Bangkok Arts & Crafts Museum

พิพิธภัณฑ์หัตถศิลป์เมืองเก่ากรุงเทพ

Art and Cultural, Conservation, Education, Museum

“Arts & Crafts” refer to objects in everyday life that are created mainly by hand. Some of
them are elaborate, beautiful as art. Since the beginning of Bangkok, in the old city or
Rattanakosin Island, handicrafts have been made for themselves in the community, made with
the faith of religion, made for the monarchy, and made for trading. They made and sold around
the former commercial center, “Sao Ching Cha District“
Until the present time when technology has advanced a lot Handcrafted goods cannot
beat the speed of modern machines. People who used to work as a craftsman turned
themselves into a vendor. Causing the knowledge in craftsmanship to lack a successor. Thailand
risk losing the wisdom of the nation. Beside the CBD of the city that has moved to another area,
the government agencies are moving out. These causes make the Bangkok old town tend to be
sluggish.
From all reason above, Bangkok Arts & Crafts Museum is created, a museum that aim to
preserves the wisdom of craftsmanship in old Bangkok for future development. The project is
also a node of the present life for people in the city that allows people in the old district to
meet and chat, exchange knowledge with young people who interested in arts and crafts. In
addition, it is also a living place of daily life where people come to rest, eat, and shop, not just
visiting the exhibition only.

Designer name

Chaba

Wangsirilert

Project Location

Phra Nakhon, Bangkok, Thailand

Project Area

10,550

sq.m.

Bangkok Arts & Crafts Museum consists of four main areas: exhibition area, education area, studio and artist residence and service area. The new building consists of the above ground part and the underground part. All aboveground areas will be consists of a exhibition area, education area, studio and artist residence, connected together by public spaces and landscape. The underground area consists of service area and parking lot.Semi-outdoor courtyard surrounded by new buildings connect to courtyard in front of the old printing house “Bamrungnukulkit building”.

Entrance from Tanao road, tourists can walk along from Chao Pho Suea Shrine and come in through alleyway between new buildings and old shophouses.

The Bangkok Arts & Crafts Museum is located in the old city, surrounded by communities and Bangkok’s main attractions. In addition, in the project area, there are ancient buildings. Bamrungnukulkit Printing Factory and old tenement buildings that are worthy of conservation. The design considering about the context with the idea that let the project be the center or node of local and external life, along with adding green areas to the city.
From exhibition hall, visitors can look into Boath Brahmin alley where Buddha sculpture are lined up in front of the shophouses.