“Baan Ing Gaya”（精益之家）的设计是为了应对一位73岁的华裔泰国人的生活方式的变化，他是这所房子的居民和客户。这种变化不仅是指从四层楼的商业建筑中搬到单层住宅中，还包括改变思想和感觉以适应新环境。因此，设计考虑到了 “传统与科学”、”安全感与开放空间中新生活的舒适感 “以及 “中国和泰国建筑 “之间的平衡和融合。

“Baan Ing Gaya” (Lean House) is designed to respond to the changing lifestyle of a Chinese-Thai man, aged 73 years, a resident and client of the house. The change is not just only moving from living in a 4-story commercial building to a single-story home, but also changing of mind and feeling to adapt to the new context. Therefore, the design takes into account balancing and blending between “Convention vs Science”, “The sense of security vs The comfort of new living in an open space” and “Chinese and Thai architecture”

虽然屋主年事已高，但他欢迎理性和现代的思维。然而，作为一个华裔泰国人，他并没有忽视对风水的信仰，这不仅影响到房子在广阔土地上的朝向，也影响到房子朝向东北方向的街道和主卧室的位置。此外，设计师利用气候学数据和对场地的分析，将作为房屋核心的中央大厅朝向南面的寺庙中的Garjan巨树的景观：这是这个地区最好的景观。所以这个大厅包容了客户以前在商业建筑中居住时从未得到的通风和舒适。

Although in his senior years, the homeowner welcomes rational and modern thinking. Yet, as a Chinese-Thai descent, he does not overlook the belief in Feng Shui which affects not only the orientation of the house in the vast land but also facing of the house toward the north-east street and the location of the master bedroom too. In addition, the designer has employed the climatological data and analysis of the site to locate the central hall, which is the heart of this house, facing south to the view of Garjan giant trees in the temple: the best view of this area. So this hall embraces ventilation and comfort that the client had never received before when living in a commercial building.

关于屋主以前居住的整个过程中熟悉的安全感，这个因素是设计师在新的背景下首先要关注的：通过设计透明的栅栏，将该区域作为前院，以保证视野的清晰，并创造一个大墙，以防止私人区域被路人看到。然而，为了减少墙的坚固性，设计师创造了特殊的砖石模式，使之成为多孔砖墙，并在墙内安装了透明玻璃推拉窗，以呈现两层安全。此外，周围的区域被指定为开放空间，这与传统的泰国房屋所使用的概念是一样的，传统的泰国房屋通常会在周围留下包装的土壤地面。但这所房子，却用河边的碎石代替，因为如果入侵者闯入，它们会发出哗啦啦的声音。

Regarding the familiar sense of security throughout the homeowner’s previous accommodation, this factor is what the designer is to first focus on with the new context: by designing the transparent fence, leaving the area as the front yard for clear of vision, and creating a large wall to prevent a private area from the eyes of the passersby. However, to reduce the solidity of the wall, the designer has created the particular pattern of masonry to make a porous brick wall and has installed the clear glass sliding windows inside the wall to present two layers of security. Moreover, the surrounded area is designated as an open space, which is the same concept used in a traditional Thai house that often leaves the packed soil ground around it. But this house, river gravels are used instead as they would clatter if intruders broke in.

此外，位于Angthong郊区的田园风光中，该建筑是根据建筑的基本元素设计的，包括当地可用的材料，如木材、钢和混凝土。然而，最重要的材料是当地制造的 “Angthong砖”，目的是显示材料的真实性，以反映其真正的价值，并与周围的农村景观创造和谐。除此之外，由于建筑的位置是在一片没有常年树木的空地上，再加上安全的概念，建筑师在建筑周围创造了一个空间，从而让光线透过半透明的平面照射进来，这是为了安全起见。此外，建筑本身的平面上的光和影根据一天中的不同时刻出现和变化：这是一个自然力量赋予空间价值的好例子。

In addition, located in the idyllic landscape of Angthong suburb, the building is designed based on basic elements of architecture, including locally available materials such as wood, steel, and concrete. Yet, the most important material was the local-made “Angthong bricks” with an intention to show an authenticity of material to reflect its true value and to create harmony with the rural landscape surrounding. Apart from this, because of the location which is on an open land with no perennial trees together with the concept of safety, the architect has created a surrounding space around the building, thus allowing the light to shine through the semi-transparent plane that has built for a safety reason. Also, light and shadow on the plane of the architecture itself appear and change according to different moments of the day: a good example of how natural power imparts the value of space.

Architects: Teerachai Leesuraplanon
Area: 420 m²
Year: 2018
Photographs: Rungkit Charoenwat
Manufacturers: Onduline, BPK brick, Cellocrete, SCG
Civil Engineer:Somporn Bhatrabhuribharsana
Contractor:Chin Boonmark
Furniture Designer:Rodena co., ltd.
Client:Chumnarn Chutchavarnyangkoon
Country:Thailand