My name is Kay Thi Htin Kyaw, and I graduated with Bachelor in Architecture with a first class honors from the School of Architecture and Design at King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi in Bangkok, Thailand. I have a passion for innovative design and planning, and problem-solving in architecture, supported by a strong work ethic and effective collaboration skills.
Please review my portfolio to see my skills and selected projects. I am eager to bring my expertise and passion to a dynamic architectural firm.
-Thank You
Profile
Date of Birth - 26th Oct, 1998
Nationality - Myanmar Contact
Phone - +66-6-5740-8812
Email - kaythihtinkyaw98@gmail.com
LinkedIn - Kay Thi Htin Kyaw
Language
Burmese (Native)
English (Professional Working Proficiency)
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Architecture|King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi,Thailand
GPAX - 3.79 | Graduated in June,2024
• Gained comprehensive knowledge of architectural principles, design methodologies, and construction management
• Specialized in community-driven design and sustainable architecture
• Thesis: “Reclaimed Haven for the Exiles: Community Resilience and Development Center for Myanmar Exiles in Mae Sot, Thailand.”
2015-2021 | Transferred to KMUTT for continuation after 2021
EXPERIENCES
Junior Architect | Citizens ID Myanmar
September 2023 - Present (1 year)
• Collaborated closely with senior architects on various hotel projects, focusing on designing spaces that harmonize functionality with aesthetic appeal.
• Assisted in creating conceptual designs and participated in client meetings to ensure alignment with project goals.
• Prepared client presentations, developing compelling visualizations and layouts that effectively communicated design intent.
• Supported the team in developing schematic designs, floor plans, and 3D models using AutoCAD, Revit, and SketchUp, ensuring consistency with project specifications.
• Participated in site visits and liaised with contractors to ensure that designs were implemented as intended.
Junior Architect | Studioort Thailand
July 2024 - Present (2 months)
• Developed conceptual approaches for masterplanning and building designs, focusing on sustainability and functionality.
• Prepared and reviewed construction documents, ensuring compliance with local regulations and client expectations.
• Conducted design research and contributed innovative ideas and assisted in the creation of 3D renderings and visualizations using Sketchup, Lumion, and Indesign for client presentations.
Project Manager | School of Architecture & Design Seminar Carnival 2023, Thailand
June 2023 - July 2023 (1 month)
• Spearheaded the planning and execution of a seminar carnival, ensuring that all logistics were meticulously handled.
• Managed a team of volunteers, ensuring clear communication and task delegation, resulting in a successful and well-received event.
Project Coordinator | Spring University Myanmar NGO
November 2022 -December 2023 (1 year)
• Facilitated seamless communication across departments, ensuring all team members were aligned with the program’s objectives.
• Streamlined workflows to optimize processes, improving program delivery timelines by 15%.
• Managed a cross-functional team to deliver group discussions, seminars, and comprehensive reports, including monitoring, evaluation, and annual summaries.
• Regularly updated senior management with progress reports, identifying potential risks or delays and ensuring the program stayed on track.
Assistant Architectural Coordinator & Drafter | Solar Decathlon Europe Construction, Thailand
May 2022 - August 2022 (3 months)
• Collaborated with the project team to organize and manage documentation, ensuring architectural plans and specifications were clearly communicated to stakeholders.
• Worked with the on-site construction team to align architectural designs, addressing discrepancies quickly to keep the project on track.
• Assisted the project manager in monitoring timelines and ensuring tasks were completed on schedule.
COMPETITIONS
Futuristic Design Competition (Award Winning) | Embassy of Design 2021
• Collaborated with team members in a group of four to generate a futuristic private house in the heart of Yangon, Myanmar by imagining what the future could bring to the humanbeings.
• Selected as a top 3 and won Third Place [https://guynir4.wixsite.com/eody/futuristic-design-competition]
• Collaborated with team members in a group of four to design a small scale meditation cabin in the natural scape of New Zealand to bring about balance of body, mind and soul
The BANGKOK Toilet Design | TOTO Thailand
2022
• Participated as a team member to design a sustainable public toilet in the heart of Bangkok, Benjakiti Park
Theis of the Year Award (Undergrad Thesis Competition) | TOY Arch 2024
• Participated the Thailand nation-wide Bachelor Thesis Competition in the field of Design
Softwares
5+Years of Experience
AutoCAD
Sketchup
Revit
Lumion
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
3+Years of Experience
Rhino
Adobe Indesign
Excel/ Powerpoint/Word
0-1 Year of Experience
Vray Render
Project Management
Team Coordination
Team Leadership
Timeline Management
Budget Management
Monitoring and Evaluation
Design
Conceptual Design
Client Presentation
2D Drafting
3D Modelling
Construction Document Review
Softskills
Attention to Detail
Problem-solving
Collaboration
Passion
RECOGNITION & AWARDS
Grade A
Final Year Thesis, Bachelor in Architecture
Scholarship Awardee
SoA+D Scholarship 2023, B.Arch
Third Place
Futuristic Design Competition
ACTIVITIES
Former Architectural Intern
Women for the World Community Development NGO
Architects 49 Limited
Exchange Student
Studio Bagan Summer School: Heritage Conservation
TU Cottbus, Germany
Resilience of Rivers & Cities
TU Darmstadt, Germany
Workshop Participant
Bamboo Workshop : Build & Test
HmawBi Technological University
UNESCO Learning City
KhonKaen University, Thailand
Former Academic Officer
Association of Architecture Students, YTU
Former Fellow
YTU Masterplan Support Team
Department of Architecture, YTU Research Assistant
CONTENTS
Community Resilience and Development Center
Bachelor Thesis (2023)
Aquaculture Knowledge Exchange Center
Academic (2023)
Social Housing
Academic (2022)
Tiny Kiwi Meditation Cabin
Competition (2021)
Professional Experience and Selected Works
Junior Architect/ Internship (2023-2024)
Thesis Year - 2023/2024
Thesis
Advisor -
Asst. Prof. Dr. Martin Schoch
The ongoing revolutionary crisis in Myanmar has led to a significant influx of immigrants seeking refuge in neighboring countries, particularly Thailand. This thesis explores the challenges faced by Myanmar exiles in Mae Sot and proposes an architectural solution that transcends conventional paradigms by offering a transformative space fostering healing, empowerment, and community resilience. The emphasis is on addressing the immediate needs of these displaced individuals and facilitating their integration into a new societal fabric. Through a comprehensive analysis of the sociopolitical landscape of Myanmar and the migration motivations of the displaced community, this thesis aims to establish an environment that not only ensures the immediate well-being of these individuals but also contributes to their long-term stability and growth in the face of profound upheaval.
Design Concept
The architectural concept uses village-like spatial planning to evoke a sense of home for exiles. Clusters of buildings create a feeling of visiting each other’s homes, with a central courtyard for festivals and communal events, promoting bonding and a shared sense of belonging. This design encourages interaction and storytelling, reminding users of their common country and culture, fostering unity, trust, and strengthened connections in a supportive environment.
VILLAGE
Design Development
One Whole Mass
Highlighting the commonality behind different Ethnicities that bind its people together
Reminiscence of Village Living
Mimicking the village layout to foster a sense of visiting each other’s homes
Communal Space Integration
The courtyard as a common place that binds people with different intentions together.
Everyone Under One Roof
Single roof connects all masses reminding their commonality despite their different stories and intentions to share their experiences and build trust in this center
Exploded Structural Diagram
20mm Floor Plank
20mm OSB Board
20mm Subfloor Board
50mm Blocking
80x250mm Floor Joist
50mm Ceiling Framing
50mm Ceiling
Project Year - 2023
Project Advisor - Asst. Prof. Dr. Martin Schoch
The local communities in Bang Khun Thian rely on aquafarming as o vital business. Nevertheless, this sector can pose environmenta problems when not managed sustainably. This proposal advocates for a research and knowledge exchange center, which would be overseen by KMUTT, to leverage its resources and expertise towards developing innovative technologies for aquafarming that promote sustainability, cost-effectiveness, and efficiency. The center aims to provide opportunities for higher-income families to launch their aquafarming businesses by offering training, mentorship, and funding support. Moreover, the proposal entails constructing outdoor informal classroom pavilions, where visitors can acquire insights into the local community, aquafarming ventures, and mangrove ecosystems.
Site Analysis
Biking as tourist attraction
Aquafarming as community business
Case Analysis
Uneducated community cannot shift to other occuption
Tourist attraction floating market Coastal erosion cause loss of income to farmers
Community lacking education and youth resources
Coastal erosion
Global sea level rise
Improper waste management
Mangrove Trees
Bang Kradi (Mon) Community
Tourist Attraction Temples
The local communities in Bang Khun Thian rely on aquafarming as a vital business. Nevertheless, this sector can pose environmental problems when not managed sustainably. This proposal advocates for a research and knowledge exchange center, which would be overseen by KMUTT, to leverage its resources and expertise towards developing innovative technologies for aquafarming that promote sustainability, cost-effectiveness, and efficiency. The center aims to provide opportunities for higher-income families to launch their aquafarming businesses by offering training, mentorship, and funding support. Moreover, the proposal entails constructing outdoor informal classroom pavilions, where visitors can acquire insights into the local community, aquafarming ventures, and mangrove ecosystems.
Pontoon
Social Housing [THE BALANCE]
Project Year - 2022
Project Advisor - Asst. Prof.
Ms. Waraluk Pansuwan
This social housing project in DinDaeng district is designed to cater primarily to low to medium-income residents, focusing on providing a nurturing environment for elders and children who predominantly stay at home during the day. Located in a downtown area lacking green spaces for relaxation, the concept integrates extensive greenery throughout the building. This approach not only enhances the aesthetic appeal but also promotes social interaction and mental well-being among residents. The design emphasizes the integration of open green and community spaces, aiming to create a balanced living environment that supports the needs of its diverse community while addressing urbanization’s impact on the environment.
Form Development
Breaking down:
The rectangular mass is split into two parts to enhance interaction spaces and improve fire safety through easier evacuation.
Extrusion:
Units are arranged and extruded to create corner rooms with panoramic views, enhancing both dimension and aesthetics.
Variation:
Extrusions every three floors create open green and community spaces, shielding them from direct sunlight for resident comfort.
Integration:
Vertical and horizontal circulation, along with the service shaft, are integrated into the mass. Corridors connect the two sides, fostering resident interaction.
Contributors - Ms. Phyo Thinzar Htet, Mr. Htet Lin Aung, Mr. Htut Waiyan
There is nothing simpler than meditation. How diverse and different meditation is perceived, the common ground of all is choosing to focus on one thing simultaneously, trying to concentrate as long as one can. The meditating experience we would like to deliver as in the cabin has no limit at all. The place will be accommodated by multiple people who would enter holding their own perspectives and thoughts. Some would prefer silence. Some would go for better realizations. Some would close their eyes while practising whereas some would keep looking at one specific thing to practice. But at the end of the day, they will take in what resonates in them and leave what does not. Our main goal is to be able to provide the environment where the recentering and rediscovering of oneself can be attained, without trying but with the aid of surrounded nature and a bit of human touch.
Meditation influences the people to reflect themselves and to find the point of origin where all kinds of energy come from. Considering the primary confent of culture and history of the land and the essence of life where the deep thoughts will be ongoing, the cabin was established to get inspired by the Koru of the Maori people which symbolizes the growth and the return to the point of origin. The organic curve embedding the soul of Koru was designed to get camouflaged with the encircling wood whereas its orientation and configuration were set in a position that can accumulate the concentration to a certain place alongside the welcoming carved ornament panel echoing back inside.
The fact that the meditation needs all the attention in one place avoiding all the distractions incoming inspires the cabin to get entwined with the four most fundamental elements of all beings. As where the nature is comprised of water, fire, air and earth, it is speculated that these, as well, cause the origin of human. The built environment was put up to be able to detect the distinct presence to contemplate within or around oneself while perceiving relationship between nature and humans.
Elevations
Sections
Position - Junior Architect I Studioort
Project Type - Residential (Mountain Villas)
Project Year - 2024
Role: Collaborated with the head architect to develop conceptual approaches in master planning and 3D design
Key Contributions: Independently prepared client presentations & assist in the preliminary stage design development, ensuring alignment with design intentions and project goals
Outcome: Successfully delivered a comprehensive conceptual framework that guided the project’s development
Site Study Stage
Task: To study the topography of the site and develop a site context diagram
Task: To study the different possibilities of the site approach
Task: To develop the options for conceptual masterplanning according to the conceptual approach
Task: To draft the layout of one villa and visualize the space
Task: To enhance the visualization of the space with perspective section
Task: To visualize the conceptual mood of the environment
Task: To render the private villa
Position - Junior Architect I Citizens ID
Role: Assisted senior architects during the design production stage, focusing on hotel projects.
Key Contributions: Took charge of the preliminary design and client presentation preparation, integrating feedback to refine and enhance design proposals.
Outcome: Delivered a polished and client-approved design proposal that moved the project into the next development stage.
Site Study Stage
Project Type - Commercial (Mountain Hotel)
Project Year - 2023
Task: To study the site and develop diagrams of site analysis for client presentation
Task: To develop conceptual masterplanning following the slope analysis
Task: To develop massing of the restaurant, spa building, and reception building within the hotel
Project Type - Commercial (Restaurant)
Project Year - 2023
Task: To render the preliminary design stage planning for client presentation
Task: To model the preliminary design of one building from restaurant zone
Task: To develop the different options of the massing development for the glamping cabin
Position - Internship I Architect49 Limited
Role: Contributed to commercial projects, including hotels, shopping malls, and airports, during various phases of design and planning
Key Contributions: Focused on conceptual design, program calculation, and visual presentations that supported the project’s overall design vision.
Outcome: Developed a series of visual presentations that effectively communicated the design concept to stakeholders
Project Type - Commercial (Utapao Airport City)
Project Year - 2023
Project Type - Commercial (One Bangkok Hotel)
Project Year - 2023
Task: To develop the conceptual massing for hotel, shopping mall, and restaurant, and calculate the program requirements
Task: To visualize the design development diagrams
