Rachaporn Choochuey is the design director of all(zone) which she co-founded in 2009 as a group of Bangkok-based design professionals who are inspired by ever-expanding mega-metropolises and wish to create vernacular environments which can be places of solace and comfort. Choochuey received a BArch from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok (1993), an MS in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University, New York (1998), and a PhD in Architectural History from the University of Tokyo (2002). She was a faculty member at Chulalongkorn University (2002–22), Louis I. Kahn Assistant Visiting Professor at Yale School of Architecture (2022) and she will be an adjunct professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University in 2024. In 2016 all(zone) inaugurated the MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum in Chiang Mai, which won the Best New Museum of Asia Pacific Award in 2017.

The new commission for the Biennale is a continuation of a series of canopies all(zone) have presented as temporary, mobile architecture since 2017, when they designed Marmalade Sky at Wonderfruit festival in Thailand, using translucent fabric to provide shade while effectively coloring the sky. This research was further developed for the 2019 Sharjah Architecture Triennial, where all(zone) created a transitional climatic space to bridge the variation in temperature between the air-conditioned indoor space and the hot exterior by using a passive cooling technique. In 2022, all(zone) was commissioned by the MPavilion in Melbourne, where their goal was to create a meeting place that conveyed a feeling of being under a large tree, with the light coming through its leaves. Three integrated layers of fabric, interwoven into a striking bright-colored waffle pattern, move with the breeze. 

In Diriyah, simple steel tent poles hold up a lively canopy. During the day, the shade reduces the air temperature, while during the night, the fabric helps contain the heat that comes from the ground, in both cases optimizing thermal conditions. The porous pattern of the fabric roof creates a light environment, and its temporariness raises questions about the expected lifespan of architecture in relation to material choices and building methods. For all (zone), the priorities are sustainability and the engagement of the public, who use the created spaces to convene, converse, and celebrate.