EDUCATION

• B.F.A. (Interior Design), Rangsit University
• B.Arch., Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc.) USA
• M.Sc. (Advanced Architectural Design), Columbia University, USA
• Executive Program in Leadership Development, KSG, Harvard University, USA
• D.Des. (Urban Development), GSD, Harvard University, USA

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Contemporary Architectural Design and Urbanism
• History of Architecture, Urbanism, Urban Design and Planning
• Strategic Planning and Development
• Retail Business and Urban Development

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Kaewlai, P. (2007). “Housing, Modern Retail, and Sprawl: The Suburbanization in Northeast Bangkok.” In proceeding of the International Conference on built Environment in Developing Countries, Penang, Malaysia, December 2007.
• Kaewlai, P. (2007). “Modern Retail as Urban Catalyst: The Evolution of Bangkok’s Central Shopping District (BCSD).” In proceeding of the 9th Asian Urbanization Conference, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea, August 2007.
• Kaewlai, P. (2005). “Modern Trade Urbanism: The Retail Mega-Project of Bangkok, Thailand.” In proceeding of The Sixth International Symposium on Asia Pacific Architecture, Shanghai, China
• Pattanawasin, S. and Kaewlai, P. (2003). “Digesting Architecture: Toward Fundamental Understanding in Architecture” in The First Architecture Academic Council of Thailand Conference, Kasetsart University.
• Kaewlai, P. (2003) “Shopping Center: Spectacle of Consumption, Abstract Machine and Urbanism in 21st Century.” In Journal of Architectural Research and Studies (JARS), Thammasat University, 1, pp. 155-178.

AMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCES

• Associate Dean of Faculty of Architecture and Planning (2007 - Present)
Chair, Academic Development and Research Committee
Chair, Public Relations Committee
• Associate Dean of Faculty of Architecture and Planning (2002 - 2003)
• Chair, International Affairs, Public Relations and Human Resources Committee (2001-2003)

 

SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

• Distinguish Alumni, Rangsit University, 2007.
• Royal Thai Government Scholarship, 2005.
• Teaching Fellowship, Harvard University, 2005.
• Ministry of Universities’s Scholarship for Graduate Study, 2003.
• GSD Grant, Harvard University, 2003.