Wua Lai

Oct 11, 2020

By Komson Teeraparbwong Team Wua-lai, Chiang Mai, Thailand Introduction Before Covid-19 struck earlier this year, the Wua-Lai team had organised a “match-making” academic workshop in December last year. We called it “match-making” because we were trying, for the first time, to set up the regular students’ workshop (between FACMU-Chiang Mai & ENSA-Paris Bellville) to run […]

May 15, 2019

By Komson Teeraparbwong First Approach: Ban King-Kaew Roundtable Forum. “A Neighbourhood voice” Chairs were set in a circle, so that the “round-table forum” could be ready to receive our important guests. Many key persons who live in Wua-lai neighbourhood area came into the room and sat within the circle. Some were representing their area of […]

Jun 08, 2018

Khun Supap and his younger brother, only two of three silver bowl engravers left in Muen Sarn Silver Neighbourhood, proudly display a beautiful ‘countryside life scene’ on their latest creation.   This is a part of the Wua Lai project in Thailand.  

Jun 22, 2018

As a part of the Wua Lai project, Pijika Pumketkao and Ajarn Komsan Teeraparbwong share some images of inhabited spaces and Buddhist temples with their silver engraved wall constitute meaningful ‘places’ in this neighbourhood.

Jun 05, 2019

By Pijika Pumketkao-Lecourt In mid-December, with a map and a drawing board in hand, a group of Franco-Thai students walked through the calm shaded alleyways in Wua Lai neighbourhood. As part of the Spatial Investigation Workshop, they had been asked to conduct a survey on the living space of Wua Lai, to make sketches of […]