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Founder’s personal design

Minimal House

A two-storey house built on the conviction that “plainness” is the most durable form of luxury — a black timber-batten box against a white-walled one, open to light and air through a full-height void. The personal design of Vijak Numnim, Ph.D., founder of ARKIRA

Render of the central court, with the floating steel spiral stair as sculpture — Minimal House, designed by Vijak Numnim, Ph.D.
01 — The project

Minimal House

Type: Two-storey residence · personal design  ·  Status: Built · 2023  ·  Designed by Vijak Numnim, Ph.D.

Apart from the company's indoor sports facilities, factories and warehouses, this house is the founder's own architectural experiment — a completed two-storey residence, written in a minimal language: strip away what is not needed and leave only proportion, light and honest materials

At the heart of the house are two boxes — a black vertical timber-batten volume wrapping the main mass, set against a smooth white rendered box, separated by a full-height void that lets daylight fall into the ground floor

02 — Concept

Three ideas behind the house

Two boxes
A black batten volume against a white box, giving the house its distinctive dark–light rhythm from the street
Open · light · daylit
A 3.65 m ground-floor ceiling and tempered glass balustrades keep the interior open to light and air
The stair as sculpture
A floating steel stair at the centre of the house, both circulation and sculpture, tying the two floors together
03 — Planning

The plan

Two storeys · 3 bedrooms (each with dressing room and en-suite) + a prayer room  ·  approximately 300 m² (figure to be confirmed)

Ground floor — 3.65 m ceiling

  1. 01 Entrance hall
  2. 02 Living area
  3. 03 Dining area
  4. 04 Kitchen
  5. 05 Laundry
  6. 06 Store
  7. 07 Parking · carport
  8. 08 Porch · terrace

Upper floor — 2.70 m ceiling

  1. 09 Bedroom 1 + dressing room + bathroom
  2. 10 Bedroom 2 + dressing room + bathroom
  3. 11 Bedroom 3 + dressing room + bathroom
  4. 12 Prayer room
  5. 13 Stair hall · balcony
04 — Elevations

The lines of the house

Elevation of the Minimal House showing the timber-batten box and white wall
The opposite elevation, showing the proportion of openings and the terrace
05 — Gallery

The house

Design renders from several viewpoints — click an image to enlarge

The Minimal House from the street — black timber-batten box, white wall and glass fence
Aerial view of the Minimal House and the glass fence around it
Inside the carport, the spiral stair seen through the ventilation block wall
The carport and the tree in the central court
Another aerial view showing the composition of the black and white masses
Side view of the plain white wall
Top view showing the court, the spiral stair, the carport and the landscaping
06 — Credit

Designed by Vijak Numnim, Ph.D.

The personal design work of ARKIRA Development's founder — the architectural grounding behind every kind of building the company constructs, from houses to indoor sports facilities and industrial buildings

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