Thai Houses Architecture
The primary form of dwelling throughout Southeast Asia is a simple structure built on posts with a gable roof.
These types of houses are often built by the river. Usually, they are built facing the water rather than the road.
The Thai version of this type of structure is made of unpainted wood or bamboo.
A large house of this type might have three or more rooms. A common feature of this type of Thai house is a raised terrace. The terrace has a multi-purpose functionality, and it can be considered as the living room of the house.
Thai people traditionally place few plants directly around the house. The reason is to offer clear access to the space underneath, which is used for storage or keeping livestock.
Thai Houses Architecture: Northern version
More boxy and usually bigger than in the other part of Thailand
Thai Houses Architecture: Northeastern version
Usually more modest and simple. With a rustic appearance
Thai Houses Architecture: Southern version
During the wet season, the southern parts of Thailand get by far the most rain. Houses in the southern part of Thailand are designed to cope with this type of weather.
The main characteristic of the southern house architecture includes:
- Walls made of layers of wooden boards with narrow windows.
- Lower gable roof and stilts on cement poles.
- The roof bore most design changes, with the introduction of Indonesian and Malayan design called Panya or Lima.
The Siamese Wooden House
This is the classic wooden house very popular in central Thailand.
The main characteristic of this type of house include:
- Concave roof
- Arching bargeboards with hooked lower finals
- Trapezoidal walls.
- The entire structure is built above wood posts 2 or 2.5 meters high.
The reason for this type of curving design is to avoid the house to look boxy.
