Rural-Urban typology. The Red Roof by TAA Design
12/11/2019.
[Quang Ngai - Quảng Ngãi] Vietnam
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metalocus, ÁNGEL TORNE
The architecture firm TAA Design, based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, has completed a small house in the vietnamese province of Quang Ngai. The building, was named ‘Red roof house’, is topped with a vegetable garden as a memory of the rural area where the owners were living since their birth.
The house was built on a plot measuring just 80 square meters, the home is located on face the main road of a small rural village that has, in recent years, been changed dramatically by rapid urbanization.
The house was built on a plot measuring just 80 square meters, the home is located on face the main road of a small rural village that has, in recent years, been changed dramatically by rapid urbanization.
Rural-Urban typology. The Red Roof by TAA Design. Photograph courtesy of TAA DESIGN
Rural-Urban typology. The Red Roof by TAA Design. Photograph courtesy of TAA DESIGN
Rural-Urban typology. The Red Roof by TAA Design. Photograph courtesy of TAA DESIGN
Rural-Urban typology. The Red Roof by TAA Design. Photograph courtesy of TAA DESIGN
Rural-Urban typology. The Red Roof by TAA Design. Photograph courtesy of TAA DESIGN
Rural-Urban typology. The Red Roof by TAA Design. Photograph courtesy of TAA DESIGN
Rural-Urban typology. The Red Roof by TAA Design. Photograph courtesy of TAA DESIGN
Rural-Urban typology. The Red Roof by TAA Design. Photograph courtesy of TAA DESIGN
Rural-Urban typology. The Red Roof by TAA Design. Photograph courtesy of TAA DESIGN
Rural-Urban typology. The Red Roof by TAA Design. Photograph courtesy of TAA DESIGN
Rural-Urban typology. The Red Roof by TAA Design. Photograph courtesy of TAA DESIGN
Rural-Urban typology. The Red Roof by TAA Design. Photograph courtesy of TAA DESIGN
Rural-Urban typology. The Red Roof by TAA Design. Photograph courtesy of TAA DESIGN
Rural-Urban typology. The Red Roof by TAA Design. Photograph courtesy of TAA DESIGN
Rural-Urban typology. The Red Roof by TAA Design. Photograph courtesy of TAA DESIGN
Rural-Urban typology. The Red Roof by TAA Design. Photograph courtesy of TAA DESIGN
Rural-Urban typology. The Red Roof by TAA Design. Photograph courtesy of TAA DESIGN
Rural-Urban typology. The Red Roof by TAA Design. Photograph courtesy of TAA DESIGN
Rural-Urban typology. The Red Roof by TAA Design. Photograph courtesy of TAA DESIGN
Rural-Urban typology. The Red Roof by TAA Design. Photograph courtesy of TAA DESIGN
Rural-Urban typology. The Red Roof by TAA Design. Photograph courtesy of TAA DESIGN
Rural-Urban typology. The Red Roof by TAA Design. Photograph courtesy of TAA DESIGN
Urban location. Rural-Urban typology. The Red Roof by TAA Design.
Site plan. Rural-Urban typology. The Red Roof by TAA Design.
Plot plan. Rural-Urban typology. The Red Roof by TAA Design.
Plot plan. Rural-Urban typology. The Red Roof by TAA Design.
Axonometric view. Rural-Urban typology. The Red Roof by TAA Design.
Diagram. Rural-Urban typology. The Red Roof by TAA Design.
Ground floor plan. Rural-Urban typology. The Red Roof by TAA Design.
First floor plan. Rural-Urban typology. The Red Roof by TAA Design.
Section floor plan. Rural-Urban typology. The Red Roof by TAA Design.
Concepts. Rural-Urban typology. The Red Roof by TAA Design.
Collage. Rural-Urban typology. The Red Roof by TAA Design.
TAA Design built this project for a married couple in their 50s, the house’s design is based on the daily activities of the residents: gardening and drying the paddy after harvest.
As the site is relatively small, it was decided that the ground floor would contain a number of different functions, including: a bicycle repair space, a living room, a kitchen, a traditional outdoor wood stove, the master bedroom, toilets, paddy drying yards, a rice warehouse, and a chicken yard.
As the site is relatively small, it was decided that the ground floor would contain a number of different functions, including: a bicycle repair space, a living room, a kitchen, a traditional outdoor wood stove, the master bedroom, toilets, paddy drying yards, a rice warehouse, and a chicken yard.
Project description by TAA Design
The project is a small house in an area of 80m². The site is located on the main road of the village. Urbanization has changed the architecture and living space of this village. New houses with styles that one can easily find in big cities have disrupted their familiar landscape and lifestyle. The house is meant for a married couple over 50 who has been living in this rural area since they were born. In the search of a new appropriate typology for the context, we are convinced that adapting the new architecture based on the traditional cultural lifestyle of the couple is the most important task.
Vegetable garden, playground and connecting space.
Connecting with nature, daily activities are gardening, paddy drying, etc. Vegetable gardens and multi-purpose playgrounds become the soul of houses in this village. In a small site, the ground floor needs a lot of complex functions, including bicycle repair space, living room, kitchen, traditional outdoor wood stove, bedrooms, toilets, paddy drying yards, rice warehouse, chicken yard, etc. We proposed small courtyards in the front, middle and back of the house, to connect indoor spaces with nature. Instead of having a large yard like other houses in the village, we create many courtyards with different heights, suitable for the height of the house structure. On the mezzanine floor, there is a small yard connected to the yard in the middle of the house.
The rooftop garden is adjacent to the courtyard of the mezzanine floor, creating a playground & vegetable garden that connects from the roof to the ground floor. The products from the garden go directly to everyday meals, fresh and always available. The couple has happy hours together growing their own food, and a lot of times, sharing their products with the neighbor families, unexpectedly, the architecture has been generating community social interactions as its by-product. The rooftop garden also has the role of insulating the house. The internal temperature is significantly reduced compared to the corrugated steel roof.
Rural architectural typology.
In Vietnamese traditional landscape, “the red roof” house represented for a time of regional local architecture. However, now new multi-story houses with steel roofs seem to have lost the identity of the village landscape. The stair-step method reduces the height of the façade, helps urban space is not overwhelmed and creates a comfortable slope. This establishes the communication between the space on the roof and the space under the road. “The red roof” has the intent to keep, store and remind the familiar rural lifestyle.
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Architects
TAA Design. Architect in Charge.- Nguyen Van Thien.
Project Team
Nguyen Van Thien, Nguyen Huu Hau
Builder
Local
Area
190.00 m²
Dates
2019
