24H is an architectural firm based in Rotterdam founded in 2001. They have worked on projects across Europe. In 2010, 24H completed the Panyaden School in Chiang Mai, Thailand, located on a site covering 5000sqm. The school is situated in the lush green surroundings of a former orchard, south of the city of Chiang Mai. The School consists of an organic arrangement of pavilions inspired by the shape of the tropical antler horn fern. The entire school has been built from local earth and local bamboo that has been naturally treated to withstand the elements.
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Left image available online at http://www.panyaden. ac.th/school-architecture/; 24H team photograph available online http:// www.24h.eu/; top and facing page from Cave Urban field trip to Thailand, December 2011
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