There is a cafe in a glass house in Bangkok, which sells makeup, food and experience.

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Thonglor District of Bangkok has always been a gathering place for young people, international cuisine, trendy bars and various avant-garde lifestyle shops. Recently, organic beauty brand Patom opened a new store in the residential area of Thonglor.

Patom invited NitaProw, a Thai architecture and design studio that has come to the fore in recent years, to design the shop. This is the sixth project of the NitaProw team and the first time to take over the commercial space design of the store type.

Patom has positioned the new store as an organic living hall, which will be a store and showroom for Patom body care products, as well as a small 25-seat cafe.

In the adjoining garden, Patom also plans to create a public space for seminars on topics such as green ecology and sustainable living, as well as farmers' markets where local farmers sell fresh organic produce.

The new store is built on a raised mound covered with vegetation, a transparent wood-framed glass house surrounded by lush gardens and trees. The small transparent house, exquisite in size, sets off the vastness of the lush garden around it.

Nita Yuvaboon and Prow Puttorngul, the two founders of NitaProw, chose glass as the facade of the store in order to create a sense of interaction and connection between the inner and outer space. Whether they are in the store or hurriedly passing by, it is easy to think of green and ecology, which are related to the Patom brand.

In order to match the minimalist aesthetic style of the Patom brand, the designer's approach is also very restrained, creating a cylindrical pure white mezzanine in the store, the spiral staircase leading to the mezzanine is surrounded by vines, and the use of rattan echoes the natural and organic characteristics of the brand.

There is a kitchen area below the mezzanine to provide simple drinks and coffee for cafe guests. The seats in the cafe are also made of rattan, providing an intimate, secluded atmosphere, with a touch of playfulness in the light structure of the spiral staircase.

Wooden beams decorate the ceiling in a cross, mimicking the slender, vibrant palm trees that designers see at Patom Organic Farm.

Both the wooden beams used to decorate the ceiling and the wooden frames used for the facade are made of mahogany recycled by the founder of Patom from his own abandoned ship. Similarly, the brass display stand used to display goods, the base is made up of decaying tree trunks, and the furniture of the cafe is made from teak furniture by the founder of Patom.

"these practices show a high degree of respect for wood as a renewable and sustainable building material," the designer explained.

Photo: NitaProw Photography: Ketsiree Wongwan.