Sanitas Studio ：In 2011, Sanitas Studio was commissioned by Sansiri PLC. to do a master plan and landscape design for residential project on Cha-Am beach, Petchaburi, Thailand. The site locates on Soi Phetkasem9 connected with Petchakasem Road, the main road lining from Bangkok to the south of Thailand. Even though the land is large, only 10% of the land area is actually connected to the beach. Our job is to accommodate landscape design and provide nice atmosphere for 13 buildings in this site. By constraint of the shape of the site, there will be only two buildings, which have a direct view to the beach. It is a challenging task to create the atmosphere, which will let all residents feel they are equally close to the beach.

“OCEAN” CONCEPT Starting with nautical nostalgia, we envisage the land as an abstract form of the ocean. The abstract ocean would contain different characters of islands and seascape; the jungle, the villages, the floating house and the sea tide. This would create different atmosphere for each cluster of buildings. Then we create 7 clusters of building with their own unique seascape character, from Lobby-beach, Fisherman Village, Modern Jungle, Village-tree house, Village-pool, Connecting beach and floating house. The landscape design is a simple interpretation of the wave typology. We study the form of sea wave and develop it in the landscape form three dimensionally. It becomes part of the continuous seating, continuous steps, the retaining wall and planters. The gradient color of the sea was reveal through a gentle contour line underneath the water. People can experience the different character of each area since arrival, from Lobby beach across the water to the Jungle, which surrounded by secluded villages. Before arriving on the beach, there was a large swimming pool and sunbathing terraces.