Nataporn Thipayavatna

Contact
Email: natapornthp@au.edu

Nataporn holds Bachelor of Architecture (First Class Honors) major in Interior Architecture at King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL), Thailand and Master of Arts in Design for the Environment (spatial design) program at Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London, UK.
Her professional practice in interior design field started with a notable international design firm, WoodsBagot (Thailand) in 2002. The firm offered a great opportunity to work and practice with various type of projects and international professional teamwork. In 2004, Nataporn turned professional career into academic field as a lecturer in department of interior architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Planning, Thammasat university, and started teaching in interior architecture program at Assumption university since 2012. Along an academic career path, Nataporn has worked parallelly as a designer, collaborate with TINT Design Studio in various projects. The great chanced to work collaboration with Architects team, Alchemist design studio and Massive design company for design competition, a new Head office of Architect Council of Thailand had got the first runner award in 2008 and 1of 5 finalist team in Council of Engineers new building design competition in 2019. Her integrating knowledge and experience in design field has passed on to the students through teaching techniques and methods in the valuable issues of inspiring experimental process.
Research Interest
Through the lens of the design industry, her interested research is to explore in spatial experience design, adapting alternatively materials and tools in different perspective of people, places, and their community.