Beyond the Façade was exhibited at the XVI Architecture Biennale in Venice.

Juan Cuevas is an architect from Spain. He completed his Masters in Architecture at ETSAM, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Since 2012 he has worked in mixed-used projects in international firms in China and Hong Kong. Since 2016 he is the founding partner and design director at Estudio Cavernas, a design and construction platform which explores and builds South-East Asian contemporary vernacular architecture.

Chris, a UK registered Architect and Architectural Association Graduate, has 30 years practice in London, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. In Bangkok projects like Terminal 21Asok and LeMeridien Hotel explored material and volumes, as well as humour. Interest in developments to create communities is a renewed focus for authenticity in design. Boilerhouse Gallery Suan Luang Square is his outreach to bridge public and designers in a space holding micro-exhibitions in design.

Deniz Güvendi is a licensed architect in Turkey. She studied architecture at Istanbul Technical University (BA), Cracow University of Technology (BA), and KU Leuven (MA) in Ghent. She has participated in various projects and international competitions in Turkey, Belgium, S.Korea, and Africa. She co-founded ArchiGrad, focusing on infrastructure stacks to inform architectural design. Her main interests are adaptability, circularity, and nature-human-machine collaboration in design.

Din is a dynamic leader with extensive expertise in real estate development and finance. As Senior Vice President at MQDC, he led major mixed-use developments, managing teams and stakeholders to achieve strategic goals. At CBRE, he excelled in underwriting over $750 million in residential property loans, contributing to the team’s national success. Din holds a Master’s in Computer and Information Technology from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor’s in Economics from UC Berkeley.

Tom is a British designer with a professional background in both architecture and industrial design. He earned master’s degrees from the Royal College of Art and Goldsmiths University. His work takes a syncretic approach, moving between various scales, mediums, and methods, spanning both the physical and digital realms.

Hutsama (Farsai) Juntaratana is an architectural designer who is committed to fostering positive social and environmental change. She earned her Master’s degree in Applied Design in Architecture from Oxford Brookes University and was a team member in numerous forward-thinking design studios spanning between London and Bangkok. Her current practice is centered around regenerative design and local bio-based materials research.

A cross-disciplinary professional, intuitive researcher, result-oriented project manager, and design creative who extends the design practice through the development of transformative methods in visual-spatial analytics and human-environment-technology interaction. Working over 20 years in NYC with many recognized award-winning projects, Sorachai holds a Ph.D. (Cognitive Science), Ed.M (Educational Psychology), and MS (Architecture & Urban Design) from Columbia University with an M.Arch fellowship awarded by the University of Illinois.

Takahiro Kume earned his Bachelor’s and Master of Architecture from Ritsumeikan University and co-founded Bangkok Tokyo Architecture in 2017. He has previously taught at the Tokyo University of Science. His interests lie in themes of equity and accessibility in architecture, focusing on creating spaces that serve as platforms for coexistence. Bangkok Tokyo Architecture is the 2024 Rice University Spotlight Award Winner and was Highly Commended by Architecture Review Emerging Awards in 2023.

Rathawat is the SVP of JLL Hotel Advisory & Asset Management team in Thailand. He is responsible for advising clients through development and feasibility advisory, investment strategies, operator selection and asset management. Prior to joining JLL, he was the Head of Research & Consulting at CBRE Thailand. Rathawat graduated from Chulalongkorn University with a Bachelor of Science in INDA and Master of Professional Studies in Real Estate(MPS), Baker Program, from Cornell University, USA.

Kannawat Limratepong Credit, an Architect, Visual artist, and Designer. He completed his undergraduate B.A. degree from INDA at Chulalongkorn University and Graduated Master of Architecture RIBA pt.II Program from the Bartlett school of Architecture, UCL. His works and projects chosen to direct a surreal and melancholic elements of society and archtiecture.

Varat is an architect, landscape architect and educator. He is a co-founder of PAVA architects, an interdisciplinary practice in environmental design studio. With an experience of practice in Bangkok and New York, he has taught in the Department of Architecture, Department of Landscape Architecture, and INDA at Chulalongkorn University since 2017. Varat is a graduate B.Arch from Chulalongkorn University and MLA with Distinction from Graduate School of Design, Harvard University.

Hayden is a licensed Architect and Partner at minick\bom, a creative architecture & interiors agency based in Bangkok & New York. He holds a Master in Architecture (MAarch II) from Harvard University Graduate School of Design and a Bachelors of Architecture (BArch) from Pratt Institute. He was a Creative Director at HBA and Associate at Rockwell Group fine tuning experience in hospitality spaces, ultimately driving his interest in narrative driven processes & experiential storytelling.

Ko Nakamura is an architect, MOSAIC DESIGN Inc. He graduated from Nihon University and Waseda University, and got PhD in 2011 with his research on the Food Truck Urbanism. He has been working with Kengo Kuma at the University of Tokyo as an assistant professor and joined INDA from 2024. His recent works are award winning “COMMUNE”, “falò”, and “Panorama House” etc. He also published “POP URBANISM”, “KJ featured Mosaic Design” and guest edited “A+U 2024 April Architecture Surrounds Food” etc.

Payap Pakdeelao is an architect, a retail architecture consultant, and an Adjunct Professor of Architecture at INDA. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Art History and Practice from Williams College and graduated with a Master in Architecture (MArch I) from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design.

Aurapim is an architect and designer with a focus on material research. Aurapim holds a Master’s in Design Studies from Harvard Graduate School of Design and a Bachelor’s from Parsons School of Design. Aurapim has worked in New York and Tokyo, and founded OFFICE Aura Phongsirivech in Bangkok, where she is currently based.

Joris putteneers is an architect and researcher, interested in speculating the anthroposcene through means of software, hardware and media technologies. His work has been exhibited at MomA New York, Londen design festival, Venice Biennale and multiple film festivals. He has been actively practicing as an architect and software engineer since 2017 where he develops solutions in building design, robotics, application development and embedded system engineering.

Pacharapan is an architect, interior architect, and urban designer. She is a co-founded of PAVA architects, an interdisciplinary practice in environmental design studio. She received the B.Arch from Chulalongkorn University and the Master in Urban Design from ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Her research focuses on the growing process and inclusive dimensions interwoven with architecture and context. Currently, she has taught interior and architectural design at CU and urban design at TU, Bangkok.

Takumi is an architect and co-founder of bsides. His current interests lie in architectural production and building process within contemporary planning system. Takumi received Master degree in Architecture from University of Tokyo and had practice at Bangkok branch of Takenaka Corporation Japan. He also served as an invited editor for magazines and writes extensively about design and theory.

David is an architect and fabricator devoted to making nice things. At Studiomake the projects vary widely in scale and scope but the techniques and methodologies are resolute. In his studio and workshops tactile moments develop from fluid, recurrent shifts between the act of design and performance of construction. Bachelor of Architecture, University of Arizona. Master of Fine Art Metalsmithing, Cranbrook Academy of Art. Licensed Architect, California.

Chutayaves Sinthuphan is an architect/educator based in Bangkok. He was trained at Yale University, the New York Institute of Technology, Columbia University, and New York University. He has founded several award-winning design practices and social-based organizations such as Site-Specific : Architecture & Research, Design for Disasters, FabCafe Bangkok, and Natural Agriculture and Architecture Trust for Urban and Rural Ecologies (N.A.A.T.U.R.E.). He has taught architecture since 2000 at the New York Institute of Technology, Thammasat Design School, Yale University, Columbia University, Pratt Institute, and Parsons School of Design.

Phawin is the AVP at Muang Thai Life PCL with 7 years of real estate experience, excelling in capital markets, underwriting, advisory services, development, and design. He has contributed to projects worth over $17 billion. His career includes roles at BIG (NYC), SCOPE Collection, JLL, and AECOM (SF), working in the US and Thailand. Phawin holds degrees in Architectural Design from INDA, Real Estate Business from Thammasat Business School, and Real Estate Development + Design from UC Berkeley.

After receiving the bachelor degree in architecture from Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University, Pannasan travelled to seek his fortunes in the U.S. Through a series of opportunities, he found himself in graduate studies at University of Washington, Seattle. Subsequently, he pursued a career in architecture. Life led him back to Bangkok, where he now teaches at INDA with world-class colleagues.

Song Xiaoxing, a Singapore-registered architect with a Master of Architecture from the National University of Singapore. She has more than 10 years practising experience in the region. Her portfolio encompasses a diverse range of projects spanning across various scales, cultures, terrains, and climates, addressing a broad spectrum of user requirements.

Kulthida Songkittipakdee holds the distinction of being the first Thai architect featured in the “World Architects Directory” by Wallpaper* magazine in the UK. She is also the first Asian architect selected by the Renzo Piano Foundation to work at their Paris studio. Kulthida co-founded HAS Design and Research with acclaimed architect Jenchieh Hung. Alongside her practice, she is also a visiting professor at Tongji University, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, and Chulalongkorn University.

Moe Ekapob graduated from the Architectural Association, AA School of Architecture in London, UK with AADipl and ARB/RIBA part II and received an MA in Architectural Lighting and Design Management from Wismar University, Germany. He has worked in San Francisco, Amsterdam, London (in ARUP’s Advanced Geometry Unit), and New York (in SOM’s Digital Design Group and Urban Design & Planning Group). He has published a book on school design in Thailand with Li-Zenn Publishing and has his own design practice, AND Co., Ltd.

Peeraya Suphasidh received a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Architecture form Rhode Island School of Design (2014) where she received the school’s Architecture Thesis Award. She holds a post-professional Master in Architecture II from Harvard University (2020), receiving second place for Plimpton-Poorvu Design Prize. She is the recipient of Viabizzuno Latualuce Due 1st prize, among other awards.

Takanao Todo graduated from the Architectural Association School of Architecture in 2008. He has worked in Munich, Paris, Tokyo, and Singapore. He is also a ceramicist, and the director of a non-profit organization that supports dyslexia in the Japanese language. He integrates digital fabrication and narrative-based design approaches. His works include, Koto Tea Space in Bangkok, Cada cuba huele al vino que tiene in Spain, and Lighthouse in Yokohama, Japan.

Pakphum (Nanu) Youttananukorn is an artist, designer & maker. His work varies from functional art, unique piece furnitures and installations. Having graduated from London College of Communication in 2007, he worked as a graphic designer for several years before enrolling to the Social Design Master program at Design Academy Eindhoven. Graduated in 2015, he now runs a multidisciplinary design studio.