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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. CHOUI FONG TEA CAFE in Maechan, Thailand by IDIN ARCHITECTSJune 7th, 2016 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: IDIN ARCHITECTS Choui Fong Tea Café is located in the area of Choui Fong tea plantation where is covering with a number of huge hills. Instead of locating the tea café on the hilltop, the architect decided to lay the buildings hidden in the hill but outreach to take the view of plantation.  Image Courtesy © Spaceshift Studio
 Image Courtesy © Spaceshift Studio The idea is to keep the hill top view where the building rooftop would then be a 360-degree viewpoint of the plantation. Here at the rooftop, in addition to the natural atmosphere of the plantation, the visitors can do observe the farmers’ activity, tea leaves ‘hand pick’ harvesting during the day.  Image Courtesy © Spaceshift Studio  Image Courtesy © Spaceshift Studio The main building is composed of three buildings; they are floated and outreached from different viewpoints. The functional areas included dining zone, café, teashop, and toilets. Scale and proportion of them are various and depended on those usage of each building. The structure is challenged point, we can see they are floating when we look at them from the foot hill and only one pile appears to bear the entire building. The retaining wall at the back is set into a distance of the building to create an extra space for the green courtyard to provide shade and shadow in this area.  Image Courtesy © Spaceshift Studio  Image Courtesy © Spaceshift Studio There is another separated building of toilets for visitors at the parking lot; this is to alleviate the visitor circulation during the high season. Same as with the main building, this toilet building is also hidden under the hill and also composed with stone and green courtyard for shady.  Image Courtesy © Spaceshift Studio  Image Courtesy © Spaceshift Studio  Image Courtesy © Spaceshift Studio  Image Courtesy © Spaceshift Studio  Image Courtesy © Spaceshift Studio  Image Courtesy © Spaceshift Studio  Image Courtesy © Spaceshift Studio  Image Courtesy © Spaceshift Studio  Image Courtesy © Spaceshift Studio  Image Courtesy © Spaceshift Studio  Image Courtesy © Spaceshift Studio  Image Courtesy © IDIN Architects  Image Courtesy © IDIN Architects  Image Courtesy © IDIN Architects  Image Courtesy © IDIN Architects  Image Courtesy © IDIN Architects
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