Someone in my Profession

*Sometimes we can’t exactly know every people from outside. Like this woman, at first glance I can assume that she has same age as me but actually, she almost finishs her Master Degree of Architecture Design from Columbia University. Now, she is a prospect student in Ph.D. at University of California, Berkeley soon. And now, she takes her signature to her about ten own-design architectures in Thailand. The way that she chooses is the most magnificant that I’ve ever heard.

Pat Seeumpornroj is her name. Before she come to New York, she used to be a lecturer in Chulalongkorn University for 2 years. Then, she got a scholarship from Thailand government to study untill Ph.D in the United State. She seems to be quite and sometime her student feel that she is cold. However, if we talk with her, we must change our mind from her personality. She is very nice and easy to smile.

When I asked her about her design, she always answered with broadly clear voice and a little bit smile. Actually, she’s my adviser in my thesis when I studied at Chulalongkorn University. Her skill in design that is she always concerns with an enviroment around her project. Considering a context is her first process when she search for the best solution for her architecture especially natural resources, tree. Her building must not harm with tree. Then, she will find the dot in rhe plane to draw the line from step to step. From two dimensions becomes three dimensions. However, the first considering thing is contexts.

Pat also gave her idea to me in one conflict between architect and interior designer that “Why Architect always get a credit to create its shell more than interia architect?” and maybe I should use her own words to say “I think these criteria can’t separate from each other. We should mix them all together. We should design the architecture which respond to human’s need.”