The brief from the client, Thailand-based luxury real estate developer Country Group Developments, was for a 28,500m2, 104-room hospitality property.
It was to be situated within the larger Chao Phraya Estate that would have its own individual identity, but have an architectural style that harmonises with the rest of the Estate.
To meet this brief, Hamiltons International architects Andy Miller and Richard Scott-Wilson created three, carefully scaled and proportioned components – a hotel block, a ground and first floor with courtyard spaces and connections, and a lower ground floor with gardens.
These components were laid out in an E-shaped floorplan that includes a lobby, an exclusive reception area called the Capella Living Room, a ballroom, two F&B outlets, 97 guestrooms with balconies, a spa designed by GOCO Hospitality, and seven luxurious villas designed PIA Interiors that run along the river’s edge.
To maximise the sweeping river views, the hotel block was designed as a single-loaded configuration of about 10 rooms per floor, with service stacks arranged to allow the rooms to flip in elevation between floors.
Wide room configurations allow for frontloaded bed and bathroom areas, while a backloaded corridor buffers noise from the busy Charoenkrung Road.
Below the guestrooms, the ground and first floor include a long, horizontal aspect lobby, which opens to the river, and connects to the adjacent ballroom, first-floor speciality dining, and Capella Living Room.
Denne historien er fra Issue 119-utgaven av d+a.
Start din 7-dagers gratis prøveperiode på Magzter GOLD for å få tilgang til tusenvis av utvalgte premiumhistorier og 9000+ magasiner og aviser.
Allerede abonnent ? Logg på
Denne historien er fra Issue 119-utgaven av d+a.
Start din 7-dagers gratis prøveperiode på Magzter GOLD for å få tilgang til tusenvis av utvalgte premiumhistorier og 9000+ magasiner og aviser.
Allerede abonnent? Logg på
Clean, Green, And Connected
Skyblox Co-Living in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is leading the way to sustainable and uplifting urban housing
Custom Production Boosts This Manufacturer's Position
Danovel's expertise in custom services is buoyed by advanced technology and trends awareness
Three Strategies To See If AI Creativity Is Limited Or Limitless
The two columns have exactly same sentences but with completely different meanings when read in reverse. We all see exactly the same AI, but each of us can come to completely different conclusions whether AI creativity is limited or limitless.
focus on quality and innovation
Despite proven capability in supplying furniture to large-scale projects, Design Studio Vito Selma requires no minimum order
filling in the gaps
Leading manufacturers introduce highly innovative solutions in response to the evolving uses of the kitchen
where beauty, meaning and function meet
Great design should be able to enrich people's experience of their surroundings
unpacking titoudao
Goh Boon Teck directs and designs his multiple-award-winning play with copious amount of research and experimentation
range rover velar unveiled
Innovative technology has been put to excellent use in updating the design of the Range Rover Velar
nature guiding nurture
A luxury resort obtains inspiration from ecological protection and local motifs
past to present
A thoughtful restoration revives the glory of a national monument and a neighbouring conserved building and brings them up to current standards