BANGKOK DESIGN WEEK 2026, 29 JAN–8 FEB

Faculty of Architecture, Silpakorn University

Jai-yen // Dteung

Calm is not the absence of forces, but their exact balance. In Jai-yen // Dteung, tension is composed, tuned into shade, posture, and stillness. Bangkok today is a city under constant pull, holding itself together, yet still capable of a cool heart. The pavilion renders that condition legible through structure. No two elements touch. Bamboo compression members are discontinuous, suspended within a seamless web of tensile lines; stability arises from equilibrium. The result is a quiet refuge—an architecture that succeeds by remaining light and open. Placed in Romaneenart Park, the intervention addresses a simple urban truth: under the sun, comfort appears in fragments. The pavilion stitches disjointed shadow patches into one continuous shade, unlocking the park’s latent potential for rest. It hovers and frames without forming walls, extending the public realm through porosity. From concept to assembly, the project is a saga of promise and proof. The model is a thesis made visible; the prototype, a thesis made tactile. Each connection is an experiment in craft and control, refining how the structure rises, is tuned, and can be taken down without a trace. Jai-yen // Dteung is built as a light touch in the landscape: temporary, exact, respectful. It offers a fleeting architectural embrace, leaving behind only the memory of a cooler, calmer interval within the city.
Designer
  • Ennio Rotondi
  • Gaia Colizzi