Café Amazon PTT
Maerim chiang Mai

Architectural design project for supplementary business building and improve image of petrol station, PTT Public Company Limited, Mae Rim, Chiang Mai.

PTT Public Company Limited launched a design competition to improve the image of its petrol service station in order to make the different and to create a local identitiy as a gateway to link between its service station and promoting community business image in order to create an impression for the customers who use the services by connecting local lifestyle, environment and vernacular architecture.

Café Amazon is one of the supplementary business building that designed by DFAP Architect – the firm that won the competition. The design concept is adaptative of Lanna Vernacular Architecture in modern construction. A stacked hip-roof has been designed to reduce the scale of the roof so that it doesn’t look too big. The open space between each layer of the roof uses to capture natural light and transfers it into the room space for energy saving and to create a beautiful ambience.

The building structure is a steel frame with heat reflecting ceramic roof tiles and artificial wood battens ceiling. The outdoor terrace is using real wood flooring. The entrance of the building has a garden, a fish pond, and a wheelchair access ramp for disabled customers. The store signage has been designed with Lanna Thai alphabet to create a local identitiy.

  • ARCHITECTS
    DFAP Arcitect
  • LOCATION
    Mae Rim Chaingmai, Thailand
  • CATEGORY
    Commercial Building
  • AREA
    150 sqm.
  • PROJECT YEAR
    2017

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