Keereetara is a brand-new restaurant intended as a replacement for its original branch located nearby. The restaurant itself is one of the most popular and successful Thai restaurants in Kanchanaburi, so the owner decided to maintain a sense of the traditional Thai style reflected in the building that links to the Thai dishes served. Due to its small property size, especially when compared to the required functions of a major restaurant branch, the restaurant needs to be able to support large-scale events such as seminars, and weddings.

这导致了拥有一个超过一千平方米的大型小卖部厨房，以充分支持任何未来的扩张和附近的分支机构。不仅仅是Keereetara要容纳一个大型的服务设施，而且由于该场地毗邻桂河--在室内和室外用餐馆利用这一景观也是至关重要的。

This resulted in having a large commissary kitchen of over a thousand square meters in order to fully support any future expansions and the nearby branches. Not only that Keereetara has to house a large service facility but as the site is adjacent to the Kwai river - it is also crucial to take advantage of this view for both the indoor and outdoor dining zones.

设计过程从限制开始；为大多数服务和小卖部厨房找到最实用的位置--它占据了一楼的大部分可用空间。这与高高的天花板相结合，导致了一个巨大的建筑体，填满了空间并阻碍了河流的视野。因此，建筑师将其他可用的功能放在第二层，厨房和服务部门在一个大楼梯后面，将所有游客引向二楼的入口门厅。

The design process started from the limitation; of finding the most functional location for most of the services and the commissary kitchen - which takes up most of the available space on the first floor. This in combination with a high ceiling results in a large building mass that fills up the space and obstructs the view of the river. The architect, therefore, places other usable functions on the second level the kitchen and services behind a large staircase that leads all visitors to the entry foyer on the second floor.

门厅进一步分流到第三层的宴会厅，但也不断地将游客引向用餐平台，该平台被设计成交替的层次，逐渐靠近河岸，形成一个可以分隔成几个用餐区的区域。在第三层，放置了一个宴会厅，用于举办研讨会或婚礼等活动。大厅周围有一个长廊和一个额外的用餐区，可以看到更高的河景。

The foyer further diverts to the banquet hall on the third level but also continuously leads the visitors to the dining terrace which has been designed with alternating levels that gradually gets closer to the river bank, resulting in an area that can be separated into several dining zones. On the third level, a banquet hall was placed to hold functions such as seminars or weddings. The hall is surrounded by a veranda and an additional dining zone with a higher view of the river.

另一个要点是将 "泰国风情 "注入大型建筑中，这是一个挑战。传统上，泰国的大型建筑涵盖了广泛的跨度，不是寺庙就是宫殿。泰国的房屋在传统上是小规模的，而且通常是集体安置在一起的。因此，建筑师将泰国建筑的 "感受 "和 "感觉 "融入可用空间，为用户突出这种浸润式的泰国氛围，而不是直接使用泰国建筑的比例或装饰元素。

Another important point was the infusion of “Thainess” into a large-scale building which was a challenge. Traditionally, large-scale Thai buildings that encompass wide spans are either temples or palaces. Thai houses are traditionally small-scale and are often collectively placed in clusters. The architect, therefore, adopted the “feelings” and “senses” of Thai architecture into the usable spaces to highlight this infused Thai atmosphere for the users rather than using direct proportions or decorative elements from Thai architecture.

这种解释的结果是一个大的弯曲的屋檐，这也是建筑使用的功能；中央的屋脊是偏移的，沿着主入口居中，略微倾斜，以允许自然光的渗透，在朝向河流的光线中创造一个轴线。长边的屋脊逐渐向下倾斜，到达地面，这似乎减少了其巨大的屋顶规模。此外，河边的倾斜屋顶也作为楼梯供用户进入屋顶酒吧和屋顶平台。

This interpretation resulted in a large curved gable roof that is also functional to the building use; the central ridge is offset and centered along the main entrance, slightly tilted to allow for natural light penetration, creating an axis in a ray of light towards the river. The long side of the gable roof gradually sloped down to reach the floor which seemingly reduces its gigantic roof scale. Further, the sloping roof on the riverside also operates as stairs for the users to access the rooftop bar and the roof deck.

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