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From TRAN MINH
Architects: MimANYstudio + MT&A
Location: Street 2F, Binh Tan District, HCMC VietNam
Area: 140 sqm
Year: Feb 2013
Owner: Mr Hòa (Staff of Post Office D1)
This is the first testing which we would like to design and build for people low income but high-level life and meaning for spirit. This is the best way we consider for life for human with low budget and high values
The house is designed for a family of civil servants with 1 small child with a relatively low investment value of about 25,000usd with a structure of 1 ground floor, 1 floor and terrace. The key issue in the house is to solve the economic issue, so the overhangs, floor beams, must be considered to save the maximum construction cost and the structure must be minimal, but must meet the necessary spaces for living needs, eating and living comfortably and effectively.
This is the factor that the designed spaces must be very simple. With the inner courtyard as the soul of the house where natural light is received in the best way, the spaces surrounding the inner courtyard are optimally lit, the front and back yards are planted with trees to limit heat radiation from the West and create a green space for the house.
The house is painted white as the main color, when the light moves from east to west through the backyard with green bushes and the inner courtyard receives all the light to the floors through the glass brick bridges and the glass layer of the inner courtyard, on the one hand, reducing the heat of the sun, on the other hand, the cost is more economical than tempered glass.
The light will move through the colorful tiles that will scatter on the glass wall and the white rough brick wall will refract the light, this solution helps the light bring many natural colors to impact the house without having to decorate any wall! A second message besides the natural light is the traditional courtyard of the house, where members spend time communicating and feeling the spiritual values that the house brings.
MinhTran&Associates
MT&A(Vietnam)
MimANYstudio(New York)
REALARCHITECTURE(Jp-HK-Cambodia-US)
E: minhtranassociates@gmail.com
mimanystudio@gmail.com