The house by EKAR Architect questions if it is possible to create a house that brings back the comfort of traditional Thai houses to the modern context. A traditional Thai house in general is composed of a variety of small detached-houses in which each small family lives, and a patio in a middle of the houses, where connects each family together. The house sits on poles which creates a high open space under the house, allowing good wind flow to pass through and lowering temperature inside.
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EKAR Architect designed a L-shape building, lifting all residential spaces to the upper floors; the ground floor is left free for storage and parking area of ten cars. The wall between the parents’ house and the new one is eliminated and filled with a big new garden along the existing garden of parents’ house to create consistency of space. Regarding client’s wish, the architects divide the floor planning of four-storey house. The second floor is meant for the client’s family, while the third floor is for his daughter’s future family. Hence, in order to gather everyone in the family (and his daughter’s future family) together, the first floor is a focal point. On the grand patio, users’ eyesight will be led to the swimming pool, the elevated yard, the top of the tree (grew on the ground floor), the existing garden of parents’ house, and to the parents’ house, respectively.
- Project:
- House Re-Gen
- Location:
- Bangkok
- Program:
- housing
- Architect:
- EKAR Architect
- Interior design:
- Define Studio
- Landscape:
- Groundsplay Studio
- Structural engineering:
- Sommuek Apiraksa
- Area:
- 1,726 sqm
- Completion:
- 2017