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Jan Glasmeier, Architekt BDA

After working in Thailand for several years, Jan Glasmeier has founded Simple Architecture in Bangkok in 2016.

 

Simple Architecture promotes sustainable architecture that meets a social purpose. The design process is highly collaborative and consultative at each step, ensuring that the plans that are sensitive to the local context, environment, and needs of the client.

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The buildings showcase the flexibility, durability, and sustainability of local materials and natural building, often centering around bamboo and adobe mud bricks. By using affordable natural materials, Simple Architecture can bring beautiful, functional and sustainable architecture to marginalized communities at a lower cost than conventional architecture and construction firms.

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Key projects that Glasmeier has co-designed include Kwel Ka Baung School, Mae Tao Clinic campus, and Araksa Tea House. Various designs have been nominated for and won several awards, including the 2014 DETAIL Award. The work has been featured  internationally.

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Jan has been teaching and lecturing at a number of international Universities in Austria, Belgium, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Indonesia Malaysia, Mexico, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, UK and US.

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Teaching & Professional Position (selection)

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04/2025 - appointed member - associaton of german architect (bda)

 

01/2023 - co-founder of socialarchitecture e.V., with oliver giebels

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11/2016 – founder simple architecture, founder, bangkok + london​

 

9/2021 - present, guest lecturer,

rheinmain university of applied science, wiesbaden, germany
 

10/2021 - 02/2022, „research project on rammed earth additives"

stuttgart university of applied science, germany

 

09/2021 - 02/2022, guest lecturer, university of bath, uk

 

09/2020 - present, guest lecturer,

technical university of applied science, augsburg, germany


01/2020 - 07/2021, guest professorship basehabitat,

university of the arts linz, austria


01/2012 - 10/2016, a.gor.a architects, co-founder, mae sot, thailand


01/2010 - 01/2012, arup, senior architect, london + singapore

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2009 - registered architecture chamber northrhine westphalia (aknw)


10/2006 - 12/2009, foster + partners, architect, london + abu dhabi

10/1999 - 06/2006, diploma in architecture, tu darmstadt, germany


09/1997 - 06/1999, apprenticeship as  architectural draftsman

boell + krabel,  essen, germany

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Collaborators since 2016

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Elisa Bisek, Linda Böhret, Prisca Eckert, Alessandra Esposito, Josepha Fliedner, Cheyenne Flock, Tami Forgo, Simon Gehrmann, Vincent Georg, Oliver Giebels, Hanna Greeves, Emily Han, Leo Huang, Maximilian Jakob, Pitch Juntamunee, Yiling Kirk, Max Kling, Bill Koehntopp, Shreya Kothawale, Tejaswini Krishna, Buesra Küpeli, Morgan Largouet, Vincent Mel Heinrich, Lea Peglow, Julia Prudzienica, Lizzy Ramm, Leyla Scarlatella, Taru Schramm, Rungpairin Suttichote, Jo Swift, Emma Vogel, Jonathan Weduwen, Jonathan Wiedemann, Harry Whittaker, Uli Wulf.

Volunteers from CASIRA - Canada, King Monkhut Institute of Technology Ladkrabang Bangkok, St. Andrews International School Bangkok, Harrows International School Bangkok, Hongkong University, Assumption University Bangkok, Coburg University of Applied Science and Arts, Dortmund University of Applied Science and Arts &  Stiftung Deutscher Architekten

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Photographer's since 2016

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LinLet Arkar, Linda Böhret, Prisca Eckert, Alessandra Esposito, Cheyenne Flock, Oliver Giebels, Leo Huang, Bill Koehntopp, Frank Pallares Lopez, Old Doors New Ways, Allyse Pulliam, David Richards, Timothy Syrota, Jonathan Wiedemann

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Consultancies for CBO's and NGO's

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Backpack Health Workers Team (BPHWT), Burma Children Medical Fund (BCMF), Burma Migrant Teacher Association (BMTA), Burma Migrant Workers Education Committee (BMWEC), Child's Dream, Community Partners International (CPI), CottonOn Foundation, German Embassy Bangkok, Help without Fronties (HwF), Karen Department of Health and Welfare (KDHW), Mae Tao Clinic (MTC), Premiere Urgence International (PUI), Social Action for Woman (SAW), Suvannimit Foundation, The Border Consortium (TBC), UNHCR Myanmar,

World Education

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2025 by Simple.Architecture

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