This residence is a family home of two generations, located in the urban context of Bangkok, Thailand. The house has about one thousand and two hundred square meters of land and two thousand square meters of building area. The density of the neighborhoods does not allow a residential building to have a calm and peaceful environment. The initial idea is to preserve the valuable elements for the family members by looking inward to create the privacy of living in an urban context.

Among the relationships of the family, the relationship between "interaction" and "privacy" is raised and transformed into an architectural element. The courtyard in the center of the property is to define the distance between "interaction" and "privacy", Each function around the courtyard is represented by the individual sizes and shapes of the openings. This methodology creates dialogues of interactions among the openings by the dimension the courtyard.

The planning is designed in a centrifugal direction, placing function and circulation around the center courtyard. Entering the house from the west side, solid box volume facade, to the double height volume foyer that has an opening above for overhead natural light. The light and shadow are contained in an internal white wall box, which is animated by the movement of light and shadow during the daytime. From this angle, the courtyard has not revealed itself yet. Moving away from the foyer, an opening reveals a little angle of the courtyard, with a six-meter tree in the foreground of this view. Living space is at the end of the circulation that needs two more turns to reach, the first is another viewing angle of the courtyard looking through layers of courtyard, pool terrace, and swimming pool. The sense of the internal courtyard is cast by the shadow of the trees on the interior floor. The last turn is the main living space, which consists of a twelve-meter-long opening, a six-meter-long pantry, a four-meter-long dining table, and a living room. The view of the courtyard reveals itself little by little, from a small angle to the full viewing angle from the main living space. This angle of the courtyard, the interior space, and the outdoor courtyard are connected seamlessly by the choice of the partition, which is able to create an open space for the entire floor. On the other hand, the complexity of the partitioning system is also able to create privacy in the room configuration.

From the outside, the house presents a solid look to harmonize itself with the urban context; by contrast, the warmth of the shadows and trees is kept inside to create a dialogue between humans and nature.