Key：Metrostudio Architecture Trip

项目概况:

Ayutthaya Hotel designed by Bangkok-based Onion is located on thebanks of the Chao Phraya River. On the opposite side of the river is theold city and the Putthai Sawan Temple, built in 1353 AD. But these viewsare masked by the high brick walls and only revealed once guests have travelledthrough the shadowy passageway. The passageway runs between astreet-facing reception, and a restaurant and bar that overlook the river.The scalloped walls of the narrow alley are designed to frame curvingviews of the sky, but also to create transient shadows. At approximately11am the shadows projected by both walls meet, eclipsing the corridor indarkness. A door in the back leads through to the brick corridor andthe restaurant beyond. From this courtyard, the smooth white gables ofneighbouring blocks can be seen rising just above the red brick walls. Thestepped edges of the pool are replicated in the design of adjacent seatingareas, which are recessed into the white-painted walls of the surroundingbuildings. Each of the 26 bedrooms has a different design. Three havedirect access to the stepped swimming pool, while another has its own privatepool bracketed by a brick wall. Guests on the upper floor have bird’s-eye viewsof the brick-walled passageway, swimming pool and marbled courtyard.