![]() ![]() Art can be something simple-as long as it touches the heart. Each is representative for me of specific points in my life journey from many places around the world. They share the charm of functional organic structures with sensual forms. “My way is through reading and visual arts-anything from paintings to sculpture to flower arrangements and Thai fragrant plants. “Being in a creative field, it is important to keep minds active and exposed to new things,” Phornprapha says. I also appreciate connections between people and nature in other forms of media, such as magazines, fashion, food, and advertisements.”Īs an avid reader, she also loves collecting books, and is currently obsessing over Tristan Gooley’s How to Read Water. “This functions as a personal library, as well as a reminder of our design values: art, science, botany, and natural phenomena. “It is crucial that I have access to what inspires me and my team at work,” she explains. Phornprapha finds inspiration in nature’s art, including patterns found in seashells, sand dunes, and honeycomb. In collaboration with PAA, openwork incisions on the exterior of the Museum of Contemporary Art Bangkok create playful shadows in the atrium While I consider myself a landscape architect, on some occasions, we take on small architectural designs that integrate into the landscape, such as glass houses and gazebos.” “Being at the GSD fostered the process of looking at things critically and seeing the connections and the influences design elements, people, and culture have on each other. “The integration of art, culture, ecology, social studies, and economy has the ability to truly connect humans with nature,” she says. Phornprapha credits Harvard’s Graduate School of Design’s (GSD) multidisciplinary approach for her pursuit of landscape architecture. Other projects such as Thailand’s Phulay Bay, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, addresses the ephemeral nature of landscapes through rake reliefs in its sand garden, while the shape of W Bangkok’s swimming pool is reminiscent of flowers. It revisited Six Senses Samui, its first hospitality project in Thailand, to create a self-sustaining concept that reduces waste and extends the use of existing resources. For example, P Landscape revived the post-tsunami barren land back to abundance for Rosewood Phuket. “Climate change awareness and food security have become special interests for our practice,” she adds. K11 Musea in Hong Kong includes the rooftop Nature Discovery Park, home to an urban park, education center, and floating farm
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