We believe that a well-designed home allows a family to spend more time together and be happier. “Samran” in Thai means “cheerfully.” Samran House, named by the homeowner, was designed to prioritize family time, focusing on connections between personal activities and shared family spaces to ensure the family experiences "samran" time, as the homeowner wished. With the house members having entirely different interests and hobbies like gardening, playing piano, cooking, board games, and reading, we incorporated a library, living space, music space, dining area, kitchen, and a semi-outdoor barbecue yard connected to the backyard garden. With packed neighborhood, we maximize privacy with solid building envelope with openning towards backyard. then programs are placed in open plan layout with the light court in the middle. With movable partitions and full-height sliding door, making all space connected to maximize connections between spaces and flexibility within the small footprint of the house. Making multiple activity can be connected, allowing sufficient light and ventilation to the space through out the day. The first floor features an open plan, On the second floor, there are common areas, a meditation space, a mini-library, and bedrooms, all placed around the same light court as on the ground floor to extend the connection to the main space. The openings face the backyard at the south side are covered with a cantilevered façade screen, allowing the bedrooms to enjoy the view of the lawn, lotus pond, and shaded terrace,  and the beautiful sky without any privacy issues while also blocking direct sunlight in the afternoon.