Stu/D/O architects carves openings throughout the façade of bangkok house
square and rectangular openings interrupt the façade to allow the natural landscape to seep into the living areas spread across four storeys.
prefer designboom on googlestanding at four-storeys with rectangular masses and openings carved out from the vertical volume is the ‘aperture house’ in bangkok, thailand. residing the dwelling is a photographer and a landscape designer and taking cues from their occupations, Stu/D/O responded with a design that merges greenery and carefully arranged openings that display full-framed views of the surrounding vistas.
all images © ketsiree wongwan / chaichoompol vathakanon
aperture house captures the turnings of time through the interplay of lights and shadows, as daylight cascade through the architectural facade and openings.
a continuous inside and outside aesthetic is achieved through the integration of planted trees in which the spaces correspond and articulate around. additionally, Stu/D/O carefully arranged the openings to allow the natural landscape to seep into the living areas. from the exterior, the 0.60 x 0.60m square openings are uniformly equal and dispersed. they capture the changing daylight which is most evident through the tapered voids into the interior.
all the programs are organized and are hidden from view from the outside within the rectangular outer envelope. the continuity of the external envelope shapes and completes the regular geometric architectural form with the largest void revealing the expansive vertical space- becoming the main focus of the house. bedrooms and living spaces are spread across the first three levels and is finished with a rooftop terrace that is connected to the photographer’s darkroom.
the largest void reveals an expansive vertical space, and becomes the main focal point the house
the trees seep through the large openings of the living areas
an internal staircase spans across all the levels
the architects carefully placed the openings to frame the surrounding vistas
the 0.60 x 0.60m square openings are uniformly equal and dispersed
some openings are tapered to influence the light effect
the clients are a landscape designer and photographer
the envelope conceals the rooftop terrace
the interior is revealed at dusk
an architectural model of the aperture house
project info:
Stu/D/O project team: apichart srirojanapinyo, chanasit cholasuek, picsacha na songkhla, patompong songpracha
landscape architect: chaichoompol vathakanon
structural engineer: panit supasiriluk
mechanical engineer: panit supasiriluk
contractor: pornchai pornpichitchokchai
visualizer: Stu/D/O, dof
photography: ketsiree wongwan, chaichoompol vathakanon
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