สังคมและการเมืองในสถาปัตยกรรม : Society and Politic in Architecture

http://www.peace.mahidol.ac.th/th/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=167&Itemid=161

http://www.gotoknow.org/posts/258617

http://www.thai-arch.su.ac.th/?p=highlight&id=2&lang=th

http://www.peace.mahidol.ac.th/th/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=167&Itemid=161

Jak Kree Ma Ha Prasat Palce

http://www.oknation.net/blog/print.php?id=288594

http://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/พระที่นั่งจักรีมหาปราสาท

Jacques Derrida : stanford

Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) was the founder of “deconstruction,” a way of criticizing not only both literary and philosophical texts but also political institutions. Although Derrida at times expressed regret concerning the fate of the word “deconstruction,” its popularity indicates the wide-ranging influence of his thought, in philosophy, in literary criticism and theory, in art and, in particular, architectural theory, and in political theory. Indeed, Derrida's fame nearly reached the status of a media star, with hundreds of people filling auditoriums to hear him speak, with films and televisions programs devoted to him, with countless books and articles devoted to his thinking. Beside critique, Derridean deconstruction consists in an attempt to re-conceive the difference that divides self-reflection (or self-consciousness). But even more than the re-conception of difference, and perhaps more importantly, deconstruction works towards preventing the worst violence. It attempts to render justice. Indeed, deconstruction is relentless in this pursuit since justice is impossible to achieve.

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/derrida/#Dec

The Arts & Crafts Movement

The Arts and Crafts Movement was one of the most influential, profound and far-reaching design movements of modern times. It began in Britain around 1880 and quickly spread across America and Europe before emerging finally as the Mingei (Folk Crafts) movement in Japan.

It was a movement born of ideals. It grew out of a concern for the effects of industrialisation: on design, on traditional skills and on the lives of ordinary people. In response, it established a new set of principles for living and working. It advocated the reform of art at every level and across a broad social spectrum, and it turned the home into a work of art.

The Movement took its name from the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, founded in 1887, but it encompassed a very wide range of like-minded societies, workshops and manufacturers. Other countries adapted Arts and Crafts philosophies according to their own needs. While the work may be visually very different, it is united by the ideals that lie behind it.

This was a movement unlike any that had gone before. Its pioneering spirit of reform, and the value it placed
on the quality of materials and design, as well as life,
shaped the world we live in today.

The origins of the Movement

In Britain the disastrous effects of industrial manufacture and unregulated trade had been recognised since about 1840, but it was not until the 1860s and 1870s that architects, designers and artists began to pioneer new approaches to design and the decorative arts. These, in turn, led to the foundation of the Arts and Crafts Movement.

The two most influential figures were the theorist and critic John Ruskin and the designer, writer and activist William Morris. Ruskin examined the relationship between art, society and labour. Morris put Ruskin's philosophies into practice, placing great value on work, the joy of craftsmanship and the natural beauty of materials.

By the 1880s Morris had become an internationally renowned and commercially successful designer and manufacturer. New guilds and societies began to take up his ideas, presenting for the first time a unified approach among architects, painters, sculptors and designers. In doing so, they brought Arts and Crafts ideals to a wider public.

http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/t/the-arts-and-crafts-movement/

ARTS OF THE KINGDOM, BANGKOK

Her Majesty, Queen Sirikit was kind enough to have her order to open the school of crafts Jitlada in 1979, Aiming to be the center to train for students which got accpeted by Her Majesty, Queen Sirikit from the Farmer's family, pauper and whoes are disable to have job. 

For the past 30 years, the training center, Jitlada have trained to its highest level of craftsmanships which can be compared to the Royal Crafts or 'the craftsmen of Rhatanagosin'. They are Golden niello ware craftsmen, golden and silverware craftsmen, Antique craftsmen, wooden carve craftsmen, embroiderer and etc. 

The institute of Jitlada have selected the works which stands for the beauty and precious, to be an object art of the kingdom to be shown to the public at Ananta Samakhom Throne, in Bangkok.


Here are some of my favorite art works that is now showing at the Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall.

The room of Jewel Beetle's wings

The room was an interior decoration, the hi-light of the room is the decoration of the Jewel beetle's wings. The wings from the beetle that were used are the beetle that died in their nature life cycle, because of this; makes the wings very strong and give a beautiful emerald green color which sparkle. 

The decoration of the interior took 40 days and 38 craftsmen to be complete. 

Petcharath Tale 

Patcharath Tale is a Carving craft on the golden teak, the teak was made in three layers. The background of the teak is the tale of 'Petcharath' about the meeting of angles about creating something to protect the human world.

This background golden teak was made in order to present to the King Phumipol, Rama II, in his Majesty 60th Anniversary and 80th birthday.

This Carving golden teak took 96 craftsmen, 10 months and 3 days to be complete. 

The Mimic of Sri Supanahong Royal yacht 

This mimic of Sri Supanahong Royal yacht was a mimic from the actual yacht that was built in the time of the King Rama I. The body of the yacht was made of silver with golden niello surfacing, decorated the designs with enamel. 

The eye and teeth of the head of the yacht was decorated with daimonds.

This Royal Yacht took 2 years and 9 months with 108 Craftsmen to be complete.  

Related Source: 

http://www.artsofthekingdom.com/th/index.php

http://www.matichon.co.th/news_detail.php?newsid=1349749851&grpid=03&catid=03

Arwut Ngenchooklin, Air Chief Marshal(ACM)

Arwut Ngenchooklin, Air Chief Marshal(ACM) is one of Thailand's National Artist in Visual Art Area with Architecture Field. He is an ex chancellor of Thailand's fine art department.
Arwut Ngenchooklin is one of the most important person in Thailand's Fine Art, in this case; Thailand's Traditional Architecture. With his expertise experience, serving with the Navy for 9 years in Architecture field, learning with seniors and conserving national architectures with national's fine art department.


With his point of view in Thai Architecture, he says that it is different from other architecture, Difficult to be working right after graduated, learning with seniors and teachers are crucial.

Sending off plan blueprints to construction is almost impossible, to be accurate the plan have to enlarge to its original scale, with all the decorations, design lines have to also be its original scale, ready for the craftsmanship to work on.
Arwut Ngenchooklin stated that in all of his work, there is nothing completely perfect, still some mistakes, even though other people may think that it is perfect, this due to the lack of experience.

One of the most satisfy work of his is the Rama IX Kanchanaphisek temple. The temple was a required from the King phumiphon Rama IX, aiming the temple to be an original sample for other temples. The Temple were to be small and simple. Arwut Ngenchooklin says it is also very changeling. In the design process he also have to think of the material that will be used, adapting the original and traditional to modern and functional which do not lose its Thai-ness. This may not be one of the greatest architecture that he have done, but it is to be one of his most proud of, and very satisfy.





"I think that anything that stays still, won't last. Same goes to Thai architecture, it will die if only to remake just to look like originals. How can Thai architecture survive? how can we bring modern material into Thai architecture?"













Related Source :
http://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/อาวุธ_เงินชูกลิ่น
http://www.go6tv.com/2012/04/blog-post_9723.html
Article 'ทัษนะการทำงานด้านสถาปัตยกรรมไทย ของอดีตอธิบดีกรมศิลปากร' by sonsupan
90 years of Fine Art Department of Thailand,Arwut Ngenchooklin, Air Chief Marshal(ACM),Bangkok, รุ่งศิลป์การพิพมพ์ 1977

Deconstruction and Frank Gehry by Leonard Folgarait YOUTUBE

Deconstruction and Frank Gehry by Leonard Folgarait, professor of the history of art at Vanderbilt University