Beyond Architecture
Name of Event/Lecture
Beyond Architecture
Name of Speaker
Vin Varavarn
Location
SDE4 Level 5 Forum
You are cordially invited to attend the lecture by Vin Varavarn:
Beyond Architecture
Date and Time: 15 October 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: SDE 4, Level 5 Forum
BOA-SIA CPD Points: TBC
Registration: bit.ly/nusdoa_Vin
The talk explores a series of non-profit projects in which Varudh and his team designed for underprivileged communities across Thailand. Each project demonstrates how creative thinking and design can address real challenges, create new opportunities, and reveal stories that extend beyond architecture itself.
Varudh Varavarn is the founder and principle architect of VVA (Vin Varavarn Architects), an architecture studio based in Bangkok, Thailand. The studio works across a wide range of project types and scales — from residential, commercial to cultural projects and socially driven initiatives.
Together with his practice, Varudh believe in taking part with social and community improvement. He continue his CSR works with different non-profit organizations and foundations to design schools and low-cost houses for underprivileged communities across Thailand.
His work has received international recognition and numerous awards, including the winner of 8th International Biennial Barbara Cappochin Prize for Architecture, inclusion in the RIBA International List 2018, and his appointment as Chief Curator of the Thai Pavilion at the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale. In 2022, he was awarded the Silpathorn Award in Architecture, one of Thailand’s most prestigious honors for contemporary artists, presented annually by the Office of Contemporary Art and Culture, Ministry of Culture.