Sitting beneath casuarina trees on Rayong's main road from the city to the beach, SON Restaurant occupies a small garden surrounded by restaurants with ocean views, mangrove edges,

and riverside terraces. Without a dramatic site to compete with,

the restaurant creates its own environment. Its own spatial experience.

The symmetrical structure is a collection of horizontal enfilades,

intersecting across a 260-square-meter plan, carefully inserted among the existing casuarina trees.

Situated at the center of a future development, four facades are treated equally.

The building has no back, every side considered important.

A limited budget and local craftsmanship informed the materials and geometry. Sand-toned bare walls, referencing the beach ambience, painted by nature's shadow.

Rectangular and triangular openings pierce each elevation to the other side,

letting the surrounding greenery in and creating a repetition of frames, emphasizing depth.

Openings across the roof cast shifting light and shadow into every room.

Each room is furnished differently, a living room, a casual coffee setting and a 15-meter-long ceremonial table. The colored-concrete furniture was designed heavy enough not to be stolen.

(the garden has no fence.)