New trends in focus at 'Architect 2012'
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Producers of construction materials are showcasing a wide range of green products at "Architect 2012", while innovative housing designs reflecting people's concern over flood damage are also a major feature of the show.
The organisers of the six-day event at Impact Muang Thong Thani target at least 350,000 visitors and sales of Bt5 billion through to its close on Sunday.
Some 600 Thai and foreign businesses are showcasing their innovative green products. They include SCG Group’s environment-friendly offerings under the “SCG Living Showcase” concept, and Siam City Cement’s innovative Conwood wood-replacement products.
Sanitaryware products in the Nahm range feature a new design that uses less water, while Cotto products also feature new designs and eco-products.
Meanwhile, furniture-makers are exhibiting designs that use more recycled materials.
Chantana Sukumanont, Siam City Cement’s executive vice president for marketing and sales, said the theme behind the design of its booth involved using Conwood products to build a home and concrete blocks to create a vertical garden.
This should inspire people to have homes built using green products, she said.
“When the exhibition ends, we will move our residential booth and set it up at the Corrections Department in Sam Phran district, in Nakhon Pathom province. This will demonstrate how a residence can be friendly to the environment,” she said.
Chalay Kunawong, committee chairman of Architect 12, said the main theme of the exhibition was how to reuse products through recycling.
The show has, therefore, been designed to employ reusable products only, which will also help the organisers to reduce garbage and waste after the event ends.
“Most exhibitions create more garbage and waste after the event ends, which is not an environment-friendly way to go about it. As a result, our exhibition concept designs encompass reusable products such as crates, mosquito-net fabric and plastic tanks. After the show closes, they can be used again,” he said.
The increasing trend of creating homes and other buildings with due regard to the environment means architects and interior designers will focus more on the use of green products in their work, he added.
Meanwhile, after last year’s severe flooding in Greater Bangkok, the main exhibition is showcasing architects’ ideas for building residences that can better withstand flood water.
Free copies of their designs are available at the show for home-buyers seeking greater security in this regard, Chalay said.
