Phra Nakhon Half-Day Route, Bangkok Design Week 2026

Known as one of Bangkok’s historic districts, simply strolling past the old buildings in Phra Nakhon is already a pleasure. During Bangkok Design Week this year, however, there are even more layers to explore. This post shares an easy walking route along Bamrung Mueang Road, covering just 1.9 kilometers, leading you through a variety of design projects set against the classic atmosphere of the old city.

📍Phraeng Nara Road

Once a commercial area filled with century-old houses, Phraeng Nara now becomes the setting for Echoes of Praeng Nara: Living History, a video installation that gathers voices from the local community to tell stories of a living history. 

📍Craftsman Roastery at Old Town

Walk out to Atsadang Road, turn left onto Bamrung Mueang Road, and head toward the Giant Swing. On the way, don’t miss The V.V.I.P.: Very Very Important Person, an illustration exhibition that invites visitors to reflect on the meaning of the “important person” hidden within ourselves.

📍The Roots Routes

This cultural experience design studio teams up with Saisalang, a scent-design brand, to present the workshop Scents of Fueang Nakhon Stories. Participants explore Fueang Nakhon—once a royal quarter and commercial hub—before translating their impressions into a personalized scent.

📍Lan Khon Mueang 

A large civic space reimagined through two highlights: LongiPark! – Long Heal, a pocket forest designed to gently restore urban well-being, and People Pavilion, a public architecture project that transforms existing streetlight poles into an open pavilion for everyone.

📍Slip-lane island in front of the Giant Swing

A central island in the roadway becomes home to two design works: Place to Pause – Neighborhood Imprints, a wooden and acrylic structure etched with historical outlines that encourages reflection on the area’s past and present; and Public Space Design SOS: Observation Station, an experiment that temporarily closes a slip lane to create a public space for resting and observing the city.

📍Unakarn - Siripong Road Median

Across from Wat Suthat, visitors will find Living Cube, an installation made from recycled plastic tiles that invites audience participation, and Pop-up Library, a temporary library by TK Park that brings books out into public spaces.

📍Prince Sommot Amornphan's Palace

Cut through Trok Kai to see Projecting Future Heritage: A Hong Kong Archive, a rotating exhibition presenting architectural drawings from Hong Kong, spanning from the post-war period to the 1990s.

📍Swinghood: Watana Phanit

End the journey with Twilight Journey, an exhibition that invites you to chase the last light of the day while discovering hidden spots around the Samran Rat–Pratu Phi area, and Spirit of Place: Book Street – Our Street of Love, an exhibition presenting historical evidence and community stories from Bamrung Mueang, Fueang Nakhon, Wang Burapha, and Woeng Nakhon Kasem—areas that have long been central to the city’s book culture.

See more programs at Phra Nakhon : 

https://www.bangkokdesignweek.com/en/bkkdw2026/program?date=20260201&nbh=49828