Bhoon+ House in Bangkok Centers Life Around Planted Courtyard
Designed by Anonym Studio, this residence offers modern living organized around a shared garden courtyard.
1Design Preserving Family Bonds
Built on a 376 sqm plot in Bangkok, Bhoon+ House reimagines the lawn of an existing family home. The design maintains visual and spatial connections between the new dwelling and original residence while ensuring privacy for the younger family. The shared courtyard serves as both physical and emotional bridge between two households. Anonym Studio's approach presents an exemplary project that translates neighborhood relations into architecture.
2North-Facing Edge for Natural Light
With an east-facing street front, architects created a second north edge by carving courtyard into the building's center. This intelligent move floods interiors with daylight while framing garden views. Large glazed surfaces blur indoor-outdoor boundaries. Main rooms face the courtyard to benefit from cross ventilation, demonstrating climate-responsive design principles for Bangkok's tropical weather.
3Roof Design Embracing Nature
The project's most distinctive feature is its recessed roof section accommodating courtyard's central tree. This detail maintains roof plane continuity while giving the building character. Architects treated the courtyard as architectural element rather than separate landscape feature. Approximately 400 sqm interior spaces unfold around this central green void, creating fluid living areas.
4Flexible Functional Interiors
A continuous communal space combines living room, dining area and kitchen. Strategically placed large glazed openings invite daylight while framing views. Operable awning windows in kitchen provide additional ventilation. Service areas and Thai kitchen form separate volume at rear, defined by curved white-painted brick wall. Gaps in brickwork allow light and air passage, contrasting with open glazed courtyard elevations.
5Multi-Layered Light Play
Daylight enters through courtyard glazing, upper-level windows and internal voids. Glass walls along second-floor corridor allow light to filter through central opening to lower level, creating visual connections between floors. Private rooms on upper level surround central void. Main bedroom features east-facing glazed wall with garden views beneath gabled ceiling, extended by raised platform creating informal sitting area.
6Semi-Outdoor Living Spaces
At heart of house, planted courtyard connects with semi-outdoor terrace finished with composite decking under deep roof overhang. This space functions as both living area extension and circulation route between interior and garden. Additional trees strengthen connection between new and original house, their canopies reaching toward upper-floor windows. Greenery remains visible from principal rooms, maintaining landscape dialogue between households.
7Minimalism Meets Functionality
Exterior is defined by white material palette, pared-back gabled roof and large glazed openings. East facade welcomes morning light into bedrooms while courtyard side maintains visual continuity with neighboring home. Gaps in brickwork create ventilated enclosure contrasting with open glazed elevations. This material honesty reflects Thai architectural traditions reinterpreted through contemporary lens.
8Architectural Harmony with Environment
Bhoon+ House employs courtyard, recessed roof and glazed openings as interconnected architectural devices. These elements organize daylight, ventilation, circulation and views while preserving relationship between existing residence, shared landscape and new home. Project combines sustainable design principles with daily living practices, offering climate-specific solutions for Thailand's tropical context. Anonym Studio's work underscores importance of nature integration in contemporary residential architecture.