House for trees
House for trees
Status:
04/2014
Program:
Private House
Location:
Tan Binh , Ho Chi Minh city
Site are:
474.32m2
GFA:
226m2
Principal Architect:
Vo Trong Nghia, Masaaki Iwamoto, Kosuke Nishijima
Design team:
Nguyen Tat Dat
Contractor:
Wind and Water Joint Stock Company
Client:
Individual
Photographers:
Hiroyuki Oki
Under rapid urbanization, cities in Vietnam have diverged far away their origins as rampant tropical forests. In Ho Chi Minh City, as an example, only 0.25% area of the entire city is covered by greenery. Over-abundance of motorbikes causes daily traffic congestion as well as serious air pollution. As a result, new generations in urban areas are losing their connections with nature.
"House for Trees", a prototypical house within a tight budget of 155,000 USD, is an effort to change this situation. The aim of project is to return green space into the city, accommodating high-density dwelling with big tropical trees. Five concrete boxes, each houses a different program, are designed as "pots" to plant trees on their tops. With thick soil layer, these "pots" also function as storm-water basins for detention and retention, therefore contribute to reduce the risk of flooding in the city when the idea is multiplied to a large number of houses in the future.
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02/2013 Green Renovation 02/2013
02/2011 Stacking Green 02/2011
In progress Diamond Lotus In progress
Awards
AR House Awards/ First Prize/ House for Trees
World Architecture Festival/ Winner [Category: House- Completed]/ House for Trees
FuturArc Green Leadership Award/ Winner [Category: Residential — Individual Houses]/ House for Trees
Green Good Design Awards/ Winner/ House for Trees
International Architecture Awards/ Winner/ House for Trees
ARCASIA Awards for Architecture/ Honorable Mention [Category: A-1 Single Family Residential Projects]/ House for Trees
A^ Design Award and Competition/ Silver A^ Design Award Winner [Category: Architecture, Building and Structure Design]/ House for Trees