85 Design Architect

Two Hói’s House

TWO HÓI’S HOUSE

85 Design

Two Hói’s House
© To Huu Dung, Dang Gia Khanh, Nguyen Thao My Le

ARCHITECTS
85 Design

LOCATION
Vietnam

CATEGORY
Houses Interiors

AREA
380.0 m2

YEAR
2019

CLIENTS
Hai Ông Hói

PHOTOGRAPHS
To Huu Dung, Dang Gia Khanh, Nguyen Thao My Le

MANUFACTURERS
Dai Duong, Thanh Thu, Vinpro

Two Hói’s House
© To Huu Dung, Dang Gia Khanh, Nguyen Thao My Le
Two Hói’s House
© To Huu Dung, Dang Gia Khanh, Nguyen Thao My Le
Two Hói’s House
© To Huu Dung, Dang Gia Khanh, Nguyen Thao My Le

Text description provided by architect.

This is the most fascinated project up to this point in my life. There was two middle aged couples came to me for advising and designing a duplex, which will be a home for their two families.

They are friends of each other, and they are so close that they want to spend the rest of their life together.

Two Hói’s House
© To Huu Dung, Dang Gia Khanh, Nguyen Thao My Le
Two Hói’s House
© To Huu Dung, Dang Gia Khanh, Nguyen Thao My Le

Therefore, they decided to they decided to buy a piece of land, build a house on top where they could share the ups and downs in life.

Both families love nature, forest, mountains and specially Sơn Trà peninsula which is the natural treasure of Đà Nẵng city.

Two Hói’s House
© To Huu Dung, Dang Gia Khanh, Nguyen Thao My Le
Two Hói’s House
© To Huu Dung, Dang Gia Khanh, Nguyen Thao My Le
Two Hói’s House
© To Huu Dung, Dang Gia Khanh, Nguyen Thao My Le

Sơn Trà is the proud of the city for its great biodiversity and it is the the home of the Red-Shanked Douc Langur (scientific name - Pygathrix Nemaeus), one of the world’s most precious and colourful primates.

Every day, the two families drive up the peninsula to admire and explore its nature. They became very attached to such enchanting area and they bought one piece of land right by the slope of the base of the mountain to settle a home and to fulfill their desire.

Two Hói’s House
© To Huu Dung, Dang Gia Khanh, Nguyen Thao My Le
Two Hói’s House
© To Huu Dung, Dang Gia Khanh, Nguyen Thao My Le

The plot is 380 m2 in total with 40% of permitted construction density. The client demanded a fairly simple house, with minimalist structure blending harmoniously with nature.

While the exterior design look like one single house from the outside; two family can live separately with private area and share the common space in the inside.

Two Hói’s House
© To Huu Dung, Dang Gia Khanh, Nguyen Thao My Le
Two Hói’s House
© To Huu Dung, Dang Gia Khanh, Nguyen Thao My Le

We agreed on a design which used mainly steel and raw bricks. The house is divided into two different area, with similar functionalities and amenities, completely separated, symmetrical through a garden in the middle.

The garden plays a role of a intermediary space between the two houses as well as the main entrance; Meanwhile the the exterior of the whole building gives the illusion of one single house.

Two Hói’s House
© To Huu Dung, Dang Gia Khanh, Nguyen Thao My Le
Two Hói’s House
© To Huu Dung, Dang Gia Khanh, Nguyen Thao My Le

Ground floor: Contains the living room, kitchen and a bedroom, all connected to a spacious garden area, accessible through sliding glass doors. With this solution, the atmosphere will feel more spacious and close to nature.

When the glass doors are fully opened, the indoor area and the garden area seamlessly blend together as one, allowing you to fully immerse into the mountain and forest climate.

Two Hói’s House
© To Huu Dung, Dang Gia Khanh, Nguyen Thao My Le
Two Hói’s House
© To Huu Dung, Dang Gia Khanh, Nguyen Thao My Le

First Floor: Contains a large bedroom and a spacious terrace equipped with a glass roof.

People can see the Sơn Trà mountain directly from the bedroom as well as the terrace which gave them a seemingly feel as if they could touch the forest.

Two Hói’s House
© To Huu Dung, Dang Gia Khanh, Nguyen Thao My Le
Two Hói’s House
© To Huu Dung, Dang Gia Khanh, Nguyen Thao My Le

After moved into the house for a while, the two families express their joy and fulfillness for their new home.

They told me about their experiences in the morning that waking up full of energy, breathing the fresh nature air and in the afternoon relaxing and observing monkeys playing by the edge of the forest. At that moment, they look truly content.

Two Hói’s House
© To Huu Dung, Dang Gia Khanh, Nguyen Thao My Le


Two Hói’s House
© To Huu Dung, Dang Gia Khanh, Nguyen Thao My Le
Two Hói’s House
© To Huu Dung, Dang Gia Khanh, Nguyen Thao My Le
Two Hói’s House
© To Huu Dung, Dang Gia Khanh, Nguyen Thao My Le
Two Hói’s House
© To Huu Dung, Dang Gia Khanh, Nguyen Thao My Le
Two Hói’s House
© To Huu Dung, Dang Gia Khanh, Nguyen Thao My Le
Two Hói’s House
© To Huu Dung, Dang Gia Khanh, Nguyen Thao My Le


Two Hói’s House
© To Huu Dung, Dang Gia Khanh, Nguyen Thao My Le
Two Hói’s House
© To Huu Dung, Dang Gia Khanh, Nguyen Thao My Le
Two Hói’s House
© To Huu Dung, Dang Gia Khanh, Nguyen Thao My Le
Two Hói’s House
© To Huu Dung, Dang Gia Khanh, Nguyen Thao My Le
Two Hói’s House
© To Huu Dung, Dang Gia Khanh, Nguyen Thao My Le
Two Hói’s House
© To Huu Dung, Dang Gia Khanh, Nguyen Thao My Le


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