Project Brief: This project is set in Ho Chi Minh City. It seeks to use fundamental elements to create functional spaces that fits context and the demographics.
Set in tropical Vietnam, heat is serious issue worsened by crowded urban conditions and unaffordability of air
conditioning. Our given site is ideally located for receiving wind. We chose to leverage on this.
conditioning. Our given site is ideally located for receiving wind. We chose to leverage on this.
Wind ventilation is the key element of our design.
With neighboring buildings at close proximity, we also chose to focus on privacy as a secondary issue.
