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space are the three continue French windows opening to
the terrace and garden on that side of the house.
The stair of the house is in its unique design. It is in its
freestanding folded slab from ground floor to upper floor
without any support and without attaching to the side wall.
The side wall of the stair is the tall glass window rising from
lower floor to upper floor allowing the visual connection
through to the courtyard and fountain. Also, it allows the
natural day light to flood into the interior space. During
the day, there is no need for artificial lighting at all.
Space above the living space is internal veranda with
balustrade allowing the visual connection through the living
space below. It is where the buddha and praying chamber
are. The open space performs with its connectivity from
various axis and direction connecting the lower floor with
upper floor along the vertical axis with landing of the stair
along the way, connecting all the bedrooms.
The ceiling is also an element that defines the space
and the connectivity between various functions. The
structure for supporting the upper floor either the concrete
slab or timber floor on the frame is exposed along with the
sunken floor of living space and dinning area on ground
floor.
Adjacent to the living are and the dining area, it is the
location where the pantry and kitchen are. Both of them
are connected to each other via a counter and without
wall in-between. This is to allow the full visual connection
within the whole ground floor and further to the garden
beyond. Further from the kitchen in the house at the south
west, there is a kitchen for the Thai cuisine.
Courtyard at the back of the house provide the privacy
to the residency. It is also connected to the courtyard
of the neighbour where the residence belonging to the
Varavan family is. The courtyard is equipped with the
split level at 5-10 cm. This level runs through the back
yard kitchen further to another smaller size shelter to the
west and at the front of the compound. This small shelter
used to be garage for two cars and the studio for ceramic
art and the learning class of Ajarn Somthavil. Later, the
number of students is increased, therefore the garage is
converted into the extension of the studio. The studio is,
then, fully equipped with the kiln and the other equipments
to support for the ceramic art and activities of the class.
On one side of the wall there is the long open shelf along
the wall for displaying the product opening to the public
at the Sukhumvit 56 street side.
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