“Baba-Nyonya”（峇峇孃惹）是一種令人驕傲的身份象徵，也是Studio Locomotive在與項目主理人的母親的會面中得到的關鍵設計靈感。從她所穿的花上衣、蠟染布裙、串珠拖鞋、細古董黃金首飾、她的家庭食譜以及她對家鄉生活方式的回憶中，設計團隊提取了許多可運用在酒店中的元素。Gahn酒店的設計，也成為這種Baba-Nyonya地位及其民族傳統從母輩傳遞給孩子的證明。
The pride in her status as ‘Baba-Nyonya’ is an impression that we, Studio Locomotive, has collected from meeting with ‘Mother’ (the member of the project’s owner family) during the making of ‘Hotel Gahn’ through her dressing in a floral laced blouse, batik sarong, beaded slippers, and fine antique gold jewelry, her home-cooking recipe from the family’s recipe, and her reminiscences of the ways of living in her hometown. The designing for Hotel Gahn becomes a testament to the inheritance of this Baba-Nyonya status and its ethnical traditions passing down from the Mother to her children.
▼酒店外觀，exterior view © beersingnoi
這位母親的祖父中文名叫龔，是一位年輕的、有烹飪天賦的苦力工，在繁榮的金屬鍍錫和錫制工業時期，從中國乘船來到這裡。最開始，龔被選為一名船上廚師，並於之後在攀牙府塔庫巴區被聘為一家錫礦的廚師長。當時，塔庫巴是泰國資源最豐富的地區之一，也是錫的自由貿易港。從中國到馬來半島的移民路線、從歐洲來的錫貿易航線、以及中國礦工的異族通婚導致了這裡獨特的跨文化交融，也讓塔庫巴的Baba-Nyonya社群得以蓬勃發展。
The mother’s ancestry traced to her grandfather, called in Chinese as Gong, a young coolie with a cooking talent migrating from China on a junk boat during a prosperous time of tin mining for metal plating and tinware industry. Gong was chosen to be a boat cook called ‘Juumpo’ and later in Takua Pa, a district in Phang Nga, Thailand, employed as a head cook at a tin mine. At that time, Takua Pa was one of the most abundant areas and a free trading port for tin. The tin rush had caused the unique transcultural hybridization through the migration route from China to Malay Peninsula, the tin trading voyage from Europe, and the intermarriage of Chinese miners which led to the burgeoning of the Baba-Nyonya community in Takua Pa.
▼酒店外部特殊的鋼製框架，the exterior of the hotel has a special steel frame © beersingnoi
酒店的設計旨在為客人提供一個短暫停留的場所，使他們在逗留期間和與業主家庭的互動中自然地吸收塔庫巴的Baba-Nyonya生活方式。在空間規劃、材料選擇、材料處理和傳統建築細節的處理上，Gahn酒店的空間體驗感並沒有直接複製文化建築的外觀和形式。這家五層樓高的酒店以其獨特的鋼製通道引人注目。設計團隊將標誌性的連續店屋陽臺五腳基（Ngo-Ka-Ki）進行改建，以隔離道路活動從而保護住客的隱私。寬闊的木質外牆由機油木材處理後染成不透明的黑色，將建築外的管道覆蓋以優化天花板的高度。
▼酒店入口，entrance area © beersingnoi
▼立面細部，details of the facade © beersingnoi
Our design intention is to offer guests a time and place to naturally absorb the sense of Takua Pa’s Baba-Nyonya lifestyle from their stay and interaction with the owner family. Not by explicitly replicating the look and forms of cultural buildings, the spatial experience touch points at Hotel Gahn suggest in the space programming, choices of materials, material treatments, and the use of traditional construction details. On arrival this five-story hotel is outstanding from the steel gateway, modified from the signature continuous shophouse verandah Ngo-Ka-Ki, to preserve the privacy from road activities and the extensive wood façade, covering pipelines running out of the building to optimize ceiling height, stained in opaque black from engine oil wood treatment.
▼從花園看向酒店內部，view from the garden to the hotel © beersingnoi
▼從水池看向一樓接待區域，view from the pool to the reception area on the ground floor © beersingnoi
酒店的接待處、咖啡吧和餐廳共享一層地板，地板上擺放著各種亞洲風格的木桌和用蠟染布裝飾的坐墊。位於中央的方桌旁配有幾張古舊風格的椅子和長凳，類似於大型中國家庭使用的多功能桌，為人們提供了一個休閒的公共環境。母親的古董收藏品陳列在高高的櫥櫃裡，溫暖地講述著家庭故事。沿著餐廳牆壁的高大櫥櫃展示了傳統的餐廳和烹飪設備，與相鄰的主廚間滲透出的美食氛圍相互呼應。在當地建築裝飾風格中十分顯眼的土紅色與綠色油漆，被用在選定的牆壁、柱子和用來隱藏管道和電線的特色天花板框架上。
The hotel reception, coffee bar, and restaurant share the common floor furnished with eclectic forms of Asian-inspired timber tables and seats decorated with batik cloth cushion covers. The central square table with several antique-styled stools and bench, similar to the multi-purpose tables used in the expanded Chinese family, offers a casual communal setting. Mother’s vintage collectibles displayed in lit-up full-height cabinets warmly narrates household stories. Tall cabinets along the restaurant walls exhibit traditional eatery and cooking equipment complementing gastronomic sensation escaping from the adjoining main kitchen. Ochre red and green color paints, noticeable on local architectural ornamental features, are applied on selected walls, pillar, and accented ceiling frames which are also the pipe and wire tracks in disguise.
▼一樓空間概覽，first floor overview © beersingnoi
▼吧檯休閒區域，bar lounge area © beersingnoi
▼從休閒區域看向廚房和樓梯間，view the kitchen and stairwell from the leisure area © beersingnoi
通向客房樓層的曲折硬木樓梯展示了當地並不嚴苛的設計細節。新式立柱的頂部被切成六邊形，而簡單的矩形條則用於扶手和欄杆。“Fa Lai”是一種獨特的開窗方式，它由牆體縫隙和滑動的板條組成，在封閉時被認為是立面的一部分。每間客房均採用了傳統材料、當地建築技術並配備有：帶黃銅條的水磨石地板、帶珠飾的木牆、壁櫥門上的垂直鐵格柵、帶木插銷和門把手的浴室門、中式天篷床和手繪陶瓷洗手盆等日常家居用品。
▼與花園連通的室內空間，the interior space connected to a garden © beersingnoi
▼空間中有大量木質元素，there are a lot of wooden elements in the space © beersingnoi
▼通往客房樓層的曲折硬木樓梯，a winding hardwood staircase leads to the guest room floor © beersingnoi
▼樓梯細部，details of the stair © beersingnoi
The dog-legged hardwood staircase leading to guestroom floors demonstrates local undemanding details with the top of newel post cut in a hexagonal shape and simple rectangle bars for railing and balusters. ‘Fa Lai’, a unique type of window opening, is a pairing of wall gaps and a sliding batten panel considered as a part of the façade when closed. Each guestroom features the use of traditional materials, local construction technicality, and daily household objects: terrazzo floor with brass strips, wooden wall with beading, vertical iron grille on closet door, bathroom door with wooden latch and doorknob, Chinese canopy bed, and hand-painted ceramic wash basin.
▼客房內部，inside the guest room © beersingnoi
▼“Fa Lai”式窗口，”Fa Lai” window © beersingnoi
▼復古中式洗手檯，ancient Chinese washbasin © beersingnoi
▼浴室，bathroom © beersingnoi
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