INDA International Program in Design and Architecture

INDA PARADE 2026_COMMON STRUCTURE

The exhibition installation for INDA Parade 2026 was conceived as a single central space, an agora for the entire INDA community within the Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University. ()

The setup brought together more than 1,200 images drawn from the full range of student work produced throughout the academic year. Arranged as a collective landscape of projects, research, and creative processes, the exhibition transformed the space into a shared archive of ideas and experimentation.

This central environment became the heart of the Parade, a common ground, where lectures, discussions, and public events took place, allowing students, faculty, and international guests to engage directly within the same spatial and visual field of work.

Photos: Napat Pattrayanond
Curator: Davide Contran Distortion Studio .eu
Assistants: Nachayada Lekpaijitr and Wasu Suwaphanich
Venue: Montien Mall at Montien Hotel, Surawong, Bangkok

INDA PARADE 2026_COMMON STRUCTURE
International Guest Lectures  

Andrea Caputo presented Dropcity and shared reflections on architecture, cities, and alternative platforms for design culture. 
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Shelley McNamara and Yvonne Farrell, co-founders of Grafton Architects , delivered a special talk on their practice, discussing the relationship between architecture and education through their work and teaching experience.
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Elena Manferdini contributed an inspiring lecture exploring artificial intelligence, ornament, and patterns in contemporary design.
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Gary Leggett concluded with an incredible presentation on a house constructed in the Peruvian desert, sharing insights into landscape, materiality, and context.

Photos: Napat Pattrayanond
Curator: Davide Contran
Assistants: Nachayada Lekpaijitr and Wasu Suwaphanich
Venue: Montien Mall at Montien Hotel, Surawong, Bangkok

INDA PARADE 2026_COMMON STRUCTURE
Reviews

Over the four days of INDA Parade 2026, students presented their final works to a wide audience of external guests, Thai and international critics, alumni, and design professionals. Through reviews, discussions, and presentations, students had the opportunity to share their ideas, receive feedback, and engage directly with voices from different creative and professional backgrounds, making INDA Parade a dynamic platform for exchange within the Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University. ()

Photos: Napat Pattrayanond
Curator: Davide Contran
Assistants: Nachayada Lekpaijitr and Wasu Suwaphanich
Venue: Montien Mall at Montien Hotel, Surawong, Bangkok

INDA PARADE 2026_COMMON STRUCTURE 
Awards & Public Talk

We look back on the unforgettable days of the INDA Parade through this selection of photos capturing the spirit of the public events. From the inspiring opening speech by Assistant Professor Sarayut Supsook, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture (), to the incredible Super Crit and PechaKucha presentations, engaging alumni talks, and the fantastic award ceremonies, the event celebrated creativity, collaboration, and achievement across our community.

More than 50 awards were presented to memorable and outstanding projects from the 2025–2026 academic year, recognizing the dedication, innovation, and hard work of our students and faculty.

Photos: Napat Pattrayanond
Curator: Davide Contran
Assistants: Nachayada Lekpaijitr and Wasu Suwaphanich
Venue: Montien Mall at Montien Hotel, Surawong, Bangkok

Y3 Housing Options Studios
Vernacular Mutations

Today’s world is marked by ecological instability, with the construction industry responsible for roughly 40% of energy use, 36% of CO₂ emissions, and significant waste. Vernacular architecture offers an alternative: an environmentally attuned intelligence shaped by local climates, materials, and social practices. As articulated by Bernard Rudofsky in Architecture Without Architects, it operates as a collective, adaptive system embedded in everyday life.

Examples such as the Moray terraces in Peru, the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, and the wind towers of Yazd demonstrate how architecture emerges from specific environmental conditions. Rather than nostalgic artifacts, these precedents suggest a forward-looking approach. Vernacular mutations reinterpret traditional tectonics within a post-carbon framework, proposing new ecologies, adaptive settlements, and sustainable infrastructures that challenge dominant modes of construction.

Studio Instructor: 
Davide Contran

Student: 
Nachayada Lekpaijitr

Fulvio Irace | Green over Grey | Emilio Ambasz

On February 5, 2026, the Faculty of Architecture at Chulalongkorn University (), with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute of Bangkok (), was honored to host Fulvio Irace, architectural historian and critic, and Professor at the Politecnico di Milano.

The lecture explored the work and vision of Emilio Ambasz, a pioneering figure in the relationship between architecture and landscape, known for his theory of “Green over Grey”: an approach that envisions buildings capable of merging with nature, almost disappearing into it, and restoring centrality to the ground and the landscape.

A highly inspiring event for younger generations of architects, addressing the theme of nature today more relevant than ever which Ambasz anticipated and explored as a true pioneer.

The event was moderated by Davide Contran (), faculty member of INDA.

Y3 Housing Options Studiod
Strange Fictions: The City on the Edge of Tomorrow

Existing in tension between the real and the imagined, the studio invited students to explore world-building as a vehicle for architectural vision. From Giovanni Battista Piranesi’s Imaginary Prisons to Étienne-Louis Boullée’s cenotaphs, Claude Nicolas Ledoux’s City of Chaux, Ludwig Karl Hilberseimer’s Highrise City, Cedric Price’s Fun Palace, and Superstudio’s Supersurface, such projects critiqued their contexts while projecting new technological, spatial, and social possibilities. They revealed narratives about their respective societies and cultures that transcended mere factual detail. They inspired desire, fear, and wonder in the collective imagination of their time.

Similarly, the studio undertook an archaeological expedition to the future. Each project is a speculative hyperbole assembled from contemporary realities, unearthing untold stories that exist in the substrata between fact and fiction—between today and tomorrow. They inspire desire, fear, and wonder in the collective imagination of our time.

Studio Instructor:
Hseng Tai Lintner

Student:
Yushan Lu

Year 2 | Architectural Phantoms 

In Architectural Phantoms, students were asked to look beyond the idealised image of iconic buildings and investigate what they actually hide. Through archival research and material analysis they uncovered hidden “phantoms” within canonical projects, then used methods of detournement to design critical elements, subsequently deploying these in larger spatial interventions functioning as critical counter-narratives.

In Phase 2, students gave their uncovered phantom physical form by designing a “critical element”, a tangible, tectonic critique born from their Phase 1 investigation. Using detournement, they hijacked and reimagined the tectonic language of their analysed element, such as its forms, materials, and assembly logic, to construct a new narrative that subverts and challenges the original. The goal was not to solve the problem found, but to make the argument physically present and potent through creative inquiry.

Studio Coordinator:
Tom Jenkins

Studio Instructors:
Bada Choi, Jane Chongsuwat, Vlado Danailov, Deniz Guvendi, Dr. Sorachai Kornkasem, Thomas Lozada, Payap Pakdeelao, Joris Putteneers, Warisara Sudswong, and Eiji Sumi

Selected Students:
01-02. Ratiwat Yenpetch
03. Pann Nitipaparnan
04. Natchaphat Torrarit
05-06. Chadisa Srisantisuk
07-08. Winarin Pokawattana
09-10. Nutthanon Meesatworraphat
11-12. Praewa Poovasathien
13-14. Suppatsiri Ariyanon
15-16. Chanon Kiatkawinwong
17. Wongwath Thepiyabutra
18. Pongthaneth Yeesarn
19-20. Jedsarith Laokarnkigkul



Year 2 | Architectural Phantoms 

In Architectural Phantoms, students were asked to look beyond the idealised image of iconic buildings and investigate what they actually hide. Through archival research and material analysis they uncovered hidden “phantoms” within canonical projects, then used methods of detournement to design critical elements, subsequently deploying these in larger spatial interventions functioning as critical counter-narratives.

In Phase 2, students gave their uncovered phantom physical form by designing a “critical element”, a tangible, tectonic critique born from their Phase 1 investigation. Using detournement, they hijacked and reimagined the tectonic language of their analysed element, such as its forms, materials, and assembly logic, to construct a new narrative that subverts and challenges the original. The goal was not to solve the problem found, but to make the argument physically present and potent through creative inquiry.

Studio Coordinator:
Tom Jenkins

Studio Instructors:
Bada Choi, Jane Chongsuwat, Vlado Danailov, Deniz Guvendi, Dr. Sorachai Kornkasem, Thomas Lozada, Payap Pakdeelao, Joris Putteneers, Warisara Sudswong, and Eiji Sumi

Selected Students:
01-02. Jedsarith Laokarnkigkul
03. Pann Nitipaparnan
04. Natchaphat Torrarit
05-06. Chadisa Srisantisuk
07-08. Winarin Pokawattana
09-10. Nutthanon Meesatworraphat
11-12. Praewa Poovasathien
13-14. Suppatsiri Ariyanon
15-16. Chanon Kiatkawinwong
17. Wongwath Thepiyabutra
18. Pongthaneth Yeesarn
19-20. Ratiwat Yenpetch