If there is someone who can say he is familiar with Bangkok’s love hotels, it would be Chatpong Chuenrudeemol. The Thai architect once explored the nooks and crannies of about 10 of them, becoming so well-acquainted that when an opportunity came to renovate one, he jumped on it. The outcome is Samsen Street Hotel, which opened its doors in 2019. Of the latter, guests are nudged to have breakfast from Brother Chicken, a neighbouring street food vendor selling Thai sausages. I'm building an encyclopaedia with everybody’s help, so that Southeast Asian architects can have a graphic history to call our own.”