Located in an inland valley of Koh Pha-Ngan, the Full Moon Party island of Surat Thani, the Floating Mushroom Ranch includes a residence, a multipurpose open sala, a workshop building, and a water tower.

As drought, water shortages, and power outages are ubiquitous in KP, the Owner’s first and foremost wish is to develop simple, self-reliant facilities with regards to water supply and water retention. We design to fully embrace the challenge, turning various water-related utilitarian elements into unique architectural features:

A roofscape of simple gables undulating over connected multi-use spaces.

An assemblage of glorified utilitarian elements accented as architectural features:

A water tower and an observatory nest, a system of rain-channel beams, an underground cistern, an old deep well.

A self-reliant island compound in a flickering power grid.