DESIGN NAME: House For Trees
PRIMARY FUNCTION: House
INSPIRATION: Under rapid urbanization, cities in Vietnam have diverged far from their origins as sprawling tropical forests. In Ho Chi Minh City, for example, only 0.25% area of the entire city is covered with greenery. An over-abundance of motorbikes causes daily traffic congestion as well as serious air pollution. Floods occur frequently, not only in rural areas but also in the cities like Ho Chi Minh City. In this context, new generations in urban area are losing their connection with nature.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: House for Trees aims to bring green space back into the city, where suffers from significant lack of green.
The private house consists of five bamboo-textured concrete boxes designed as “pot” to plant trees on their top, featuring passive environmental strategy and local material thoroughly.
“House for Trees” is also the name of following serial residential projects- whose concept can be multiplied anywhere, providing comprehensive solutions for sustainable development in tropical countries.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: -
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project finished in April 2014 in Tan Binh district, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam.
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Architecture, Building and Structure Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: -
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: GFA: 226.50 m2
Footprint: 111.66 m2
Site area: 474.32 m2
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RESEARCH ABSTRACT: -
CHALLENGE: It's a tight budget 155,000 USD with an effort to change situations caused by rapid urbanization.
ADDED DATE: 2018-02-28 12:00:50
TEAM MEMBERS (4) : Principal architect: Vo Trong Nghia, Principal architect: Masaaki Iwamoto, Principal architect: Kosuke Nishijima and Architect: Nguyen Tat Dat
IMAGE CREDITS: VTN Architects, 2017.
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