A barn as a reference to take a coffee. Take a breath cafe by ASWA
07/06/2022.
[Bangkok] Thailand
metalocus, CARLOS RUBIO
metalocus, CARLOS RUBIO
Take a breath cafe by ASWA is located in the western suburb of Bangkok City, Thailand, and is a new café and restaurant that is inspired by a wooden barn. The project is divided into three main volumes or buildings and each has a specific program: café, restaurant, and kitchen.
The site is surrounded by a high-density residential area and the aim is to connect people with nature by creating modern barns in the forest. In this way, a space is projected where vegetation plays an important role in the connection areas of the different volumes.
The site is surrounded by a high-density residential area and the aim is to connect people with nature by creating modern barns in the forest. In this way, a space is projected where vegetation plays an important role in the connection areas of the different volumes.
Take a breath cafe by ASWA. Photograph by Phuttipan Aswakool
Take a breath cafe by ASWA. Photograph by Phuttipan Aswakool
Take a breath cafe by ASWA. Photograph by Phuttipan Aswakool
Take a breath cafe by ASWA. Photograph by Phuttipan Aswakool
Take a breath cafe by ASWA. Photograph by Phuttipan Aswakool
Take a breath cafe by ASWA. Photograph by Phuttipan Aswakool
Take a breath cafe by ASWA. Photograph by Phuttipan Aswakool
Take a breath cafe by ASWA. Photograph by Phuttipan Aswakool
Take a breath cafe by ASWA. Photograph by Phuttipan Aswakool
Take a breath cafe by ASWA. Photograph by Phuttipan Aswakool
Take a breath cafe by ASWA. Photograph by Phuttipan Aswakool
Take a breath cafe by ASWA. Photograph by Phuttipan Aswakool
Take a breath cafe by ASWA. Photograph by Phuttipan Aswakool
Take a breath cafe by ASWA. Photograph by Phuttipan Aswakool
Take a breath cafe by ASWA. Photograph by Phuttipan Aswakool
Take a breath cafe by ASWA. Photograph by Phuttipan Aswakool
Take a breath cafe by ASWA. Photograph by Phuttipan Aswakool
Take a breath cafe by ASWA. Photograph by Phuttipan Aswakool
Take a breath cafe by ASWA. Photograph by Phuttipan Aswakool
Take a breath cafe by ASWA. Photograph by Phuttipan Aswakool
Take a breath cafe by ASWA. Photograph by Phuttipan Aswakool
Take a breath cafe by ASWA. Photograph by Phuttipan Aswakool
Take a breath cafe by ASWA. Photograph by Phuttipan Aswakool
Take a breath cafe by ASWA. Photograph by Phuttipan Aswakool
Take a breath cafe by ASWA. Photograph by Phuttipan Aswakool
Take a breath cafe by ASWA. Photograph by Phuttipan Aswakool
Ground floor plan. Take a breath cafe by ASWA.
First floor plan. Take a breath cafe by ASWA.
Rooftop floor plan. Take a breath cafe by ASWA.
Roof plan. Take a breath cafe by ASWA.
Sections. Take a breath cafe by ASWA.
Elevations. Take a breath cafe by ASWA.
Elevations. Take a breath cafe by ASWA.
Take a breath cafe by ASWA consists of a main restaurant with a one and a half storey structure that provides a space for the main dining room. This volume is oriented in the direction of the other two, both the kitchen and the cafeteria. In addition, one of the reasons for the fragmentation of the space is due to the building code of the area.
As a construction material, a metal sheet similar to wood was selected as the main material. This material was used for all cladding along the roofs.
As a construction material, a metal sheet similar to wood was selected as the main material. This material was used for all cladding along the roofs.
Take a breath cafe by ASWA. Photograph by Phuttipan Aswakool
Take a breath cafe by ASWA. Photograph by Phuttipan Aswakool
Description of project by ASWA
Take a breath café is a new cafe and restaurant with the inspiration of a barn in the wood that is separated into a cluster of the building in three main buildings by its functions as a cafe, restaurant, and kitchen along with a high noticeable bell tower.
The site located in Bangkok's western suburb, approximately 4,600 square meters, is surrounded by a high-density residential zone. The restaurant aims to connect people with nature by creating modern barns in the forest following the first concept by Tastespace, our collaboration team and interior designer of this project. After design development, The cafe has a cluster of three main volumes with almost 500 square meters of the total built area., all with the gable roof: a cafe, restaurant, and kitchen, along with the highest volume of 8-meter height for a bell tower and two small glasshouses.
The main restaurant has one-and-a-half-story structures that provide a space for the main dining area, oriented perpendicularly towards a kitchen and a cafe which fit in the other two main paralleled buildings connected by the roofed corridor. Another reason to separate each building is the building code in this area, which does not allow a restaurant bigger than its limit for one building.
The layout is separated into three parts from the front to the back of the site sequencing the parking area, the functional area, and the backyard area. A wood-like metal sheet was selected as the primary material to clad all siding along the roof, with arch-shape openings making them a homogeneous look bold from the surrounding context. Various size of arch-shaped voids is specifically randomly located, such as the corner of the central kitchen, which tends to show the movement of the chefs for the newcomer guest, the backside of the main dining area, and the cafe to provide the view to the backyard behind.
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Architects
ASWA (Architectural Studio of Work - Aholic). Architects.- Phuttipan Aswakool, Chotiros Techamongklapiwat.
Design team
Chotiros Techamongklapiwat, Phuttipan Aswakool, Pohntanate.
Collaborators
Interior Design.-Taste Space.
Area
Building Area.- 500 sqm.
Total Floor Area.- 800 sqm.
Landscape Area.- 2,400 sqm.
Total Floor Area.- 800 sqm.
Landscape Area.- 2,400 sqm.
Location
Bangkok, Thailand.
Photography
Phuttipan Aswakool.
Architectural Studio of Work - Aholic ASWA
ASWA. Architecture firm founded by Phuttipan Aswakool (b. Bangkok, Thailand, 1982) and Chotiros Techamongklapiwat (b. Bangkok, Thailand, 1986). Phuttipan Aswakool is architect graduated from Chulalongkorn University (2005) and Graduated from Columbia University, NY, USA (2008). Chotiros Techamongklapiwat is architect graduated from Chulalongkorn University (2009). They stablished Architectural Studio of Work - Aholic (ASWA) in 2013.
