Architect：NH Village Architects

Location：Thai Binh City, Thai Binh province, Vietnam

Project Year：2022

Category：Private Houses

The site is characterized by a triangular shape located at the corner of a traffic roundabout in a new urban area at Thai Binh province - a region famous for rice cultivation in the North of Vietnam. This place is predicted to increase traffic density. The family consists of 3 generations: grandparents, parents, 2 young children. 

The challenge with the design was to create an urban living space that takes advantage of nature elements while still ensuring privacy in the triangular shape and location of the site. The solution was to create a buffer space between the outside and the living space inside the double skin façade system consisting of 2 layers: the outer concrete block brick layer to block the view with security functions and an atrium and garden space. The living spaces are pushed back to the inside to avoid the direct influence of traffic and solar radiation on the facade.

The concrete block system has a hollow section that simulates the 3-D shape of a grain of rice, a figure inspired by the pride of the region as a major part of Vietnam's rice production area. The block has a 3D grain-shaped concave and is stacked together to create a facade. Blocks have 2 types: solid and hollow, the blocks are arranged in appropriate positions on the facade to get wind, light, and block the view from outside in accordance with the function of the interior spaces.

Day and night light penetrates through these voids and casts shadows around the surroundings, creating the image of a garden of rice grains imprinted in space, moving according to the time of day and the different seasons during the year. Experience with this shimmering dynamic garden will create positive emotions and energy for the family every day.

A corner of the triangular atrium garden is created in connection with the kitchen area on the first floor; the garden can be accessed through a long narrow space buffer corridor without going into the house. Thus, the space of the kitchen, dining, and guests has an open and airy feeling from the inside. This buffer space is also a place for air convection to both protect and cool the interior space. The 2nd and 3rd floors have balconies overlooking the garden, where the family can relax.

A skylight with a glass roof is placed in the middle of the house to ensure that the interior spaces are always bright enough. The stairs connecting the floors are in this atrium space, connecting the common spaces from the 1st floor to the 3rd floor.

Architects: NH Village Architects

Lead Architects: Tran Dai Nghia, Nguyen Phuong Hieu

Principal: Tran Dai Nghia

Senior Architect/ Project maneger: Nguyen Phuong Hieu

Junior architect: Hoang Trung Hieu

Structure  Engineer: Viet Structure 

MEP Consultants: Nguyễn Duy Quyết

Photography: Trieu Chien

1. Beton Lab: Concrete block

2. TOTO: Sanitary equipment

3. Viglacera: Floor and toilet finishing granite tiles

4. Rang Dong: Lighting equipment

5. Construction System: Brick, Concrete, Wood

6. Finishes: Concrete, Aluminum, Ceramic

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