A sloping roof, as a meeting point. Fuzzy House by SO
19/04/2018.
[Chiang Mai] Thailand
metalocus, JOAQUIN MINAYA
metalocus, JOAQUIN MINAYA
Architecture studio SO designed this house in the Thai city of Chiang Mai. The house for a single family on a parcel that served as a shortcut between two roads in the city of Chiang Mai, in Thailand.
Entry. Fuzzy House by SO. Photograph © Filippo Poli
Entry. Fuzzy House by SO. Photograph © Filippo Poli
Roof. Fuzzy House by SO. Photograph © Filippo Poli
Kitchen. Fuzzy House by SO. Photograph © Filippo Poli
Room. Fuzzy House by SO. Photograph © Filippo Poli
Room. Fuzzy House by SO. Photograph © Filippo Poli
Bathroom. Fuzzy House by SO. Photograph © Filippo Poli
Detail. Fuzzy House by SO. Photograph © Filippo Poli
Exterior. Fuzzy House by SO. Photograph © Filippo Poli
Roof. Fuzzy House by SO. Photograph © Filippo Poli
Roof. Fuzzy House by SO. Photograph © Filippo Poli
Ground floor. Fuzzy House by SO. Image courtesy of SO
First floor. Fuzzy House by SO. Image courtesy of SO
Roof floor. Fuzzy House by SO. Image courtesy of SO
Section A. Fuzzy House by SO. Image courtesy of SO
Diagram. Fuzzy House by SO. Image courtesy of SO
For the design of this house, the SO architecture studio wanted to keep that shortcut created due to the state of previous abandonment of the parcel. The whole parcel is a combination of private and public spaces, maintaining the privacy of the home through a double skin. The project is titled Fuzzy House to reflect the indistinct relationship between its private and public attributes.
Description of project by SO
This private house is situated in a plot where the owner left empty for many years. The land had been used by the people around the area as a shortcut between 2 local roads, which has created a path/trace almost permanently.
The house was considered to still let that path being in function even when the construction is finished, and to appear almost as nothing much happens from constructing this house. The result is a building fuzzily sits between privacy and public domain whereas the owner can live his private life within the double enclosed space.
Even though one of the entrances shares the same path that run through the house from front to back, the separated little weed garden that can be seen before entering the house, can only be entered once going through the whole house to the 2nd floor and make the way out to the terrace then cross the small bridge over the pathway and go down to the garden where will be another terrace in the future.
The rooftop terrace of this house is considered to be a multifunction outdoor hangout area with the stair-shaped roof where visitors can sit to look back at the front yard where anything could happen before one’s eyes.
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Architect
Narong Othavorn
Area
Land area.- 600sqm. Built area.- 250sqm
Collaborators
Assistant architect. Thinnapong Yodhong.- Interior design. SO.- Contractor. Ton-Aek Construction by Tachanop Banchongrak.- Material. Concrete
SO architects Narong Othavorn
SO architects is a practice founded by Narong Othavorn based in Bangkok, Thailand. Narong Othavorn was born in Bangkok in 1975. In 2000 he graduated in architecture at Silpakorn University in Bangkok. In the following two years he worked as an architect at Voets Architecten BV., Delft, The Netherlands. Later he worked as an architect in Bangkok between 2002 and 2005. In 2007 he obtained the master's degree in "Metropolis: Architectural and Urban Culture" at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain. In 2008 he founded SO architects. He worked as a guest speaker at the Faculty of Architecture, the University of Bangkok and the Silpakorn University between 2009 and 2012. He also works as an editor in the art4d magazine in Bangkok, Thailand, between the years 2016 to 2018.
Some projects completed by SO architects:
Italasia Showroom, Chiangmai, Thailand
Italasia Headquarters, Bangkok, Thailand
Brick House, Bangkok, Thailand
Wonderwall House, Chiangmai, Thailand
DP Headquarters, Bangkok, Thailand
Thunderbird Hostel, Chiangmai, Thailand
Fuzzy House, Chaingmai, Thailand
Some projects completed by SO architects:
Italasia Showroom, Chiangmai, Thailand
Italasia Headquarters, Bangkok, Thailand
Brick House, Bangkok, Thailand
Wonderwall House, Chiangmai, Thailand
DP Headquarters, Bangkok, Thailand
Thunderbird Hostel, Chiangmai, Thailand
Fuzzy House, Chaingmai, Thailand
