Designed by VaSLab Architecture, LIT Bangkok, Being a stranger, out of place or being alienated, is a state of mind when one is away from home. It is neither a familiar place nor an everyday life environment that one is used to. Especially, in a city full of complexity; different nationalities, cultures, or even architecture, that might cause us that feeling.
Photography: Spaceshift Studio
LIT Bangkok is located in such a complex area of diversities and program contradictions, with 200 meters away from sky-train, a block away from the art museum and shopping centers, the site is surrounded by shophouses, back-packer hotels, and also street vendors. Designed by VaSLab Architecture, LIT Bangkok seeks to articulate architectural space that coexists with the ability to attract passersby but yet secludes itself away from its outer chaos as to enclose them again with warmth and comfort. The L-shape of 79-room hotel consists of swimming pool, spa, fitness, steam room, restaurant & bar, and function room, altogether with the two-layer of green space, created to attract passersby. The ground level access leads to the hotel?s reception with the inner view of the sunken court, visually connected by full height glass lobby. Photography: Spaceshift Studio
The court is enclosed by a fitness room, a steam, and a spa that sits below the elevated swimming pool. While the front green steps take the users up to the plaza level hosted by the outdoor dining space then fluctuates into the in...