Bangkok Tokyo Architecture is an architectural studio founded by Wtanya Chanvitan and Takahiro Kume in 2017.We are fascinated by open-ended structures and the thoughtful assembly of everyday elements, blurring the lines between the ordinary and the exceptional. Our practice explores ways to liberate architecture from the realm of experts and professionals, aiming to discover potential models of sustainability.
Wtanya Chanvitan
Wtanya earned her Bachelor of Architecture from King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi in Bangkok, Thailand and her Master's of Architecture from Musashino Art University in Tokyo, Japan.
She has taught at the School of Architecture and Design, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi and currently teaches at the International Program in Design and Architecture, Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok.
Takahiro Kume
Takahiro earned his Bachelor and Master of Architecture from Ritsumeikan University. He has experience working in various offices in Japan.
He has taught at Tokyo University of Science and the School of Architecture and Design, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi and currently teaches at the International Program in Design and Architecture at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok.
Collaborators
Bhoomchaya Prakongpetch
Panutchakorn Tontiwanitpong
Nippit Cheybumroong
Tas Charoensupkul
Awards
Lisbon Triennale Millennium bcp Début Award 2025, Finalist (PT)
Rice University Spotlight Award 2024, Winner (US)
Architecture Review Emerging awards 2023, Highly Commended (UK)
Exhibitions
Venice Architecture Biennale Thailand Pavilion 2025 “SPACECRAFTED: Negotiations within Thai Design Ecosystems”(IT)
Japan + Thailand Young Architects Exhibition 2023 (TH, JP)
24 Camels 2022 (TH)
Keepsake 2022 (TH)
Architecture Biennial “TIME - SPACE - EXISTENCE” 2021 (IT)
Parallel Projections 2016 (JP)
Publications
100 Questions from Kazuo Shinohara
Working Globally & Across Multiple Locations (Yuubooks)
Sphere Journal (Issue 00)
DISTIGMO: Trial and Error (Issue 2025)
Thailand Architecture in Steel 10
Jutakutokushu 2024.5
Architecture Review November 2023
Jutakutokushu 2023.11
Room Books: Home Office & Home Studio 2023
rita_19, "An assemblage of typical things", 2023.05
Jutakutokushu 2023.4
Jutakutokushu 2021.10
ART4D 271 'What is a House for" 2020
Shinkenchiku 2016.12
Lectures
"Indefinite Plans" 2025 Architects lecture series (JP)
"Indefinite Plans" 2025 Chulalongkorn University (TH)
"Indefinite Plans" 2024 School of Architecture, Design and Planning, The University of Sydney (AU)
"Anything and Something" 2024 School of Architecture and Design KMUTT (TH)
"Becoming" 2024 Rice University (US)
“Continuity and Change” 2024 National University Singapore (SG)
"Resilient" 2023 Silpakorn University (TH)
"The Beginning of Architecture" 2023 Tokyo University of Science (JP)
"Un-Extraordinary Forms" 2022 Silpakorn University (TH)
"Bangkok Tokyo Architecture" 2022 School of Architecture and Design KMUTT (TH)
"Re-Wilding Architecture" 2021 JAIBAAN TALK (TH)
"Adaptations" 2021 Silpakorn University (TH)
"Building and Living" 2021 ASIAN TOUCHES (JP)
Workshops
Porto Academy 2025, Barcelona (ES)
DEX Design Experimentation Workshop 2022 INDA Chulalongkorn University (TH)