PROJECT NAME:  House with Library  

Architect firm:    NH VILLAGE ARCHITECTS

Architect: Tran Dai Nghia, Nguyen Phuong Hieu, Pham Tung Lam, Nguyen Quang Tuan Vu.

Location: Long Bien, Hanoi, Vietnam .

Total floor area: 180m2

Project year: 2020

Photographer: Triệu Chiến

Maker : Dulux, Kingled, Inax

DESIGN CONCEPT

NH Village architect designs  common space as a  library full fill with nature  in the house for a young family in Hanoi.

Keyword: Nuclear family, library, interactive common space, façade design security and surrounding green environment, natural light and wind ventilation.

The main idea of this project is to create a common space like a library, full fill with natural light and greenery in the house where people can working and studying together and evoke many interactive activities.

The house located in a street corner in Long Bien district, Hanoi ,Vietnam. The owner is family of young couple with 2 small children. They needs space where can work from home while take care of their children. This model of nuclear family is very popular in Vietnam cities today. This encourages the design team to propose ideas to meet such lifestyle these days.

The house has 3 stories where the common space is place at the second floor. The doors   of room and corridor of 2F are designed so they can be open next  to each other  that  make a circulation of the movement on this floor  so people easy to move around. The book cabinet  and furniture  are layout along with this circulation so it play like a small library in the house.

By installing a void at  the second floor and a circle top light above , the space become full fill with natural light and greenery surrounding . This void connects through 3 floor , evoke interactive  communication inside the house.

Bedroom at 2F and 3F is designed open to the green balcony and garden at rooftop, so it always catch flow of fresh air.

The dining-living room is place at first floor. The natural light can come from top light to this first floor through the void.

The façade was designed with many oval-shape holes that take natural light in while keeping security for the house. The light from the house in the evening though these hole  and  greenery come out from Balcony and rooftop garden  make the street corner warmly and lively.