Thailand Creative and Design Center (TCDC) is a government agency with a mission to inspire creative thinking in the society and to propel the country’s creative economy.  It provides a broad range of resources and services. The main components are a design library, a material library, and a co-working space. Other components include a makerspace, exhibition spaces, and workshops.
Photography: W Workspace
TCDC is now moved to its new place in the side and back wing of the historical Grand Postal Building.  The design of the space is intended for the new intervention to have a dialogue with the old building and at the same time to answer to TCDC’s mission to be the country’s creative incubator.

A creative space is not ‘creative’ because of how it looks but it is a place that inspires.  It is about creating a space where people can connect, discuss, and work together.  It is a place where people can see and be seen in the activities they do to inspire one another.  It is a place that would allow for the new and the unknown events to happen, a reprogrammable space.  It is a place that surrounds us with inspiring resources and knowledge, with books and digital media, and rotating exhibition spreading throughout. Photography: W Workspace
The resource center is not planned as traditional silence libraries.  Instead, a large portion of space is designed to encourage conversations in a setting more like a cafe or a c...