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Sala Ayutthaya Hotel is the twenty-six-room boutique hotel, right across a most picturesque site of the old capital of Thailand along the Chao Phraya River. Phutthai Sawan Temple was built in 1353 AD by the first monarch of Ayutthaya Kingdom. It becomes the view of the restaurant and the riverfront suites at Sala. The main entry of Sala is next to a Sala Tree on U-thong Road. It is a single iron door on a long brick facade, leading us to the low wooden ceiling reception and the double volume art gallery.
Courtesy of Onion – Photographs : Wison Tungthunya
Within this space, the dominant feature is an antique wooden door that Onion designs the framing for. It is placed between the transparent mirrors, opening to the exterior courtyard, narrowed by the paralleled brick walls of multi-curved geometries. They frame the image of the sky. What is unique about this main circulation is the constantly changing shadows. The curved shadows from the two sides normally meet on the floor at about eleven o? clock in the morning. They transform the atmosphere of the space at different times of the day. Courtesy of Onion – Photographs : Wison Tungthunya

The panoramic view of Chao Phraya River and Putthai Sawan Temple cannot be seen from the brick walls courtyard. It can only be experienced when we walk pass Sala Restaurant towards the riverfront deck. At this location, we see another facade of Sala, white walls of gabl...