The main aim of this design studio is to create a dialogue between interior architecture and its surroundings. This is done by focusing on the program design of community space in order to respond to community use both in the short term, which is emergency use for disaster, and long term. Therefore, adaptive reuse was applied as a main content in this design studio, while the study tools emphasize a process of investigation, observation, user interview and negotiation. The interest of this project is to implement adaptive reuse programs negotiated for the various requirements of the community. This emphasis on the ability of the spaces is useful for daily life activities, for disaster periods and for the future needs of the community. This is especially relevant for the Wat Ubon Wanaram community as a place where people tried to live and survive during the flood, and also tried to improve their way of living for the future. Adaptive reuse is one of the principles used for sustainable designing that students can use as a tool to help the creative people in this community to be better able to live during a flood and to provide more opportunities in the future. 

The renovation design of the KMUTT executive building was implemented following office design guidelines for this building which built on 3 main processes: a literature review, user requirements, and an existing building survey. The literature review was focused especially on sick building syndrome, and workplace environments for the elderly, which are the main user group for this office. At the same time, the user requirements process could sort out more issues of concern regarding office cultures that promote an active workforce and high collaboration, while other issues such as the quality of the ventilation system were obviously mentioned by all user groups. Therefore, the synchronization of information from both the literature review process and the user requirements process will be the guide to reduce the scope of an existing building survey. Thus, this survey will investigate existing building conditions, zoning and furniture design, as well as measuring the existing quality of building systems, such as the ventilation and the lighting systems, because these will have an effect on sick building syndrome. Unsurprisingly, the outcome of the measurement showed significant numbers of sickness that can be caused by the poor conditions of the existing building. As a consequence, design guidelines for this president building gives precedence to improve on all of these problems by: 1. considering the priority of zoning such as public, semipublic, and private, 2. adding some new functions such as a lobby and waiting area, meeting areas, buffer spaces such as the main and back corridors, 3. improving the ventilation system by setting up a central printer station and reducing the partition height of work stations to 1.2 m., and have more window locations, 4. using furniture design that related to partition height, working table height as well as selecting and design ergonomic furniture, and 5. designing a variety of meeting areas where we can encouraging office culture. Therefore, the office renovation design implemented mostly follow the guidelines, while the other office renovation in this building could use the same guidelines as well, but they may differ in the details depending on each ones specific requirements and purposes.