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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. Tropical Cave in Bac Ninh City, Vietnam by H&P ArchitectsJanuary 14th, 2020 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: H&P Architects Located in the center of BacNinh city, the house can accommodate an extended family of 4 generations. Its design is inspired by light and space effects, which resembles the “cave” style in a humid subtropical climate to bring about positive and vivid experiences to users’ senses: low (at the entrance), wide and high (inside), narrow (nooks and crannies), open outwardly (door system); even light distribution (outside), gradual darkening (inward), streams of light (from above), alternating vegetation, etc.  Image Courtesy © Nguyen Tien Thanh
 Image Courtesy © Nguyen Tien Thanh Named Tropical Cave, the project employs void space as a catalyst to create the structure of the house with multiple layers of walls for shielding and connecting spaces forwind catching. The house levels for specific purposes are randomly connected at different staircase positions so as to create and maintain a “fresh journey of experience” with interesting views and non-repeatable images. A multi-dimensional transition space is also made from being shared to semi-private to private, alternated by vegetation (plants, vegetables).  Image Courtesy © Nguyen Tien Thanh  Image Courtesy © Nguyen Tien Thanh The front facade has two large door systems (each with 10 doors of 6.6m high) and can be opened and closed (breathing) by hand easily via a steering wheel and a power-assisted steering. Skylight, door system and vegetation help regulate microclimate (sunny, rainy, windy, smoggy, noisy), thus giving usersa customized view and blurring the boundaries between inside and outside, architecture and landscape.  Image Courtesy © Nguyen Tien Thanh  Image Courtesy © Nguyen Tien Thanh In the ongoing unplanned urbanization, urban houses are gradually suffocating, isolating, and cutting off themselves from friendly relationships with the surrounding environment, making users insecure even when they are in their own accommodations. Tropical Cave is introduced as a solution to help awaken to the facing problem, thereby creating a haven for homeownersto again stay in a safeplace and take the same breath with the contemporary house,from the perspective of living harmoniously with the environment.  Image Courtesy © Nguyen Tien Thanh  Image Courtesy © Nguyen Tien Thanh  Image Courtesy © Nguyen Tien Thanh  Image Courtesy © Nguyen Tien Thanh  Image Courtesy © Nguyen Tien Thanh  Image Courtesy © Nguyen Tien Thanh  Image Courtesy © Nguyen Tien Thanh  Image Courtesy © Nguyen Tien Thanh  Image Courtesy © Nguyen Tien Thanh  Image Courtesy © Nguyen Tien Thanh  Image Courtesy © Nguyen Tien Thanh  Image Courtesy © Nguyen Tien Thanh  Image Courtesy © Nguyen Tien Thanh  Image Courtesy © Nguyen Tien Thanh  Image Courtesy © Nguyen Tien Thanh  Image Courtesy © H&P Architects  Image Courtesy © H&P Architects  Image Courtesy © H&P Architects  Image Courtesy © H&P Architects  Image Courtesy © H&P Architects  Image Courtesy © H&P Architects
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