Reflection House

On the lot of a family dwelling, the house on two levels has been redesigned and refurbished with separate but connected spaces, placing the mother’s residence on the ground floor, and the son’s home on the first. The differing lifestyles of the inhabitants have dictated the design choices for the functional zones, though both homes share the same open layout for the living/kitchen zone, and the same full-height lateral windows, facing onto two small gardens, as a source of natural light and ventilation. The connection between the two levels and the ‘two lives’ is a stairwell suspended at the center of the open space. Inspired by the art of origami, it takes over the space with its sculptural character and semi-transparent structure in sheets of white perforated sheet metal, folded to generate a perfect geometric composition. The first three steps, which seem to ‘protrude’ from the floor, are sculpted by concrete. The horizontal and vertical surfaces have the color and texture of structural concrete or white lime. The simple form of the ground floor becomes more complex in the layout of the upper level, the flat of the young owner. Here a large living area with a small terrace extends first into the bedroom with its own bathroom and closet, and then upward to reach a small fitness room on the loft, under the peak of the irregular double-pitched roof.

Location: Latphrao-Wanghin, Bangkok, Thailand

Architectural & Interior design:

AUN Design Studio

Lighting design: Assoc. Phanchalath Suriyothin, Verapong Eawpanich and AUN Design Studio

Structural engineer: Sitichoke Sirivivat Photos: Wison Tungthunya & W Workspace