Abstract:
Khum Wongburi is the first gingerbread architecture built by teak in Phrae Province and Eastern-Lanna. Its distinguish architectural features unveil a blend between western and chinese architectural influences in Lanna context and contribute to the western timber architectural style with Lanna filigree fretwork hidden with chinese symbolic architectural elements. Thus, this research selects Khum Wongburi as a case study to examine its architectural style using master plan, plan, elevation, interior elements and fretwork. Accordingly, the study compares it with other architectural styles from the same category in the same period, including the architectural styles influenced by Western nations from the late period of King Rama IVs reign to the early period of King Rama Vs and Lanna architectural style, to find the similarities and the differences of Khum Wongburi by comparing the master plan, plan and the elevation for classifying and describing about the elements, to collect knowledge and studying methods for studying and comparing it with other Lanna gingerbread architectural structures. From literature review, there are studied physical features of Lanna gingerbread architectural style in the outline, but there is no specification and description about distinguish elements of architecture. Khum Wongburi is a Lanna gingerbread architecture with hidden Lanna beliefs and the blend of Lanna and western style around the age of King Rama V. Western influence is just a skin covering lifestyle and function. In addition, the study meets the in-depth solution to classify and describe about a blend of Lanna and western architectural gingerbread style. This solution is able to apply with western gingerbread architecture in the moat of Phrae Province and provinces nearby later.