2021 Founder’s Lecture

Reimagining the Future Design of Museums: A Conversation with Kulapat Yantrasast, PhD, Architect, Creative Director and Founder, wHY

Director & Senior Curator Elizabeth Semmelhack sat down with award-winning architect Kulapat Yantrasast to discuss his inspiring projects, including his current redesign of The Met’s Rockefeller Wing, how he reimagines spaces and where he sees museum design going in the future.

If you missed it, watch the recording below.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

Regarded as a new generation architect, Yantrasast’s interdisciplinary approach to architecture and design is largely shaped and inspired by his passion for food and society, viewing each project as a mix of ingredients that yields its own unique recipe. His numerous projects include the Academy of Motion Pictures of Arts and Sciences (Los Angeles), Contemporary Art Center (Bangkok, Thailand), Speed Art Museum (Louisville, KY), Albright-Knox Art Gallery Expansion (Buffalo, NY) and the upcoming Tchaikovsky Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre (Perm, Russia).