A Bangkok Home Clad In Hollow Concrete Blocks Maximizes Indoor Sun Exposure

Located in the South Bangkok district of the same name, the exterior of the property is clad in thousands of custom-made grey concrete blocks. The cladding was created to provide varying degrees of privacy, and although the property has an austere appearance from the street; inside it offers an abundance of natural light—the concrete blocks cast hundreds of patterned shadows, due to their hollow nature. The property maximizes the value of its plot of land; at 388 square meters the house is substantial in size. The home is arranged around a small indoor pool on the ground floor for bathing. This design is informed by what the architects refer to as a central well—“modelled after [the] tropical shophouses of Southeast Asia, to allow natural ventilations and gentle sunlight to get through every single room”.