Neighbor House

Neighbor House
© Trung Truong

NEIGHBOR HOUSE 

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ARCHITECTS
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Trung Truong

AREA
177.0 m2

YEAR
2017

LOCATION
Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam

CATEGORY
Houses

Neighbor House
© Trung Truong
Neighbor House
© Trung Truong

1 - DESIGN IDEAS

The investor is a young couple who came from the countryside of Middle area of Vietnam. The first time they contacted me, they were very friendly and told me the story about their childhood.

Neighbor House
© Trung Truong
Neighbor House
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They were born and raised in the love of family and neighbors. Their village is so peaceful and homely with tiled roofed houses that not straight away behinds lots of trees.

Under the shade of the old tree, people talk and tell each other the joys of life...

Neighbor House
© Trung Truong
Neighbor House
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But now they are living in a neighborhood with lots of straight rowhouses without any shadow, and their neighbor always doors locking that made them more nostalgic about their village.

The sympathy through their story is the source of my feelings to fine ideas for this project. My main idea is from the shape of the tiled roofed houses that closed together but not straight away behinds lots of trees.

Neighbor House
© Trung Truong
Neighbor House
© Trung Truong

Then the shape of the building is stylized from that idea, and parallel is the layout of the space with the similarities of the village houses.

Besides, the combination of traditional and modern materials will create a building that suitable with the present life but still bearing the friendliness of a village house.

Neighbor House
© Trung Truong
Neighbor House
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2 - TARGET

Create a living and working space that reach the needs of creating a living space and work that satisfying the needs of the investor, contributing to the neighborhood green space, a familiar space where people can talk together and share with each other about things in life, thus creating a bond with the neighbors.

3 - DESIGN PHILOSOPHY:Architectural space creates a social value that is creating a friendly bond between the neighbors. That is the reason for naming the building: Neighbor House.

Neighbor House
© Trung Truong
Neighbor House
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Neighbor House
© Trung Truong


Neighbor House
© Trung Truong
Neighbor House
© Trung Truong
Neighbor House
© Trung Truong
Neighbor House
© Trung Truong


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North-East Elevation
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First Floor Plan
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Second Floor Plan
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Roof Plan
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Land Using Diagram


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Context Diagram
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Sun Diagram
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Block Diagram
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Location Map