Stu/D/O Architects’s Casa De Alisa Conceals Itself From Its Surroundings
- Architect
- Stu/D/O Architects
- Place
- Nonthaburi, Thailand
- Year
- 2019
- Type
- House
Casa de Alisa by Stu/D/O Architects in Nonthaburi, Thailand. Intersecting planes create a protected domestic setting that opens inward toward gardens and a pool.
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Research notes
Intersecting planes create a protected domestic setting that opens inward toward gardens and a pool.
An enclosure beside the road
Stu/D/O's Casa de Alisa places substantial concrete surfaces between the house and its surrounding neighborhood. The arrangement separates shared rooms at ground level from more private accommodation above. Openings are concentrated where they connect rooms with the house's more sheltered outdoor spaces.
Where the planes stop
Look for the places where a solid wall gives way to glazing or an open edge. Sliding doors allow some ground-floor rooms to extend toward the gardens and pool. The relationship between a continuous upper plane and the spaces beneath it explains how separate domestic areas form one composition.
What the sources do not establish
- The project accounts do not establish a complete construction specification or independently measured environmental performance.
Sources & evidence
- IGNANT — original project account and architect commentary
Published account of Casa de Alisa, including its plan, setting and relationship to outdoor space.
- Architect-supplied project schedule
Architect-supplied schedule identifies Nonthaburi and year 2019.
Research checked 2026-11-02 · Editorial policy & corrections
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