The Long An House is Familiar in Its Traditional Use of Materials and Structure
Concise, simple, and beautifully conceived, the Long An House is familiar in its traditional use of materials and structure,yet is contemporary in organisation and form. The house stands out for its simple yet eloquent design. It is humble from the outside with only the roof proclaiming its distinctiveness, but inside is a diferent story – space, light,air a perfect family place. Its deep porches provide shade and transition, and its courtyard invites breezes through porous brick walls, alluding to the traditional Vietnam home in both performance and typology. As an update of the vernacular, the Long An House is clear and legible, and the result is a beautiful space for living.
The design for the Long An house was inspired by Vietnamese traditional structures, accompanied by 3 separate spaces and sloped roof while using a modern and strong archi- tectural language. The house maximises ventilation eiciency by dividing the roof into two parts and having a courtyard; then allocating two corridors that connect to the roof. This creates a courtyard with big walls, which are porous to help bring in breezes into the house. The Vietnamese traditional house is stretched from front to back, creating continuous functional spaces. The boundaries of these spaces are estimated by light with diferent intensity and darkness. The layout utilises the wind direction of the local area in diferent seasons.
Approaching the house firstly is the front yard made from hol- low clay bricks, which absorbs the rain itself and reduce the heat on the floor. Following that is a bufer space which provides a light transition from the yard to the living room, dining room and bed- room. The kitchen area and other functional spaces are located on the north side, and go along the house, which is an advantage for traditional cooking when many family members visit. The mezzanine accommodates two bedrooms, a relaxing and reading area, and a long corridor which connects all the spaces in the house through two stairs on both ends. The design team wanted to have a continuous space between the functional ar- eas both inside and outside the house, to allow children to play and move freely throughout the house without being confined by separating walls.
Project Information
Project Name: Long An House
Location: Vietnam
Architect: Hai Long Nguyen
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