Museum Of Broken Relationships,
Chiang Mai 2024
The project is a renovation and a transformation of a historical Chiang Mai building into a museum space. The building, originally a shop and a warehouse built in 1904, had already been altered various times. In these renovations many of the original features have disappeared but what is left and what we aimed to preserve was the original craftsmanship spirit; the main remaining features and materials as the usage of a typical, very dark wood contrasted with bright plaster surfaces and handcrafted details. To adapt to the new function we preserved the original layout as much as possible and made interventions at the points where the rooms intersect to make the flow between the spaces seamless and help to display the objects. With the interventions we introduced new forms and used materials very similar to the original ones in order to blend as much as possible with the space. For the object displays throughout the museum we used the local wood and gave it a twist by enhancing its texture with a different color. The only space with a more contemporary spirit is the entrance / gift shop area where a stainless steel column and interior roof signs the entrance to the newly opened museum space while the gift shop furniture is developed to display various types of museum merchandise.
All the environmental graphics perfectly integrating with the space are developed by @designunitstudio
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constructed by @day_tharathorn
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Last week, we participated ASA emerging presentation & exhibition in ASA Architect Expo 2026, Bangkok, Thailand.
It was a great experience with a lot of old and new friendships ❤️❤️❤️
We are very happy that our project PHKA studio has been nominated for ArchDaily 2026 Building of the year awards for two categories, Offices and Commercial Architecture.
Follow the link in our bio to vote the project.
Thank you @phka_studio for giving us the opportunity for designing it.
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Last week, we participated in a very interesting discussion about ”Old city, New world“ at Chiang Mai University, Faculty of Architecture, organized by @art4d.magazine and ASA Lanna.
It was very nice to exchange opinions and experience with @jo_nagasaka from @schemataarchitects , Ekaphap Duangkaew from @ekar_architects , and the audience. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and beautiful projects. Thank you also for inviting us to visit Mae On house by Ekar, we got a warm welcome and hospitality with great food from Chiang Mai architect circle. What a wonderful way to end the year
We are very happy to annouce we will present some of our works and ideas for the international lectures : Old City, New World organized by The association of Siamese architects under royal pratonage (Lanna). See you in Chiang Mai on the 13th of December.
See you in Chiang Mai ❤️
