This "Dog House" in Thailand Is a Paradise for Man’s Best Friend

August 23, 2022

This "Dog House" in Thailand Is a Paradise for Man’s Best Friend

Part house, part hotel, the indoor/outdoor plan gives the owner and his pups a place to socialize with dog pals and their owners.

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Project Credits:

Location: Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

Architect: EKAR Architects / @EKAR_Architects

Builder: GRD + RHive Design and Consultant

Landscape Design: Landscape Architects49

Footprint: 7,534 square feet

From the Architects: "This house is built for a man who loves dog. At the beginning he desired to build a place not only for him to live, but also for his dogs to enjoy as much as they want. He also desired to share his happiness and his beloved dogs’ happiness to other dog lovers by accommodating a part of his dog’s house as a hotel where other dogs can share facilities and meet each.

"To reflect this attitude of the client, we started researching about the context of the project to understand how architecture will be configured. We also studied human and dog behavior to understand relationship between them. What we found relatively between dog, human, and architecture is a simple thing called "scale." Scale is the most significant difference perceived by both dog and human. Accordingly, the architecture is designed using the character of the local agricultural building which has a low roof design to match the scale of a chicken or pig, but we used the roof element to remind people of the existence of other lives.

"The column bases allow the dog to move easily through the space. The steps of the swimming pool are also designed for both human scale and for the dogs. All of the elements aim to encourage coexisting with one another, to make humankind and dogs closer, and to make humans more respectful of all earth’s living things."