Lantern-Like Pavilion and Recycled Brick Bar Reshape Bangkok House into ARVIE
Pachapasa Studio adapts a Yannawa district house and garden into a contemporary restaurant featuring flexible architecture and local materials.
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- ARVIE Bangkok in Yannawa district is designed by Pachapasa Studio
- The project adapts an existing house and garden into a continuous restaurant space
- A new courtyard pavilion offers flexible configurations for various group sizes
- The central bar is crafted from red glazed bricks made from compressed demolition waste
Located in Bangkok's Yannawa district, ARVIE Bangkok by Pachapasa Studio adapts an existing house and its surrounding garden into a restaurant and hospitality setting. Rather than replacing the original structure, the project retains the building and removes its internal partitions to create a continuous dining room. A new pavilion is introduced across the courtyard, establishing a second architectural volume while activating the previously unused garden between the two structures.
The courtyard becomes the spatial center of the project, connecting the existing house with the new pavilion. At night, light passes through the pavilion's envelope, giving the structure a lantern-like appearance that visually extends the restaurant into the garden. The pavilion is designed as a flexible space that can accommodate up to 16 guests in a single configuration, operate as two independent rooms for eight guests each, or open fully toward the courtyard to function as a stage for outdoor gatherings. Its adaptable configuration allows the relationship between interior and exterior to change according to different uses.
Stock photo for illustration only, not from the actual event
Adaptive reuse of residential structures into commercial hospitality spaces is a growing architectural response in dense urban environments like Bangkok. By preserving the existing framework rather than demolishing it, projects significantly reduce construction waste and embodied carbon. Pachapasa Studio's approach demonstrates how historic or domestic spatial memories can be successfully integrated with modern functional needs through thoughtful interventions.
Inside the existing house, the design team at Pachapasa Studio removes internal walls to establish a long, continuous dining space organized around a central bar. The bar defines the layout while also providing a visual focus on food preparation. It is constructed from red glazed bricks developed with a local craftsman and produced using compressed demolition waste, introducing recycled material into one of the restaurant's primary architectural elements.
Source: designboom
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