Tamasa Service Apartment and Hotel, Phnom Penh Building, Cambodian Architecture, Design, Images
Tamasa Service Apartment and Hotel in Cambodia
Accommodation Building in Cambodia ? design by Kawabe Naoya Architects
29 Nov 2017
Tamasa Service Apartment and Hotel
Design: Kawabe Naoya Architects
Location: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Tamasa Service Apartment and Hotel

This serviced apartment and hotel in the suburbs of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, sits between Phnom Penh International Airport and the city?s downtown, in an area frequented primarily by foreign tourists and business travelers. In typical service apartments, shared spaces are fully separated from private living spaces, but in this project the client anticipated that people of many different nationalities would be using the facility, and therefore requested that the living spaces be as open as possible to the public spaces in order to create an environment that encourages casual interactions within the course of everyday life.
The structural frame that comprises the building?s skeleton is strongly constructed and intentionally contrasts with the scale of the interior spaces, creating the sensation that one is lost in backstreets even while inside the building. This helps to actively connect private and public zones. The generous common space delineated by the frame blocks direct sunlight while letting breezes pass through, providing a comfortable place to escape the hot, humid Southeast Asian climate. The private rooms are li...