Design Buy Build Issue 19 2016 | Page 54

SAVA Original Vision The client’s brief was to create a Development of luxury family villas on a prime beach front plot of land on the west coast of Phang Nga province at the southern end of Thailand. The houses were to be open and spacious with extensive decks, terraces and lawns. Sava is located on the beautiful Natai Beach on the west coast of Phang Nga province in Thailand. At a latitude of 8° north, the development enjoys a tropical monsoon climate with wet south-westerlies from April to November and dry north-east winds for the remainder of the year. These near constant breezes are the driving force behind the open living spaces, where the monsoon winds naturally cool by drawing air through the houses. Regulation set-backs have benefited the front villas as there are large lawn areas between the pools and terraces and the sandy beach.