Thailand sure has many homes with stunning designs and when talking about stunning homes located in Thailand, W House is unquestionably one of the homes to include in the category.
Designed by IDIN Architects, a Bangkok-based architectural firm, the contemporary home has areas of dining room, living room, and service which function as supporters for the home’s private areas of bedrooms.
The home’s design has a strong correlation with the owner’s lifestyle, as well as passion and the design is also highly related to the owner’s favorite activity of kayaking and traveling.
The designed was inspired by one picture of a boat sailing on a river and thus, the house and many of its part are related to the picture as the bedrooms in the house are like the boat that the river is supporting.
The orientation of the building was determined by wind, as well as sun direction the house faces in a North South direction. In addition, as Kayak is a quite challenging and adventurous sport, a cantilever has been designed on the house’s second floor in order to present challenging and adventuresome.
The cantilever can shade the void on ground floor, as well as imply that the kayak is floating. The house also has a glass window and aside from having a glass window, the house also has a wooden shutter which covers around the house.
Situated in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, the contemporary home has a ground level that is black-grey in color.
In addition, as the contemporary home’s site location is on a brown-red soil, this contemporary home should be colored in three major colors including black-grey, uncoated concrete grey, and brown-red which constitutes a tone which matches the color of the soil on the location.
W-House is a contemporary home that was designed by considering a context in two dimensions of both the owner and the location and the materials and tone used in the home were selected by concerning the said concept.
The home also has parts that can be considered unique including the top of the house which was designed to be a roof deck that is hidden above the house’s South bedroom, effectively creating a rest area.
In any way, the contemporary home is definitely a home with a stunning design and if you wonder how stunning the contemporary home is, you can see photographs of the home taken by Spaceshift Studio.