Congratulations to the students of the Faculty of Architecture, Khon Kaen University, who won the first prize and honorable mention awards from the COTTO Design Contest 2023, which was held at the 1st floor of the Multipurpose Room, BACC Building, Bangkok Art and Cultural Center, Bangkok, on Saturday 28, 2023.
Sutthipong Khamthit with his work, “the Tha Mai-Cheewit Mai” (New Port – New Life) who won the first prize explained about the design concept: At present people are only developing roads, electric vehicles, and connections of civilized areas. But when we look at canals, we see that they are ignored and not adequately developed. Besides, the water is polluted, and the area is over-crowded by people who live in unhygienic places. This was the concept behind the design of the port that can be both a port of boats and a gathering place of the crowded area. The port was designed for accessibility of people that commute and people in the community. The design has been carried out with environmental friendly concept that can be a prototype for other ports and a water treatment point.
The COTTO Design Contest is another activity that COTTO joins with ‘Design Something’ and ask students to join in making queries and finding solutions through the contest of conceptual design.
‘SELFTAINABLE’: From the word SELF + SUSTAINABILITY was the DESIGN CONCEPT. The students entering the contest had to choose one problem from an area that they thought was interesting and important to design a “POP-UP PUBLIC SPACE” that could sustainably solve the problem of the area. There were 259 projects submitted and the committee selected 15 teams for the final round. The result was that the Tha Mai-Cheewit Mai Team was selected as the winner of the first prize. The Faculty of Architecture hopes that the students would bring the knowledge and competency from the classes, the advice from the supervisors, and the direct experiences from the contest to improve their studies and work in their profession in the future.
The students of the Faculty of Architecture, Khon Kaen University who won the first prize and the honorable mention award are as follows:
First Prize: Receiving a cash award of 50,000 baht:
Design Title: Tha Mai-Cheewit Mai (New Port – New Life)
Sutthipong Khamthit, 3rd year student of Architecture Program, Faculty of Architecture, Khon Kaen University
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Kulasri Tungsakul
Honorable Mention Award: The final 15 teams
Design Title: Time Out
Tamonwan Seeluang, 3rd year student of Architecture Program, Faculty of Architecture, Khon Kaen University
Wutthichai Khotcha, 3rd year student of Architecture Program, Faculty of Architecture, Khon Kaen University
Sutthipong Khamthit, 3rd year student of Architecture Program, Faculty of Architecture, Khon Kaen University
Lapaslada Panyasim, 3rd year student of Architecture Program, Faculty of Architecture, Khon Kaen University
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Kulasri Tungsakul
Design Title: Kratip Khao
Nithikorn Boonsri, 4th year student of Architecture Program, Faculty of Architecture, Khon Kaen University
Napasawan Rakwong, 4th year student of Architecture Program, Faculty of Architecture, Khon Kaen University
Jakkrit Khurasri, 4th year student of Architecture Program, Faculty of Architecture, Khon Kaen University
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Kulasri Tungsakul
Information: Assoc. Prof. Kulasri Tungsakul
News: Kannapas Sirikiat
Photos: COTTO and the winners of the contest
