The site was originally home to the British Embassy, located in central Bangkok; a heritage home nestled amongst skyscrapers and luxury shopping malls. Today, the area feels detached and exclusive to a specific group of the elite. Carrying forward ideas of cultural symbolism and collective memory from P1, the project aims to create a space that represents Thai culture, where different communities can come together regardless of their background.

There is a Thai saying that ‘rice is the backbone of our country’; the building programme is a rice museum consisting of an educational area, research laboratories, hair spa, and tasting area. The design is a celebration of rice as a means of survival, a cultural artefact, as well as a building material–a time capsule of Thai culture to be carried forward through future generations.