“Concrete pond sits on wood“ The site is stone terrain — wood can land directly on stone, while concrete must destroy it to stand. Steel? Expensive, and salt kills it fast. Here, 40-year-old reclaimed timber holds cast-in-place concrete ponds and roofs. No nails. No steel. Columns sit directly on site stone. The weakest material, placed where nothing else can. Against Koh Samui’s salt wind, monsoon rain, and western sun — it still holds. Vows Villa & Venues — six open-air pavilions, adapting wit