Baan Nhuer Nham “或 “水面上的房子 “就在湄公河边,是一家舒适而亲密的第二代餐厅。虽然它现在坐落在一块从公路延伸到河边的长方形土地上,但它曾经是一栋有近60年历史的两层小楼。据店主说,决定扩建是为了让它能够容纳不断涌入的顾客,同时也是为了重新设计和装饰,以吸引更多的观众前来。建在成熟的树木和持续的野生绿化中的旧水坝上,这次扩建的设计师认为,通过仔细梳理和重振该地块的现有建筑,可以最好地突出该物业。与其建造一个全新的结构来取代古老而迷人的小楼和水坝,不如将它们与新的功能和装饰品并列并提升。

Loftily poised just by the Chao Praya River, “Baan Nhuer Nham” or the “House Above Water” is a cozy and intimate second-generation restaurant. Though it now sits on a rectangular plot of land that stretches from the road to the edge of the riverside, it once was a small, almost 60-year-old two-story building. According to the owner, the decision to expand the property was made so it could accommodate an ever-growing influx of customers, whilst also going for being redesigned and decorated to attract even wider audiences to come. Built upon an old dam amid mature trees and persevering wild greenery, the designer of this expansion felt the property would best be highlighted by careful grooming and reinvigoration of the plot’s existing building. Rather than build an entirely new structure in place of the old and charming little building and dam, they would instead be juxtaposed and elevated against new features and adornments.

就在餐厅的入口处,设计师想到了重新利用老化的木板,将其锻打和抛光成一个优雅的拱门,将迎面而来的顾客的注意力吸引到一个明亮的花园。花园约占物业绿化面积的50%,对附近道路上的砂砾和污垢起到了天然的过滤作用,使烟雾弥漫的空气和分散注意力的噪音远离餐厅的内部。植物群和动物群也偶然地增加了舒适和放松的气氛。 然后,通过在新建筑和原建筑之间放置一个优雅的池塘庭院,创造了一种扩大空间的错觉。这个庭院不仅作为新旧建筑之间的缓冲区,而且还提供了一个多用途的公共区域。在这里,餐厅员工可以利用充足的空间亲密地欢迎顾客,在季节性的节日里为活动搭建临时舞台或展台,或者只是在旺季时准备更多的座位。

Right at the restaurant’s entryway, the designer thought to reuse aging wooden planks, wrought, and polished into a graceful archway that would serve to pull the attention of oncoming customers to a brightly lit garden. Accounting for approximately 50% of the property’s greenery, the garden acts as a natural filter to the grit and grime of the nearby road, keeping smoggy air and distracting noises away from the restaurant’s interior. The flora and fauna also serendipitously add to an atmosphere of comfort and relaxation. An illusion of extended spaciousness is then created by placing an elegant pond courtyard between the new and original buildings. The courtyard not only serves as a buffer between the old and the new, but also provides a multipurpose communal area. Here, restaurant staff can use the ample space to intimately welcome customers, set up a temporary stage or booths for activities during seasonal festivities, or simply prepare more seating during peak seasons.

高大的弧形砖墙环绕着庭院,其特有的自由形状使该区域不至于被框住,同时也通过其引线和线条增加了一种微妙的、俏皮的好奇心。追踪庭院池塘的小路也是河边和郁郁葱葱的室内之间的一个层次,以灌输奇妙的立体感。 绿色植物、砖墙和庭院一起被自然光俏皮地照亮,同时让河边的微风整天清爽地流过餐厅。

Tall, curved brick walls surround the courtyard, its characteristic freeform shape keeping from boxing in the area, while also adding a subtle, playful curiousness through its leads and lines. The path tracing the courtyard’s pond also serves as a layer between the riverside and the lush interior to instill wondrous dimensionality. Together the greenery, brick walls, and courtyard are playfully illuminated with strays of natural light, all while allowing the river’s breeze to flow refreshingly through the restaurant all day long.

新增加的建筑是围绕着旧建筑设计的,虽然用今天的现代性的钟声和口哨来点缀。它有两层楼,顶部有一个屋檐,其设计是为了让餐厅在室内和半室外都能为顾客服务。底层的设计就像古老的、经典的泰式房屋下的空间–被木梁和高高的木质天花板所包围–而上层则通过一个开放的计划被赋予更多的灵活性,能够根据主人的需要进行配置和改变。

The newly added building was designed around the old one, though embellished with the bells and whistles of today’s modernity. It comes with two floors, is topped with a gable roof, and is designed to let the restaurant service customers in both indoor and semi-outdoor fashions. While the bottom floor was designed to be like the spaces under old, classic Thai-style houses – surrounded by wooden beams and a high wooden ceiling – the upper floor is given more flexibility via an open plan, able to be configured and changed as needed by the owner.

在河边的屋檐下,延伸出一个夹层,提供了更多的座位,同时也给顾客提供了一个宽阔的、不受约束的河边视角。从河边看餐厅的视野也得到了加强,夹层从建筑的整体形状的统一性中提供了一个突破。远离河流并靠着道路的是最后一道砖墙,它贯穿了整个地产的长度。虽然起初并不显眼,但其精心设计的堆叠式镶板反映了附近河流的崎岖而迷人的波浪。在它的映衬下,影子懒洋洋地随着餐厅的灯光起舞,它的恍惚延伸到墙的全长,其无懈可击的结构将外部和内部的座位区连接成一个无缝区域。

Under the eaves on the side of the river extends a mezzanine level, providing even more seating while also giving customers a wide, uninhibited perspective of the river. Views of the restaurant from the river are also enhanced, the mezzanine providing a break from the uniformity of the building’s overall shape. Away from the river and against the road is a final brick wall that lines the entire length of the property. Though at first unassuming, its meticulous stacked paneling was designed to mirror the rugged yet captivating waves of the nearby river. Against it, shadows dance lazily to the restaurant’s lights, its trance extending the wall’s full length, and its infallible structure connecting the outside and inside seating areas into one seamless area.

为了与业主希望让顾客更接近自然的愿望保持一致,这个项目的设计师主要使用了金色柚木、竹子、编织藤、抛光石、水洗沙和灰色砖块等原材料。这些材料不仅庆祝了餐厅的祖先,即建立在自然绿色植物之间的大坝上,而且还将顾客正在享受的超乎寻常的新鲜口味与他们周围的原始物理性交织在一起。

In keeping with the owner’s desire to bring customers closer to nature, the designer of this project mainly uses raw materials such as golden teak, bamboo, woven rattan, polished stone, washed sand, and gray brickwork. These materials not only celebrate the restaurant’s ancestry, being built upon a dam between natural greenery, but also intertwines the exceedingly fresh flavors customers are enjoying with the raw physicality surrounding them.

目前,该餐厅已经经营了60多年。在它的一生中,附近的Chao Praya河做了所有蜿蜒的河流都做过的事情:它削去了河岸,从土地和土壤中蜿蜒而去。为了避免建造一堵 “挡土墙”,只会在未来造成更多的洪水和环境破坏,这个项目的设计师决定发挥河流的特性。因此,这个项目的主要目标是用自己俏皮的形状和线条来补充地产的新弧度,同时通过延伸到河流下面的引桥和横梁来加强结构的强度。这样一来,餐厅就与河流共存而不是争斗。

As it stands, the restaurant has operated for more than 60 years. Over its lifetime the nearby Chao Praya has done what every winding river has done before it: it has whittled away at the riverside, winding away from the land and soil. In lieu of creating a “retaining wall” that would only contribute to more flooding and environmental damage in the future, the designer of this project decided to play into the river’s nature. Thusly this project’s main goal is to complement the property’s new curvature with playful shapes and lines of its own, all while enforcing the structure with strength via pilotis and beams that extend beneath the river. This way the restaurant coexists rather than fights with the river.

同样,该项目在设计时也考虑到了被动式设计,有效地减少了餐厅对环境的影响,同时保护和促进了其周围的自然元素。这延伸到了多功能庭院、室内/半室外设计、新建筑顶层的开放式设计,以及许多促进自然光和风相互作用的结构设计选择。水上之家 “和它的扩建部分在将自然元素与人类结合方面完全是一个新的奇观,在不可避免的时间考验中经久不衰,蓬勃发展。

In a similar fashion, the project was designed with Passive Design in mind, efficiently reducing the restaurant’s environmental impact while preserving and promoting the natural elements that surround it. This extends to the multipurpose courtyard, the indoor/semi-outdoor design, the open design of the new building’s top floor, as well as the many structural design choices that further the interplay of natural light and wind. The “House Above Water” and its expansion boast a new spectacle altogether in combining the natural elements with man, enduring, and thriving in the inevitable test of time.

Architects: Looklen Architects
Area : 1100 m²
Year : 2022
Photographs :Rungkit Charoenwat
Manufacturers : Tree Concept, BPK brick, SK Kaken
Lead Architect : Nuttapol Techopitch
Structural Engineer : Ittipon Konjaisue
MEP & HVAC Consultant : MEE Consultants
Landscape : RITT Landscape
Lighting Designer : Lundi Light Design
Contractor : Double Click Construction, Idea Civil Engineering
Interior Design : Looklen Architects
Project Architect : Sira Temjai
Architect : Sasiwimol Suyanon
Clients : Nhuernham Co., Ltd.
Country : Thailand