NOWNESS In Residence: Kulapat Yantrasast

“You cannot bullshit with concrete,” says Bangkok-born Los-Angeles-based architect Kulapat Yantrasast. “You can see the seam, you can see the process of making in the product.” Bearing out this statement is his home in Venice Beach—a veritable homage to the modern material— with its open-to-the-elements aesthetic, replete with rooftop trampoline, viewing box and collection of dog figurines. A sense of childlike playfulness is balanced throughout by assured angularity, soothing natural substances—water, greenery—and compelling (often monochromatic) object installations. This extends to his interdisciplinary studio wHY, where as creative director Yantrasast has unique expertise in transforming cultural and civic institutions into sustainable community nerve centers that encourage equal measures of interactivity, and exploration.

– Ananda Pellerin, NOWNESS