The land occupied in this project has the total areas of 27 square meters, with 9 corners and zigzag edges, being located in a spontaneous residential area with many constraints on urban management regulations such as number of floors allowed, height and closed-only balconies. Nevertheless, the project investor ? homeowner purports at building a town house that is able to accommodate minimum two generations of the family, while can also be put out to lease for extra income, ensuring long-term living. Given limited investment and usable capacity of land, which equals only 50% of social housing? usage standard in Vietnam, the architect must provide reasonable calculation and solution in order for ?the machine for living? (Le Corbusier) to operate in accordance with the purpose of the owner.
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Architects: NatureArch Studio

Location: Gò V?p, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

Design: Thien Le Tu

Area: 27.0 m2

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Quang Tran

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From the architect. The land occupied in this project has the total areas of 27 square meters, with 9 corners and zigzag edges, being located in a spontaneous residential area with many constraints on urban management regulations such as number of floors allowed, height and closed-only balconies. Nevertheless, the project investor ? homeowner purports at building a town house that is able to accommodate minimum two generations of the ...