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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Gia Lai House in Vietnam by Vo Trong Nghia ArchitectsMarch 23rd, 2017 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Vo Trong Nghia Architects This is a residential house located in Gialai city, central Vietnam. The site is 7-meters wide and 40-meters deep, and is one of the typical lots for “tube house”, a traditional typology for residences in the province. In this house, the long corridor, which is an unavoidable factor for tube houses to connect bedrooms, is transformed into a continuous and sequential space to serve the functions of living and dining spaces, as well as an “outdoor living” space.  Image Courtesy © Hiroyuki Oki
 Image Courtesy © Hiroyuki Oki The continuous space has various relationships with exterior spaces such as a triangular courtyard with greenery and a front yard as a garage, and its width and height vary from place to place, giving the residents different experiences among spaces. The two-story outdoor living space is illuminated by a skylight filtered by louvers.  Image Courtesy © Hiroyuki Oki  Image Courtesy © Hiroyuki Oki The skylight and louvers were carefully designed to reduce the heat gain from sunshine and to encourage the natural ventilation by chimney effect, providing natural light and fresh air to the surrounding rooms in a similar way to the courtyard. The wall of the continuous space was finished by 4-meter-long granite stones, which were quarried out in Gialai city, functioning as a reflector of the light from side and above.  Image Courtesy © Hiroyuki Oki  Image Courtesy © Hiroyuki Oki  Image Courtesy © Hiroyuki Oki  Image Courtesy © Hiroyuki Oki  Image Courtesy © Hiroyuki Oki  Image Courtesy © Hiroyuki Oki  Image Courtesy © Hiroyuki Oki
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