ASA Journal 05/22

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theme / review
The long and narrow piece of land is five
meters wide and 30 meters deep. The land
is situated between old row houses located
towards the north and south, directly facing
the site. The land’s special characteristics
made a new development highly challenging.
The previous generations of owners didn’t
care much about the land, leaving it as a
parking space for local food kiosks, as well
as a cooking and wash areas for tenants living
in the neighboring row of houses. Once the
building was inherited, the current owner
decided to develop it into an establishment
with maximized functionalities that the laws
and regulations would allow. The new program
is born as a five-room building that includes
the functionality of a hotel and the owner’s
living space.
The first and second floor houses a restaurant
with a portion of the second floor used as the
hotel’s reception area. The third and fourth
floor is where the hotel rooms are located
with the fifth floor that is home to the owner’s
living spaces and the hotel’s lounge occupying
the rooftop. Design is about finding a solution.
A good solution is a reflection of how cleverly
the decisions are made and the methods
devised. The diversity of the program and
the narrow and deep shape of the land are
what make the design challenging. Searching
and choosing the right answer to solve the
problems, therefore, are vital. The project
showcases some interesting problem solving
approaches from an attempt to manage the
limited usable spaces. The 2.50-meter wide
hotel rooms doesn’t feel as confined as they
may seem thanks to the smart architectural
design. Finding a solution from the contexts is
the approach taken with this project be it the
context of the site itself or that of Tanao road.
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