{"id":794589,"date":"2026-07-31T02:58:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T02:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/794589\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T02:58:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T02:58:20","slug":"lantern-like-pavilion-reshapes-bangkok-house-into-arvie-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/794589\/","title":{"rendered":"lantern-like pavilion reshapes bangkok house into arvie restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ARVIE Bangkok restaurant adapts an existing house and garden<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Located in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/architecture-in-thailand\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bangkok\u2019s<\/a> Yannawa district, ARVIE Bangkok by Pachapasa Studio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/renovation-architecture-and-design\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">adapts<\/a> an existing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/residential-architecture-interiors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">house<\/a> and its surrounding garden into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/restaurant-interiors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">restaurant<\/a> and hospitality setting. Rather than replacing the original structure, the project retains the building and removes its internal partitions to create a continuous dining room. A new pavilion is introduced across the courtyard, establishing a second architectural volume while activating the previously unused garden between the two structures.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/private-courtyards\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">courtyard<\/a> becomes the spatial center of the project, connecting the existing house with the new pavilion. At night, light passes through the pavilion\u2019s envelope, giving the structure a lantern-like appearance that visually extends the restaurant into the garden. The pavilion is designed as a flexible space that can accommodate up to 16 guests in a single configuration, operate as two independent rooms for eight guests each, or open fully toward the courtyard to function as a stage for outdoor gatherings. Its adaptable configuration allows the relationship between interior and exterior to change according to different uses.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"lantern-like pavilion and recycled brick bar reshape bangkok house into arvie restaurant - 1\" width=\"818\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/transforms-bangkok-home-into-arvie-restaurant-with-glowing-lantern-pavilion-and-courtyard-12-6a5fe2a.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>all images by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tripoom.c\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tripoom Chongpipatanasook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pachapasa Studio turns the house into a continuous dining room<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Inside the existing house, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pachapasa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the design team<\/a> at Pachapasa Studio removes internal walls to establish a long, continuous dining space organized around a central bar. The bar defines the layout while also providing a visual focus on food preparation. It is constructed from red glazed bricks developed with a local craftsman and produced using compressed demolition waste, introducing recycled material into one of the restaurant\u2019s primary architectural elements.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The material palette continues through the flooring and furnishings. Handmade brick flooring sourced from a family-owned manufacturer in Ang Thong adds texture and warmth to the interior, while woven papyrus mats introduce traditional Thai craft into the contemporary restaurant setting. Together, these materials establish a connection between the project and local production methods.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"lantern-like pavilion and recycled brick bar reshape bangkok house into arvie restaurant - 2\" width=\"818\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/transforms-bangkok-home-into-arvie-restaurant-with-glowing-lantern-pavilion-and-courtyard-1-6a5fe2aa.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>ARVIE Bangkok adapts an existing house and garden into a contemporary restaurant<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rather than reproducing traditional Thai architectural forms, the project incorporates local materials, craftsmanship, and fabrication into a contemporary hospitality environment. The relationship between the retained house, new pavilion, courtyard, and material palette creates a spatial framework that connects existing architecture with new functions while making use of the site\u2019s previously underused areas.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"lantern-like pavilion and recycled brick bar reshape bangkok house into arvie restaurant - 3\" width=\"818\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/transforms-bangkok-home-into-arvie-restaurant-with-glowing-lantern-pavilion-and-courtyard-11-6a5fe2a.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>Pachapasa Studio retains the original house while opening its interior into one continuous dining room<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"lantern-like pavilion and recycled brick bar reshape bangkok house into arvie restaurant - 4\" width=\"818\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/transforms-bangkok-home-into-arvie-restaurant-with-glowing-lantern-pavilion-and-courtyard-9-6a5fe2aa.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" lazyload\"\/><br \/>a central bar organizes the dining room and frames the preparation of food<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ARVIE Bangkok restaurant adapts an existing house and garden \u00a0 Located in Bangkok\u2019s Yannawa district, ARVIE Bangkok by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":794590,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[12349,228,226,227,229,88,59855,8342,4728,27320],"class_list":["post-794589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-architecture-in-thailand","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-private-courtyards","tag-renovation-and-restoration-architecture-and-design","tag-residential-architecture-and-interiors","tag-restaurant-and-cafe-design"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=794589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/794590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}