project name/ solid concrete gallery
status/ completed
location/ bangkok, thailand
years/ 2015
type/ private gallery + studio
area/ 900 sq.m.
project info/
ASWA (Architectural Studio of Work - Aholic) designed the solid concrete studio + gallery in Bangkok, Thailand. The private studio and gallery of the Thai artist, who preferred the privacy of his daily life from the neighborhood, has only a single opening view from the street to communicate with its surroundings but has surprisingly interior space.
At first glance, the solid concrete box welcomes guests by the high ceiling chamber with the skylight that invites the natural light to the sculptural floating staircase. People can stand in the center of the court to notice the sunlight gradually changing on the concrete central shaft wall as the main attraction to display itself as a living artwork due to daylight changing during the day.
The central light shaft wall has irregular position and size of square window frames to allow people to wonder as the living artwork by displaying the changing of daily light on the concrete canvas on each side of the shaft that also allows the light to brighten up the inside space. The imperfect concrete form-tile created the unique characteristic of this private gallery along with the steel, wood, and glass – the purity of material tends to remind people of craft-work.
project name/ sevenlakes office
status/ completed
location/ bangkok, thailand
years/ 2022
type/ office
area/ 230 sq.m.
design team/ phuttipan aswakool, chotiros techamongklapiwat, prassapol sanguanwattanaraksa
corporate teams/ Landscape Design: LAAB
project info/
ASWA designed a new office with an irregular-shaped construction inspired by their product, a vacuum skin packaging film for the food industry. The unformed functional space conveys the concept of a variable appearance following the shape of an object it wraps. The office has two courtyards; a greenery court and a water court, which allow natural light to shine into the space.
Sevenlakes company is the creative office that leads in the food packaging in Thailand and is a specialist in thermoforming packaging for flexible packaging. ASWA offer the idea of how to represent their new headquarters which architecturally starts from their product. The interior space of 230 sq.m. fits for 6-8 staff seating, ten seat meeting room, and the area for the managing director room.
Approximately 400 square meters, the site is close to the Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok and is surrounded by a low-rise residential building and empty low land. The new office tends to amplify their product, the thermoforming packaging, and translate into an architectural language. The triangular volume with the trapezoid plan shape comes from the idea of thermoforming packaging, followed by the functional inside. The highest volume of 6 meters is next to the roadside for the staff area, which fits 6-8 people, and the ceiling is inclined to a meeting room and a managing director room. The steel structure is selected for a structural design to play a prominent role in this project because it can provide an irregular shape with a wide span. The exterior material of black trapezoid volume with two scoop courtyards is a metallic black aluminum composite that clads all over the building to perform as a single-sheet wrapping material like the company's thermoforming packaging product.
The functional layout can separate into three parts; the staff area on the left side, the meeting area on the center, and the managing director's room on the right side. The entrance is on the oblique side of the trapezoid plan, which has a deck for the welcome area and a curved background wall that allows staff to relax during their break time or after work. The first glimpse of the space, when entering inside, is the surprising scoop greenery courtyard with natural light providing for the staff area, while the meeting room shares a view on the shortened side. Besides the big yard, this building still has another surprising scoop pool court for the managers' to enjoy with their children during the weekend.
Project name/ Khao Niao Restaurant + Onda Cafe
status/ completed
location/ bangkok, thailand
years/ 2022
type/ restaurant + cafe
area/ 290 sq.m.
design team/ phuttipan aswakool, chotiros techamongklapiwat, prassapol sanguanwattanaraksa, tharritipan trakulhae, visarut vongjirasak
project info/
ASWA has completed a new E-sarn (North Eastern of Thailand) restaurant with a cafe around Ari, Bangkok, Thailand, using a wavy precast concrete facade that resembles a wave from an onsite concrete mold.
A wavy precast concrete facade formed by an onsite concrete mold for a new restaurant designed by ASWA for Khao Niao + Onda cafe around Ari, Bangkok, Thailand, surrounded by residential buildings with some restaurants and cafes.
The L-shaped one-story restaurant with approximately 290 square meters tends to hide a private courtyard for a peaceful space from the street. The Khao Niao restaurant + Onda cafe aims to be a new node for the high density of its area by creating a new destination in its neighborhood. The 6-meter height building can be separated into two main parts by L's legs: the main restaurant with the kitchen and the cafe with all service areas, divided by the central semi-indoor courtyard from the main entrance. At the same time, both spaces can celebrate the view of the enclosed courtyard altogether— this courtyard can arrange small events.
Meanwhile, for a cursory glance, the unique facade metaphorically represents the wave-like (Onda means Wave in Italian) all along the building's elevations. As mentioned before, wavy precast concrete is the main material of this project. In a site experiment, the contractor uses a standard corrugated roof tile as the primary mold casting of 1.20 x 2.40 square meters in a modular size. Then tile modular all together to create a large 6x8 square meters onsite concrete mold on the ground, which operates as a master mold casting to cast all facade panels. Then, the half-circle voids are applied as openings on the facade to scoop out the solidity of concrete, reveal the wooden interior space, and allow the natural light to brighten the space.
project name/ Craft Estate
location/ nonthaburi, thailand
status/ completed
area/ 1,400 sq.m.
type/ restaurant, bar, cafe, and office space
design team/ phuttipan aswakool, chotiros techamongklapiwat, ananya rakaphai, nantagan watcharakaweesin
project info/
In Nonthaburi, Thailand, the Craft Estate, located next to the across-river bridge, stands a new triangular architecture for a river-view co-leisure area with a craft beer, coffee, bar, and restaurant community.
Approximately 1,270 square meters, the site is between the across-river bridge and the public park. The new triangular restaurant tends to emphasize the uniqueness of the triangle site and translate it into an architectural language. The trapezoid plan shape comes from the maximum volume of the allowed built area. The inclined volume is 12 to the highest point of 17 meters, where the quirk of the building points towards the Chaophraya River—the functional space of 1,400 sq.m., which is mainly separated and The facade of the building was perceptually cut into two parts followed two main functions: restaurant space and office space.
The restaurant space is on the quirk of the building with a four-story height and fits for the coffee stand, craft beer bar, semi-outdoor, indoor dining, and stepped rooftop for hang-out space. The office space took a three-story on the opposite side, offering space for a working area, meeting room, and the managing director's rooms. The architect selected two primary exterior materials of white translucent fiberglass and precast concrete in the conceptual cutting part of the building. In contrast, the white translucent fiberglass roof tiles were applied to the facade of the building, which allows diffused natural sunlight and the blurriness effect for the interior space. In contrast, the exterior facade will glow at night from the lighting effect, which aims to light up its context with its glowing facade.
Project name/ HeyDay!
status/ construction 95%
location/ bangkok, thailand
years/ 2022 - now
type/ retails + community mall
area/ 1,100 sq.m.
project info/
ASWA designs three asymmetric volumes of curved gable mass to break the node of the continuation of cubic apartment blocks, which tends to connect the new hub for university students.
project name/ Toyota Thailand Marketing Complex
status/ 1st phase completed
location/ bangkok, thailand
years/ 2021
type/ office complex
area/ 9,900 sq.m.
corporate team/
Interior: SAID
Landscape: LAAB
Project Management: ARTO
project info/
ASWA designs a new office complex where the architectural curve meets the landscape curve to create exterior and interior space fluidity.
Located on the east side of Bangkok along the highway, the new Toyota Motor Thailand Marketing Complex aimed to connect people and green areas from working spaces to green courtyards welcoming natural light and greenery views for everyone to relax during working hours.
The complex is a mixed-use commercial-office building on 36,600 square meters of land. The site locates in a TOYOTA test drive area that aims to connect people, nature, and cars by designing the landscape to architecture and interior space. This project can divide into three parts as "The Community," "The Convention," and "The Office," with the concept of driving tracks that applied to the layout and landscape of buildings.
Considering the existing site, as a TOYOTA test drive area, the concept of driving tracks selected to apply to the buildings' layout and landscape, which can notice from the curved edges, as the turning point in a race track in every corner of the buildings. Likewise, the greenery landscape will place in every negative space from an overlapping plan.
The office is the main building of the complex with almost 9,900 sq. m. with four floors. The first two floors use for indoor parking lots with a curved corner rectangular-shaped floor plan with the perforated aluminum facade, which allows light and air ventilation to the space. At the same time, the third and fourth floor has an overlapping racetrack-shaped plan with a continuous glass facade. On the third floor, the main office area has different ceiling height volumes and one central open court, which grants natural light to the whole space with the greenery view. The larger outdoor activities space placed on the fourth floor greets everyone to appreciate nature.
The complex expects to complete in the year 2022. There will have a showroom, retail, restaurants, conventional area, co-working area, office, test drive, and the new headquarters to connect everyone to join this new community.
project name/ Office of Lee & Son Leather
status/ completed
location/ bangkok, thailand
years/ 2016 - 2019
type/ office + showroom + residentials + stocks
area/ 2,000 sq.m.
project info/
ASWA (Architectural Studio of Work - Aholic) determines the Office of Lee & Son Leather by metaphorizing the black curved facade with the physicality of leather in their new office in Bangkok, Thailand.
Lee & Son Leather is a well-known leather provider for sub-dealer whose experience in the industry for more than 20 years in Thailand. Realized from a conceptual product’s image and identity, the concept of the physicality of leather applied to the form of the building.
The 2,000 m2 project consists of 4 floors, where parking lots occupy the first level. On the second floor, space is used for leather showcases with the office. A third floor is divided into living units with three bedrooms and stocks, and a whole floor stock area is located on the fourth floor. Three black curves façade was realized from a physical character of the leather, like a black leather belt that can be bend but not folded. The recessed window with a filler edge invites an indirect light that would not harm the leather.
The Office of Lee & Son Leather is an experiment where architecture, engineering, and construction become parts of the conceptualization and development process. A building’s physicality and functionality are conceived to represent and innately from the owner’s true identity.
project name/ ASWA studio
status/ completed
location/ bangkok, thailand
years/ 2017 - 2018
type/ office
area/ 50 sq.m.
project info/
A “dark green geometric volume” with its punctured roof opening to a green area defines a small design studio, ASWA (Architectural Studio of Work - Aholic), located in Bangkok, Thailand. The studio sits on a small land, around 100 m2 that previously used as parking lots.
The studio has used metal sheet panels as the main material to clad this compact office throughout its wall and roof. The one-story asymmetry hip roof studio holds a 49 m2 square-shaped plan with a 6 m2 square punctured court inside. This off-center courtyard is determined by the required width and height of the surrounding spaces regarding their functions, which include working space for 6-8 staffs, a meeting area, a displayed physical models, materials cabinets, and restroom.
Shape and form of the building represent a humble character of the studio, and its idea of the ideal working atmosphere which are derived from the experimental design in the way to hide from the bustling outside street with minimum openings, yet to surprisingly open itself to the inner green space. This courtyard allows the natural ventilation to go through the office space, as well as the natural light that contributes beautiful shade and a great view for the studio. It also lives with a natural ecosystem by inviting bird, squirrel, butterfly, frog, etc. to reside in its central green space.
Project name/ Diff Coffee Roasters
status/ completed
location/ phitsanulok, thailand
years/ 2024
type/ restaurant + cafe
area/ 600 sq.m.
design team/ phuttipan aswakool, chotiros techamongklapiwat, prassapol sanguanwattanaraksa, napasorn luengkittikhun, visarut vongjirasak
project info/
project name/ 1.6 Office
location/ Bangkok, Thailand
completion year/ 2020
area/ 450 sq.m.
type/ Renovation / Office
design team/ Phuttipan Aswakool, Chotiros Techamongklapiwat, Thanakrit Navanugraha
project info/
An opaque former warehouse converted to a ripple glass facade for a developer office in the Prompong district by ASWA (Architectural Studio of Work - Ahoiic)
ASWA’s scheme comprises one and a mezzanine floor for 1.6 development new office with a ripple glass facade that invites natural light and blurriness effect for the exterior and interior. The translucent ripple glass creates a glowing facade during nighttime. Ripple glass panels run along the facade to flood the space with natural light and light at night.
The building covers 450 sq.m. and divided programs by the main entrance sequence; All visitors will see a long glass box of the 20-seat meeting room in a high ceiling at first glance while opening a ripple glass door. The main workspace is located at the back of the first floor, suited for 18 seats with a pantry. While in the mezzanine floor has MD rooms, a small meeting room, and the expandable 12 seats
With a selection of materials, such as the wooden floor, glass, and plaster color and natural light in the interior space for a humble mood, but concerns privacy from the large parking lots in the front of the office by blurriness effect from ripple glass. At the same time, stay humble all day while the 1.6 office aims to light up its context with its glowing facade.
project name/ Take a breath cafe
location/ bangkok, thailand
years/ 2022
type/ cafe + restaurant
area/ 500 sq.m.
corporate team/ Interior Design: taste space
project info/
Take a breath café is a new cafe and restaurant with the inspiration of a barn in the wood that is separated into a cluster of the building in three main buildings by its functions as a cafe, restaurant, and kitchen, along with a high noticeable bell tower.
The site located in Bangkok's western suburb, approximately 4,600 square meters, is surrounded by a high-density residential zone. The restaurant aims to connect people with nature by creating modern barns in the forest following the first concept by Tastespace, our collaboration team and interior designer of this project. After design development, The cafe has a cluster of three main volumes with almost 500 square meters of the total built area., all with the gable roof: a cafe, restaurant, and kitchen, along with the highest volume of 8-meter height for a bell tower and two small glasshouses.
The main restaurant has one-and-a-half-story structures that provide a space for the main dining area, oriented perpendicularly towards a kitchen and a cafe which fit in the other two main paralleled buildings connected by the roofed corridor. Another reason to separate each building is the building code in this area, which does not allow a restaurant bigger than its limit for one building.
The layout is separated into three parts from the front to the back of the site sequencing is the parking area, the functional area, and the backyard area. A wood-like metal sheet was selected as the primary material to clad all siding along the roof, with arch-shape openings making them a homogeneous look bold from the surrounding context. Various size of arch-shaped voids is specifically randomly located, such as the corner of the central kitchen, which tends to show the movement of the chefs for the newcomer guest, the backside of the main dining area, and the cafe to provide the view to the backyard behind.
project name/ Bitwise Headquarters
status/ completed
location/ samutprakarn, thailand
years/ 2014 - 2018
type/ office
corporate team/ interior design: SAID
area/ 2,500 sq.m.
project info/
ASWA searches for the balance between the project’s objectives and limitations in creating the innovative-looking geometry for Bitwise Headquarters in Samutprakarn, Thailand.
Bitwise is a manufacturer of air conditioners whose a long track record and experience in the industry in Thailand. The new Headquarters design realizes the conceptual organization’s image and identity. The concept of rethinking “Innovation” applied to the form of the building. All the context, criteria, and functions needed to fit within the limitation of the buildable area due to regulation, 26x28 m2 space, which can separate into two sections. The first section –the first and second floor- was scooped out a one-quarter of the space for the primary approach, drop-off, and entrance area. The remaining length of the first floor is a reception area and meeting rooms. Then, it turns into an exhibition space, meeting room, and a large conference area on the second floor. The second section – the third and fourth floors - serves as the company’s office space, which takes a whole limitation area of 26x28 m2 and is physically more extensive than the public space in the first section of the building. The fourth floor also has a limitation of the setback regulation to form the shape of the building.
For an architectural structure, the elimination of conventional column structure to create a form that could correspond to the required functionality and the company’s approach toward image branding for Bitwise Headquarters. For the space of almost a 1,500 m2 capacity on the third and fourth floor to cantilever 14 meters from the main structure and overhang above the drop-off area by using steel truss. The truss structure also appears within the interior space of the third floor—the triangulated geometric patterns for the facade cladding pattern of the building’s exterior shell. The double-layered exterior shell for the south and west facade is the solution for such requirements with aluminum louvers whose forms are similar to those of ventilation fins of an air conditioner. The louvers are welcome in the presence of natural light and outside surroundings.
Bitwise Headquarters is an innovative experiment where architecture, engineering, and construction become parts of conceptualization and development. A building’s physicality and functionality represent the owner’s true identity innately.
project name/ maehongsorn house
status/ completed
location/ maehongsorn, thailand
years/ 2016
type/ private resident
area/ 100 sq.m.
project info/
Located in Maehongsorn, the northern province in Thailand surrounded by mountains, MHS house is a small house project designed for a German - Thai couple by ASWA (Architectural Studio of Work - Aholic). The architect proposed the idea of making a house that looks like a sculptural form for this site.
The house is formed of three concrete structure boxes stacked and shifted from each other. The ground floor is a living space with a small pantry and restroom. For the second floor, the working room is located there and on the overlapped part from the first floor created a terrace, where placed a jacuzzi. At the same time, the main bedroom and master restroom are on the top and have a glass window to look over the mountains around. The artificial wood is chosen to clad all over the second and third floors to create a warm, lightweight body, while the first floor used a plater cement wall to create a heavy base for the house.
All three boxes have a similar dimension of 6.60 by 6.60 meters and 3.45 meters in height. The total area of this house is around 135 square meters. The natural ventilation is the primary concern for energy efficiency for this house, and the rooftop is occupied with solar cell panels which can provide electricity for hot water.
project name/ Giant Bakes Cafe
status/ completed
location/ bangkok, thailand
years/ 2018 - 2020
type/ bakery
area/ 30 sq.m.
project info/
ASWA (Architectural Studio of Work - Aholic) designed the “Giant Bakes Cafe,” located in the Ari district of Bangkok, which has upscale residential and hipster hangouts place; this neighborhood is home to a selection of restaurants and cafes.
The “Giant Bakes” originally served online orders and decided to start their cafe in their home’s yard where they serve coffee and bakery, which they make daily. With a small land, the 30 square meter cafe with a metaphor roof inspired by spreading the chocolate cream over a cake. The selection of a brown asphaltic shingle roof for the primary exterior material could be curved and still humble with the surrounding landscape to cover the whole building.
The concept for this project translated into an architectural design with a curved roof formed from a distorted gable section between front and back elevations. The interior space tends to maximize space in variation experience. Firstly, you can find window seatings at the show, followed by a long counter bar and kitchen area, which were fit for Patissier to work; it is in the center of the building with a service area as storage and a restroom.
project name/ Ta-Tha-Ta Studio
status/ completed
location/ bangkok, thailand
years/ 2016 - 2017
type/ studio
area/ 300 sq.m.
project info/
ASWA (Architectural Studio of Work - Aholic) realized a studio with a collaged metal mesh façade for TA-THA-TA, a functional but playful Thai brand bag, in Bangkok, Thailand. The project holds 120 m2 with 3.5 floors, where stocks occupy the first floor. The second floor was used for assembling, and a studio was located on the third floor with a mezzanine level for rest space.
The small and narrow site has an existing big tree in the front of the property that contributes shading and an excellent view for the studio. With a 4-meter width, the studio with a high gable roof tends to deflect the sun heat and provides extra and relaxed space for the studio. Due to the limitation, a toilet is located in the middle of a stairway to allow natural ventilation for every floor.
Variation of metal meshes was selected as the primary material for a collaged façade which refers to TA-THA-TA’s identity, a collaborative design between architect and client. By providing a pattern outline, the architect and client selected a mesh pattern to complete a procedure. A full-height window behind the façade of the studio and assembly area overlooks a variation pattern and serenity of a big tree. For interior decoration, ASWA provides space and materials finished and furniture completed by TA-THA-TA to showcase their genuine identity.
project name/ Bitter Kiss Cafe
status/ completed
location/ bangkok, Thailand
year/ 2023
area/ 300 sq.m.
type/ cafe
project info/
A former rental building with various materials, loft style with red brick, black color walls, and steel punching ornaments in Bangkok, Thailand, was renovated into a new cafe space, which the owners want to change the new perception of this building. The one-and-a-half-story cafe has approximately 70 seats, is located in Bangkok's eastern suburb, about 300 square meters, and is surrounded by a high-density residential zone next to the famous zoo in Bangkok.
ASWA proposed adding the new welcome elements throughout the existing structure. The initial idea was to create a space by using an arch, and an inverted arch resembles an abstract picture frame from the exterior entrance along the interior space. The repetitive white arch frames will welcome everyone from the street and capture the greenery scene from the golf course behind by changing its mood & tone during the day with its light and shadow. When entering the interior space, the plywood arch partitions became the leading prominent role in creating a picturesque architectural form in the interior space, which can provide semi-private space for each customer in each area. Based on the existing structural conditions of the building, the new elements will be placed directly on the structural grid to camouflage the existing concrete column in the center of the space with the new arch frames to greet everyone who comes to visit this cafe.
project name/ ASAI Sathorn 12
location/ bangkok, thailand
years/ 2017 - 2023
area/ 3,500 sq.m.
type/ hotel
architectural design: ASWA (Architectural Studio of Work - Aholic)
interior design: open-air studio
landscape design: inner exterior
project info/
ASAI Sathorn started from the proposition of designing a new lifestyle hotel to fit on a long narrow site of approximately 45 x 18 square meters with an oblique front along Sathorn 12 Road, the most vibrant and bustler area in Bangkok, where there are residential buildings, restaurants, offices, spas, schools, religious places, and various stalls, al including the way of life of people on this area, which the project wishes to blend in with the community context by increasing the space for eat/work/play activities with its neighbors.
The space planning of the project is rather complicated since the central functions are: the lobby/restaurant, 106 guest rooms, and automatic car parking lots, including the back of the house of the project. With eight floors high and two underground floors for the entrance and exit of the automatic car elevator. The first above-ground first two floors are the public area of the project, which welcome people from the street, with a long bar that serves coffee and drinks at first glance, leading to a self-check-in lobby by another side of a counter bar provided a semi-outdoor double volume to increase airy space for the bar and the Thai restaurant on the second floor. Then, 106 guest rooms are on the third to eighth floors. Regarding the structural design, the architect wants to rotate some columns to avoid the effect of the functions on the third and second floors to meet the most space utilization needs.
The slanted black frontal tilted facade follows the site's shape along Sathorn 12 Road, and all in the grid pattern tends to magnify the concept of a sense of unity, in which all the rooms are visionarily aimed toward the main attraction of Sathorn Road on the right side. Somehow, it still conveys the fun of the Sathorn area with the folding dent pattern from the edge of the grid line frame toward the window, in which the size and proportion coordinate with the interior space to convey the inside-out outside-in space. Meanwhile, the selection of materials represents the area's dynamic in the top part of the building - the 106 guest room; therefore, choosing semi-reflective materials like a black metallic aluminum composite can blend the color with its context and is also distinguished since walking into the Sathorn soi 12soi 12. While, in the common area at the bottom part of the building - bar and restaurant; represents contrasting craft materials to convey the craftsmanship of the Sathorn area by using terrazzo stone walls, wood, and wrought iron like the entrance canopy to invite everyone to come to experience ASAI Sathorn.
project name/ areemit multi-brand car showcase
status/ completed
location/ mahasarakham, Thailand
years/ 2023
type/ retails
area/ 245 sq.m.
design team/ phuttipan aswakool, chotiros techamongklapiwat, pohntanate boonphaeng
project info/
ASWA designed a new multi-brand car showcase in Mahasarakham with a modular idea that can display the multi-brand simultaneously. Areemit group is a well-known car dealer in Mahasarakham. Since they can deal with at least four brands and all of them, they have become one of the best dealers.
Located in the rental area of parking lots of a big supermarket in Mahasarakham, the 7 x 7 square meters with 3.50-meter height modular can fit to display two cars per each, connected by five units, including the reception in the center modules, which has an opening for connecting with the front street, that can quickly change the display car by not interrupt each other.
The black modular curved canopy with the one-story window display of the multi-brand cars simultaneously stands out from its parking lot context.
project name/ YAH (Yen-A-Kart House)
location/ bangkok, thailand
area/ 600 sq.m.
type/ resident
teams/
Architectural + Interior Design/ ASWA (Architectural Studio of Work - Aholic)
Landscape Design/ LAAB
project info/
ASWA designed a split-level house divided by its staircase in the middle of the house to create a central courtyard for privacy between spaces and another smaller court in the front of the house to offer every room a court view.
Yen-A-Kart house with 600 square meters is located in the well-known residential area, Yen-A-Kart, Bangkok, Thailand. The site is narrow with around 11.50 x 29.50 square meters, used to be the house's garden on the right-hand side, and is surrounded by a residential area. The site's context gives a question of how to design a narrow home with good ventilation and with an airy view for the users.
The idea of a split-level house is to separate each function by the central circulation, such as the staircase, and allow all users to have a comfortable view even in the narrow width house with natural light and ventilation while still having privacy in every room. The staircase divided the functions into the front and back parts of the house.
The exterior of this three-leveled house has a recessed stepped facade with the building frame and the vertical void, which allows the natural light to play a leading role in casting the shadow from the opening skylight. At the same time, the recessed facade can provide shading for the floor below. The ground level starts with six parking lots, partitioned for the living area's privacy by a raised courtyard of 4 x 5 square meters with a green boundary to separate the privacy of the living area from the street level. At the same time, the half flight of a staircase divides functions from the front and back of a building. The main entrance leads to a central living area in the back part of the house, which is elevated between parking lots and the study room on its opposite side - the front, the space between two sides located in a central courtyard which provides privacy for each function. While this split level concept is applied to the whole building on level 2 for the study room, guest bedroom, level 2.5 for the master bedroom, level 3 for two bedrooms, level 3.5 for the exercise area, and the stair leads to a rooftop garden. The smaller vertical void with the green space on levels 2 and 3 in the front part fulfills the natural light and ventilation for the guest bedroom on level 2 and the bedroom on level 3, which do not connect with the central court.
The exterior design tends to be a simple mass cut out of voids with a textured gray wall selected as the primary material to express a monotone look for the outer atmosphere to reflect an atmosphere by casting a shadow of the landscape on the wall.
project name/ snog cafe
status/ completed
location/ bangkok, thailand
years/ 2020
type/ interior/ cafe
area/ 100 sq.m.
team/ Phuttipan Aswakool, Chotiros Techamongklapiwat, Thanakrit Navanugraha
project info/
An exterior cracked wall turns out a sleek interior curved glass for a cafe in Bangkok by ASWA (Architectural Studio of Work - Aholic)
ASWA schemes aim to play with contrasting materials between the exterior and interior of the SNOG XX cafe. A rustic cracked concrete-like wall on two sides of the exterior tends to work contrastingly with a curved glass entrance and the polished stainless counter. The cafe is located on the second floor of the building and can quickly notice from the street; the priority is to make it stand out from its surroundings by using a cracked concrete-like opening for the outer skin.
Behind the cracked wall, the curved entrance with the stainless steel bench penetrates through the interior glass facade with the neon light of a smiley logo behind offered the photo shoot spot for visitors. The program is divided into two parts, fast seats with counter, and slow seats. A 6 meter long stainless curved counter with a tube light is the main workspace for 4-5 baristas welcomes everyone to order their drinks.
The cafe covers a total area of 100 sq.m and provides 40 seats for customers. In the slow seat area, the overlapping of two circle-shaped shared table locates in the center of the slow seat space. The interior is designed to be sleek and playful with the selection of materials, like stainless steel furniture and counter bar, plywood all over the ceiling, and cement floor with the effect of natural light thru the cracked rustic concrete-like wall to interior space. Whilst, contrastingly between the exterior and interior like a cracked egg to bring out life inside.
project name/ woodden showroom
status/ completed
location/ bangkok, thailand
years/ 2021
type/ retails, showroom
area/ 130 sq.m.
design team/ Phuttipan Aswakool, Chotiros Techamongklapiwat, Pimpasson Gangvanpanich
project info/
Inspired by a simple woodwork structure in Thai traditional house to represent a new showroom for “WOOD-DEN” furniture by ASWA (Architectural Studio of Work - Ahoiic)
ASWA designed a new showroom for WOOD-DEN, a Thai wooden furniture brand, inside the shopping mall in Bangkok with a concept of interpreting the know-how of wood craftsmanship from a woodwork structure of the Thai traditional house in an interior space.
The one-and-a-half-floor showroom with 9 x 20 meters in the corner welcomes everyone from both sides to enter. This wooden grid structure showroom displays its living and dining furniture on its first floor. An extra mezzanine floor, which is exceptional from others, indicates bedroom furniture compared to a bedroom on the upper level of houses.
At the workshop, there has a display wall to present samples of wood colors that invite people to match their furniture. Moreover, tabletops displays are overhung vertically and work well as a partition to separate the space. Along with a curtain-like stretched screen for a projector to project their advertisements or broadcast for some occasionally events.
The craftsmanship is demonstrated everywhere in this showroom with the materials’ truth to magnify in furniture. A combination between concept and craftmanship is the conclusion of this project to represent their brand identity for everyone who visits their showroom.
project name/ sesia showroom
status/ completed
location/ bangkok, thailand
years/ 2019-2020
type/ interior/ retail
area/ 300 sq.m.
design team/ Phuttipan Aswakool, Chotiros Techamongklapiwat, Thanakrit Navanugraha
project info/
ASWA has designed a new showroom for Sesia, a Thai-furniture brand, inside the shopping mall in the center of Bangkok. The concept of an interior facade inspired by the iconic bookshelf from its brand applied along the whole length of the showroom tends to grab people’s attention from far away. The impressive technical detail of the bookshelf facade allows the pedestrian to touch and understand the product's beauty. In contrast, the facade's view from the interior space works as a backdrop to offer a blur effect to the traffic outside pedestrians. It allows customers to focus on their products inside the showroom.
Another essential element of the showroom is curved-rail curtains that separate the space and work well with the interior facade to create a living-like home space. These off-white semi-transparent curtains allow its staff and customers to reform an exhibition space by themselves. It is a gallery of passion for design and craftsmanship and intends to exhibit arts by projection mapping in the future on the curtains’ surface as a canvas like a gallery space.
The showroom office was raised from the showroom around 50 centimeters, together with a semi-formal business meeting area with the island for a material showcase for customers to review, where the studio decided to provide a clear view towards the entrance.
The material compatibility of this showroom is wood, polished concrete, steel, and off-white curtain as the materials’ truth to magnify the furniture inside the gallery. This project is a translation of the brand identity into an architectural language to identify brand identity repeatedly.
project name/ clay restaurant
status/ completed
location/ bangkok, thailand
years/ 2018 - 2019
type/ renovated/ restaurant
area/ 200 sq.m.
design team/ Phuttipan Aswakool, Chotiros Techamongklapiwat, Thanakrit Navanugraha
project info/
“A Clay restaurant, located in Bangkok, Thailand, is a renovation project from a 40 years old rental house by ASWA (Architectural Studio of Work - Aholic). The architects used raw materials as concrete plaster, wood, and terrazzo to compare with the concept of "Living with nature" alongside with their menu.
By respected the beauty of the old house, The architects removed old additional structures from previous renovations from previous house tenants, like car parking, storage room, maid house, and aluminum canopies. The new steel structure with wood-cladding is applied for a new canopy and new glasshouse area which allowed natural light and greenery view in a dining area.
While keeping old outstanding material likes the existing old roof - tile and existing wood frames, ASWA chooses to remove a white-coated color with a wood frame to show the beauty of the wooden grain and removed an old painted from the exterior wall then covered with new cement plaster.
The new kitchen, located in the back of a house, is converted from the old kitchen where it is adjacent to the main house. The workstation has new glass windows to display chefs' activities during their cooking.
A new white terrazzo floor runs continue to the counter along with the leading line of an exposed ceiling that displayed a wooden floor structure from the upper floor while a new greenhouse's floor used a dark gray terrazzo. The existing window frame separated space into two atmospheres between light and dark.”
project name/ S19H
location/ bangkok, thailand
area/ 600 sq.m.
type/ resident
teams/ Phuttipan Aswakool, Chotiros Techamongklapiwat, Thanakrit Navanugraha, Sittanan Bhengbhun
Architectural + Interior Design/ ASWA (Architectural Studio of Work - Aholic)
project name/ PT28
location/ bangkok, thailand
area/ 600 sq.m.
type/ resident
project name/ inthamara house
status/ completed
location/ bangkok, thailand
years/ 2017 - 2019
type/ house
area/ 400 sq.m.
project info/
ASWA (Architectural Studio of Work – Aholic) has completed a nonaligned windows house to capture parts of its context in Bangkok, Thailand. ‘Inthamara house’ is located in a high-density residential area in the center of Bangkok.
Nonaligned openings on the front of the house are intended to capture the dramatic changes of light and shadow through day and season. These openings also capture parts of its context like a picture frame for its residents and still concern their privacy. Because of the context limitation with the apartment building on its side, only these openings on the front facade need to have enough to brighten up the space.
This fourth-story house with a double-height living area on the second floor with nonaligned openings to the street side of the house allows the natural light into the space and intends to capture some contexts for its residents. The first floor has a small gym with a service part of the house. The second floor wants to form a space for living, with the living room, dining room, and kitchen—the main bedroom located on the third floor, which can look to the living area below. Additional two bedrooms are on the fourth floor of this house where you can enjoy the view of the area along the corridor.
status/ closed competition entry
location/ bangkok, thailand
years/ 2018
type/ office
area/ 10,000 sq.m.
status/ construction drawing
location/ thailand
years/ 2016
type/ cafe'
area/ 200 sq.m.
status/ construction drawing
location/ thailand
years/ 2016
type/ hospitality
area/ 1,00 sq.m.
status/ design proposal
location/ india
years/ 2017
type/ exhibition hall
area/ 10,000 sq.m.
status/ construction drawing
location/ trad, thailand
years/ 2016
type/ hostel
area/ 900 sq.m.
status/ design development
location/ bangkok, thailand
years/ 2019
type/ low-rise condominium
area/ 3,000 sq.m.
status/ competition entry
location/ helsinki, finland
years/ 2015
type/ museum
area/ 10,000 sq.m.
status/ completed
location/ bangkok, thailand
years/ 2015
type/ kindergarten
area/ 420 sq.m.
status/ construciton drawing
location/ bangkok, thailand
years/ 2018
type/ renovation/ co-living
area/ 300 sq.m.
status/ completed
location/ bangkok, thailand
years/ 2015 - 2016
type/ renovation/ mixed use
area/ 540 sq.m.
status/ completed/ competition 1st place
location/ bangkok, thailand
years/ 2019 - now
type/ renovation/ mixed use
area/ 300 sq.m.
status/ concept design
location/ phuket, thailand
years/ 2011
type/ education
area/ 2,000 sq.m.
status/ closed competition 1st place
location/ nonthaburi, thailand
years/ 2016
type/ office
area/ 10,000 sq.m.
status/ design developement
location/ chonburi, thailand
years/ 2017
type/ renovation/ mixed use
area/ 600 sq.m.
status/ design development
location/ bangkok, thailand
years/ 2017
type/ private resident
area/ 300 sq.m.
status/ completed
location/ bangkok, thailand
years/ 2016
type/ commercial + residential
area/ 900 sq.m.
status/ exhibitioned in venice biennale 2012
location/ venice, italy
years/ 2012
type/ exhibition
area/ 1 cubic metre
