H168 Home: a backyard residence in bangkok
Bringing collectively a mixed-use program of residing and dealing, Bangkok-based studio Solely Human builds this H168 Home in Thailand’s capital. The design attracts from the homeowners’ lengthy connection to China, translating spatial ideas present in conventional work right into a constructed sequence of rooms, corridors, and framed views.
A central hall organizes the challenge into two interlocking halves. On one facet, the non-public residence consists of bedrooms, kitchen, eating, and residing areas, together with a storage that extends right into a collectibles room and a devoted music listening space. The opposite facet accommodates an workplace, further bedrooms, and a warehouse. This division establishes a transparent construction whereas permitting each halves to stay visually and spatially linked via openings and courtyards.
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Courtyard as threshold
The staff at Solely Human opens the middle of its H168 Home with a courtyard to introduce gentle, air, and plantings to the inside. A round opening, set inside a metal beam, reinterprets the standard moon gate. Rotated and abstracted, it frames a tree that rises via the void towards the higher stage, the place it meets the sting of the residing space balcony. The gesture holds each symbolic and spatial weight, and marks some extent of transition whereas sustaining continuity between floor and higher flooring.
Round this courtyard, supplies stay direct and legible. Concrete surfaces carry the construction and companies in view, whereas brick surfaces outline enclosure and texture. The home presents its development overtly, permitting joints, conduits, and beams to stay seen as a part of the architectural language.
a round opening within the courtyard frames a tree that rises via the constructing
curated views for framed gardens
The second-floor hall extends as an extended, linear passage that pulls motion towards the non-public rooms. Above, a steady skylight runs the total size of the axis. Its arched fins introduce a measured rhythm, casting shifting bands of sunshine throughout the ground and partitions all through the day. The sequence recollects the cadence of a colonnade whereas remaining built-in into the roof construction.
Rooms alongside this axis preserve a constant relationship to gentle and panorama. Openings are positioned to border greenery at shut vary, whereas bigger sliding doorways lengthen inside areas outward to terraces and planted edges. The lounge, with its round window, presents a extra contained view, focusing consideration on foliage and filtered daylight.
uncovered concrete and visual programs outline the design language all through
solely human’s restrained materials palette
Solely Human curates the fabric palette of its H168 Home to be restrained, with concrete and brick forming the first surfaces. Imported darkish gray brick, related to conventional Chinese language development, seems throughout the facade and continues into the inside. Its use establishes a steady tone that strikes from exterior partitions to inside flooring to take care of visible coherence.
Brickwork alternates between horizontal and vertical orientations, creating delicate shifts in texture whereas enhancing effectivity. This sample reduces materials use whereas introducing variation throughout surfaces. Timber parts, together with cabinetry, shelving, and ceilings, soften the composition and produce heat to residing areas, particularly in bedrooms and shared areas.
darkish gray brick flows from facade to inside surfaces for a steady tone
alternating brick patterns introduce texture whereas enhancing materials effectivity
