Responsive Architecture

Located on a road in Thailand in a middle of waste zone with a low population, home security posed an issue. Inspired by preventing thieves and invaders, Ayutt and Associates set out to create a home that implemented defensive architecture without being brutal.

The PK79 house is divided into 2 zones- Living zones on the ground floor with full connection to the outside and the garden. This area is designed as “THE WHITE box” with the solid white wall and the white vertical protection screen. These white aluminum extrusion strips are developed and applied from the normal obsolete security curve steel, to disappear and blend with the landscape outside. Most of living areas are directly connected to the garden with sliding partitions allow the air flow through into the double height space to reduce the heat for tropical climate.

The evening zone, is designed as “THE BLACK safe box” by cladding the customized screen panels, of which some can open to make way for the windows behind them. The black protection screen is made from Metalic-dark perforated aluminum panels.

Apart from the security issue, the layout is designed in response to the tropical orientation.

Now that’s what we call Responsive Architecture – keeping the occupants, safe, cool or warm!