泰国景观事务所TROP在泰国芭提雅楼价最高地段的某会所与海滩之间的狭窄陡峭路
段上创造出一条充满惊喜的路径。
2012年，TROP事务所接到一个委托需要在不到一个月的时间在这个城市最高楼价地
区设计一个景观。当设计完成后，开发商用了不到两月时间建起一切：建筑，景观，
室内。
芭提雅是理想的旅游之地，当地物价低廉，距离曼谷也仅仅两小时车程。设计目标需
要为购买者留下深刻印象。场地条件分成两种：一种高出海滩12米的平坦高地，一种
是从高地到海滩的陡峭狭窄路段。这个会所会与城市灯红酒绿生活与安静的住区区之
间，它吸引游客前往到这个销售展示空间中。会所与海滩之间的联系十分陡峭，不太
好布局功能区，因此设计师将这条路径处理得非常干净，看向海滩的视野没有受到任
何阻挡。整洁波折的混凝土种植槽限定出道路和草坪的界线。人们在这里经过会发现
很多有趣的细节，从而减慢速度，享受惊喜。由于海滩是公共长差，因此设计师并没
有用过多的笔墨，仅仅清洗了沙地。再骗原生态的海滩上，游客右望可以看见古老的
庙宇。当他们累了返回的时候，他们会看见这座斜坡是一个绿色的，郁郁葱葱的大
坡。
Project Name: Pause Court and The Lawn Hill : Garden for Sales Gallery @ Baan Plai Haad by Sansiri
Completion Date: November 2012
Location: Pattaya, Thailand
Landscape area: approx. 2,400 sqm.
Client: Sansiri PLC
Landscape Design Company: TROP Co.Ltd (TROP : terrains + open space)
Project Director: Pok Kobkongsanti
Project Designer: Paisit Viratigul
Project Team: Chatchawan Banjongsiri
Architect : The Steven Leach Group
Photographer: Pirak Anurakyawachon
In 2012, TROP got a commission from Sansiri PLC, to design a garden for Sales
Gallery of a new residential project, Baan Plai Haad (House at the end of the beach).
The task was quite simple, to create something nice and green with a limited budget
and super tight schedule. We got less than a month to work from the conceptual design
to construction documentation stage, and another 2 months for our contractors to build
everything, architecture, interior and landscape.
Located in Pattaya, Thailand's perfect destination for low-budget travelers, Baan Plai
Haad will be one of the highest priced residential projects in town. Basically our goal is
to impress all potential buyers when they visit the site. However, compared to other
beachside residential projects nearby, our site is quite a hard thing to sell. The site
consists of 2 different characteristic terrains. The First and bigger part is quite flat,
locating on top of a small hill, about 12 meters above the beach. The second part is a
long, narrow and steep "tube-like" space that connects the flat land and the beach
together.
Following the geography, our garden is separated into 2 zones, "Pause Court" and
"The Lawn Hill".
Just 2 hours drive from Bangkok, Pattaya has been very popular for tourists. Without
proper control, the city has transformed into a chaotic commercial town. People can get
real tired only by driving through the city. Its beaches are also occupied by nightclubs
and bars, with bar girls hanging outside all day and all night. We created "Pause Court"
as the buffering space between those crazy surroundings and our serene residential
area. A series of hedges are strategically located, creating layers of screening
between our site and outside world. Once visitors pass through these green layers, an
unexpected "Hill" installation are there to welcome them to the sales gallery space.
The Lawn Hill is a transitional space between the gallery and the beach. With its steep
terrains, it is hard to use as function area. Instead of filling or cutting the existing
landscape, we decide to use and demonstrate what we already have, the slope. A
narrow pathway and staircase are located next to the boundary wall, leaving the rest as
a huge green hill. Lawn is used in order to create clean land form, allowing visitors to
have a better view of the small beach below. A series of small pockets are added along
the path. We encourage people to spend time at the Lawn Hill, instead of just passing
by to the beach. As a result, visitors tend to use the Lawn Hill as their resting space
before reaching their destination, the beach. Children would run up and down the slope,
while parents lie down and enjoy the moment of this surprised space.
The beach itself is actually public property. However, we did clean it up and add nicer
sand for more comfortable experience. Intentionally, we did not create any design
element here. Just looking to the right, we already have an amazing temple at the
opposite end of the beach for our visitors to enjoy. Once they are tired of the sea view,
looking back to the site, they will have another perception of the Lawn Hill. From this
angle, it becomes a huge green facade covering the existing slope.
