The aim of the project was to create a building using a mix to combine a residence and commercial space within it. The site is situated on one of the corners of a T-junction where a side street meets Klong Chonlapratarn road, a kind of main road in Chiangmai City that shapes the area likes a trapezoid ? a narrow front width is expanded to the back of the site. 

© Chaiyaporn Sodabunlu

Architects: Full Scale Studio

Location: Chiang Mai, Mueang Chiang Mai District, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Architect In Charge: Attasit Kongmongkol

Area: 300.0 m2

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Chaiyaporn Sodabunlu

© Chaiyaporn Sodabunlu

From the architect. The aim of the project was to create a building using a mix to combine a residence and commercial space within it. The site is situated on one of the corners of a T-junction where a side street meets Klong Chonlapratarn road, a kind of main road in Chiangmai City that shapes the area likes a trapezoid ? a narrow front width is expanded to the back of the site. 
© Chaiyaporn Sodabunlu

The client requires spaces for residence, restaurant and café all in one building; 300 sq. m area. However, because of its location, it needs to be designed by following the newest Chiangmai building standards of law; the building cannot be built over 12 meters high of the wall on the highest level and must have a setting of 6 meters back off the main road. 

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