2026.03.23 Registration Open
Architalk Series by Rachaporn Choochuey “Practising Tropicality”
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Intellectual Dialogue
Since 2016, I-House has been organizing the “Architalk” series of lectures that explore issues in contemporary society through the lens of architecture.
In March, we will welcome Thai-based architect Rachaporn Choochuey, whose work has earned international recognition.
Her projects sensitively interpret the relationship between cities and the natural environment and embrace elements of local cultures and climates so they feel “at home” anywhere in the world. Her work is highly regarded as being representative of a new generation of architecture in Southeast Asia.
Her perspective on designing spaces that coexist with the environment while remaining closely attuned to people’s lives in rapidly changing cities like Bangkok offers important insights into the future of architectural practice.
Date：Monday, March 23, 6:30-8:00 pm (JST) *doors open at 6:00 pm
Speaker：Rachaporn CHOOCHUEY (Architect, Co-Founder of All(zone))
Moderator：Yoshiharu TSUKAMOTO（Architect, Founder of Atelier Bow-Wow）
Admission：3,000yen (IHJ members 2,000yen, Students 1,500yen) *reservations are required
Language：Japanese / English (with simultaneous interpretation)
Venue： International House of Japan
Organized by The International House of Japan
Sponsored by MRA Foundation, Tanaka UK Japan Educational Foundation
Speaker
Rachaporn Choochuey
In 2009 Choochuey co-founded all(zone), a Bangkok-based studio inspired by the ever-shifting conditions of mega tropical metropolises and the contemporary vernacular intelligence embedded in everyday life. The studio explores an architecture of lightness—using fewer materials, lightweight construction, and reduced consumption—driven by experimentation and play. In 2016, all(zone) completed MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum in Chiang Mai, awarded Best New Museum in Asia Pacific (2017). Domus named the studio among the 100+ Best Architecture Firms (2019), and Monocle recognised a project in its Top 50 Best Design Awards (2021). all(zone) was also commissioned to design MPavilion 2022 in Melbourne. Their international presence includes exhibitions and collaborations at venues and events such as the Guggenheim Museum (New York), Chicago Architecture Biennial, Vitra Design Museum, Triennale di Milano, Echigo-Tsumari Triennale, Sharjah Architecture Triennial, La Casa Encendida (Madrid), Thailand Biennale Chiang Rai, Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale (Riyadh), LUMA (Arles), Venice Biennale of Architecture, RAM Assembles, and Shanghai Biennale. She earned her B.Arch. from Chulalongkorn University, an M.S.AAD. from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in Architectural History from the University of Tokyo. A former faculty member at the Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University, she lectures and teaches internationally, and has held visiting appointments at Yale School of Architecture and Columbia GSAPP.
Moderator
Architect, Founder of Atelier Bow-Wow
Yoshiharu TSUKAMOTO
was Co-founder with Momoyo Kaijima of Tokyo-based architecture firm Atelier Bow-Wow in 1992. Professor at the Tokyo Institute of Science, director of General Incorporated Association Small Earth, and director of Window Research Institute. He works in diverse fields ranging from architecture, public spaces, furniture, field surveys, education, art exhibitions, curation, and writing. All his works are based on a theory called behaviorology that aims to reconstruct the commons by enhancing accessibility to local resources. He was awarded the Wolf Prize in architecture in 2022.
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