Yossapon Boonsom

Yossapon Boonsom is a Thai landscape architect and the director of Shma Company Limited. He received a degree in Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from Chulalongkorn University and continued his studies at a postgraduate level in Master of Arts in Urban Management & Architectural Design at the University of Wales (Domus Academy, Milan).

After completing his studies, he worked as a Landscape Architect in Singapore for 5 years before established Shma Company Limited along with two partners.

Shma Company Limited is a Landscape Architectural design and research practice which aims to transform the territory through landscape design with projects across Thailand and Asia pacific. Shma’s projects have been awarded and shortlisted World Architecture Festival (WAF 2012 – 2017)and International Federation of Landscape Architects Congress. Shma’s work has been selected to be exhibited in international Architectural festivals such as the 2012,2018 Venice Biennale and the 2013 Aedes Architecture Forum in Berlin At a larger scale of the public agenda, Yossapon Boonsom is the co-founder of Friends of the River (FOR) which is established as a non-profit organization, aiming to be a creative force which stimulates social awareness and participation to creatively develop Chaophraya River with the principle that encourages sustainable relation between city, community and the river through public participation process.