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Tara Villa

IDIN Architects

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JURY VOTES
Hotel
7.00
6.56
7.11
6.11
6.69
Peter Meinders
Peter Meinders Lecturer at Saxion University of Applied Sciences
It is certainly streamlined. And co...
6.5
8.5
6.5
7.5
7.25
Sam Derrick
Sam Derrick Managing Director at Brinkworth
6.5
7
6
7.5
6.75
Fo Chen
Fo Chen General Manager at Guangzhou Baietan Mixc
6.5
7
6.5
6.5
6.63
Billy Ip
Billy Ip Principal, Global Sector Leader - Retail at Woods Bagot
great flexible space provided for t...
7
7.5
7
8
7.38
Sarika Shetty
Sarika Shetty Partner at SJK Architects
Material tactility works in parts....
6.5
7
7
6.5
6.75
Laetitia Murguet
Laetitia Murguet Founder at Oani Studio
6.5
7
6
7
6.63
Hong-Bo Cheng
Hong-Bo Cheng Founder and Creative Designer at LubanEra·Design
6.5
7
6
6
6.38
Kevin Mclachlan
Kevin Mclachlan CEO at NOMADK
6.5
7
6.5
6.5
6.63
Client
Pramot Kamolpantip
Floor area
5900 ㎡
Completion
2019
Architect, Interior Designer

Tara Villa is a small resort situated at the bank of Kwai River. The design focuses more on the in-between space than the structure. Plus, the design aims into the value of walking steps toward the living space, referring to the quote ‘the journey is more important than destination’ which had been described through simple senses of human: touch, sight, hearing and smell. These senses significantly appear through rammed earth wall done by the yellow soil leftover from the site which was reused to become a dominant feature of the resort. Tara Villa is the project that designer values on the spaces among functions rather than the physical structure, referring to what Lao Tzu (Lao Zi) said “We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want.” It is the project that perfectly transform the concept into a tangible architecture. The basic requirement from the owner was to lower the level of the land on the right wing down for three meters or about one storey building as to pull multi-purpose court and swimming pool closer to the river. To achieve this, there would be a lot of soil to be removed which leading to the idea to utilize such material. The project is apparently an example of utilization material efficiency through the idea of re-using the leftover soil to be the feature material as rammed earth wall and hence creates a unique character for the resort. The particular rammed earth wall has physical outcome that even encourages the design concept to allow users spend time along pathway and pay attention to the elements, related to the quote that the journey is more important than the destination.