Fact File
Location: Hoa Xuan, Da Nang, Vietnam
Architecture: Tropical Space
Site area: 297.3 m.sq
Building area: 274 m.sq
Level: 1 ground floor, 1 floor, attic
Year: 2019
Photo credit: Oki Hiroyuki
Source: v2com
The residence uses the ground floor as a small cafe formed by rectangular brick walls, while the upper floor serves as the living space for a nuclear family, which is combined by three different blocks on a square plane. The balconies are expanded as a part of the interior space. Therefore, these areas transform into common zones between the interior and exterior, helping to promote more activities and to alter wind speed passing through the areas.
Outside, the garden spaces alternate with other functional spaces such as the dining room, the bedroom, and the living room. Functional areas were created both inside and outside of the house in order to interact with nature directly. The indoor courtyard and the outside garden on the ground floor are separated and shaped by shadows cast by the walls.
