The small Brick House is a tube house with an area of 4.3m x 12m sharing the same yard with an old house of the owner’s grandparents in Hanoi. The house has three sides close to neighbor’s houses. In front is a yard with a corrugated iron roof. The house is designed for a young family of 3 members: a young couple and their son.The owner desires to design a simple 2-story house with cost-effectiveness, good ventilation, rusticity and in harmony with a peaceful.
Small and narrow tube houses are very popular in Vietnam urban areas. This house has the same features with only one small façade, shortage of light and in frequent dampness. The architects have come up with a solution to design more atriums to get maximum light and wind: saving electrical energy (lights, fans, air condition...) and limiting the impact to the environment. At the same time, family members can communicate with each other without the separation of floors. We use locally available raw materials and do handmade which cost savings to bring a sustainable project. Therefore, bare brick, bare concrete, grinding stone, natural oak are the main materials used with the desire to create rusticity and be close to nature.
Bio Tung Nguyen Architects is an innovative Master Planning - Architecture - Interior Design Studio in Viet Nam. The company was founded in Ha Noi, Viet Nam in 2017, and is leading by Mr. Nguyen Thanh Tung as founder and principal architect.
Other prizes World Architecture Festival WAF 2023 - Small Brick House, has been shortlisted for WAF 2023 in the Completed Buildings - House and Villa category
