Firstly I want to say such big thanks to everyone in this community for lovely comments and positive reaction to my last post. I'm so happy sharing my work here to other people in this industry. For today I would like to talk about an ongoing job I have that is nearing completion.
In Phuket it's quite common for home owners to invest in a property that is part of a small self-contained development. Often they are only about 10 - 15 villas on large plots of land within a secure gated community.The developers very often allow the new homeowner to radically change the design both interior and exterior as long as certain aspects of the overall community design style are followed - normally the roof shape, material and entrance. here is an example of a housing development master plan that I designed....
I had one client approach me asking for a complete redesign of the development property from scratch. I had to adhere to certain parameters but the developers approved all of my designs and although they were in charge of construction my client asked us to make sure our designs were implemented correctly.
This often creates issues because it's not my team doing the construction so I can't control them every step of the way, and I simply don't have time to monitor every minute they are working. Invariably mistakes are made and things need re-doing. Here are some final renders of my design of the villa, alongside the construction phases.
I designed a sala and covered walkway all from reclaimed teak. The construction crew had a pretty good carpentry team and I'm happy with their work. It looks very close to the renders I presented to the client and although it's not yet finished I think it's going to be just super!
I designed this textured wall that was to go in the outdoor BBQ area. I got the idea from a company in Bangkok that presented their portfolio of wall textures. A very specialised team had to come from Bangkok to do this. I think they did a great job and it looks just like my design renders.
The interior joinery and builtins were my teams responsibility. We created large bay windows in the guest suites and very nice built-in wardrobes in each bedroom. I visited often to make sure the design was followed correctly. Here's a render of the master bedroom and some pics of the construction process....
The colour palettes of this villa both interior and exterior are cool tones and warm wood. I used reclaimed teak for the floors and all the joinery plus the same wood for the outdoor sala, walkway and the roofing eaves. In the garage I chose volcanic stone for the floor and for the pool again natural stone which I think will look super once the water is in and the sun is on it.
I hope you like this quick post. I'm sorry no time to tell you more but I will update you all further when the job is done!
