Difference from Local Southeast Asian Styles: Whose Home?

A tropical residence for an expatriate, not a local. Thai and Vietnamese folk houses feature Buddhist altars, pointed wooden roofs, cement patterned tiles, and local religious traces. Colonial-style houses lack these; instead, they feature maps and botanical specimen prints on the walls, English books on bookshelves, and bone china in the display cabinet. Local elements only appear in materials and construction methods: rattan, teak, plaster. Avoid: adding Buddhist altars and local religious objects, using cement patterned tile flooring, making the roof in the style of local dwellings, using local accent colors like gold and vermilion.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個是外來者而非在地人的熱帶住宅。泰式與越式的民居有佛龕、有尖屋頂的木構、有水泥花磚與在地的宗教痕跡;殖民風的房子裡沒有這些,取而代之的是掛在牆上的地圖與植物標本版畫、書架上的英文書、餐櫃裡的骨瓷。在地的部分只出現在材料與工法上:藤、柚木、灰泥。避免:加入佛龕與在地宗教物件、使用水泥花磚的地坪、讓屋頂做成在地民居的形式、使用金與朱紅等在地的重點色。