Hi all, I am a long time lurker, first time poster.
I am planning to start a build in about 2 years time. Currently looking for some land and thinking of various house designs. I am thinking of doing a modest 2 floor build with the ground floor elevated a bit and left open, the upper floor would be enclosed. I am doing my best to find land suitable for development of a north facing home on roughly one rai of land. I think I am 2 years off starting construction as I am fairly sure we will need to fill the land and wait for it to settle.
I want to keep the build as cool as possible because I don't really like air conditioning. We will install aircon but I hope to use it very minimally. I would love to use wood construction but will likely end up going with Q-con.
One of the things I am considering (and would appreciate feedback on) is a straight steel roof, modestly sloped with the north edge a meter or so higher than the south edge. It would have long overhangs and would have soffit venting along the full length of both the north and south edges of the roof, (maybe east and west too now that I think of it). Significant insulation above the ceiling and likely some sort of sound deadening material on the underside of the steel. I am also looking into reflective coatings but have no idea what is available in Thailand at this point.
One of the things that has me nervous about this roof design is that I rarely it in Thailand. Is there some fundamental flaw that I am overlooking or is it just that most people find this style of roof ucking fugly?