In his ​“Letter from America” in 1965, Reyner Banham wants to bring our attention to the automobile-induced vernacular of mobile homes and drive-ins that represented a radical change in the basic programming of a building. He writes of the drive-in movie house:“Only the word house (theatre surely?) is a manifest misnomer ... just a flat piece of ground where the operating company provides visual images and piped sound, and the rest of the situation comes on wheels. You bring your own seat, heat and shelter as part of the car. You also bring Coke, cookies, Kleenex, Chesterfields, spare clothes, shoes, the Pill, and god wot [sic] else they don’t provide at Radio City.”Drive-in theaters (or “cinemas”, as more commonly known) had their emergence in the 1930’s in a post-World War II era America. A family or couple could drive to the theater, pass the ticket booth, find a perfect spot to enjoy the show, and arrive back home again without ever leaving the spacious comfort of their car.Fast forward to our current situation, where all around the world countries have been subjected to the perils of the COVID-19 pandemic.“Self-isolation”, “self-quarantine”, “social-distancing”: all terms or concepts that a year ago were not even a blip on the radar of our daily lives. But things have changed ... radically; both in terms of how we work and how we play. We have had to come up with innovative ways of self-preservation. But through this plethora of Zoom meetings, online home workouts, constant research about the latest COVID-19 data, we have also had time to reassess that which is most important to us and understand the importance of balance (and perhaps the luxury of freedom and choice). As part of the Design Construction for Communities Summer course at the International Program in Design and Architecture (INDA), Chulalongkorn University, Third Year students were tasked with the design and construction of a mobile Drive-In Cinema adhering to current social distancing regulations. In order for the project to be economically sustainable over a longer period of time and be to the service of various communities in Bangkok, a number of sites, programs, and festivals have been earmarked as potential opportunities for the installation and event of the Cinema project. It is thus with great enthusiasm and pleasure that we would like to submit this project for Bangkok Design Week 2021 in response to the theme of “Resurgence of Possibilities”. The design comprises two units, that can be assembled and disassembled into a series of smaller units, both for the ease of quick installation and transportation. Each unit is constructed from steel as its primary structure with Plastwood forming the infill panels of wall, floor and roof. A deployable screen folds out of the unit and can be arranged into various configurations to aid multiple viewing requirements. Two tiers (an upper and a lower) are provided for seating. Finishes and a vibrant colour palette were chosen with reference to cinema as a place for leisure and entertainment, but also as a nod to automobile infrastructure, signage, and so forth. Effectively the units serve the same purpose as the car; a contained structure from within which the viewer can watch a film.AV equipment can be hired to meet the specifications of the event and various factors that may impact on the quality of the screening. These may even include “silent disco” headphones in locations where noise is a consideration.We believe that the project is an apt response to “Resurgence of Possibilities”, as a commentary foremost on the importance of a shared social experience (watching a film), and the possibilities or frameworks within which one could engage in such an activity by means of design in the context of public spaces. Might typologies of yesteryear, like the Drive-In Cinema, experience a resurgence and offer alternative solutions in a post-Covid era? We certainly believe they do.