In 2019, the academy-wide project left Angkor Wat in Cambodia behind to embark on Ayutthaya as the next Southeast Asian crucible for research, inspiration and making. The project proposed to a particular site and aspects of its legacy as a creative stimulus, fuelling new dimensions in thinking, imagining, design, making and outcomes. This 2020 capsule exhibition includes previous experiences in archival documents to harness a new perspective of how Ayutthaya has been an inspiration for the students and faculty. Accompanied by various objects and resource materials, the legacy of the inaugural Ayutthaya-inspired project at NAFA offers renewed perspectives to the visionary landscape and culture, ready to propel the next batch of students and faculty into the light of their own making.
The Dream of Ayutthaya: NAFA’s academy-wide project
