From chedi to the classroom: Making Thai architecture tangible

Wat Arun’s soaring chedi, or prang, is a familiar Bangkok landmark. But to someone trained in Thai architecture, its grandeur is only part of the story. Assistant Professor Napat Kwanmuang, an architecture lecturer at Chulalongkorn University, created TORTHAI to help students and children explore that way of seeing.

Using distinctive forms of chedi as hands-on building models, the learning resource invites students to take structures apart, discover how their elements fit together and create designs of their own.