This is the individual house project at a small alley in the center of Ho Chi Minh City.

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Architects: Sanuki Daisuke architects

Location: Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh 70000, Vietnam

Architect In Charge: Sanuki Daisuke, Huynh Anh Tuan

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Hiroyuki Oki

Construction Company: Công ty TNHH C? khí và xây d?ng & th??ng m?i Tám sáu.

Structure Engineer: Công ty TNHH C? khí và xây d?ng & th??ng m?i Tám sáu.

Building Height: 13.6m, 4 Stories

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From the architect. This is the individual house project at a small alley in the center of Ho Chi Minh City.When having a look at Vietnamese towns, we can realize that the buildings? blocks separated by main streets, and numerous narrow alleys inside of the blocks like blood capillary. The width of these alleys is quite narrow around 2m ? 4m, occasionally less than 1m. When walking around these alleys, we can see very vivacious Vietnamese life., these narrow alleys are called ?HEM? and these are quite attractive urban spaces in Vietnam.
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Concept Sketch

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Houses in the HEM are usually covered by fence or smoke glass for security, privacy and shading. As a result, the houses look like cages. . T...