New Eco Homes by Manel Gutierrez

Author:Manel Gutierrez
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2015-08-06T16:00:00+00:00

Second floor

Ground floor

A21 HOUSE

a21studĩo

LocationHo Chi Minh, Vietnam

Surface area430 square feet

Photographs© Hiroyuki Oki

Rainwater collection and use

Natural daylight

Natural ventilation

Trees and plants integration

“Every morning, the first thing I would like to do is to begin a drawing with my mind free and content. I used to dream of a home office so as not to have to travel to work through the frequent traffic jams of a city as highly polluted as Ho Chi Minh.”

With his limited budget, this unusually small and non-square plot located just ten minutes from downtown was the best option open to the owner for realizing his dream. The 430-square-foot plot, situated at the end of the street and surrounded by the high walls of neighboring homes, offered great challenges in designing a home office that was spacious enough for four employees and a couple with a child.

The true source of inspiration in the final design of this house is the capturing of nature, in which the sunlight, the wind, the rainwater, and the trees define the various human activities. Thus, the house is full of nature: a tree becomes the heart of the home, around which life is organized in a comfortable space where people can carry out their activities.

“Every morning, I sit next to the tree with a cup of coffee that mirrors the leaves that shine in the dawn sunlight, in harmony with the soft and gentle melody, thinking of the next drawings for my current projects.”

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