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Kulthida Songkittipakdee is an architect and educator renowned for her innovative approach to design, seamlessly blending cultural heritage with contemporary architectural practice. She co-founded Jenchieh Hung + Kulthida Songkittipakdee / HAS Design and Research, a Thailand-based architectural firm recognized for its vernacular, sustainable, and evolution-based design philosophy, and the firm has emerged as one of the most critical and forward-thinking architectural practices in Thailand and across Asia. Kulthida Songkittipakdee holds the distinction of being the first Thai architect featured in the World Architects Directory by Wallpaper* magazine from the United Kingdom. Her pioneering achievements extend further as the first Asian architect selected by the Renzo Piano Foundation to collaborate at Renzo Piano Building Workshop in Paris. In 2024, she assumed the role of chairman of The Association of Siamese Architects under Royal Patronage Exposition (ASA Architect Expo), curating Thailand’s most important international architectural exhibition at the IMPACT Arena Exhibition and Convention Center.
Alongside her professional work, architect and professor Kulthida Songkittipakdee received the academic honor of lifetime honorary professor from Kunming University of Science and Technology. She currently serves as a visiting professor at Tongji University and Chulalongkorn University, as well as an adjunct/visiting professor at King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi. She was also invited to serve as guest editor for the Journal of the Architects Regional Council Asia (ARCASIA Journal), where she highlights contemporary Thai architectural achievements on the international stage. Kulthida Songkittipakdee’s contributions to architectural discourse are further reflected through her authorship of four influential monographs. Her first book, Arch Life and Rhythm (2016), recounts her experience as the first Asian architect selected by the Renzo Piano Foundation to collaborate at the Renzo Piano Paris Studio. This was followed by THE Improvised: Phetkasem Artist Studio (2021), which explores the creation of identity through architectural uniqueness. In 2024, she published From MANufAcTURE to Architecture: Museum of Modern Aluminum, a work that illustrates how architecture can serve as a bridge between nature and humanity. Her most recent publication, Chameleon Architecture: Shifting / Adapting / Evolving (2025), examines contemporary research and adaptive architectural practices, further reinforcing her role as a thought leader in the field.
