Site: River house is located in Pathum Thani province which is on the northern part of Bangkok. The plot has panoramic view of the scenic river bend of Chao Phraya River. Owners need a vacation house like a family clubhouse for relax, party, and sport activities, moreover there are requirements for a river side pavilion and soccer filed and the future expansion area including 3 houses for sons & daughter.
Program: The owners have various requirements for the main house composes of, first service and sport activities area such as storage, kitchen, indoor supercar parking, fitness, table tennis, badminton court, golf simulator, the relax area including grand living and dining room, large swimming pool with terrace, lounge, and home theater and the last part sleeping area, 5 bedrooms for sons & daughter and river side master bedroom for parents.
Mass: The lowest floor is designed as entrance hall, sport activities, indoor supercar parking, service and storage area. Master bedroom is also placed on the first floor in order to have easy access and connected to garden and river. The 2nd floor is the main floor of the house, which consists of a grand living and dining room connected to a large swimming pool and terrace. On the 3rd floor, bedrooms and bathrooms are located and enhanced by skylights to brighten the space.
Court: Plaza and parking space are located in front of the building connected to open air entrance hall which is the center area that connect to sport zone and indoor supercar parking. There is also another outdoor court connected the master bedroom on the first floor with outdoor stair that connect to the swimming pool on the 2nd floor. The last one is master bedroom inner court that is designed for received natural light and ventilation.
Panoramic View: Since this house is located next to the very beautiful panoramic view spot of the Chao Phraya River, grand living and dining room are places next to the swimming pool on the 2nd floor, which is the main floor of the house. This area needs to support up to 50 guests for party. The guests are divided into several groups including guests of parents, guests of sons & daughter and guests of grandchildren. Designer therefore had to design this space to accommodate gatherings and recreations where different groups could be used at the same time, so this area is designed to have connection without any interrupted columns. This room can open the sliding doors up to 20 meters to connect terrace and infinite swimming pool that fully continuity with the Chao Phraya River. This large opening door make a fully connection between indoor and outdoor space.
Cantilever: To create grand living room that have less columns as possible, the columns are placed on one side of the space and using a long cantilever structure support by concrete truss hiding in walls between bedrooms on the 3rd floor combine with light structure to cover this area. The combination structure take span almost 12 meters in order to create the continuity of space and make the area next to the river doesn’t require any column to support so user can fully see the view of the river bend without any columns interrupted.
