Baan Nong Bua School, Thailand Education Building Design, Primary, Tropical Architecture
Baan Nong Bua School
Earthquake-resisted building: Thai Rural Education Project in Chiang Rai – design by Jun Sekino
4 Mar 2019
Baan Nong Bua School Building, Chiang Rai
Location: Chiang Rai, Thailand
Design: Jun Sekino architect
Baan Nong Bua School
In 2014, Baan Nong Bua School was one of the victim of this severe earthquake. As the building was demolished, the school building needed to be designed and constructed at the earliest for the kids needed a place for study. Moreover, with the physical and the location of the site, the design also have to concern about the construction process. Hence, with many limitations, the architect came up with the design that cope with these circumspection.
Baan Nong Bua School is an earthquake-resisted local school located in Chiang Rai, Thailand. With a main structure made out of steel, the flexibility of the material and the skeleton frame help absorbing the vibration of the earthquakes as well as accelerating the construction process. Furthermore, with a vernacular design, the school is designed to respond to the local factor including material and weather which can become a model of the public building with a sufficient idea.

Baan Nong Bua school is a local primary school for the local children in Pan District, Chiang Rai, Thailand. With an earthquake-resisted structure, the school can withstand the natural disaster like earthquake which ...