Crafting the Intangible: A Daylight Talk by Department of ARCHITECTURE Co.
Amata Luphaiboon and Twitee Vajrabhaya, principle architects and founders of Department of ARCHITECTURE Co., Thailand, will present Daylight Talk #22 titled ‘Crafting the Intangible’ in collaboration with National University of Singapore (NUS), as the final talk in the 2024 series.
Florian Heinzelmann, Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS), will present the talk and moderate the Q&A session.
The talk will be available to watch on the 20 November 2024.
‘Daylight Talks’ is organised by the VELUX Group in collaboration with individual schools of architecture and they are endorsed by the International Union of Architects (UIA) and the European Association for Architectural Education (EAAE).
Daylight Talk #22: Crafting the Intangible
The conversation explores daylight as an intangible architectural material, intertwining with various invisible elements such as shadows, air, temperature, human activities, and ideas; interplaying with tangible substances like concrete, brick, steel, wood, or glass. The tangible and the intangible, together, form architecture that is both seen and felt. By shaping the physical, architecture gives form to the intangible: space, atmosphere, usage, human interaction, activity, and perception.
Daylight carries inherent properties: the ability to reveal, soften, and sculpt the physical world. Its essence is inseparable from temperature, altering spatial experiences, as light is not merely perceived through vision but also through the body, its intensity merging with the form and substance of the architecture, creating a multi-sensory architectural experience.
About Department of ARCHITECTURE Co.
Department of ARCHITECTURE Co. is a design studio based in Bangkok, Thailand; founded by Amata Luphaiboon and Twitee Vajrabhaya in 2004. It practices architecture, interior architecture, landscape, and other related design disciplines in a broad range of programmatic requirements and scales.
The studio’s design approach encompasses not only the tangible aspects of architecture, but also the conceptual framework upon which people interact. The practice is interested in finding new possibilities for architecture by exploring beyond the surface and designing an underlying foundation that forms the basis for the physical spaces.
Department of ARCHITECTURE Co. is named Best Firm in Asia 2021 by Architizer A+ and Best Architect of the Year 2020 by Interior Design Magazine. It has won several international awards including winners of Frame Awards (The Netherlands), Architizer A+ Awards (USA), Blueprint Award (UK), Best of Year Award (USA) from Interior Design Magazine, Architecture Masterprize (USA).
About Florian Heinzelmann
Dr Florian Heinzelmann is a practicing architect with a license in the Netherlands. He obtained his doctorate from Eindhoven University of Technology titled ‘Design Method for Adaptive Daylight Systems for Buildings Covered by Large (span) Roofs’.
He is co-founder of SHAU in 2009 with offices in Rotterdam (NL), Passau (DE) and Bandung (ID). SHAU is an award-winning practice which received among others Archdaily Building of the Year Award, Architizer A+ Awards, LafargeHolcim Silver Award for the Asia-Pacific region, World Architecture Festival X Award, and a shortlist for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
About NUS – Department of Architecture
NUS Architecture is Asia’s premier school of design, architecture, landscape and urbanism. Led by a multidisciplinary and international faculty, we champion design excellence through a vision of ‘Architecture for Asia’. We advance impactful architectural solutions in the heart of Asia, and in the tropical centre of the world. Our design and research respond specifically to the challenges of the equator.
We are growing to meet the needs of our international student population and the rapidly evolving environment around us. We offer six different programmes including landscape architecture, urban design, urban planning and integrated sustainable design. Our faculty and alumni comprise prestigious award winners including the Singapore President Design Award, World Architecture Festival Awards (WAF), International Architectural Award, Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Awards, American Institute of Architects Awards (AIA), Society of American Registered Architect Awards (SARA) and Architectural Design Awards Singapore (SIA).
