Client
Dechoyo Co., Ltd
Location
Chiang Mai
Year
2010
Type
Hotel
About the project
A Pool Maker’s Hotel in the Old City
The owner, Dechoyo, makes swimming pools, so the brief was clear from the first meeting: the pool should be where guests spend their time. We planned the whole hotel around it.
The project has two phases. Phase one is a contemporary Lanna building on Ratchaphakhinai Road. It holds the lobby, the restaurant and some of the guest rooms. Guests walk through it to reach the rest of the rooms, which sit behind it in the second phase.
The hotel opened in 2010 and is popular with Chinese tourists, who come for a Lanna-style stay in the old city. It is still busy today.
Design Philosophy
Built Around the Pool
The pool sets the layout, and the Lanna street frontage sets the character.
01
Pool at the center
The pool is the heart of the hotel, and guests move around it between rooms, restaurant and lobby.
02
Two phases
The front building handles arrival and dining. The rooms behind it come later and stay quieter.
03
Contemporary Lanna
The street-facing building uses Lanna forms in a contemporary way, which suits its place in the old city.
