“Baan Nakornpathom” - warm and simple single-story house located in Wangtaku, Nakornpathom, Thailand. The owner of the house is a husband and wife couple who like a quite simple suburban house with gardens, enjoy doing outdoor activities, having natural light and comfortable living area without turning on the air conditioner. Before the discussion with the owner, the owner once had the idea of buying a ready-made to fit in this land concerning the hassle and over budget when building a new one. Our goal is to prove for better living quality within the same comprehensive budget.
As the general prefabrication house function is not always suitable for the lifestyle and needs of the homeowners that want a one-story house that is airy, comfortable, and fit with Feng Shui principles. Therefore, ACA Architects propose to design a simple house with the right space by using common materials that are easily available in the market and arrange them with proper manners and composition.
The house is a mixture of reinforced concrete and steel structure with skim-coated masonry and a metal sheet roof. The composition of painted white walls and tiles cladding with openings above and big cornered sliding glass doors in the main living area gives a good quality of space which light can interpenetrate through the double-height living and dining areas and connect to the garden as well. The garden is composed as the heart of this house as it connects to the main function space which are the living room, dining room, and bedroom so the owner can enjoy taking view from the main spaces and can open the cornered glass door to combine the interior-exterior space for better ventilation and suitable activities.
The delicacy of construction details functionally designed to archive the modern simplicity, lightness and sleekness for the building such as 4 meters cantilever roof above the living room is made from steel structure gives shadings to the big glass panels, the wood trellis above bedroom balcony filtrate sunray and the thin line of steel canopy above the parking area lighten the building. The materials used in this project are common and economical such as simple wall paint, basic tiles, artificial wood deck and available aluminum window frame in the market however rearrange and recompose is the key to make them more special and this proved that we are able to have a well-designed house at an affordable price.