ARCHIVE STUDIO

Curculate House
A private residence designed with an elegant landscape that embraces family living.

Architect: perspacetive.studio
Landscape: archivelandscape

KSR8
Bangkok, Thailand
Architect : ARCHIVE STUDIO
Landscape : ARCHIVE STUDIO
Engineer : Patd Pimsen
Photographer : Kukkong Thirathomrongkiat
Status : Completion, Spring 2024

Mass and Void, Elevated

Concrete is held not as weight, but as intention — elevated, refracted, and framed to transform emptiness into inhabitable form.

This residence experiments with spatial layering through one of the most fundamental materials in construction — cast-in-place concrete. Here, concrete is not merely a structural necessity, but the main protagonist. Its raw presence expresses clarity, honesty, and a kind of spatial stillness that contrasts with the density and disorder of the surrounding urban fabric.

The architecture challenges perception — using the tension between plane, mass and void to create sensory experience. A 6-meter cantilever of concrete extends outward, held in tension, allowing solid form to hover and carve into space. Transparent glass planes and linear metal screening act as counterweights — reflecting, filtering, and layering the boundaries between inside and out. The result is not about surface treatment, but about exposing structure, material, and atmosphere.

At the heart of the house lies a 10-meter-wide column-free living space — a gesture of openness and generosity, framed by structure yet uninterrupted by it. Large bedrooms, each with an en-suite bath and wrap-around veranda, are positioned to embrace light, air, and extended views.

The entrance remains discreet and subdued, allowing light and shadow to recalibrate perception before revealing the primary axis — a 15-meter pool that runs parallel to the open-plan living and dining zones. This quiet sequence intensifies the contrast between compression and release, density and calm.

HKB
Bangkok, Thailand
Architect : ARCHIVE STUDIO
Photographer : Kukkong Thirathomrongkiat
Status : Completion, Winter 2024

Inserted Form / Urban Rhythm Reframed

An urban form designed to break repetition — defined by subtle shifts in depth, light, and a filtering logic between inside and out.

This compact building rethinks the possibilities of a narrow urban lot within a monotonous commercial streetscape. Instead of resisting constraints, the design works precisely within them — using spatial tools such as height, voids, and circulation to create layered experiences.
A central courtyard introduces light and ventilation deep into the section, reducing dependency on mechanical systems.
Internally, a spiral stair and mezzanine levels allow a range of perspectives, creating visual permeability despite limited footprint.
The exterior is not treated as a surface but as a mediating system — projecting, receding, and filtering.
A modular aluminum grid (15x15x15 cm) becomes the project’s architectural language, wrapping both exterior and interior surfaces, offering privacy, rhythm, and shadow.
This is a study in small-scale density — where every move is deliberate, and every layer serves both function and form.