bAAn – Bangkok, Thailand
Title
bAAn – Bangkok, Thailand
Designed by
Anonym studio
Image Credit
© Chaovarith Poonphol
Project Description
The idea of this house – while certainly creating an integral relationship between architectural elements, spaces and their context – firmly focuses on the habits and rituals of its inhabitants, both ideal and prosaic.
Anonym Studio is a Bangkok-based architectural design studio led by Phongphat Ueasangkhomset and Parnduangjai Roojnawate. Known for their masterful use of pure geometry and expressive reinterpretation of architectural elements, their projects are at once simple and complex – and bAAn is no exception.
Located in Bangkok, the 500 square-metre-house is designed for an extended family whose old home still exists on the same site. The first task of the architect was, therefore, to understand not only the physical requirements, but also the socio-cultural specificities within the micro-scale of the family. Only when such understanding was established, could the design begin to translate both individual and collective needs into a unique spatial and formal configuration.
