Cosmetics retail booth

We were commissioned by a cosmetics company to design a retail booth concept to be located in "Central" shopping malls throughout Thailand.  The shopping malls have specific and varying requirements for the size of the booths, but also the shape of certain elements of the design.  This design was specific for the Udon Thani Central shopping mall and would be adjusted to the requirements of other retail locations, whilst maintaining the same theme and style.


Modern two bedroom two story home

This is another of our stock designs.  This house features two large bedroom suites each with walk-in closets and spacious bathrooms.   The bedroom suites are linked by a walkway overlooking the large open plan living/dining room.   There is also a separate lounge area.

Finishing details and boundary walls

We are close to completion with this modern two bedroom home.   We are adding finishing details to the house and building the front and rear boundary walls.  Once the walls are complete and the site cleared a little more we will pour the concrete driveway and also build a modern style sala in the back garden, though we have not been contracted to carry out the actual landscaping of the gardens.

Roofing complete, additional sub-projects underway

We have completed the roof tiling for this interesting project in Sangkhom.   We are now adding the typically Thai decorative detail and facias to the roof sections.

We have also completed the roofing of the 'cottage' which actually houses caretaker's accommodation as well as parking.   The next stage is to add the timber cladding and rendering that will give it the appearance of an Elizabethan timber framed wattle and daub cottage.  The timber framed windows will also be added shortly.

The two buildings on this project sit on a plot of about 4 acres and we are undertaking a number of other works on the land.  One such project is the construction of a spill way for a large drain that runs underneath the land taking water run off from the hills behind the property to the Mekong river.  

We also installed another drain and spill way that will handle surface water drainage on parts of the land as well as the roof run-off from the house itself.

We constructed a terrace that is located on the river bank, just out of sight of the main house.   Being on the river bank it was necessary to build the terrace on piles, as with the spill way.

There arer a number of other sub-projects on the plot of land, but I shall save those for a later post.

Breaking ground and earthmoving

We have recently begun work on a new large scale project.   We will be building a home on a plot of land of just over 11.5 Rai (4.6 acres) in area.   We have not yet finalised the design, though have established the 'footprint' of the home and have a high-level plan for the land and landscaping.  The plot of land was previously used for rice farming and requires significant re-sculpting in order fit in with the design we are working on.   It is desirable to raise the height of the land to various levels.  We are digging a large ornamental lake of about 1.5 rai in order to provide the soil to fill the rest of the land.   The lake itself will be 10 metres deep and feature a large island.  The land is being filled up in layers of about half metre depth, stepping up to two metres in places.

Currently, we have completed about 30% of the lake excavation.  We intend to have it completed by mid June. Finalising the design of the home and landscaping, however, will take several more months.  This will be a long project with many interesting challenges and intend to blog about progress as we move forward.

 

 

Main structure complete... on to decoration

I have previously posted about the design phase of this project.  At that time, the project was scheduled to commence in August 2011.  However, the client was not ready to begin until January of this year, since which time I have not made any further posts, yet there has been a lot of progress. In fact, all of the structural, block work and rendering has been completed.   We are now in the process of fitting windows, tiling and painting.

As it is a long time since I have posted about this project, I shall include the original 3D rendering again.

Interior and exterior painting and tiling completed

The last time I posted about this project, we had completed the main concrete structure and were beginning the roof frame and block work.   We have now completed these tasks, as well as the interior and exterior painting, floor tiling, architectural detailing and more.   Windows are now nearly all installed, and we are entering the final phase of installing bathroom and kitchen fittings.

Home Build Completed

The last time I blogged about this project was on the 5th December, when we were working on the roof frame and block work.   We have since completed the project, so I shall just include a few pictures of the various stages between then and now.

Installing heat reflective sheet and tiling.

Roof tiling and wall rendering.

Architectural detailing being applied around doors and windows etc...

Suspended gypsum ceiling installation.

 

We have in house designers who are happy to give any guidance needed to clients regarding the colour scheme and interior decoration of thier homes.   When we present our 3D models during the design phase, we also include our recommended colour scheme and tiling scheme.   However, the final choice of colour and interior decor is obviously entirely the choice of our clients.