Asst. Prof. Sunaree Lawanyawatna

Sunaree Lawanyawatna is an Assistant Professor at the School for Architecture and Design at the King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi in Thailand. She specializes in teaching architectural design courses and conducting research at the “Humanitarian Design Laboratory.” With a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, she furthered her education with a Master of Architecture from Pratt Institute, New York, USA, and a Master of Science in Urban Design from the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA. Her expertise has led her to be a guest speaker at various universities across Thailand, Taiwan, Cambodia, and Japan. Additionally, Sunaree is a licensed architect with professional experience in the United States, Germany, and Thailand. In addition to her academic role, she serves as the Design Director and an Associate at Unexpected Co., Ltd, an architectural design firm in Bangkok, Thailand.

sunaree.law@kmutt.ac.th
sunaree.law@gmail.com

M.Arch. (Architecture), Pratt Institute, U.S.A. (1998)

M.S. (Architecture and Urban Design), University of North Carolina at Charlotte, U.S.A. (1996)

ARC 117: Design Fundamental I
ARC 118: Design Fundamental II
ARC 241: Architecture Design Studio I
ARC 242: Architecture Design Studio II
ARC 445 Architecture Design Studio V
ARC 446 Architecture Design Studio VI
ARC 453 The Narrative of House Design in Contemporary Issue
ARC 501 Thesis Preparation
ARC 502 Thesis Prerequisite

Humanitarian Design Lab

2020-2024  Develop guidelines and certification standards for constructing green buildings (residential and commercial) in Cambodia. These guidelines and certification process would be based on international experience and international standards such as green building indices or rating systems (LEED, LOTUS (Vietnam), or Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies (EDGE) supported by International Finance Corporation (IFC) adapted to the context of Cambodia.

2022-2023 Research funding from Thailand Science Research and Innovation (TSRI) for the project “Decoding Contemporary Thai Architecture” – Grey Space in Architecture: Exploring its Meaning and Application in Thai Educational Buildings, Basic Research Fund: The fiscal year 2022  under project number FRB 650048/0164

2022-2020 Research funding from the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) for the Acute Respiratory Infection Clinic (ARI) screening station design project suitable for an outdoor extension facility, design and build for a public hospital located at the Thai-Myanmar Border in Mahongsorn Province.

2020 Research project and prototyping for the design conversion of an existing public phone booth to a COVID-19 Screening Station. With project funding by National Telecom Public Company Limited, the design has been reached out and installed for 14 healthcare facilities in Thailand.

2017-2019 Studio design project in cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for a project “Future Prison Design in Thailand” based on “Mandela Rules.”

2017 Pilot Project with Pruksa PLC for sustainable single-family housing. The project named “Pruksa Energy Plus House” was certified and awarded the Platinum Award in 2017 from the DGNB (German Sustainable Building Council)

UNESCO honorable mention for UIA 2000 “ Architecture and Water”
D-Mark Award 2010, and 2011
Good Design Award – Japan 2011
Prime Minister’s Award 2011
DGNB Platinum Award 2017 for “Pruksa Plus House”

International Journal

-Schoch, M., Lawanyawatna, S. Repurposing phone booths into COVID-19 sampling stations: medical operator experiences. Int J Equity Health 23, 23 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-024-02113-7  (Scopus)

–Lawanyawatna, S. and Schoch, A. (2023). Collaborative approach for socially oriented design in architecture education. Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Studies 23(1): 66–79.  (Scopus)

–Martin Schoch, Sunaree Lawanyawatna & Shabbir H Gheewala (2023) Environmental impacts of repurposing phone booths as COVID-19 sampling stations, International Journal of Sustainable Engineering, 16:1, 129-139 (Scopus)

-Lawanyawatna, S., and Schoch, M. 2021 “Coping with environmental challenges: Covid-19 screening station design with standard operation procedure in Thailand” The 5th International Conference on Rebuilding Place, IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 881(2021), 012004. September 15-16, 2021, Banda Aceh, Indonesia. (Scopus)

–Schoch, M., and Lawanyawatna, S. 2010 “Teaching Architectural Design through Character Reading” Journal of Architectural /Planning Research and Studies (JARS) Volume.7, Issue.2 (2010), pp.1-17.

–Lawanyawatna, S., and Schoch, M. 2021 “Breaking boundaries of prison design for Architectural Design Studio” Proceedings of the 13th Asian Conference on Education 2021: Official Conference Proceedings, November 25-27, 2021, Tokyo, Japan, ISSN 2186-5892, pp.523-529.

–Schoch, M., and Lawanyawatna, S. 2021 “COVID-19 Screening Station Design for Semi-Outdoor Environments near Healthcare Facilities” Proceedings of 12th Built Environment Research Associates Conference, pp. 370-377. Thammasat Design School, Bangkok, Thailand, June 28, 2021

-สุนารี ลาวัลยะวัฒน์. 2564 “การสร้างภาวะอยู่สบาย สำหรับอาคารพักอาศัยและสำนักงาน ที่ตั้งอยู่ริมทางหลวง” วารสารงานออกแบบงานสร้างสรรค์: สภาสถาปนิก, การพัฒนาวิชาชีพต่อเนื่อง (พวต.), ISSN: 277 4-0099 (Online), ปีที่ 1 ฉบับที่ 1 มีนาคม-สิงหาคม 2564, หน้า 24-38.

-สุนารี ลาวัลยะวัฒน์ 2019 “คุณภาพชีวิตผู้สูงอายุ กับงานออกแบบอาคารพักอาศัยรวม ที่ประเทศเยอรมัน”บทความกรณีศึกษา (Case Study Article) รูปแบบสิ่งพิมพ์ และ รูปแบบอิเล็กทรอนิกส์ สำหรับวารสารวิชาชีพสถาปัตยกรรม ASA Crew 2019 : Issue สังคมผู้สูงอายุ ของสมาคมสถาปนิกสยาม ในพระบรมราชูปถัมภ์

-Schoch, M., and Lawanyawatna, S. 2016 Exploring The Future for Sustainable Energy-efficiency in Thai Homes / Page 9 / Update: The Magazine of the German-Thai Chamber of Commerce 2/2016 Topic “Energy Efficiency”

International Conference

Martin Schoch, and Sunaree Lawanyawatna. (2024). Grey Spaces in Contemporary Thai Architecture: Integrating Cultural and Environmental Aspects into Design, 6th International Conference on Rebuilding Place, IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1361 (2024) 012032, doi:10.1088/1755-1315/1361/1/012032

Academic work

“คุณภาพชีวิตผู้สูงอายุ กับงานออกแบบอาคารพักอาศัยรวม ที่ประเทศเยอรมัน”บทความกรณีศึกษา (Case Study Article) รุปแบบสิ่งพิมพ์ และ รูปแบบอิเล็กทรอนิกส์ สำหรับวารสารวิชาชีพสถาปัตยกรรม ASA Crew 2019 : Issue สังคมผู้สุงอายุ ของสมาคมสถาปนิกสยาม ในพระบรมราชูปถัมภ์

Martin Schoch and Sunaree Lawanyawatna. Exploring The Future for Sustainable Energy-efficiency in Thai Homes / Page 9 / Update: The Magazine of the German-Thai Chamber of Commerce 2/2016 Topic “Energy Efficiency” 

สุนารี ลาวัลยะวัฒน์. 2564 “การสร้างภาวะอยู่สบาย สำหรับอาคารพักอาศัยและสำนักงาน ที่ตั้งอยู่ริมทางหลวง” วารสารงานออกแบบงานสร้างสรรค์: สภาสถาปนิก, การพัฒนาวิชาชีพต่อเนื่อง (พวต.), ISSN: 277 4-0099 (Online), ปีที่ 1 ฉบับที่ 1 มีนาคม-สิงหาคม 2564, หน้า 24-38.