Keynote speaker – Landscape Australia Conference 2018
Yossapon Boonsom is a Thai landscape architect and the director of Shma Company Limited. He received a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from Chulalongkorn University and continued his studies at a postgraduate level, completing a Master of Arts in Urban Management and Architectural Design at the Domus Academy, Milan, validated by the University of Wales.
After completing his studies, he worked as a landscape architect for Cicada Pte Ltd in Singapore and Battle i Roigh Arquitectes in Barcelona. Returning to Thailand in 2007, he established Shma Company Limited along with two partners, Namchai Saensupha and Prapan Napawongdee. Alongside professional practice, he is a frequent visiting critic and lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture at Chulalongkorn University and Kasetsart University.
Shma Company Limited is a landscape architectural design and research practice with a scope of work ranging from residential to urban design with projects not only in Thailand but also expanding to Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, China and India. Shma’s projects and research work has been awarded and shortlisted in several international architectural competitions, such as the World Architecture Festival.