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boutique hotel fuses multi-curved brick walls with pure white geometries

‘sala ayutthaya’ by onion is a 26-room boutique hotel across the picturesque site of the old capital of thailand along the chao phraya river.

built in 1353 by the first monarch of ayutthaya kingdom, phutthai sawan temple becomes the encompassing view of the restaurant and the riverfront suites. the main entry, next to a sala tree on U-thong road, is a single iron door on a long brick façade that leads occupants to the low wooden ceiling above the reception desk and the double volume art gallery.

within this space, the dominant feature is an antique timber door whose frame has been designed by the architects. it is placed between transparent mirrors, opening to the exterior courtyard, and narrowed by the paralleled brick walls of multi-curved geometries that frame images of the sky. ‘what is unique about this main circulation is the constantly changing shadows,’ notes onion. ‘the curved shadows from the two sides normally meet on the floor at about eleven o’ clock in the morning. they transform the atmosphere of the space at different times of the day.’

putthai sawan temple can be seen from the indoor restaurant

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